A "Scientific American "Best Science Book of 2012
An Atlantic Wire Best Book of 2012
A "New York Times Book Review" "Editor's Choice"
The "fascinating" ("The New Yorker") story of Athanasius Kircher, the eccentric scholar-inventor who was either a great genius or a crackpot . . . or a bi[...]
The wondrous wall-crawler's long-running newspaper strip by Stan Lee, John Romita, and others is given the deluxe Library of American Comics treatment, with all Sundays in color and integrated with the dailies - just as they originally appeared in newspapers worldwide. Edited by Bruce Canwell, this [...]
HOW THE WEST WAS WEIRD! From a kill-or-be-killed gunfight with a vampire to an encounter in a steampunk bordello, the weird western is a dark, gritty tale where the protagonist might be playing poker with a sorcerous deck of cards, or facing an alien on the streets of a dusty frontier town. Here ar[...]
This title features twenty-three original weird west tales by some of the best contemporary fantasy and SF writers. It includes a brand-new adventure by Cowboys & Aliens writer Fred Van Lente. Other contributors include Orson Scott Card, Tobias Buckell, David Farland, Alan Dean Foster, Jeffrey Ford,[...]
In these 13 essays the author presents a liberation theory for men that could also liberate women. Inspired by the ideas expressed in feminist thought, Stoltenberg examines the concept of masculinity and finds it to be a political and ethical construction based on sexual injustice.[...]
"Why does the Western world look to migrant laborers to perform the most menial tasks? What compels people to leave their homes and accept this humiliating situation? In A Seventh Man, John Berger and Jean Mohr come to grips with what it is to be a migrant worker--the material circumstances and the [...]
These are the Faroe Islands as they were some fifty years ago: sea-washed and remote, with one generation still tied to the ocean for sustenance, and a younger generation turning towards commerce and clerical work in the towns. Following the blood, foam and fury of a whale kill, the normally cautiou[...]
Incredible true stories of a life-saving presence experienced in extreme adventuring situations
One Man in His Time is the biography of the Laird of Torosay Castle, traveller, wartime hero and escaper and distinguished politician.[...]
An astonishing secret and a brutal truth are revealed in this tale of blood and revenge from Judge Dredd creator John Wagner.[...]
Includes the works that comprised the author's ground-breaking epic, written before his U.S.A. trilogy, featuring a kaleidoscopic portrait of New York City, the author's experiences as an ambulance driver in war-torn Paris, and the dehumanizing struggles of American servicemen in battle.[...]
"Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever." This uncovered treasure is intended for all who desire to teach or to learn the purpose for which we were created. John Hall (1806-1894) is best known for his long-term friendship with J.W. Alexander, that later resulted in his two volu[...]
"Unconcerned But Not Indifferent" is a beautifully produced monograph that draws exclusively on the archives of the Man Ray Trust, one of the largest Man Ray archives in the world, and one which has remained largely unexcavated since it was brought to the U.S. in the late 1990s. The book is structur[...]
Forlaget skriver: Offentligt eller privat? er en omfattende analyse af, hvordan velfærdssamfundet i dag løser de politisk besluttede opgaver. Ældre og svagelige skal have hjemmehjælp, børnene pasningsmuligheder, og de unge have uddannelse. De arbejdsløse skal h[...]
I skydd av mörkret smugglas han in i Hamburg. Han kallar sig Issa och kommer från Tjetjenien. Under sin långa svarta överrock gömmer han en ansenlig summa pengar. Han är from muslim. Eller är han inte det?
Annabel Richter, idealistisk ung advokat, ser det som sin uppgift att rädd[...]
Varje härförare under historiens gång har tvingats fråga sig hur man vinner på slagfältet. I denna banbrytande bok får vi genom en rad utförligt beskrivna scenarier ta del av 25 taktiker som har lett till stora och avgörande krigsframgångar.
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