(Piano). 23 piano works from the French musician and composer Yann Tiersen (b. 1970). Includes 6 songs from Amelie (Comptine D'ete No. 2, La Dispute, Sua Le Fil, La Valse D'Amelie, Comptine D'un Autre Ete: L'Apres-Midi, Le Moulin).[...]
'I was hundreds of miles from landfall, if not over a thousand miles. I couldn't swim such a distance, even with a lifebuoy. What would I eat? What would I drink? How would I keep the sharks away?' After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacif[...]
Yann Arthus-Bertrand, internationally bestselling photographer of 'The Earth From Above', shares over 200 aerial photographs of the City of Light. The unique point of view shows Paris in a completely different way: the reader will take a dive into cosy little streets, rooftops, courtyards, monuments[...]
After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The crew of the surviving vessel consists of a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orang-utan, a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger and Pi - a 16-year-old Indian boy.[...]
Winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize for Fiction
Pi Patel is an unusual boy. The son of a zookeeper, he has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior, a fervent love of stories, and practices not only his native Hinduism, but also Christianity and Islam. When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrate[...]
The son of a zookeeper, Pi Patel has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior and a fervent love of stories. When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship, along with their zoo animals bound for new homes.
The ship sinks. Pi finds[...]
Etter det tragiske forliset til et lasteskip, seiler en enslig livbåt av sted på det endeløse Stillehavet. Livbåtens overlevende mannskap består av en hyene, en sebra (med et brukket bein), en orangutang, en 200 kilos bengaltiger og Pi - en 16 år gammel indisk gutt som med udelt hengivenhet be[...]
Psychopharmacology and Child Psychiatry Review: With 1200 Board-Style Questions utilized the numerous topics in child and adolescent psychiatry and psychopharmacology as present in Pediatric Psychopharmacology: Principles and Practice, Second Edition (Martin et al), distilling the most relevant ques[...]
Tropical Diseases outlines the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases encountered in developing regions-areas where the unexpected can occur and where Western medical capabilities are often unavailable.[...]
In this substantially revised and expanded version of Nikki Keddie's classic work, "Roots of Revolution", the author brings the story of modern Iran to the present day, exploring the political, cultural, and social changes of the past quarter-century. Keddie provides insightful commentary on the Ira[...]
"The Earth from the Air" is the bestselling and most popular book of aerial photography ever published. The result of a five-year airborne odyssey across five continents and sixty countries, this special 10th anniversary edition features an updated text and over 100 breathtaking new photographs. Fro[...]
From space, Earth is a magnificent sight, splashed with vivid colours, patterns, textures and abstract forms. Views from above can also provide telling information about the health of our planet. To help us understand the more than 150 breathtaking satellite photographs in The Earth from Space, Yann[...]
These remarkable aerial photographs of the Earth will take children to a world of discovery. The supporting text reveals the fascinating story that each photograph tells.[...]
Children everywhere will adore this photographic collection of horses in wildly varying poses by the world-renowned Yann Arthus-Bertrand. In a series of dramatically lit and beautifully composed photographs, horses and their owners appear together, in studios or in the open air against plain backdro[...]
This stunning daybook presents 365 entirely new, utterly dazzling images from master aerial photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand. The pictures cover every corner of every continent, from icy arctic floes to tropical forests, from the deserts of north Africa to the vertiginous peaks of Nepal. Arthus-Ber[...]
The long-term consequences and the personal stories of people around the world going green make up the focus of this beautiful new book for children. The scientific and technical advances of the last century have had major effects on the earth. How can humans, in todays world, continue to respect na[...]
No one has captured the affinity between people and horses better than Yann Arthus-Bertrand. His in situ photographs show horses as they really are lively, high-spirited, mettlesome, animated, prancing, supple, and even ethereal. Here, Arthus-Bertrand portrays these magnificent creatures and their h[...]
A treatment of cutting-edge research on the distribution modulo one of sequences and related topics, with exercises and open problems.[...]
Winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize for Fiction
Pi Patel is an unusual boy. The son of a zookeeper, he has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior, a fervent love of stories, and practices not only his native Hinduism, but also Christianity and Islam. When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrate[...]
MORE THAN SEVEN MILLION COPIES SOLD"New York Times" Bestseller * "Los Angeles Times" Bestseller * "Washington Post" Bestseller * "San Francisco Chronicle" Bestseller * "Chicago Tribune" Bestseller"A story to make you believe in the soul-sustaining power of fiction."--"Los Angeles Times Book Review "[...]
A fictional autobiography of a young writer which takes the reader to Canada, Portugal, Greece, Turkey and elsewhere. This story of love, sex and ambiguity is the first novel by the Canadian author of the award-winning short-story collection, "The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios".[...]