Last year, awareness about global warming reached a tippingpoint. Now one of the most dynamic writers and one of the mostrespected scientists in the field of climate change offer the firstconcise guide to both the problems and the solutions. Guiding uspast a blizzard of information and misinformation, Gabrielle Walkerand Sir David King explain the science of warming, the mostcutting-edge technological solutions from small to large, and thenational and international politics that will affect our efforts.While there have been many other books about the problem of globalwarming, none has addressed what we can and should do about it soclearly and persuasively, with no spin, no agenda, and noexaggeration. Neither Walker nor King is an activist or politician,and theirs is not a generic green call to arms. Instead theypropose specific ideas to fix a very specific problem. Mostimportant, they offer hope: This is a serious issue, perhaps themost serious that humanity has ever faced. But we can still dosomething about
In his debut novel， The Kite Runner， Khaled Hosseini accomplishes what very few contemporary novelists are able to do。 He manages to provide an educational and eye-opening account of a country’s political turmoil--in this case， Afghanistan--while also developing characters whose heartbreaking struggles and emotional triumphs resonate with readers long after the last page has been turned over。 And he does this on his first try。 The Kite Runner follows the story of Amir， the privileged son of a wealthy businessman in Kabul， and Hassan， the son of Amir’s father’s servant。 As children in the relatively stable Afghanistan of the early 1970s， the boys are inseparable。 They spend idyllic days running kites and telling stories of mystical places and powerful warriors until an unspeakable event changes the nature of their relationship forever， and eventually cements their bond in ways neither boy could have ever predicted。 Even after Amir and his father flee to America， Amir r
Pride & Prejudice Jane Austen constructed Pride & Prejudice, with wit, social precision and an irresistible heroine. Beginning with one of the most famous sentences in English Literature, it is a perfect ironic novel of manners. Persuasion Jane Austen's question 'What is persuasion?' - a firm belief, or the action of persuading someone to think something else? - is the force behind this novel. Anne Elliot, one of Austen's quietest yet strongest heroines, is also open to change. Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte's poor, plain, but plucky heroine, possesses an indomitable spirit, a sharp wit and great courage. She is forced to battle against a cruel guardian, a harsh employer and a rigid social order. Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte's tale is a wild, passionate story of intense and almost demonic love between Catherine Earnshaw and the adopted foundling Heathcliff. Humiliated by Hindley, Catherine's brother, Heathcliff leaves Wuthering Heights, but in time he returns to exact a terrible revenge. Tess of the d'Urbervill
A magnificent volume of short novels and an essential WorldWar II report from one of America's great twentieth-centurywriters On the heels of the enormous success of his masterwork The Grapesof Wrath-and at the height of the American war effort-JohnSteinbeck, one of the most prolific and influential literaryfigures of his generation, wrote Bombs Away, a nonfiction accountof his experiences with U.S. Army Air Force bomber crews duringWorld War II. Now, for the first time since its originalpublication in 1942, Penguin Classics presents this exclusiveedition of Steinbeck's introduction to the then-nascent U.S. ArmyAir Force and its bomber crew-the essential core unit behindAmerican air power that Steinbeck described as "the greatest teamin the world."
Now a major motion picture starring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry,Susan Sarandon, and Hugh Grant, and directed by Lana and AndyWachowski and Tom Tykwer Includes a new Afterword by David Mitchell A postmodern visionary who is also a master of styles and genres,David Mitchell combines flat-out adventure, a Nabokovian love ofpuzzles, a keen eye for character, and a taste for mind-bendingphilosophical and scientific speculation in the tradition of HarukiMurakami, Umberto Eco, and Philip K. Dick. The result isbrilliantly original fiction that reveals how disparate peopleconnect, how their fates intertwine, and how their souls driftacross time like clouds across the sky. By the author of THE THOUSAND AUTUMNS OF JACOB DE ZOET, DavidMitchell's bestselling and Booker Prize-shortlisted novel, one ofRichard Judy's 100 Books of the Decade, CLOUD ATLAS has nowbeen adapted for film. The major motion picture, directed by theWachowskis and Tom Tykwer, stars Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, SusanSarandon, Jim Sturg
Book De*ion Remember when flying was glamorous and sexy, even fun? Whenairline food was gourmet, everyone dressed up for a flight, andstewardesses catered to our every need-at least in ourimaginations? This classic memoir by two audaciously outspokenyoung ladies, who lived and loved the free-spirited stewardesslife, jets you back to those golden days of air travel-from thecaptain who's as subtle as a 747 when he's on the make to thepassenger who mistakes the overhead luggage rack for an upperberth; from the names of celebrities who were a pleasure to serve(and some surprising notables on the "bad guy" list) to the originsof some naughty stereotypes-Spaniards "are" the best lovers, actorsthe most foul-mouthed. This huge bestseller, a First Class jet-agejournal, offers a hilarious gold mine of outrageous anecdotes fromthe high-flying and amorous lives of those busty, lusty,adventuresome young women of the swinging '60s known as"stews." About Author Trudy Baker and Rachel Jones were name
"Mothers and Sons" is a sensitive and beautifully writtenmeditation on the dramas surrounding this most elemental ofrelationships. Psychologically intricate and emotionally incisive,each finely wrought story teases out the delicate and difficultstrands woven between mothers and sons. This is an acute, masterfuland moving collection that confirms Toibin as a great prose stylistof our time. 'Colm Toibin is a writer of extraordinary emotionalclarity. Each of the nine stories is a snapshot of a point ofcrisis ...Toibin perfectly understands the instantaneous nature ofthe ideal short story; the sense that the pen is going straightinto a major vein. These are beautiful stories, beautifullycrafted' - Kate Saunders, "Literary Review". 'The last story inthis excellent collection is a superbly powerful tale of betrayaland desertion. Quintessential Toibin' - "Spectator". 'Moving...beautifully captured moments of longing and loss ...Toibin is asubtle, intelligent and deeply felt writer' - "Guardian" 'By turnssurpr
Here, collected in one volume, are all four full-length novels and 56 short stories chronicling the colorful adventures of Sherlock Holmes--every word Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ever wrote about Baker Street's most famous resident. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
In four cities across the world, four people die violently and mysteriously. The dead share a single crucial link: each was connected to an all-powerful environmental think tank. Two of the victims' widows-accomplished artist Diane Stevens and international supermodel Kelly Harris-may hold the key to their husbands' demise. Terrified for their lives, suspicious of each other, and armed only with their own wits and guile, they must join forces in a nightmare cycle of hunt-and-kill. At stake is the shattering truth about the tragedies that robbed them of the men they loved...and about an awesome conspiracy whose ultimate target is as big as the earth and as close as the air we breathe.
Starting with a rush-hour subway ride to South Station inBoston to catch the Lake Shore Limited to Chicago, Theroux winds upon the poky, wandering Old Patagonian Express steam engine, whichcomes to a halt in a desolate land of cracked hills and thornbushes. But with Theroux the view along the way is what matters:the monologuing Mr. Thornberry in Costa Rica, the bogus priest ofCali, and the blind Jorge Luis Borges, who delights in havingTheroux read Robert Louis Stevenson to him.
Saint-Pétersbourg, 1919. Sonetchka, une jeune fille, estengagée par Maria, une cantatrice de la haute société, pour êtreson accompagnatrice. Maria est belle et talentueuse; Sonetchka estinsignifiante et miséreuse. Parce que la soprano rayonne et qu'ellea tout, alors qu'elle-même n'a rien, Sonetchka, d'abord fascinée,entreprend bient?t de détruire le bonheur trop parfait de lachanteuse... Le dossier de l'édition permet d'analyser les procédésnarratifs de l'écriture de soi. Il réunit également des articles depresse pour étudier la réception critique de l'?uvre.
In this superb work of fiction, Nobel Laureate Saul Bellowwrites comically and wisely about the tenacious claims of firstlove. Harry Trellman, an aging, astute businessman, has neverbelonged anywhere and is as awkward in his human attachments as heis gifted in observing the people around him. But Harry'sobservational talents have not gone unnoticed by "trillionaire"Sigmund Adletsky, who retains Harry as his advisor. Soon the oldman discovers Harry's intense forty-year passion for atwice-divorced interior designer, Amy Wustrin. At the exhumationand reburial of her husband, Harry is provided, thanks to Sigmund,perhaps the final means for disclosing feelings amassed over alifetime. Written late in Bellow's career, "The Actual" is amaestro's dissection of the affairs of the heart.
Small town Louisiana has a big problem - or rather a number of big problems. And now some of them have come knocking on Sookie's door ...Sookie is an unassuming cocktail waitress in an (outwardly) unremarkable town. She's quiet, keeps to herself and doesn't get out much. Attractive as she is, her hidden 'talents' send men running. For some reason her mindreading skills are just a bit threatening ...Then the unreadable Bill appears on the scene. Tall, dark and handsome, Bill seems to be the man of her dreams. Except he's not technically human. Bill is a vampire and a vampire who keeps seriously bad company, some suspected - unsurprisingly - of murder. Things get a bit close to home when a co-worker is murdered and Sookie starts wondering whether she will be next ... --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Written in the third century BC in Alexandria, this is theonly full surviving account of Jason's legendary quest for theGolden Fleece. It describes the thrilling adventures of theArgonauts on their voyage to Colchis to plead with king Aeetes forthe fleece, his greatest treasure and the Eros-inspired passionfelt by his daughter, the beautiful witch-princess Medea, for thescheming Jason. Chronicling a journey that sees Jason and his crewtraverse perilous seas, negotiate the treacherous Cyanean Rocks,and confront the lure of the Sirens' song, The Voyage of Argo is amasterful depiction of distinctly human heroism and betrayal causedby love. An eloquent marriage of romance and realism, it tells thedefinitive version of one of the greatest legends of the classicalage: an epic tale of bravery, prophecy and magic.
Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. This is a storyof heroism, love, honour, loyalty and betrayal, reaching from theoffice of the Hat Creek Cattle Company of the Rio Grande to theheart and the wilderness of the American West. This book won thePulitzer Prize.
Susie Salmon speaks to us from heaven, because she was murdered when she was 14 years old by a man who lived in the same neighbourhood. Over the years, her friends and siblings grow up, fall in love and do the things she has never had the chance to do. But life is not quite finished with Susie yet.
Pride and Prejudice is a delightful socialcomedy and a timelessly affecting love story. Elizabeth Bennet is the headstrong young woman whom no man seems capable of taming; Fitzwilliam Darcy is the arrogant landowner who disdains to thinkit would be worth his trying to do so. Jane Austen's poisednarrative shows how these two apparently incompatible characterslearn to overcome their initial feelings of mutual dislike. A tourde force of wit and sparkling dialogue, Pride and Prejudice is alsoa sumptuously detailed picture of contemporary society, which, inits exploration of manners and motives, has a great deal to sayabout the society of today. Austen's best-loved novel is amemorable story about the inaccuracy offirst impressions, about the power of reason, and above all aboutthe strange dynamics of human relationships and emotions.
The only novel from Alice Munro-award-winning author of The Love of a Good Woman--is an insightful, honest book, "autobiographical in form but not in fact," that chronicles a young girl's growing up in rural Ontario in the 1940's. Del Jordan lives out at the end of the Flats Road on her father's fox farm, where her most frequent companions are an eccentric bachelor family friend and her rough younger brother. When she begins spending more time in town, she is surrounded by women-her mother, an agnostic, opinionted woman who sells encyclopedias to local farmers; her mother's boarder, the lusty Fern Dogherty; and her best friend, Naomi, with whom she shares the frustrations and unbridled glee of adolescence. Through these unwitting mentors and in her own encounters with sex, birth, and death, Del explores the dark and bright sides of womanhood. All along she remains a wise, witty observer and recorder of truths in small-town life. The result is a powerful, moving, and humorous demo
In a plush Virginia office, a rich, angry old man is furiously rewriting his will. With his death just hours away, Troy Phelan wants to send a message to his children, his ex-wives, and his minions, a message that will touch off a vicious legal battle and transform dozens .of lives. Because Troy Phelan's new will names a sole surprise heir to his l eleven-billion-dollar fortune: a mysterious woman named Rachel Lane, a missionary living deep in the jungles of Brazil. Enter the lawyers. Nate O'Riley is fresh out of rehab, a disgraced corporate attorney handpicked for his last job: to find Rachel Lane at any cost. As Phelan's family circles like vultures in D.C., Nate is crashing through the Brazilian jungle, entering a world where money means nothing, where death is just one misstep away, and where a woman--pursued by enemies and friends alike--holds a stunning surprise of her own
L'enfant prodigue qui, aujourd'hui, rentre chez son père n'estpas celui qu'on croit, l'humble, le repenti. C'est un vaincu. Lamisère le ramène à sa famille, de même que jadis le mirage del'aventure l'avait poussé sur les routes. Il tombe ainsi dans unpiège. Quand il s'en aper?oit, il est trop tard. On ne quitte pasles siens deux fois. Mais il aidera son jeune frère à partir de lamaison.
It is 1963 in New York, and things have never been better for the Corleones. They've taken out their Mafia rivals, and legitimised the Family. Outside the fortified building owned by Michael Corleone, newly undisputed Boss of Bosses, a parade of people - among them former mob rivals and an emissary from the Mayor of New York - wait to ask the great man for favours. Only one thing remains to be done. Traitorous former Corleone capo Nick Geraci has powerful friends and far too much to say, and needs to be brought in. But then everything changes. As fireworks explode over First Avenue, news arrives that Jimmy Shea, President of the United States and an old friend of the Corleone's, has been assassinated...
