In the Eastern Aegean lies an island of forested hills & olive groves with streams marshes & a lagoon that nearly cuts the land in two It was here over two thousand years ago that Aristotle came to work Aristotle was the greatest philosopher of all time Author of the Poetics Politics & Metaphysics his work looms over the history of Western thought But he was also a biologist
- the first Aristotle explored the mysteries of the natural world With the help of fishermen hunters & farmers he catalogued the animals in his world dissected them observed their behaviours & recorded how they lived fed & bred In his great zoological treatise Historia animalium he described the mating habits of herons the sexual incontinence of girls the stomachs of snails the sensitivity of sponges the flippers of seals the sounds of cicadas the destructiveness of starfish the dumbness of the deaf the flatulence of elephants & the structure of the human heart & then in another dozen books he explained it all In The Lagoon acclaimed biologist Armand Marie Leroi recovers Aristotle's science He goes to Lesbos to see the creatures that Aristotle saw where he saw them & explores the Philosopher's deep ideas & inspired guesses
- as well as the things that he got wildly wrong Leroi shows how Aristotle's science is deeply intertwined with his philosophical system & how modern science even now bears the imprint of its inventor

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Award-winning original fiction for learners of English At seven levels from Starter to Advanced this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities Hundreds of dead fish some unexplained deaths & a birdless town Three newspaper reports from Finland attract interest from the British secret service ' Foreign Executive' Ian Munro is sent to Lahti to investigate But when his first contact is killed in front of him Munro realises that someone knows why he is there & that they will do anything to protect their secret Paperback-only version Also available with Audio CDs including complete text recordings from the book Contains adult material which may not be suitable for younger readers ...

More terrifying than The Passage more gripping than The Hunger Games The Lair by Emily Mc Kay is the hotly anticipated sequel to The Farm In the battle against evil humanity is heading for extinction Twin sisters Lily & Mel have bravely escaped the Farm
- a place where young people are bred to die Now separated they must continue the fight on their own After making it to a resistance base camp Lily decides to make the difficult trek north to Canada
- & safety Meanwhile Mel is being taught how to survive by the vampire who turned her But when a monstrous betrayal places Lily in mortal danger Mel must set out to find her & save her sister But in the fight against the ultimate evil can both hope to survive? Praise for The Farm' Equal parts Resident Evil & Hunger Games
- & just as thrilling' Chloe Neill Emily Mc Kay is the author of The Farm which is also published by Penguin She loves to read shop & geek out about movies When she's not writing she reads online gossip & bakes luscious desserts She pretends that her weekly yoga practice balances out both of those things She lives in central Texas with her family & her crazy pets


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With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies The worst parts were the great masses of flesh of the monstrous Worm in all its red & sickening aspect The sight was horrible enough but with the awful smell added was simply unbearable The Worm's hole appeared to breathe forth death in its most repulsive forms' Here are two great neglected horror novels by Bram Stoker author of Dracula together in one volume for the first time It is a double treat for lovers of blood-curdling fantasy fiction The Lady of the Shroud published here in its full & unabridged form is a fascinating & engrossing concoction of a vampire tale Ruritanian adventure story & science fiction romance The novel fully demonstrates the breadth & ingenuity of Stoker's imagination The spine-chilling The Lair of the White Worm features a monstrous worm secreted for thousands of years in a bottomless well & able to metamorphose into a seductive woman of a reptilian beauty who survives on her victim's life blood The novel contains some of Stoker's most graphic & grisly moments of horror ...

Marie de France (fl late twelfth century) is the earliest known French woman poet & her lais
- stories in verse based on Breton
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' Luke flung the light of his torch full onto the face of the immobile figure Then he had the shock of his life The man had no face! Where his face should have been was a sort of inhuman uniform blank!' When a body is found at an isolated garage Inspector Meredith is drawn into a complex investigation where every clue leads to another puzzle was this a suicide or something more sinister? Why was the dead man planning to flee the country? & how is this connected to the shady business dealings of the garage? This classic mystery novel is set amidst the stunning scenery of a small village in the Lake District It is now republished for the first time since the 1930s ...

The Lake House by Kate Morton is the mysterious & enchanting fifth novel from the number one bestselling author of The House at Riverton & The Secret Keeper A missing child June 1933 & the Edevane family's country house Loeanneth is polished & gleaming ready for the much-anticipated Midsummer Eve party Alice Edevane sixteen years old & a budding writer is especially excited Not only has she worked out the perfect twist for her novel she's also fallen helplessly in love with someone she shouldn't But by the time midnight strikes & fireworks light up the night skies the Edevane family will have suffered a loss so great that they leave Loeanneth forever An abandoned house Seventy years later after a particularly troubling case Sadie Sparrow is sent on an enforced break from her job with the Metropolitan Police She retreats to her beloved grandfather's cottage in Cornwall but soon finds herself at a loose end Until one day Sadie stumbles upon an abandoned house surrounded by overgrown gardens & dense woods & learns the story of a baby boy who disappeared without a trace An unsolved mystery Meanwhile in the attic writing room of her elegant Hampstead home the formidable Alice Edevane now an old lady leads a life as neatly plotted as the bestselling detective novels she writes Until a young police detective starts asking questions about her family's past seeking to resurrect the complex tangle of secrets Alice has spent her life trying to escape ...

The Lake House by Kate Morton is the mysterious & enchanting fifth novel from the number one bestselling author of The House at Riverton & The Secret Keeper A missing child June 1933 & the Edevane family's country house Loeanneth is polished & gleaming ready for the much-anticipated Midsummer Eve party Alice Edevane sixteen years old & a budding writer is especially excited Not only has she worked out the perfect twist for her novel she's also fallen helplessly in love with someone she shouldn't But by the time midnight strikes & fireworks light up the night skies the Edevane family will have suffered a loss so great that they leave Loeanneth forever An abandoned house Seventy years later after a particularly troubling case Sadie Sparrow is sent on an enforced break from her job with the Metropolitan Police She retreats to her beloved grandfather's cottage in Cornwall but soon finds herself at a loose end Until one day Sadie stumbles upon an abandoned house surrounded by overgrown gardens & dense woods & learns the story of a baby boy who disappeared without a trace An unsolved mystery Meanwhile in the attic writing room of her elegant Hampstead home the formidable Alice Edevane now an old lady leads a life as neatly plotted as the bestselling detective novels she writes Until a young police detective starts asking questions about her family's past seeking to resurrect the complex tangle of secrets Alice has spent her life trying to escape ...

Play the bonus chapter – return to the island & uncover the origin of the evil that resides at the house Ten high resolution wallpapers Integrated strategy guide Media gallery – access the chilling home movies seen in both chapters of the game Concept art & images of all the characters Trivia about the game Two modes of play Casual & Expert ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play How do you hold on to someone you&ve never met? An independent-minded doctor (Sandra Bullock) who once occupied an unusual lakeside home begins exchanging love letters with its newest resident a frustrated architect (Keanu Reeves) When they discover that they&re actually living two years apart they must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it&s too late ...