For the first time ever the Avon edition of The Phantomis back in print! Hermes Press is proud to announce that they will be publishing all fifteen pocket Avon books starting in August 2016 & continuing until the conclusion of the series in Volume 15! This exciting installment Volume 5 offers the tale " The Golden Circle!" Famed artist George Wilson (Dr Solar Magnus Robot Fighter The Phantom)painted the cover for Volume 3 as he did with all of the covers used for the Avon series & they are reproduced beautifully to keep all of the details from the original books intact for a new generation of Phans to enjoy! Accused of robbery & murder The Phantom fights to find the real killers & solve the astounding secret of The Golden Circle! He also learns the truth in the old adage “ The female is deadlier than the male” ...

Famed artist George Wilson (Dr Solar Magnus Robot Fighter The Phantom) painted the cover for Volume 2 as he did with all of the covers used for the Avon series & they are reproduced beautifully to keep all of the details from the original books intact for a new generation of Phans to enjoy! Does the ancient abomination of slavery still exist in this age of electronics? How are slaves found for this mysterious hidden market & where do they go? What is the true & amazing identity of the sinister slave dealer? Find out in this exciting second volume of The Phantom The Complete Avon Books Volume 2!" ...

A Kurt Austin NUMA files adventure The Pharaoh's Secret is a gripping action-packed & suspense-filled tale that delves into the mysteries of Ancient Egypt & is set in & beside the sparkling Mediterranean Sea A deadly poison On the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa a mysterious ship runs aground explodes & releases a poisonous black mist As the island's inhabitants fall where they stand someone sends a distress call A rescue mission Kurt Austin & the NUMA team are diving for antiquities when they pick up the call As the only vessel for hundreds of miles they attempt to rescue survivors But something is very wrong about this incident A secret conspiracy Tasked with finding who might be responsible Kurt uncovers a secretive organization that is using the knowledge & power of the Ancient Egyptians to destabilize northern Africa If he doesn't find out why & how to stop them millions will die Praise for Clive Cussler' Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail' The Adventure King' Sunday Express' Nobody does it better nobody!' Stephen Coonts' Just about the best storyteller in the business' New York Post' Oceanography's answer to Indiana Jones Exotic locations ruthless villains & many narrow escapes-Cussler's fans come for swashbuckling & he delivers' Associated Press ...

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Classic romantic comedy starring Katharine Hepburn Cary Grant & James Stewart Wealthy Philadelphia socialite Tracy Lord (Hepburn) is set to marry the politician & businessman George Kittredge (John Howard) but her wedding plans are complicated by the arrival of her irresponsible ex-husband CK Dexter Haven (Grant) with magazine reporter Macauley Connor (Stewart) & photographer Liz Imbrie (Ruth Hussey) in tow Tracy resolves to give them a story they will never forget but finds herself re-evaluating her life choices in the process The film was remade as the musical & High Society& in 1956 starring Bing Crosby Frank Sinatra & Grace Kelly ...

This collection gathers three of Philip Jeyaretnam's best-known works First Loves Raffles Place Ragtime & Abraham's Promise Together they showcase Jeyaretnam's technique & accomplishments across a range of forms subject matter & emotional landscapes Set in Singapore in the 1960s through the 1980s the short stories & novels explore themes of identity materialism interracial relationships power & betrayal; foreground the thinkers dreamers & doers of post-colonial Singapore; & expose the young nation's frailties cracks & contradictions ...

This fascinating book charts the relationship between Mark Rowlands a rootless philosopher & Brenin his extraordinarily well-travelled wolf More than just an exotic pet Brenin exerted an immense influence on Rowlands as both a person & strangely enough as a philosopher leading him to re-evaluate his attitude to love happiness nature & death By turns funny (what do you do when your wolf eats your air-conditioning unit?) & poignant this life-affirming classic of popular philosophy will make you reappraise what it means to be human ...

355AD In a late-Roman world of ambitious bureaucrats & power-hungry courtiers two young friends of the British nobility Drusus & Marcellus have fallen foul of the prevailing authority There is no place to hide no turning back They must face the irresistible might of the Roman state It seems a fight they cannot win For Drusus & Marcellus their only ally is the young imperial prince Julian But Julian has troubles of his own his very success has made him hated by his uncle the emperor With spies & adversaries all about them they link their fate with Julian's in a life-or-death struggle that takes them from one end of the empire to the other & set themselves against the forces determined to crush them A novel of hope The Philosopher Prince is a story of human values pitted against the cold & calculating machine of an all-powerful tyranny & at its heart a victim of the very forces he controls lies the emperor himself ...

For most of us having a baby is the most profound intense & fascinating experience of our lives Now scientists & philosophers are starting to appreciate babies too The last decade has witnessed a revolution in our understanding of infants & young children Scientists used to believe that babies were irrational & that their thinking & experience were limited Recently they have discovered that babies learn more create more care more & experience more than we could ever have imagined & there is good reason to believe that babies are actually cleverer more thoughtful & even more conscious than adults This new science holds answers to some of the deepest & oldest questions about what it means to be human A new baby's captivated gaze at her mother's face lays the foundations for love & morality A toddler's unstoppable explorations of his playpen hold the key to scientific discovery A three-year-old's wild make-believe explains how we can imagine the future write novels & invent new technologies Alison Gopnik
- a leading psychologist & philosopher as well as a mother
- explains the groundbreaking new psychological neuroscientific & philosophical developments in our understanding of very young children transforming our understanding of how babies see the world & in turn promoting a deeper appreciation for the role of parents

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Explaining more than 100 of the most important big ideas & groundbreaking theories of key philosophers in a clear & simple way this is the perfect introduction to philosophy & the history of how we think Untangling knotty theories & shedding light on abstract concepts The Philosophy Book makes use of innovative graphics & easy-to-follow explanations to demystify complex ideas Explore the history of philosophy from ancient Greece & China to today & find out how theories from over 2000 years ago are still relevant to our modern lives Follow the progression of human ideas & meet the world's most influential philosophers
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