Commissioned & closely monitored by Milan Kundera himself, this new translation brings a clarity & unmatched fidelity to the author`s original text. Widely held as a work of genius, ” The Book of Laughter & Forgetting” is the novel that first brought him to the forefront of the international literary scene. Rich in stories, characters & imaginative range, it was written while Kundera was still forbidden to publish in his home country of Czechoslovakia, which was then behind the Iron Curtain. In seven wonderfully integrated parts, different aspects of modern existence -- from the posthumous erasure of ”enemies” of communism from the historical record, to the subtle agony of the fading memory of a lost love, to the bizarre sexlessnes of modern promiscuity -- are explored with boldness, subversive humor & the magical power of fiction. ...

The Book of Leaves offers a visually stunning & scientifically engaging guide to six hundred of the most impressive & beautiful ...

In the tradition of On Beauty, On Ugliness & The Infinity of Lists, Umberto Eco presents an enthralling & erudite illustrated tour of the fabled places that have awed & eluded us through the ages. From the epic poems of Homer to contemporary science fiction, from the Holy Scriptures to modern mythology & fairy tale, literature & art are full of illusory places we have at some time believed are real, & onto which we have projected our dreams, ideals & fears. Umberto Eco leads us on an illuminating journey through these legendary lands
- Atlantis, Thule & Hyperborea, the Earth`s interior & the Land of Cockaigne
- & explores utopias & dystopias where our imagination can confront concepts that are too incredible, or too challenging, for our limited real world. In The Book of Legendary Lands the author`s text is accompanied by several hundred carefully assembled works of art & literature; the result is a beautifully illustrated volume with broad & enduring appeal.

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On this island your friends & your enemies quickly end up the same.. .-1985- When fifteen-year-old Catherine sees her best friend slip from a wild cliff path she vows never to say a word. But Catherine was the last person to see her alive. -1940- Charlie is also holding back a secret from the adults on the isl&. As German soldiers arrive on Guernsey, he carries out an act of rebellion with consequences that will reach far into the future
- & into Catherine`s own life. The Book of Lies is a powerful novel about friendship, love & betrayal. Weaving together two lives across the decades, it proves that no truth is as simple as it seems.
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These seven stunning tales are about all the big things: faith, love, family, temptation & redemption. They show us at our ...

Ever wondered if Cheapside really is cheap, what you do in Threadneedle Street, or who the knights of Knightsbridge were? Did you know that Piccadilly is actually an insult? & that Euston Road was built because there were too many cows on Oxford Street? Or that the River Fleet was covered over partly because of a drunken butcher? Take a trip down narrow lanes, through cobbled streets & crowded markets to discover the meanings behind the city`s place names. Meet forgotten residents whose names survive in the places where they lived & uncover tales from London`s murky past that have shaped the modern city. From famous landmarks to forgotten rivers, grand thoroughfares to lost palaces, & ancient villages swallowed up as the city grew, Caroline Taggart explains the hidden meanings behind familiar places. If you have ever wanted to learn more about the history of London & discover the people, events & stories that shaped our capital city, then come on a journey that will show you London in a new light... ...

Ever wondered if Cheapside really is cheap, what you do in Threadneedle Street, or who the knights of Knightsbridge were? Did you know that Piccadilly is actually an insult? & that Euston Road was built because there were too many cows on Oxford Street? Or that the River Fleet was covered over partly because of a drunken butcher? Take a trip down narrow lanes, through cobbled streets & crowded markets to discover the meanings behind the city`s place names. Meet forgotten residents whose names survive in the places where they lived, such as Sir George Downing of Downing Street, & uncover tales from London`s murky past that have shaped the modern city. From famous landmarks to forgotten rivers, grand thoroughfares to lost palaces, & ancient villages swallowed up as the city grew, Sunday Times bestselling author Caroline Taggart explains the hidden meanings behind familiar places. If you have ever wanted to learn more about the history of London & discover the people, events & stories that shaped our capital city, then come on a journey that will show you London in a new light... ...

In many ways, my life has been rather like a record of the lost & found. Perhaps all lives are like that. It`s when life started in earnest HERTFORDSHIRE, 1928 The paths of Tom & Alice collide against a haze of youthful, carefree exuberance. & so begins a love story that finds its feet by a lake one silvery moonlit evening.. . It`s when there were no happy endings PARIS, 1939 Alice is living in the City of Light, but the pain of the last decade has already left its mark. There`s a shadow creeping across Europe when she & Thomas Stafford
- now a world famous artist
- find each other once more.. . It`s when the story begins LONDON, 1986 Bequeathed an old portrait from her grandmother, Kate Darling uncovers a legacy that takes her to Corsica, Paris & beyond. & as the secrets of time fall away, a love story as epic as it is life-changing slowly reveals itself.. . Sweeping & heartrending
- the perfect read for fans of Victoria Hislop & Kate Morton.


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`...as when iron is drawn to a magnet, camphor is sucked into hot air, crystal lights up in the Sun, sulfur & a volatile liquid are kindled by flame, an empty eggshell filled with dew is raised towards the Sun.. .` The Bible is full of stories featuring forms of magic & possession
- from Moses battling with Pharaoh`s wizards to the supernatural actions of Jesus & his disciples. As, over the following centuries, the Christian church attempted to stamp out `deviant` practices, a persistent interest in magic drew strength from this Biblical validation. A strange blend of mumbo-jumbo, fear, fraud & deeply serious study, magic was at the heart of the European Renaissance, fascinating many of its greatest figures. This is a book filled with incantations, charms, curses, summonings, cures & descriptions of extraordinary, shadowy, only half-understood happenings from long ago. It features writers as various as Thomas Aquinas, John Milton, John Dee, Ptolemy & Paracelsus along with anonymous ancient & medieval works which were, in some cases, viewed as simply too dangerous even to open. Brian Copenhaver`s wonderful anthology will be welcomed by everyone from those with the most casual interest in the magical tradition to anyone drawn to the Renaissance & the tangled, arcane roots of the scientific tradition.
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Every wonder why Italy`s Leaning Tower of Pisa has been slowly toppling over for centuries? Stack books on a foundation of paper balls to learn about rickety building foundations & entre of mass. How about the 15 foot high tidal wave of molasses that to re through the streets of Boston in the Great Molasses Flood of 1919? Karate chop a full tube of toothpaste (outside!) to demonstrate the messy behaviour of non-Newtonian fluids. With The Book of Epically Disastrous Engineering, kids get active with a fun, illustrated tour through the physics & technology of crumbling buildings, sinking ships, wobbly bridges, mud stuck tanks, & much more. Covering a wide range of snafus, mishaps, & outright disasters throughout history
- some infamous, like the Titanic sinking & Chilean miners trapped underground, & others lesser know, like the Fidnae Stadium collapse in ancient Rome
- these 48 hands on experiments put readers newfound knowledge into action. Each demonstration uses familiar household ingredients & helps break down the barrier between learning & doing
- or even better, between learning & having fun.


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