Learn to think like the father of relativity himself as you ponder over puzzles, enigmas, quizzes & logic trials based on & inspired by Einstein`s works. In Einstein`s Relatively Difficult Puzzle Universe you`ll come across more than 80 puzzles drawing on his scientific exploration, along with a selection of the wisest"es from the genius physicist himself. ...

The Matrix meets Oliver Twist, WARP: The Reluctant Assassin is the first of a major new series by Eoin Colfer, the bestselling author of Artemis Fowl. It all began with the FBI & WARP (Witness Anonymous Relocation Programme). Hiding witnesses in the past to protect the future
- until now... Riley is a Victorian orphan, hurtled into the twenty-first century & on the run from his evil master... Albert Garrick, the terrifying assassin-for-hire pursuing Riley through time, along with... Chevie Savano, the FBI`s youngest & most impulsive special agent. As Garrick relentlessly hunts them down, Riley & Chevie face a desperate race to stay alive & stop Garrick from returning to his own time
- armed with knowledge & power that could change the world forever. Colfer has the ability to make you laugh twice over: ”first in sheer subversive joy at the inventiveness of the writing, & again at the energy of the humour”. (Sunday Times). Readers mourning the end of the Artemis Fowl series can take heart: ”this first book in the time-bending WARP series is an all-out blast”. (Publishers Weekly). Eoin Colfer is the megaselling author of the Artemis Fowl series, Half Moon Investigations, The Supernaturalist, Airman & The Legend of.. .books. His brilliant new series WARP is out now. Eoin lives with his family in Irel&.

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At a cafe table in Lahore, a Pakistani man converses with a stranger. As dusk deepens to dark, he begins the tale that has brought him to this fateful meeting... Among the brightest & best of his graduating class at Princeton, Changez is snapped up by an elite firm & thrives on New York & the intensity of his work. & his infatuation with fragile Erica promises entree into Manhattan society on the exalted footing his own family once held back in Lahore. For a time, it seems as though nothing will stand in the way of Changez`s meteoric rise to personal & professional success: the fulfillment of the immigrant`s dream. But in the wake of September 11, he finds his position in the city he loves suddenly overturned, & his budding relationship with Erica eclipsed by the reawakened ghosts of her past. & Changez`s own identity is in seismic shift as well, unearthing allegiances more fundamental than money, power, & perhaps even love. ...

Rising From The Mist in the sun-blushed hills of Tuscany is Il Piccolo Rustico, a 300-year-old stone farmhouse that Nancy Doran dreams of lovingly restoring into an idlyllic home. All her husband Phil can see is a crumbling money pit that, as far as dreams go, is more of a nightmare. Reluctantly leaving behind high -octane, air-conditioned Los Angeles where he lives & works as a writer-producer, Phil is uprooted to a strange country intoxicated by O sole mio, virgin olive oil & oak-aged Chianti. The local village reveals itself to be a hive of seething passions, secrets & age-old blood feuds, & the newcomers find that life is not all strolls around town during the passagiato & relaxing under the awnings of picturesque cafes. Beset by a rift of exasperating challenges
- from the cunning tricks of the Pinatore family to an infuriating Byzantine Italian bureaucracy
- it is only with an inspired touch of the ` Inner Italian` that Phil & Nancy finally manage to soften the hearts of their neighbours & are embraced by the community.

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This title is winner of the Booker Prize. In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the countryside & into his past. A contemporary classic, ”he Remains of the Day is Kazuo Ishiguro`s beautiful & haunting evocation of life between the wars in a Great English House, of lost causes & lost love. ...

More than ever before, the Renaissance stands as one of the defining moments in world history. Between 1400 & 1600, European perceptions of society, culture, politics & even humanity itself emerged in ways that continue to affect not only Europe but the entire world. This wide-ranging exploration of the Renaissance sees the period as a time of unprecedented intellectual excitement & cultural experimentation & interaction on a global scale, alongside a darker side of religion, intolerance, slavery, & massive inequality of wealth & status. It guides the reader through the key issues that defined the period, from its art, architecture, & literature, to advancements in the fields of science, trade, & travel. In its incisive account of the complexities of the political & religious upheavals of the period, the book argues that Europe`s reciprocal relationship with its eastern neighbours offers us a timely perspective on the Renaissance that still has much to teach us today. ...

A set of five handy maps, each covering Approx. a 30-km section of the route. The maps use the German topographic survey as a base, with an overprint highlighting the route & the adjoining local footpaths, as well as various types of accommodation & recreational facilities. On the reverse, there is a profile of each stage & brief descriptions. Map legend & all the text are in German only. The maps show no geographical coordinates. ...

It is an early spring evening in 1943 when the air-raid sirens wail out over the East End of London. From every corner of Bethnal Green, people emerge from pubs, cinemas & houses, & set off for the shelter of the tube station. But at the entrance steps, something goes badly wrong, the crowd panics, & 173 people are crushed to death. When an enquiry is called for, it falls to the local magistrate, Laurence Dunne, to find out what happened during those few, fatally confused, minutes. But as Dunne gathers testimony from the guilt-stricken warden of the shelter, the priest struggling to bring comfort to his congregation, & the grieving mother who has lost her youngest daughter, the picture grows ever murkier. The more questions Dunne asks, the more difficult it becomes to disentangle truth from rumour
- & to decide just how much truth the damaged community can actually bear. It is only decades later, when the case is re-opened by one of the children who survived, that the facts can finally be brought to light...
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It is an early spring evening in 1943 when the air-raid sirens wail out over the East End of London. From every corner of Bethnal Green, people emerge from pubs, cinemas & houses & set off for the shelter of the tube station. But at the entrance steps, something goes badly wrong, the crowd panics, & 173 people are crushed to death. When an enquiry is called for, it falls to the local magistrate, Laurence Dunne, to find out what happened during those few, fatally confused minutes. But as Dunne gathers testimony from the guilt-stricken warden of the shelter, the priest struggling to bring comfort to his congregation, & the grieving mother who has lost her youngest daughter, the picture grows ever murkier. The more questions Dunne asks, the more difficult it becomes to disentangle truth from rumour
- & to decide just how much truth the damaged community can actually bear. It is only decades later, when the case is reopened by one of the children who survived, that the facts can finally be brought to light.. .
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There is nothing to be found in the pages of these books but misery & despair. You still have time to choose something else to read. But if you must know what unpleasantries befall the charming & clever Baudelaire children read on... The siblings endure a car accident, a terrible smell, a deadly serpent, a long knife, a brass reading lamp, & the re-appearance of a person they hoped to never see again. Then again, why trouble yourself with the unfortunate resolutions? Avoid these books in Lemony Snicket`s international bestselling series & you`ll never have to know what happens! ...