In the closing years of the rule of the Shah, young Talkhoon lives with her sister, Taara, with her grandmother Khanum-Jaan, her grandfather Baba-Ji, & her disturbing uncle, Asaad, in the house known as The Drum Tower in Tehran. In the tower, Baba-Ji continues his life's work, an unfinishable book on the Simorgh, the Bird of Knowledge, but revolution of one sort or another is on the way & Talkhoon's father is in hiding. The girls live with the mystery of their missing mother, & Khanum-Jaan's inexplicable hatred of her. In a book peopled by amazing characters & events, shot through with magic realism, Talkhoon's life, & the life of her country, rush to their inevitable destinies. ...

Clive Allan has drawn upon thirty years experience as a police officer & a profound knowledge of the Scottish Highlands in his crime thriller, The Drumbeater When skeletal remains are found buried on a beach near the remote Scottish village of Glendaig, the evidence points to murder, to a crime dating back seventy years to World War Two. The task of unravelling the mystery falls to history graduate Neil Strachan, now a career cop, fast tracked into a new role on Northern Scotlands Major Enquiry Unit. When Neil calls upon German naval historian, Matthias Fuchs, to help identify the remains, a name soon emerges, that of a dashing young U-boat ace who mysteriously disappeared in 1941: Korvettenkapitan Max Friedmann. Neil seeks the assistance of Glendaigs elderly residents, but encounters an impenetrable wall of silence, causing him to suspect that they know far more about the young submariner than they are willing to impart. With more questions than answers, & under mounting pressure from his cynical boss to wrap up the enquiry, Neil embarks on a race against time to discover the truth. He begins to unravel a tale of subterfuge, escape & astounding loyalty. A tale that will ultimately reveal a secret that could have changed the course of World War Two... ...

Leonard Mlodinow's The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives is an exhilarating, eye-opening guide to understanding our random world. Randomness & uncertainty surround everything we do. So why are we so bad at understanding them? The same tools that help us understand the random paths of molecules can be applied to the randomness that governs so many aspects of our everyday lives, from winning the lottery to road safety, & reveals the truth about the success of sporting heroes & film stars, & even how to make sense of a blood test. The Drunkard's Walk reveals the psychological illusions that prevent us understanding everything from stock-picking to wine-tasting
- read it, or risk becoming another victim of chance. 'A wonderfully readable guide to how the mathematical laws of randomness affect our lives' Stephen Hawking, author of A Brief History of Time ' Delightful.. . Our lives may be shaped by chance, but they are enriched by awareness
- just the sort of awareness that this fascinating book will give you' Guardian ' Mlodinow writes in a breezy style, interspersing probabilistic mind-benders with portraits of theorists.. . The result is a readable crash course in randomness' The New York Times ' Please read The Drunkard's Walk by Leonard Mlodinow, a history, explanation, & exaltation of probability theory.. . The results are mind-bending' Fortune Leonard Mlodinow has a Ph.D., has been a member of the faculty of the California Institute of Technology & a television writer in Hollywood, as well as developing many award winning CD-ROMs. He is currently Vice President of Emerging Technologies & R&D at Scholastic Inc. & lives in New York City. His previous books include A Brief History of Time, which he co-authored, as well as Euclid's Window & Some Time with Feynman, both published by Penguin.

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Leonard Mlodinow's " The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives" is an exhilarating, eye-opening guide to understanding our random world. Randomness & uncertainty surround everything we do. So why are we so bad at understanding them? The same tools that help us understand the random paths of molecules can be applied to the randomness that governs so many aspects of our everyday lives, from winning the lottery to road safety, & reveals the truth about the success of sporting heroes & film stars, & even how to make sense of a blood test. " The Drunkard's Walk" reveals the psychological illusions that prevent us understanding everything from stock-picking to wine-tasting
- read it, or risk becoming another victim of chance. "A wonderfully readable guide to how the mathematical laws of randomness affect our lives". (Stephen Hawking, author of "A Brief History of Time"). " Delightful... Our lives may be shaped by chance, but they are enriched by awareness
- just the sort of awareness that this fascinating book will give you". (" Guardian"). " Mlodinow writes in a breezy style, interspersing probabilistic mind-benders with portraits of theorists... The result is a readable crash course in randomness". (" The New York Times"). " Please read " The Drunkard's Walk" by Leonard Mlodinow, a history, explanation, & exaltation of probability theory... The results are mind-bending". (" Fortune"). Leonard Mlodinow has a Ph.D., has been a member of the faculty of the California Institute of Technology & a television writer in Hollywood, as well as developing many award winning CD-ROMs. He is currently Vice President of Emerging Technologies & R&D at Scholastic Inc. & lives in New York City. His previous books include "A Brief History of Time", which he co-authored, as well as " Euclid's Window" & " Some Time with Feynman", both published by Penguin.

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This quirky guide explains the chemistry & botanical history of over 150 plants, trees, flowers & fruits, showing how they form the bases of our favourite cocktails. Amy Stewart offers gardeners growing tips & provides cocktail enthusiasts with 50 drink recipes, as well as a rounded knowledge of the processes & plants which go into popular concoctions. ...

Whether it's a quiet pint of ale in a well-heeled watering hole or Jager bombs at 2 a.m., one thing always follows another: hunger. All too often we cave in to the booze munchies & settle for kerbside cheesy chips or a dreadful doner kebab. There is another way. A better way. Unlike driving, texting & neurosurgery, cooking can be enhanced by a drinking session. This book offers delicious recipes tailored to your level of tipsiness & perfect for soaking up the worst of it. Spicy Thai-style pork burgers, a quick couscous chicken biryani or authentic smoky burritos can be delectable &, more importantly, achievable with THE DRUNKEN COOKBOOK in h&. ...

Whether its a quiet pint of ale in a well-heeled watering hole or Jager bombs at 2 a.m., one thing always follows another: hunger. All too often we cave in to the booze munchies & settle for kerbside cheesy chips or a dreadful doner kebab. There is another way. A better way. Unlike driving, texting & neurosurgery, cooking can be enhanced by a drinking session. This book offers delicious recipes tailored to your level of tipsiness & perfect for soaking up the worst of it. Spicy Thai-style pork burgers, a quick couscous chicken biryani or authentic smoky burritos can be delectable &, more importantly, achievable with The Druken Cookbook in h&. ...

The Drunken Sailor traces the life of Arthur Rimbaud: poet, surrealist, libertine & gun runner. In dazzling artwork, Nick Hayes follows Rimbaud from his youth in Ardennes to the poetry salons of Paris, from the absinthe-glazed passion of his relationship with Verlaine to his flight into the jungles of Indonesia & the deserts of Yemen & Egypt. Told entirely in Rimbaud's own words, from a new translation of Le bateau ivre, The Drunken Sailor confirms Nick Hayes' place as one of the most talented graphic novelists at work today. ...

Winner of the British Book Awards Crime & Thriller Book of the Year 2018 Waterstones Thriller of the Month for June & July (2017) It wasn’t as though the farm hadn’t seen death before, & the blowflies didn’t discriminate. To them there was little difference between a carcass & a corpse. Who really killed the Hadler family? In the small town of Kiewarra, it hasn’t rained for two years. Swept up in the worst drought to ravage Australia in a century, the town crackles with seething malice & unvoiced grudges. Tensions in the community are at breaking point when three members of the Hadler family are suddenly brutally murdered. Everyone thinks Luke Hadler, who committed suicide after slaughtering his wife & six-year-old son, is guilty, but is he just an easy scapegoat? Policeman Aaron Falk returns to the town of his youth for the funeral of his childhood best friend, & is unwillingly drawn into the investigation. As questions mount & suspicion spreads through the town, Falk is forced to confront the community that rejected him twenty years earlier. Because Falk & Luke Hadler shared a secret, one which Luke's death threatens to unearth. & as Falk probes deeper into the killings, secrets from his past & why he left home bubble to the surface as he questions the truth of his friend's crime. The Dry is a descent into a flyblown, small-town Australia with the plot escalating in an ever more dizzying series of twists & revelations as we are edged ever nearer to the truth of what actually elapsed. ...

In todays climate of increasingly hot summers & dry winters, gardeners need guidance on plants that will thrive in dry conditions. Beth Chattos classic book has revolutionised the understanding of the problems involved & opened up many opportunities that wait to be exploited. In her famous DRY GARDEN she uses plants that need very little attention & are naturally adapted to flourish in dry conditions to provide a year-round display of beautiful foliage & flowers. ...