Milan Kunderas sixth novel springs from a casual gesture of a woman to her swimming instructor a gesture that creates a character in the mind of a writer named Kundera. Like Flauberts Emma or Tolstoys Anna Kunderas Agnes becomes an object of fascination of indefinable longing. From that character springs a novel a gesture of the imagination that both embodies & articulates Milan Kunderas supreme mastery of the novel & its purpose; to explore thoroughly the great themes of existence. ...

Immortality shows how the quest to live forever has driven the development of human civilisation & how that quest is now coming to a climax through modern science. It argues that humans are hardwired to pursue eternal life
- & that the way they have done so has stayed remarkably consistent through the ages. All the main beliefs on defying death from freeing your soul to freezing your brain fall into four simple categories
- the four paths to immortality. Although all four paths are ancient science is now showing us
- for the first time in human history
- which of them could really lead to infinity. Immortality uses the stories of ten exceptional characters from Queen Nefertiti to the Dalai Lama to show how these four paths have shaped our culture from ancient times through to today. Unlike most books on this hugely popular subject Immortality does not argue from a particular religious viewpoint. Written by Stephen Cave philosopher (Ph D Cambridge) & regular writer for the Financial Times it shows general readers how the latest research in fields from anti-aging to neuroscience is providing new answers to lifes most important question.



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John Gray's The Immortalization Commission: The Strange Quest to Cheat Death" raises vital questions about the 'truths' science can offer the technology we are still exploiting for immortality
- & exactly what it means to be human. At the heart of all human experience lies our obsession with death. For many years we turned to religion for our answers but at the turn of the twentieth centuries ideas from evolution & politics seemed to suggest that our lives
- & afterlives
- were in our own hands. These ideas would have both trivial & terrible effects from the nightmares of H. G. Wells's science fiction & the wild sweeping craze of seances to the murder of millions in the Stalinist terror. " Our sharpest critic of utopian fantasies skewers the crazed but enduring dream of cheating age time & death". (Boyd Tonkin " Independent"). " Elegant... He is on to something important regarding the delusion that science consists of indefinite progress". (" Sunday Telegraph"). " One of the most important & insightful polemicists currently writing in English.. .humanism's most vocal critic". (" Financial Times"). " Gray is an engaging writer an entertaining historian & a controversialist whose opinions can never be taken for granted". (" New Statesman"). John Gray has been Professor of Politics at Oxford University Visiting Professor at Harvard & Yale & Professor of European Thought at the London School of Economics. His books include " False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism" " Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion & the Death of Utopia" & " Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans & Other Animals". His selected writings " Gray's Anatomy" was published in 2009."


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Things have changed for Ever since she met her beloved Damen -- not least because she's got a whole new set of powers courtesy of her new Immortal status. Just as she's getting stronger though Damen seems to be weakening. Panicked at the thought of losing him Ever finds a path to the in-between world known as Summerland where she learns the secrets of Damen's tortured past. But in searching for a cure for him Ever accidentally discovers a way to twist time so she can save her family from the accident that killed them. It's all she's ever wanted -- but so is Damen. & Ever must choose between them.. . ...

1900 BC: the once-proud Suryavanshi rulers of the Meluha Empire are in dire peril. The empires primary river the Saraswathi is slowly drying up. There are devastating terrorist attacks from the east the land of the Chandravanshis
- & to make matters worse the Chandravanshis appear to have allied with the Nagas an ostracised race of deformed humans with astonishing martial skills. The only hope for the Suryavanshis is an ancient prophecy: when evil reaches epic proportions & all seems lost a hero will emerge...
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With 3.2 million copies of her Immortals series in print Alyson Noel is one of the hottest paranormal teen authors writing today. EVERLASTING is the sixth & final instalment of the epic love story that has enchanted readers across the world. Ever & Damen have spent centuries facing down bitter rivals jealous friends & their own worst fears--all in the hope of being together forever. Now in EVERLASTING their destiny is finally within reach. Will they be united.. .or torn apart forever? Readers will finally discover the truth in this anxiously awaited conclusion! ...

Seventeen-year-old Ever is the sole survivor of a car crash that killed her entire family. Living with her aunt in Southern California she's plagued by the ability to hear the thoughts of those around her & haunted by the ghost of her little sister. She tries to tune everyone out shunning her old lifestyle as the pretty popular cheerleader but somehow she can't hide from Damen the new guy at school. Stunningly handsome clever & not a little bit intimidating there's something about him that doesn't quite add up. Ever realises he's hiding something but nothing could prepare her for the truth
- especially when the truth involves past lives murderous enemies everlasting love & the secret of eternal youth.
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Ever & Damen have travelled through countless past lives -- & fought off the world's darkest enemies -- in search of each other. But just when their destiny seems finally within reach a powerful curse falls upon them. A single touch of their hands a soft brush of their lips will mean death for Damen -- cast into the darkness of the Shadowl&. But as she seeks to break the curse Ever meets Jude -- a green-eyed golden surfer boy who understands magick & understands Ever better than she realises. & she begins to ask a terrifying question: even if you're immortal can true love really last forever? ...

As a librarian Imogen read a lot of books but none of them covered real life on the Riviera. Her holiday with tennis ace Nicky & the whole glamorous coterie of journalist playboy photographer was a revelation
- & so was she. A prize worth winning. A wild Yorkshire rose among the thorny model girls Cable & Yvonne with a rare asset that theyd mislaid years ago... But the path of a jet-set virgin in that lovely wicked world was a hard one. Imogen began to wonder if virtue really was its own reward...
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Apples video-editing program is better than ever but it still doesnt have a printed guide to help you get started. Thats where this gorgeous full-color book comes in. You get clear explanations of i Movies impressive new features like instant rendering storyboarding & one-step special effects. Experts David Pogue & Aaron Miller also give you a complete course in film editing & DVD design. * Edit video like the pros. Import raw footage add transitions & use i Movies newly restored intuitive timeline editor. * Create stunning trailers. Design Hollywood-style Coming Attractions!" previews for your movies. * Share your film. Distribute your movie in a variety of places-on smartphones Apple TV your own site & with one-click exports to You Tube Facebook Vimeo CNN i Report & Mobile Me. * Make DVDs. Design the menus titles & layout for your DVDs & burn them to disc." ...