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Holly Black¿s The Cruel Prince meets Jennifer Donnelly¿s Stepsister in this fairy-tale reimagining featuring a kingdom on the brink of ruin, and one wicked stepsister¿s journey to become the heroine of her own quest.Aralyn has lost everything¿the coveted glass slipper, the prince¿s hand in marriage, and her only chance to save her mother and sister…
„“Who would be charmed by tales of life in the beautiful old house on the banks of the Tigris-looted now no doubt, its shutters torn and the courtyard strewn with mattresses?“ One night in 2003, Anglo-Iraqi psychiatrist Mona Haddad has a surprise visitor to her London office, an old acquaintance Duncan Claybourne. But why has…
A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland is a breathtaking fantasy romance set in an Ottoman-inspired world of courtly conspiracies and chivalric fealty, as Prince Kadou and his bodyguard Evemer investigate a counterfeiting operation that could topple their empire. Über den Autor Alexandra Rowland is the author of A Conspiracy of Truths, A…
„Cato has created a richly imagined world full of tasty surprises and thrilling adventure–I already hunger for more.“ –Kevin Hearne, New York Times bestselling author of The Iron Druid series A world on the brink of war and a mother and daughter on the run, in a thrilling novel of swashbuckling adventure, culinary magic, and…
Alles ist so gekommen, wie sie es vorausgesagt hatten… … nur noch schlimmer! Troja brennt, der Krieg ist verloren. Warum hat Hektor nicht auf die weisen Worte seiner Frau gehört? Doch Andromache empfindet keine Genugtuung darüber, dass sie recht hatte – sondern stetig wachsendes Grauen. Denn während die Männer im Krieg ihr Leben verlieren, verlieren…
A ’non-fiction novel‘ about lies and violence, ranging across Trump and Modi, the narrator’s childhood experience of communal violence in India, and his wife’s work as a psychologist. Über den Autor Amitava Kumar is a writer and journalist. He was born in Ara, India, and grew up in the nearby town of Patna, famous for…
Topologyhasbeenreferredtoas¿rubber-sheetgeometry¿.Thenameisapt,for the subject is concerned with properties of an object that would be preserved, no matter how much it is stretched, squashed, or distorted, so long as it is not in any way torn apart or glued together. One¿s ?rst reaction might be that such animprecise-soundingsubjectcouldhardlybepartofseriousmathematics,and wouldbeunlikelytohaveapplicationsbeyondtheamusementofsimpleparlour games. This reaction could hardly be further from…
Although the Battle of Arnhem was fought over sixty years ago. It still evokes such interest that it would seem to rank with the great victories of Agincourt, Trafalgar, Waterloo and the Battle of Britain, all of which proved to be turning points in the history of our nation. Arnhem was not a victory, but…
‚I had never seen Master John Wyclif so afflicted. He was rarely found at such a loss when in disputation with other masters. He told me later, when I had returned them to him, that it was as onerous to plunder a bachelor scholar’s books as it would be to steal another man’s wife. I…
Volume 1 of Maxwell’s 1873 influential contribution to physics covers the first elements of his electromagnetic theory: electrostatics and electrokinematics. Erscheinungsjahr: 2010 Fachbereich: Elektrizität/Magnetismus/Optik Genre: Importe, Physik Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik Medium: Taschenbuch ISBN-13: 9781108014038 ISBN-10: 1108014038 Sprache: Englisch Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert Autor: Maxwell, James Clerk James Clerk, Maxwell Hersteller: Cambridge University Press Verantwortliche…
Sometimes you find what you yearn for… Über den Autor Makoto Hagino Empfohlen (bis): 17 Empfohlen (von): 14 Erscheinungsjahr: 2020 Genre: Importe Produktart: Humor, Comics & Cartoons Rubrik: Belletristik Medium: Taschenbuch Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert ISBN-13: 9781974715442 ISBN-10: 1974715442 Sprache: Englisch Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert Autor: Hagino, Makoto Hersteller: Viz Media Verantwortliche Person für die…
Volume #17 in the John Pearce Adventures. Upon the capture of a Spanish treasure ship, John Pearce’s orders take him via Gibraltar, then on to Corsica, where in night actions, outnumbered on land and sea, he must fight the Francophile Corsicans who are arming themselves for an insurrection. Will he succeed, or will he, HMS…