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Gardens of Water
Turkey, 1999. A devastating earthquake brings Istanbul crumbling to the ground, ripping apart the fragile stability of Sinan's world. His family home becomes a makeshift tent in a camp run by Western missionaries whom he stubbornly distrusts, and he soon finds himself struggling to protect his family's honour and values. As he becomes a helpless witness to his daughter's dangerous infatuation with a young American, Sinan takes a series of drastic decisions with unforeseeable consequences. Cultures clash, political and religious tensions mount, and Sinan's actions spiral into a powerful and heartbreaking conclusion.
The American Lineman
In a collaborative effort to bring Lineman history to the general public and Lineman across the world, Alan Drew and the Northwest Lineman College have created a beautiful depiction of Lineman s footprint on America. No other book has depicted the history of the lineman so eloquently."
The Recruit
An idyllic California town. A deadly secret. A race against killers hidden in plain sight. . . . “Extraordinary! I can think of no other thriller that portrays its vital themes—all relevant to our times—in such a riveting and up close and personal way.”—Jeffery Deaver, author of The Bone Collector Rancho Santa Elena in 1987 seems like the ideal Southern California paradise—that is, until a series of strange crimes threatens to unravel the town’s social fabric: workers attacked with mysterious weapons; a wealthy real estate developer found dead in the pool of his beach house. The only clues are poison and red threads found at both crime scenes. As Detective Benjamin Wade and for...
Heroes of the Comics
Featuring over 80 full-color portraits of the pioneering legends of American comic books, including publishers, editors and artists from the industry’s birth in the ’30s, through the brilliant artists and writers of behind EC Comics in the ’50s. All lovingly rendered and chosen by Drew Friedman, a cartooning legend in his own right. Featuring subjects popular and obscure, men and women, as well as several pioneering African-American artists. Each subject features a short essay by Friedman, who grew up knowing many of the subjects included (as the son of writer Bruce Jay Friedman), including Stan Lee, Harvey Kurtzman, Will Eisner, Mort Drucker, Al Jaffee, Jack Davis, Will Elder, and Bill Gaines. More names you might recognize: Barks, Crumb, Wood, Wolverton, Frazetta, Siegel & Shuster, Kirby, Cole, Ditko, Werthem… it’s a Hall of Fame of comic book history from the man BoingBoing.com call “America’s greatest living portrait artist!”
A Model Spy
The It Girls They're rich, fabulous…and dangerously underestimated. It Girl: Vanessa Dawson Mission: Resume a high-gloss fashion career to investigate the murder of two top models in a Miami drug-smuggling ring. Supermodel Vanessa Dawson had soured on the glam-but-wild fashion world and retired at twenty-five. But as a Gotham Rose spy, she was a natural fit for this assignment. Against the protests of her wealthy family and her own misgivings, she made her comeback, going undercover in the most revealing of designer swimsuits. Soon she was falling head over high heels for her multiplatinum prime suspect...and as shoot-outs replaced fashion shoots, Vanessa learned the hard way that looks can kill.
50 Problem-solving Lessons
Offers practical, classroom-tested ideas for helping students learn mathematics through problem solving.
An Urban Nightmare
Not everything happens a long way from home... most horrors happen right on the doorstep or at least as far as next door... again, the talented Thirteen Press authors let their imaginations run riot on this one. Watch out for your neighbours, they might have read this book before you...
The Complete Novels of Robert Louis Stevenson - All 13 Novels in One Edition
In 'The Complete Novels of Robert Louis Stevenson - All 13 Novels in One Edition,' readers are transported to a world of adventure, mystery, and imagination. Stevenson's literary style is characterized by vivid descriptions, complex characters, and captivating storytelling. Each novel in this collection showcases Stevenson's ability to create compelling narratives that explore themes of morality, duality, and the human experience. Set against the backdrop of the 19th century, these novels offer readers a window into a bygone era while remaining relevant and engaging today. Stevenson's works are a testament to his enduring influence on the literary world and his mastery of the novel as an art form. His unique blend of adventure and introspection makes this collection a must-read for fans of classic literature and those seeking timeless tales of exploration and self-discovery.
The Complete Works of Robert Louis Stevenson in 35 volumes
Robert Louis Stevenson has always been a writer’s writer. Contemporaries like Arthur Conan Doyle and Henry James were awed by his kaleidoscopic invention and the flawless “English” of his prose, while later authors like Somerset Maugham and Robertson Davies, drawn to the physical and psychological exotica of his subject, introduced him into their own writing—a quasi-postmodernist way of elevating their own status by alluding to his achievement and doffing their hats at the same time. Yet Stevenson was also, and perhaps foremost, a reader’s writer, a phrase that has less currency but far greater reach. Jorge Luis Borges offered it as his belief that Stevenson brought happiness to mo...
Kidnapped
Classic fiction. Readers will love reading their favourite classics in this new Oxford world's classics series.
