Eva doesn\'t know what an imagination is. With the help of her dog, Chops, Eva goes on a hunt to find it. A delightful story about the power of

This is a chess book for everyone, from eight to eighty, beginner to master. In a clear, easy-to-follow format it explains how the best way to beat a stronger opponent (be it a friend, clubmate - or Dad ) is by cleverly forcing checkmate. Delightful and instructive positions from real games are used to show the 50 Deadly Checkmates that chess masters use to win their games.For the beginner, simply

This was the first philosophy textbook in moral psychology, introducing students to a range of philosophical topics and debates. This new edition includes a chapter on the question of whether morality is innate or learned. The bulleted summaries, study questions, and lists for further readings have been

J. S. Dewes, author of The Last Watch and The Exiled Fleet, returns with another science fiction space opera, Rubicon, that melds elements of Scalzi\'s Old Man\'s War with Edge of Tomorrow. Sergeant Adriene Valero wants to die. She can\'t. After enduring a traumatic resurrection for the ninety-sixth time, Valero is reassigned to a special forces unit and outfitted with a cutting-edge virtual intelligence

In his first full-length autobiography, comedy legend and national treasure Billy Connolly reveals the truth behind his windswept and interesting life. Born in a tenement flat in Glasgow in 1942, orphaned by the age of 4, and a survivor of appalling abuse at the hands of his own family, Billy\'s life is a remarkable story of success against all the odds. Billy found his escape first as an apprentice

An outrageously funny story of pursuit, heartache and romance, from Wales to New Zealand, in the Swinging Sixties.Boyo is essentially a true love story, with real people, real places, and real events. It\'s a story that stretches across the world, across cultures.It\'s an engrossing discovery of the extraordinary lengths to which our young Welsh protagonist is prepared to go - up and down the entire

Despite Princess Kaguya\'s claims, everything in Yamato appears wonderful to Tsukasa and the other Prodigies. Could a nation living beneath the heel of the Freyjagard Empire truly be happy, or is there more to the seemingly idyllic situation than meets the eye? Meanwhile, the Republic of Elm\'s election has begun, and tensions between the Principlists and Reformists continue to escalate. To hold the

Returning to the world of Shadows of the Short Days, it\'s time to go beyond Reykjavik to Hrimland\'s remote islands . .

A stunningly illustrated guide to the wonderful world of hummingbirds With their dazzling colors, glittering iridescent feathers, fantastic adornments, astonishing powers of flight, and many other unique characteristics, hummingbirds are among the world\'s most extraordinary birds--true jewels of nature. This beautifully designed book offers a celebration of all aspects of hummingbirds and their world,

Sometimes a song can save your life. Love of music unites the four members of the band Given: hotheaded guitarist Uenoyama, playboy drummer Akihiko, gentle bassist Haruki, and Mafuyu, a singer gifted with great talent and burdened by past tragedy. Their struggles and conflicts may drive them apart, but their bond to the music--and to one another--always brings them back together again. The final round

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\"I had to leave town for a little while--\" with these words, Elvis Presley truly came home to rock and roll. A little over a month earlier he had staged rock\'s first and greatest comeback in a television program, forever known as \"The \'68 Comeback Special.\" With this show, he resurrected himself--at the age of 33, no less--from the ashes of a career mired in bad movies and soundtracks. So where

An extraordinary, genre-blending play about colonialism, identity and the attempt to preserve the past, premiered at The Yard Theatre London in

THE SHADOW OF A STALKER Ever since he was selected to beta test the mysteriously realistic game, \"The Village of Fate,\" Yoshio\'s slowly been putting his life back together. Helping save the villagers was the catalyst he needed to help himself. Yet there\'s one big scar that Yoshio hasn\'t addressed: The convicted stalker who tormented his sister and wounded him with a knife. When the stalker reappears,

The classic Clive Cussler thriller from the master of the adventure

Analyzes the skyrocketing urban land prices driving our global housing market. How can urban housing, and the land underneath, now account for half of all global wealth? According to Patrick Condon in Broken City, the simple answer is that land has become an asset rather than a utility. If the rich only indulged themselves with gold, jewels, and art, we wouldn\'t have a global housing crisis. But