The Book Thief
ISBN : 9781909531611
This is the tale of the book thief, as narrated by death. and when death tells a story, you really have to listen. It's just a small story really - about, amongst other things : a girl ; an accordionist ; some fanatical germans ; a jewish fist fighter ; and quite a lot of thievery.
Blockchain Revolution - How the Technology Behind Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies is Changing the World
ISBN : 9780241237861
Blockchain technology will change the world. in fact, it already has. Blockchain is the technology driving the future of the economy. It's best known for powering Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, but it has the potential to transform every industry it touches. It allows virtually anything we value - from stocks, music and intellectual property to health records and even our identities - to be stored in a secure and anonymous system that no one person or company owns. From birth and death certificates to insurance claims, land titles and even votes, data will never be managed in the same way again. Written by Don Tapscott, the author of Wikinomics, and his son, blockchain expert Alex Tapscott, Blockchain Revolution is not only an essential and simple introduction to a complex subject, it is also a vital guide to how it will change all our lives. Read it, or be left behind.
EMMA
ISBN : 9780141199528
Beautiful, clever, rich - and single - Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others.
Darker
ISBN : 9781787460560
Relive the passion of Fifty Shades Darker through the eyes of Christian Grey, in his own words, and through his tormented thoughts, reflections, and dreams. F L James revisits the world of Fifty Shades with a deeper and darker take on the love story that has enthralled millions of readers around the globe. Their scorching, sensual affair ended in heartbreak and recrimination, but Christian Grey cannot get Anastasia Steele out of his mind, or his blood. Determined to win her back, he tries to suppress his darkest desires and his need for complete control, and to love Ana on her own terms. But the horrors of his childhood still haunt him, and Ana's scheming boss, Jack Hyde, clearly wants her for himself. Can Christian's confidant and therapist, Dr. Flynn, help him face down his demons ? Or will the possessiveness of Elena, his seducer, and the deranged devotion of Leila, his former submissive, drag Christian down into the past ? And if Christian does win Ana back, can a man so dark and damaged ever hope to keep her ?
Magnus Chase Tome 2
ISBN : 9780141342566
My name is Magnus Chase. Two months ago i died fighting a fire giant and woke up in hotel Valhalla as one of Odin's warriors. Time fora rest ? I wish. When I meet Otis, an informant with a lead on Thor's missing hammer, all I get is the name "Provincetown" before a wolf-masked assassin takes him out and warns me to stay away. Someone really doesn't want me to find the hammer, and even I could it's rumoured to be underground, guarded by powerful magic. But the giant armies are on the move, preparing to invade. If I don't find it, they'll ravage the Nine Worlds, starting with the streets of Boston. There's just one person who could help. Someone who demands a very high price : the gods' worst enemy, Loki.
The black swan: the impact of the highly improbable
ISBN : 9780141034591
What have the invention of the wheel, Pompeii, the Wall Street Crash, Harry Potter and the internet got in common? Why are all forecasters con-artists? And, what can Catherine the Great's lovers tell us about probability? This book shows us how to stop trying to predict everything and take advantage of uncertainty.
WONDER
ISBN : 9780552565974
Auggie wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things - eating ice cream, playing on his Xbox. He feels ordinary - inside. But ordinary kids don't make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. Ordinary kids aren't stared at wherever they go.
The Red Pony
ISBN : 9780241980378
Jody Tiflin is a ten-year-old boy, living on his father's ranch. One day his father brings home a small pony. He's Jody's, if the boy will learn to feed, clean, stable and care for him. But Jody learns, through the colt, and through his other adventures on the ranch, that with responsibility can come sacrifice and pain. Joy may swiftly turn to tragedy. And he also discovers that the simplicities of childhood must eventually turn into the complications of adulthood.
Oliver Twist
ISBN : 9780141198880
Features some of the most memorably drawn villains in all of fiction - the treacherous gangmaster Fagin, the menacing thug Bill Sikes, the Artful Dodger and their den of thieves in the grimy London backstreets.