Transient Desires
ISBN : 9781787467859
When two young American women are badly injured in a boating accident, joyriding in Venice's Laguna with two young Italians, Commissario Guido Brunetti's curiosity is aroused by the behaviour of the young men, who abandoned the victims after taking them to the hospital. As Brunetti and his colleague, Claudia Griffoni, investigate, they discover that one of the young men works for a man rumoured to be involved in more sinister night-time activities in the Laguna. To get to the bottom of the mystery, Brunetti needs to enlist the help of both the Carabinieri and the Guardia Costiera. Determining how much trust he and Griffoni can put in these unfamiliar colleagues only adds to the difficulty of solving this peculiarly horrible crime. Donna Leon's landmark thirtieth Brunetti novel is as powerful as any she has written, testing Brunetti to his limits, forcing him to listen very carefully for the truth.
Win
ISBN : 9781787463004
On New York's Upper West Side, a recluse is found murdered in his apartment. Beside him is a stolen masterpiece by Vermeer and a leather suitcase bearing the initials WHL3. Windsor Horne Lockwood III - or Win as he is known - is called to the crime scene, and immediately recognises both the painting and the suitcase as his own. How did both items end up in the dead man's apartment ? And is there a connection to the abduction, years previously, of Win's cousin Patricia ? The crime has long baffled the FBI. But now Win is on the case - and he has three things the FBI has not. A personal connection to the crime, a large personal fortune, and his own unique brand of justice ...
HIPPIE
ISBN : 9781787461710
To learn about yourself, explore the world around you. Drawing on the rich experience of his own life, bestselling author Paulo Coelho takes us back in time to relive the dreams of a generation that longed for peace and dared to challenge the established social order. In HIPPIE, he tells the story of Paulo, a skinny Brazilian with a goatee and long hair, setting off on a journey in search of a deeper meaning for his life. He travels on the famous 'Death Train to Bolivia', then on to Peru, later hitchhiking through Chile and Argentina. In the famous Dam Square in Amsterdam he finds young people playing music, while discussing sexual liberation, the expansion of consciousness and the search for an inner
SAPIENS: A GRAPHIC HISTORY - THE PILLARS OF CIVILISATION
ISBN : 9781787333765
The second volume of an epic, beautifully illustrated graphic history of humankind, based on Yuval Noah Harari''s internationally bestselling phenomenon When nomadic Homo sapiens settled to live in one place, they started working harder and harder. But why didn''t they get a better life in return? In The Pillars of Civilisation , Yuval Noah Harari and his companions including Prof. Saraswati and Dr. Fiction travel the length and breadth of human history to investigate how the Agricultural Revolution changed society forever. Discover how wheat took over the world, how war, famine, disease and inequality became a part of the human condition, and why we might only have ourselves to blame. The origins of modern farming
BEWILDERMENT
ISBN : 9781785152641
With its first few pages, Powers'' novel completely captivated us and with its last, it bowled us over. Powers creates a texture and specificity to our future that feels simultaneously sweepingly large and breathtakingly intimate , told through the most relatable point of view: the ferocious love of a parent for his child and his struggle to provide him a better tomorrow.>
Matrix
ISBN : 9781785151910
Seventeen-year-old Marie, too wild for courtly life, is thrown to the dogs one winter morning, expelled from the royal court to become the prioress of an abbey. Marie is strange - tall, a giantess, her elbows and knees stick out, ungainly. At first taken aback by life at the abbey, Marie Finds purpose and passion among her mercurial sisters. Yet she deeply misses her secret lover Cecily and Queen Eleanor. Born last in a long line of women warriors and crusaders, women who flew across the countryside with their sword fighting and dagger work, Marie decides to chart a bold new course For those she now leads and protects. She will bring herself, and her sisters, out of the darkness, into riches and power. Matrix is a bold vision of female love, devotion and desire from one of the most adventurous writers at work today.
THINK AND GROW RICH - VERMILION LIFE ESSENTIALS
ISBN : 9781785042416
A winning formula for money-making success Napoleon Hill, America's most beloved motivational author, devoted 25 years to finding out how the wealthy became that way. After interviewing over 500 of the most affluent men and women of his time, he uncovered the secret to great wealth based on the notion that if we can learn to think like the rich, we can start to behave like them. By understanding and applying the thirteen simple steps that constitute Hill's formula, you can achieve your goals, change your life and join the ranks of the rich and successful. In this updated edition, Dr. Arthur R. Pell provides examples of men and women who, in recent times, exemplify the principles that Hill
