Alain de Botton draws on the work of six of the world's most uncommonly brilliant thinkers to offer this panoply of accessible, entertaining wisdom to guide us through our most common problems....
Search Results
Displaying 31 - 45 of 83
-
Author: De Botton, AlainSummary:Genre: Philosophy -
Author: Al-Khalili, JimSummary:British-Iraqi physicist Jim Al-Khalili here unveils the Arabic legacy of science and philosophy--a legacy that has long been hidden from the West.
-
Author: Lagercrantz, DavidSummary:The sixth Lisbeth Salander story-the crime-fiction phenomenon that has sold more than 90 million copies worldwide. Book four in the series, The Girl in the Spider's Web, starring Claire Foy,...
-
Author: Willocks, TimSummary:May 1565. Suleiman the Magnificent, emperor of the Ottomans, has declared a jihad against the Knights of Saint John the Baptist. The largest armada of all time approaches the Knights' Christian...
Genre: Historical fiction -
Author: Fernandez, Robert; Cleary, Steve R.Summary:Undoubtedly, John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress is considered one of the most influential books of all time. For many, it is second only to the Holy Bible and has been enjoyed by...
Genre: Juvenile fiction -
Author: Jensen, CarstenSummary:In 1848, Danish sailors set sail to fight Germans. Not all return, and those who do will never be the same, including daredevil Laurids Madsen, who escapes again to the seas. Here also is the...
-
Author: Turner, SteveSummary:Music journalist and Beatles expert Steve Turner investigates in detail the enormous changes that took place in the Beatles' lives and work during 1966. He looks at the historical events that...
Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Music -
Author: Stewart, IanSummary:Life is full of uncertainty, scientific advances indicate that the universe might be fundamentally inexact, and humans are terrible at guessing. When asked to predict the outcome of a chance event...
Genre: Math and science -
Author: Lewis, C. S.Summary:This definitive collection of short fiction explores enduring spiritual and science fiction themes such as space, time, reality, fantasy, God, and the fate of humankind.
Genre: Short stories, Religious fiction -
Author:Summary:A darkly luminous new anthology collecting the most terrifying horror stories by renowned female authors, presenting anew these forgotten classics to the modern reader.
Genre: Short stories, Horror fiction -
Author: Sabatini, RafaelSummary:
With swordfights and romance, adventure and treachery set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, this is the book that made Sabatini famous. Andre-Louis Moreau has good prospects as a...
-
Author: Cherry-Garrard, ApsleySummary:
This gripping story of courage and achievement is an account of Robert Falcon Scott's last fateful expedition to the Antarctic, as told by surviving expedition member Apsley Cherry-Garrard....
-
Author: Ragsdale, LindaSummary:
This beautiful tale follows a raindrop's journey on Earth, from the time of the dinosaurs to the creation of the earliest cities and beyond. It explains how Earth has depended on the same water...
Genre: Juvenile fiction, Picture books -
Author: Staveley, BrianSummary:
The children of an assassinated emperor try to stay alive and avenge their father's death while continuing down their individual life-paths, one in a monastery, another training with elite...
Genre: Fantasy fiction -
Author: Weeks, BrentSummary:
When Gavin Guile--high priest and emperor, the most powerful man in the world known to all as the Prism--discovers he has a son, born in a far kingdom after the war that put him in power, he must...
Genre: Fantasy fiction