October 1942. Jo Hardy, an Air Transport Auxilliary ferry pilot, is delivering a Spitfire to Biggin Hill Aerodrome, when she has the terrifying experience of coming under fire from the ground. In a bid to find out who was trying to take down her aircraft, she returns on foot to the area, and discovers an African American soldier bound and gagged in an old barn.
The halls are decked, the mistletoe hung, snow falling gently outside the window, and in the shadows, evil waits for darkness to fall. So draw up a chair, throw another log on the fire, and allow ten of history's greatest crime writers to surprise, delight and chill you to the bone with classic winter mysteries full of twists, turns and treachery.
From the rain soaked dystopic world of Los Angeles 2019 to the never-before-seen promised land of the Off-World colonies, Replicant-hating Blade Runner Ash' search for the runaway wife and child of a rich industrialist takes her where no other Blade Runner has ever gone before.
Ash must deal with the life-changing after-effects of Titan Comics' Blade Runner 2019 storyline - but a powerful new threat puts her life in danger once more.
We are living through the most prosperous age in human history, yet we are divided and miserable. Evolutionary biologists believe that the modern world is out of sync with our ancient brains and bodies. A bold exploration of the tension between evolutionary history and our modern woes, that will empower you to live a better, wiser life.
<b>An inside guide by astronomer Paul Murdin revealing everything you need to know about the planets, their satellites and our place in the solar system.</b>
A trio of experts on high-tech business strategy and innovation reveal the principles that have made platform businesses the most valuable firms in the world and the first trillion-dollar companies.
Homo Irrealis explores what time means to artists who cannot grasp life in the present. Irrealis moods are not about the present or the past or the future; they are about what might have been but never was but could in theory still happen. A deep reflection on the imagination's power to forge a zone outside of time's intractable hold.
Explore an enchanting world of nursery rhymes, poems and songs from the illustrator of I Am the Seed. Humpty Dumpty, Jack and Jill, Little Miss Muffet and all your favourite nursery rhyme friends are here, along with elves, mermaids and a crew of white mice from lesser-known gems. Perfect for bedtime, this rich collection of one hundred and one rhymes will delight children for generations to come.
»Das Urbild der Menschheit« (1811, 1819, 1851) ist der Schlüssel zur Philosophie K. Chr. Fr. Krauses. Im »Urbild« entwickelt Krause die Grundlagen seiner kosmopolitisch und ökologisch verantworteten Sozial-, Gesellschafts- und Geschichtsphilosophie, welche die Menschheit panentheistisch im Zentrum des Absoluten als Synthese von Geist und Natur verortet und die Verwirklichung eines globalen »Menschheitbundes« als ihre historische Aufgabe versteht.
