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An audacious New Face of Fiction debut: nine riveting stories that announce a major writer in the tradition of Yann Martel and Barbara Gowdy. Unexpected humour and tenderness intertwine with loneliness and hopefulness in this remarkable book from an already acclaimed writer. In nine richly varied st... மேலும்

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.... மேலும்

Children often mispronounce words when learning their first language. Is it because they cannot perceive the differences that adults make or is it because they can't produce the sounds involved? Neither hypothesis is sufficient on its own to explain the facts. On the basis of detailed analyses of hi... மேலும்

Why have so many central and inner cities in Europe, North America and Australia been so radically revamped in the last three decades, converting urban decay into new chic? Will the process continue in the twenty-first century or has it ended? What does this mean for the people who live there? Can t... மேலும்

Boo is the highly anticipated debut novel from one of the most incomparable voices in Canadian literature: Bang Crunch author Neil Smith. Oliver Dalrymple, nicknamed "Boo" because of his pale complexion and staticky hair, is an outcast at his Illinois middle school--more interested in biolo... மேலும்

This book is a wonderful miscellany of the London & North Western Railway, here is a delightful new illustrated history of the Premier Line, drawn from the Railway Magazine archives, which covers the close of the Victorian Era and the start of the 20th century, topics of the 27 chapters include. Pe... மேலும்

Explore the potential of Ubuntu 20.04 to manage your local machine and external servers with ease Key Features • Learn how to install Ubuntu on a clean disk drive and with the network installer • Find out how to set up a firewall to protect your system from vulnerable attacks • Explore file-... மேலும்

Explore Android Studio 4.0 and update your skills to build modern applications in Java Key Features Set up your Android development and testing environments Create user interfaces with Android Studio Editor, XML, and Java Explore the essential elements of Android Jetpack Book Description Andro... மேலும்

Upgrade your Android Studio skills and confidently create, test, and upload Android applications using KotlinKey FeaturesDiscover how to set up Android development and testing environmentsPractice object-oriented programming (OOP) in KotlinExplore all the major elements of Android JetpackBook Descri... மேலும்

Denver detective Edward William "Win" Bear, on the trail of a murderer, discovers much more than a killer. He accidentally stumbles upon the probability broach, a portal to a myriad of worlds--some wildly different from, others disconcertingly similar to our own. Win finds himself transported to an ... மேலும்

Two universes weren't enough--the Federalists wanted them all! More than 150,000 women had been kidnapped--they vanished without a trace. No ransom demands. That was in the crime-ridden, bureaucracy-stifled "main" world of 1999. In the freedom-loving alternative universe of the North American Confed... மேலும்

Murder most alien... Something flashed and a great roar deafened the audience. When the smoke and green-tinged vapor cleared, a lamviin alien--what was left of it, anyway--lay dead before the horrified gaze of several hundred eyewitnesses. Responsibility for solving the crime lay squarely on the thr... மேலும்

For the price of one, you get three Lando Calrissian novels: LANDO CALRISSSIAN AND THE MINDHARP OF SHARU, LANDO CLARISSIAN AND THE FLAMEWIND OF OSEON, and LANDO CALRISSIAN AND THE STARCAVE OF THONBOKA. You know him as a gambler, rogue, and con-artist; Lando's always on the frontier scanning his sens... மேலும்

The god that failed: To his bosses at the Ochskahrt Memorial Academy he was Captain Bernard M. Gruenblum, Temporal Division--just another time traveler. But to the aliens from Yamaguchi he was, literally, God. So, if Bernie was going to medieval Japan, they were too. Well, three of them. It was supp... மேலும்

This book was first published in 1986.... மேலும்

Scandinavia's undisputed queen of crime fiction, Liza Marklund is the #1 international bestselling author of the Annika Bengtzon series, now available for the first time in Canada from Vintage Canada.Rookie reporter Annika Bengtzon has a coveted, yet temporary, position at a major Stockholm tabloid.... மேலும்

1938. Hitler's expansionist policies are arousing both anger and admiration, not least in Helsinki's Wednesday Club. The members of this relaxed gentleman's club are old friends of lawyer Claes Thune. But this year it is apparent that the political unrest in Europe is having an effect on the cohesio... மேலும்

In the 21st Century an interplanetary expedition leaves Earth for the asteroid 5023 Eris. Its mission: to exploit the resources of the distant planetoid for mankind. Instead, they find the asteroid is already occupied and defended by the technologically superior Elders. Now all the 30 odd survivors ... மேலும்

Why is public space disappearing? Why is this disappearance important to democratic politics and how has it become an international phenomenon? Public spaces are no longer democratic spaces, but instead centres of private commerce and consumption, and even surveillance and police control. "The Polit... மேலும்

<P>#1 International Best Seller In this electrifying new thriller from the author of Police and The Snowman, Inspector Harry Hole hunts down a serial murderer who targets his victims . . . on Tinder. <P>The murder victim, a self-declared Tinder addict. The one solid clue—fragments of rust and p... மேலும்

From the internationally acclaimed author of the Harry Hole novels--a fast, tight, darkly lyrical stand-alone novel that has at its center the perfectly sympathetic antihero: an Oslo contract killer who draws us into an unexpected meditation on death and love.<P><P> This is the story of Olav: an ex... மேலும்

After an over 50-year drought, the New York Rangers defeated the Vancouver Canucks in a dramatic seven-game series to capture the Stanley Cup in 1994. For this reason and countless more, 1993-94 will forever stand out as one of the most memorable seasons in Rangers history.Now, 20 years later, NHL.c... மேலும்

The voyage of Jason and the Argonauts and their hunt for the Golden Fleece is one of the most enduringly popular of all of the Ancient Greek heroic myths. Accepting the quest in order to regain his kingdom, Jason assembled a legendary crew including many of Greece's greatest heroes such as Hercules,... மேலும்

From the early ballads that established his stories to the later additions of Little John, Friar Tuck, Maid Marian, and Alan-a-Dale, this book explores how the legend of Robin Hood grew.He robbed from the rich to give to the poor, or so the legend goes. But who was the outlaw known as Robin Hood? ... மேலும்

When two of the Twin Cities' "Lost Boys" -- young Somali men drafted to fight for terrorists back in the homeland -- kill a pair of cops on his home turf, detective Ray Bleeker is left devastated. One of the dead cops was his girlfriend. The investigation grinds to a halt when he discovers that the ... மேலும்