Holiday Games - Jaci Burton
All Elizabeth and Gavin Riley want for Christmas is a baby. Despite over a year of trying, conception hasn’t been successful. But for a high-achiever like Elizabeth, she must succeed at everything. That means making the very most of every opportunity with her husband. And when it comes to nonstop
Mirror to Damascus - Colin Thubron
Described by the author as simply 'a work of love', Mirror to Damascus provides a rich and fascinating history of Damascus from the Amorites of the Bible to the revolution of 1966, and is also a charming and witty personal record of an extraordinary city. In explaining how modern Damascus is
Urodzeni mordercy - John August
Książka napisana na podstawie opowiadania samego Quentina Tarantino, co już powinno być wystarczającą rekomendacją. Wydana równocześnie z wejściem na ekrany kultowego filmu Olivera Stone'a - co jeszcze rzeczoną rekomendację wzmacnia. Zbrodnia, gwałt, mord, wszystko to sprowadzone do poziomu
Laguage play - David Crystal
We all use language to communicate information, but it is language play which is truly central to our lives... Verbal fireworks are a vital part of flirting with potential partners and putting down rivals. Healthy couples, families and groups of friends splatter their conversations with funny
The Art of War - Sun Tzu
For more than two thousand years, Sun-tzu's The Art of War has provided leaders with essential advice on battlefield tactics, managing troops and terrain, and employing cunning and deception. An elemental part of Chinese culture, it has also become a touchstone for the Western struggle for
The Volunteer - Jack Fairweather
'Totally gripping'-- Simon Sebag Montefiore 'Pilecki is perhaps one of the greatest unsung heroes of the second world war ... this insightful book is likely to be the definitive version of this extraordinary life' -- Economist Would you sacrifice yourself to save thousands of others? In the Summer
Clear Waters Rising. A mountain walk across Europe - Nicholas Crane
Alone - though he was just married - and on foot, Nicholas Crane embarked on an extraordinary adventure - seventeen-month journey along the chain of mountains which stretches across Europe from Cape Finisterre to Istanbul. With only an umbrella for company, he tramped along Pyrenees, and crossed