Mary Lennox is a spoiled, middle-class, self-centered child who has been recently orphaned. She is accepted into the quiet and remote country house of her uncle, who has almost completely withdrawn into himself after the death of his wife.
The Roswell incident was only the beginning... After the 1908 Tunguska blast levels a Siberian forest the size of London, a Russian scientist makes an amazing discovery amongst the debris.
How to build lasting connections through meaningful communication. Developing successful relationships is critical to our success in both our personal and professional lives. The Power of Understanding People shows you how to establish and develop extremely effective relationships by providing you with techniques to better identify and understand the intrinsic needs of others.
As one of the most recognizable images in science, the periodic table is ingrained in our culture. First drawn up in 1869 by Dmitri Mendeleev, its 118 elements make up not only everything on our planet but also everything in the entire universe.
This book has had centuries of influence in the East and in the West.The Kama Sutra is an ancient Indian Hindu text widely considered to be the standard work on human sexual behavior in Sanskrit literature written by Vatsyayana.
Myanmar, or Burma as it was formerly known, is a land with an intriguingly different and relatively undiscovered cuisine. Full of delicious and healthful dishes--some hauntingly similar to ones in the neighboring countries of China, India and Thailand, others dramatically different--the classic cooking of Myanmar is not difficult to prepare at home.
New York Times Bestselling author Ilona Andrews is the pseudonym for a husband-and-wife writing team. Ilona is a native-born Russian and Gordon is a former communications sergeant in the U.S. Army.
The most comprehensive handbook ever written about vitamins, herbs, supplements and holistic healing. Everything you need to feel better, live longer and look great doing it.
The Darwin Awards is the legendary web site which commemorates the remains of people who have improved our gene pool by killing themselves in really stupid ways!
The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas. It is often considered, along with The Three Musketeers, as Dumas’s most popular work.
