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Effi Briest is steered into marriage with a man twenty years her senior, and taken to live in a remote Baltic seaport. Isolated and bored, she drifts into an affair, which is quickly ended. Years later the past catches up with Effi, with profound consequences. Fontane's masterpiece, the novel is an acute portrait of Prussian society.

World War Two re-assessed for a new generation, from the 1930s through to the beginnings of the Cold War. A stimulating and thought-provoking new interpretation of one of the most terrible episodes in world history.

Edward Waverley, a young English soldier, is caught up in the Jacobite rising of 1745-6, the last civil war fought on British soil and the attempt to reinstate the Stuart monarchy. With Waverley Scott invented the modern historical novel and profoundly influenced the development of European and American fiction for a century at least.

Las Vegas is a city of contradictions: seedy and glamorous, secretive and wild, Vegas attracts people of all kinds-especially those with a secret to hide, or a life to leave behind. It's the perfect location for Lester Olsen's lucrative business. He gets to treat gorgeous, young women to five-star restaurants, splashy shows, and limo rides-and then he teaches them how to kill.Private Jack Morgan spends most of his time in Los Angeles, where hi...

Will library technical services exist thirty years from now? If so, what do leading experts see as the direction of the field? In this visionary look at the future of technical services, Mary Beth Weber has compiled a veritable who's who of the field to answer just these questions.

In more than twenty years as a customs officer, Jon Frost worked with the mad, the bad, the brave, the stupid, the spectacular and the heroic . . .During his time working at London airports, Jon seized presidential aircraft, a working tank, cars, lorries, boats and coffins, and uncovered wild animals, killer snakes, bush meat, animal porn, poisonous vodka, dodgy medicine, bootleg prescriptions, pirated pills, toxic alcohol, firearms, side-arms...

Sought-after interiors stylist Hilary Robertson celebrates the stylish simplicity of the monochromatic home-elegant interiors in black, white, and every shade of grey in between. In the first chapter, The Monochrome Palette, Hilary analyzes five different monochrome schemes, providing moodboards for different effects: In Black and White, Grey Matters, Shades of Pale, Dark Looks, and In the Mix. Following on, Let there be Light provides example...

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.' C. S. Lewis Congratulations - you're starting another exciting new time in your life! This little book, packed with wise and witty quotations, is the perfect way to show the world that you are 65 and proud of it.

Is there a sport you could turn professional at with only a year of coaching? How can you give yourself a 1-in-12 chance of playing international soccer against Cristiano Ronaldo? Which sport is the most profitable to participate in for the least amount of effort? This book offers an alternative take on commonly accepted sporting knowledge.

The exciting third instalment in the "All Souls" trilogy following the no.1 internationally bestselling "A Discovery Of Witches" and "Shadow Of Night". A world of witches, daemons and vampires. A manuscript which holds the secrets of their past and the key to the future. Diana and Matthew, the forbidden love at the heart of it. Now in paperback.

Fans of Liverpool sagas by the likes of Katie Flynn and Annie Groves will be thrilled to discover Anne Baker's magnficient story of a mother and her three daughters struggling to make ends meet.

Before becoming a full-time writer, Liz Nugent worked in Irish film, theatre and television. In 2014 her first novel, Unravelling Oliver, was a Number One bestseller and won the Crime Fiction Prize in the 2014 Irish Book Awards. Her second novel, Lying in Wait, went straight to Number One in the Irish bestseller charts, remained there for nearly two months and won her a second IBA. She lives in Dublin with her husband.

The Hurricane served in every theatre during the Second World War as a fighter, night fighter, ground attack aircraft and even on board ship guarding vital convoys. This book offers first-hand accounts of these gallant pilots form not only a history of the aircraft, but also a tribute to the many friends they lost in combat.

A Pelican introduction to the British political system, just in time for the 2015 election.

William Shakespeare was born some time in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon and died in 1616. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.Stanley Wells is Emeritus Professor of the University of Birmingham and Honorary President of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Peter Holland is McMeel Family Professor in Shakespeare Studies in the Department of Film, Television and Theatre...

Im Gesprächsprozess der katholischen Kirche werden aktuelle Fragen für die Kirche der Zukunft diskutiert: Wie kann unter den Bedingungen der Religionsfreiheit und des säkularen Pluralismus Glaube bezeugt und weitergegeben werden? Wie kann dieses Zeugnis in seiner Brüchigkeit zum Ort werden, wo Gottes Kraft und Wahrheit erfahrbar sind? Die Beiträge reflektieren diese Herausforderungen unter verschiedenen Aspekten, etwa dem Verlust einer lebensw...

Harte Schnitte und brodelnde Töpfe. Eiskalte Gefrierfächer und der Angriff der Mikrowellen. Wie viel Physik und Chemie verbergen sich hinter der Küchentür? Neues vom Soundtrack der Kartoffelchips, Überraschendes aus dem Reich der Fleischreifung und Verblüffendes über die Physik des Abwaschwassers. Kulinarisch lehrreich und äußerst amüsant.

Mouthful of Forevers brings the first substantial collection of this gifted young poet, Clementine Von Radics's, work to the public.

What does it really mean to be happy, and why can't we feel that way all of the time? This book helps us understand our own quest for happiness and helps to make you happier.

An essential exploration of women's sexuality promising to radically transform readers' sex lives into ones filled with confidence and joy.