Atkinson: 684 books

The room darkens and grows hushed all eyes to the front as the screen comes to life. Eagerly the audience starts to thumb the pages of their handouts following along breathlessly as the slides go by one after the other... We're not sure what the expected outcome was when PowerPoint first emerged...

CHE COSA È LA « FASCINAZIONE MENTALE »? Per « Fascinazione » s’intende « l’atto di affascinare, o lo stato di essere affascinato ». La parola « affascinare » deriva dal latino « fascinare », che significa « ammaliare, affascinare, incantare mediante la vista o la parola; cattivare,...

Platone diceva che conoscere bene significa adeguarsi a Dio. Ogni atto del conoscere era per il grande filosofo quasi una ripetizione dell'opera del Demiurgo, del creatore cioè e dell'ordinatore del mondo ideale eterno, del cielo, del tutto. L'educazione intellettuale era dunque anch'essa un'operazione...

‘Inmiddels was de oorlog voor hem een wirwar van willekeurige beelden die hem in zijn slaap achtervolgden: de Alpen in het licht van de maan, een propellerblad dat door de lucht vloog, een bleek gezicht in het water. Nou, succes dan maar. Nu eens de penetrante stank van seringen, dan weer een lieflijk...

Tracy Waterhouse, ehemalige Polizistin und absolut gesetzestreue Bürgerin, kauft ein Kind. Niemand ist davon mehr überrascht als sie selbst. Zwar handelt es sich dabei eigentlich um eine Rettungsaktion, dennoch ist das Ganze keineswegs legal, und Tracy ist von Stund an auf der Flucht. Da kommt es...

Für ihren ersten Roman "Familienalbum" hat Kate Atkinson viele internationale Preise erhalten. Mit ihren weiteren Büchern hat sich die bekannte Autorin eine Fangemeinde erschrieben. June ist schwanger und weiß, dass sie bald mit ihren Kindern allein dastehen wird. Addison, uneheliches Kind und...

"Gedankenkraft im Geschäfts- und Alltagsleben ist ein kleiner Ratgeber, der sich mit dem geistigen Potenzial eines jeden Menschen befasst und diesem durch praktische Übungen zur Steigerung verhelfen will." Aus dem Inhalt: Derjenige, welcher im täglichen Leben eine praktische Konzentrierung übt,...

Questo libro di culto fu scritto da W.W. Atkinson nel 1906 sotto uno dei suoi tanti pseudonimi. Da allora è stato ristampato innumerevoli volte in tutte le lingue ed è stato interamente ritradotto per un pubblico moderno dalla Venexia. Alla base del suo longevo successo è la spiegazione semplice...

In a beautiful, durable volume suited to a lifetime of use, here is the all-in-one "bible" on how to harness the creative powers of your mind to achieve a life of prosperity-packaged in a handsome display box with a ribbon bookmark. The Prosperity Bible is a one-of-a-kind resource that collects...

La follia interdimensionale del Ragnoverso è terminata, ma questo non significa che Spider-Man sia al sicuro – nemmeno nella sua stessa azienda! I sistemi di sicurezza delle Parker Industries possono impedire l’ingresso a qualsiasi essere vivente… ma come si comportano con uno Spettro? Il famigerato...

A dramatic story of WWII espionage, betrayal, and loyalty, by the #1 bestselling author of Life After Life In 1940, eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked with monitoring the comings and goings of...

Arthur is a precocious eight-year-old boy whose mother is a B-list celebrity more concerned with the state of her bank account than with her son's development. Then an enigmatic young nanny named Missy introduces him to a world he never knew existed.

This collection by a new wave of contemporary authors hauls Celtic stories out of the dusty shadows and with succinct mythological analysis places them back into the light where they belong. Love, mystery and drama, these fascinating tales mark a new movement of authentic and original Celtic-based...

Iconoclastic detective Jackson Brodie returns in a triumphant new novel about secrets, sex, and lies Jackson Brodie has relocated to a quiet seaside village, in the occasional company of his recalcitrant teenage son and an aging Labrador, both at the discretion of his ex-partner Julia. It's...