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Will Brown and John Smith are friends. Ordinary men with ordinary names... except where John comes from his happens to mean ‘one who yearns for the sweetest cessric pond, even before the third milking of Teuhleuhlah’s teat’. For John is from the planet Tau Ceti 42, and first met Will when abducting...

Illustrated by Osbert Lancaster, according to the Guardian 'one of the great English comic artists of the twentieth century', this is an unmissable treasure for lovers of London and of design. Arranged by hour of the day, it guides the reader around 1950s London, from morning walk to evening visit to a Turkish bath and late-night taxi home, including many stately homes and restaurants.

Since 1995, the Nations in Transit series has monitored the status of democratic change from Central Europe to Eurasia and pinpointed for policymakers, researchers, journalists, and democracy advocates alike the greatest reform challenges and reform opportunities facing the countries and territories...

How are democracy and the rule of law faring in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union? In Nations in Transit 2004, leading regional specialists offer answers by reporting on more than fifty key indicators of political and social reform in twenty-seven post-Communist countries. Each...

Since 1995, Freedom House’s Nations in Transit series has monitored the status of democratic change from Central Europe to Eurasia, pinpointing the region’s greatest reform opportunities and challenges for the benefit of policymakers, researchers, journalists, and democracy advocates alike. Covering...

Quick fixes to improve your life for freshly independent, fast-paced chicks Based on the popular QuickieChick website, lifestyle expert Laurel House's QuickieChick's Cheat Sheet to Life, Love, Food, Fitness, Fashion, and Finance on a Less Than Fabulous Budget offers quick tips for smart, sassy,...

A Little Golden Book based on the new Disney Junior show Muppet Babies! Oh, no--Fozzie's hat is missing! Join Kermit, Piggy, and their friends as they work together to get the hat back in this Little Golden Book based on the Disney Junior show Muppet Babies! This is perfect for children ages...

This small treasure includes some of our most beloved Christmas carols, their historical significance, and insight into their true meaning.

Cervical cancer is the third most common malignancy in women worldwide, and it remains a leading cause of cancer-related death for women in developing countries. Cervical Cancer will provide readers with a thorough review on cervical cancer, treatment guidelines, and emerging therapies available for...

This is a collection of short stories from the vast corpus of work that O. Henry has left behind. These selected stories not only give the reader a chance to read some of the best known of his works but also bear ample evidence of the wide range of his writings.Humorous and energetic, O. Henry’s stories...

The bounteous pleasures of married life have been endured by stoical, ingenious men and women for millennia. 'How to be Happy Though Married' is a compendium of their hard-won wisdom, offering advice for any conceivable conjugal conundrum, from the potential of a wife to wander (you might consider...

On first publication, this uncommonly concise and readable account of Soviet Russia's clash with Nazi Germany utterly changed our understanding of World War II on Germany's Eastern Front, immediately earning its place among top-shelf histories of the world war. Revised and updated to reflect recent...

Cinq siècles se sont écoulés depuis les guerres fratricides et l'exil d'une partie des survivants au-delà de la grande barrière d'astéroïdes. Le vaisseau d'exploration Pandora franchit la barrière pour la première fois lorsque qu'il reçoit un signal inconnu... Sunflower renoue...

In this story inspired by a Holocaust survivor's Hanukkah memory, a young boy named Seth spots a beautiful menorah for sale in a store window. Determined to buy it for his mother for Hanukkah, he sets out to do odd jobs, so that he will have enough money to purchase it. Just as Seth is ready...