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The Blonde... The Redhead... The Brunette... The Latina... The sequence is engrossing and I am bombarded by sensation, as though the whole of reality were nothing but some abstractionist exhibit in a universal gallery of the mundane and at the center of all inspiration, of all art, of theology,...

The story of Cambridge is one of curious conflict: an unrelenting struggle for independence by a squalid fenland settlement, which entirely changed its purpose as, down the centuries, a great University grew in its midst. Yet it was this unwelcome intruder, seen today as an island of ancient glory...

Sir Lone is a book about a young boy named Sierra Leone growing up in a West African country. He lives in a world of play with his brothers and friends. Just like any pre-teen, Sierra goes to school, he plays sports and has a crush on a beautiful girl. When the former best friend of Sierras father...

In this unusual book, Benstead tells how the men of the British Isles have matched their skill and courage against the menace of the surrounding sea. The fishermen, life-boatmen, the smugglers and hovellers, the men of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Service and the pilots of Trinity House - these...

Originally published in the early 1930s. The illustrated contents contain chapters on: History of the New Forest Referring Chiefly to Sport - Folklore - Traditions - Superstitions - Fox Hunting - Otter Hunting - Shooting - Badger Digging - The Buckhounds - Hare Hunting - The Modern Forest etc. Many...

This updated and expanded new edition reviews Rushdie's novels in the light of recent critical developments. It also features new chapters which examine the author's latest works including Fury (2001), Shalimar the Clown (2005) and The Enchantress of Florence (2008), bringing coverage of this important British author up to the present.

A girl wakes up in a room where there’s a strange clock, a black owl and a church pew. With no clue on how she got there, she tries to leave but a man on the other side of the door tells her she must stay there until the clock strikes pass the thirteen hour. Who is this man? And why doesn’t he want her to leave the room? Why doesn’t she remember who she is?

Over the past two decades, the number of studies of creativity has in­ creased enormously. Although these studies represent a wide variety of perspectives, the largest proportion of them falls within the province of the social and behavioral sciences. Perhaps this is due to the impetus of experimental...

At the outbreak of the First World War, Barry Bingham, an Ulsterman and career sailor who joined the Royal Navy in 1895, was a Lieutenant-Commander gunnery officer on the new battlecruiser HMS Invincible. He and his men did not have to wait long before they were pitched into battle against the German...

It wasn’t turning out to be a good week for police officer Clifford Hanger. First, his truck gets repossessed. Then Patrick, his friend from the police academy, gets murdered. Everyone is quick to say Patrick was killed by a rising case of gang violence, everyone except Cliff. Though...

In this book I discuss the justification of scientific change and argue that it rests on different sorts of invariance. Against this background I con­ sider notions of observation, meaning, and regulative standards. My position is in opposition to some widely influential and current views. Revolutionary...

This illustrated pocket guide, edited by members of the Yale Ophthalmology faculty, concisely outlines the most common ophthalmic surgical and laser procedures for easy reference in the operating room and clinic. The Yale Guide to Ophthalmic Surgery reviews the clinical context of each case and provides...

Exoplanets: Finding, Exploring, and Understanding Alien Worlds probes the basis for possible answers to the fundamentals questions asked about these planets orbiting stars other than our Sun. This book examines what such planets might be like, where they are, and how we find them. Until around...

Malika is a doll, or is she? Abusive caretaker Miss Jenkins is about to find out. Will she survive Malika’s mischievous personality, or will it drive her insane?