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Emergency in the Pyrenees
A Julia Probyn Mystery, Book 5
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2011
After the perilous circumstances in which the newly married Julia and Philip met, it is no wonder that the Colonel wants his pregnant wife safe and away from too much excitement. Unfortunately, the remote French mountain village he chooses is not only impractical, isolated, and far from medical assistance,...
by Melville Davisson Post
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
Monsieur Jonquelle is no ordinary prefect of police of Paris. With cool intellect and charm, he can see into the heart of the most perplexing of crimes. From the jungles of the Congo to the sun bathed streets of Nice, criminals will find themselves outsmarted. This mastermind of mystery saves Russian...
The Moscow Sleepers
A Liz Carlyle Novel
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
For fans of Homeland and The Night Manager, the latest thriller in Stella Rimington's bestselling espionage series sees Liz Carlyle investigating a sinister Russian plot.
A Russian immigrant lies dying in a hospice in upstate Vermont. When a stranger visits, claiming to be a childhood friend,...
Close Call
A Liz Carlyle Novel
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014
The Arab Spring has swept through the Middle East and Liz Carlyle and her compatriots in the Thames House's counter-espionage division are racing to investigate arms deals in Yemen. There's a UN embargo forbidding any member country from supplying arms to either side in the uprisings, but Andy Bokus,...
The Dangerous Islands
A Julia Probyn Mystery, Book 4
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2011
Julia Probyn – journalist, amateur sleuth and occasional spy – is sailing off the west coast of Scotland with her cousin Colin when they stumble upon a suspicious sky-blue pole, rising from the ground on the desolate island of Erinish Beg. Colin, who works for the British Secret Service, immediately...
The Judgment of Paris
The Revolutionary Decade that Gave the World Impressionism
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
With a novelist's skill and the insight of an historian, bestselling author Ross King recalls a seminal period when Paris was the artistic center of the world, and the rivalry between Meissonier and Manet.
The Judgment of Paris chronicles the dramatic decade between two famous exhibitions-the...
Talk to the Snail
Ten Commandments for Understanding the French
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2008
Have you ever walked into a half-empty Parisian restaurant, only to be told that it's "complet"? Attempted to say "merci beaucoup" and accidentally complimented someone's physique? Been overlooked at the boulangerie due to your adherence to the bizarre foreign custom of waiting...
Dr. Kimball and Mr. Jefferson
Rediscovering the Founding Fathers of American Architecture
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2011
Yes, they make rather an odd couple-but, truly, Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) and Fiske Kimball (1888-1955) are the Johnson and Boswell of the story of American architecture. If not for Dr. Fiske Kimball, we might never have known that Thomas Jefferson was an architect. Though he was hailed as a brilliant...
Built
The Hidden Stories Behind our Structures
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
Winner of the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books
The wonders of engineering revealed--by the inspirational female engineer behind the Shard, Western Europe's tallest building.
While our cities are full of incredible engineering feats, most of us live with little...
by Simon Singh
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
The brainy book by the bestselling author of Fermat's Enigma-a must for anyone interested in numbers and mathematics, as well as for the millions of Simpsons fans worldwide.
“Simon Singh's excellent book blows the lid off a decades-long conspiracy to secretly educate cartoon viewers.” ?David...
City
A Guidebook for the Urban Age
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012
For the first time in the history of the planet, more than half the population - 3.3 billion people - are now living in cities. Two hundred years ago only 3 per cent of the world's population were urbanites, a figure that had remained fairly stable (give or take the occasional plague) for about 1000...
Fewer, Better Things
The Hidden Wisdom of Objects
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2018
From the former director of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, a timely and passionate case for the role of the well-designed object in the digital age.
Curator and scholar Glenn Adamson opens Fewer, Better Things by contrasting his beloved childhood teddy bear to the smartphones and...
by Roz Chast
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
#1 New York Times Bestseller
2014 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST
In her first memoir, New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast brings her signature wit to the topic of aging parents. Spanning the last several years of their lives and told through four-color cartoons, family photos, and documents,...
Chief Engineer
Washington Roebling, The Man Who Built the Brooklyn Bridge
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
"A welcome tribute to the persistence, precision and humanity of Washington Roebling and a love-song for the mighty New York bridge he built." -The Wall Street Journal
Chief Engineer is the first full biography of a crucial figure in the American story-Washington Roebling, builder...