The life-changing international bestseller from the master of power, Robert Greene. THE MILLION COPY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'If power is your ultimate goal, this is the book you need' The Times Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distils three thousand years of the history of power into forty-eight well-explicated laws. As attention-grabbing in its design as it...

A global phenomenon, The Alchemist has been read and loved by over 62 million readers, topping bestseller lists in 74 countries worldwide. Now this magical fable is beautifully repackaged in an edition that lovers of Paulo Coelho will want to treasure forever. Every few decades a book is published that changes the lives of its readers forever. This is such a book – a beautiful parable about...

When the wind is from the north the old woman manages my meals with fair regularity; but on the other days she often makes my tea at three o'clock instead of six. If I refuse it she puts it down to simmer for three hours in the turf, and then brings it in at six o'clock full of anxiety to know if it is warm enough.... The general ignorance of any precise hours in the day makes it impossible...

Przepełnione potężnymi mocami Towarzystwo Aleksandryjskie skrywa tajemnice, o których nie śniło się największym i najbardziej wpływowym członkom magicznego uniwersum. "The Atlas Paradox" Olivie Blake to kolejna odsłona przygód adeptów organizacji, od której zależy los całego wszechświata! Świat się zmienił. Towarzystwo Aleksandryjskie zostało zdemaskowane, a członkowie tajnej...

"Radical and inspiring ... Yanagi's vision puts the connection between heart and hand before the transient and commercial" - Edmund de Waal The daily lives of ordinary people are replete with objects, common things used in commonplace settings. These objects are our constant companions in life. As such, writes Soetsu Yanagi, they should be made with care and built to last, treated with...

Sixty-four classic hits from the world's greatest musicals. All arranged for piano/voice/guitar. Including: Evita Guys and Dolls The Phantom of the Opera Les Miserables Cabaret West Side Story The Sound of Music Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Oliver! Starlight Express Cats Sunset Boulevard ...

A long healthy life is no accident. It begins with good genes, but it also depends on good habits. If you adopt the right lifestyle, experts say, chances are you may live up to a decade longer. So what's the formula for success? National Geographic Explorer Dan Buettner has lead teams of researchers across the globe to uncover the secrets of Blue Zones - geographic regions where high...

Read the searing first novel from the celebrated author of Beloved, which immerses us in the tragic, torn lives of a poor black family in post-Depression 1940s Ohio. Unlovely and unloved, Pecola prays each night for blue eyes like those of her privileged white schoolfellows. At once intimate and expansive, unsparing in its truth-telling, The Bluest Eye shows how the past savagely defines the...

When the Bantrys wake to find the body of a beautiful, young stranger in their library, Dolly Bantry knows there's only one person to call: her old friend Miss Marple. Who was the young girl? What was she doing in the library? And is there a connection with another dead girl, whose charred remains are discovered in an abandoned quarry? Miss Marple must solve the mystery, before tongues start...

The effects of trauma can be devastating for sufferers, their families and future generations. Here one of the world's experts on traumatic stress offers a bold new paradigm for treatment, moving away from standard talking and drug therapies and towards an alternative approach that heals mind, brain and body. 'Van der Kolk draws on thirty years of experience to argue powerfully that trauma...

Nate, najmłodszy z rodu McKinleyów, nie podążył utartą przez ojca ścieżką, ale wybrał dla siebie zupełnie inną drogę. Osiągnął sukces i zdobył pozycję na rynku jako właściciel firmy ochroniarskiej. Keira Fitzpatrick to rozpieszczona córka senatora i celebrytka. Nate nie wspominał najlepiej spotkań z nią podczas przyjęć, które obsługiwała jego firma. Dlatego postanowił za wszelką cenę trzymać...

'Guevara was a figure of epic proportions. These diaries, stark and moving, will be his most enduring monument' Observer The final diaries of Che Guevara begin in 1966, when he travelled to Bolivia to foment a revolution, and end just two days before his death in October 1967. They form an unvarnished account of his guerrilla campaign against CIA-backed Bolivian troops, fighting in the jungle...

Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists had a different view. This "Bomber Mafia" asked: What if precision bombing could, just by taking out critical choke points - industrial or transportation hubs - cripple the enemy and make war far less lethal? In The Bomber Mafia, Gladwell delves deep...

Become a competent, confident spell-worker with this practical guide to witchcraft, presented in a beautiful hardback with gilded page edges. Containing an extensive collection of traditional spells and techniques, this guide will help readers attract positive friendships, love and luck as well as promote healing, careers and protection. The Practical Book of Witchcraft is an...

'Meanwhile, let us have a sip of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with delight, the soughing of the pines is heard in our kettle.' In this charming book from 1906, Okakura explores Zen, Taoism, Tea Masters and the significance of the Japanese tea ceremony. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first...

Czterej bracia. Dwie trudne misje. Zapierająca dech w piersiach przygoda trwa. Genialna kontynuacja bestsellerowej serii „The Inheritance Games”. Grayson Hawthorne został wychowany na następcę swojego dziadka, miliardera Tobiasa Hawthorne’a. Lecz teraz wielki Tobias Hawthorne nie żyje, a jego rodzina została wydziedziczona, jednak lekcje, których udzielił wnukom, nadal procentują. Kiedy...

Based on the success of the original, The Business 2.0 continues to offer Business English students the fundamentals and skills they need to succeed in the competitive international business environment.

Based on the success of the original, The Business 2.0 continues to offer Business English students the fundamentals and skills they need to succeed in the competitive international business environment.

Go on a journey from bean to brew and explore the history of coffee, its production and how to become an expert barista at home. Are you a coffee lover who wants to learn how to extract the perfect brew? This coffee guide is a must-have for anyone looking for information and inspiration to experiment with different beans, methods, and flavours. Inside this essential go-to guide to all things...

Katherine Mansfield is widely regarded as a writer who helped create the modern short story. Born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1888, she came to London in 1903 to attend Queen's College and returned permanently in 1908. her first book of stories, 'In a German Pension', appeared in 1911, and she went on to write and publish an extraordinary body of work. This edition of The...