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Horus Rising

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:07:22 PST

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After thousands of years of expansion and conquest, the human Imperium is at its height. His dream for humanity accomplished, the Emperor hands over the reins of power to his Warmaster, Horus, and heads back to Terra. But is Horus strong enough to control his fellow commanders and continue the Emperor's grand design, or will such incredible power corrupt him?

Prospero Burns

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:07:20 PST

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Book 15 in the Horus Heresy series.

Battle for the Abyss

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:07:18 PST

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Horus sends the Worldbearer space marines to the planet Calth, where they are to ambush the loyalist Ultramarines. In addition to the main fleet, Horus sends a new doomsday battleship for use againsy the Ultramarines home world of Ultramar. A small strike force travels space and the warp to delay or destroy the doomsday ship to save the Ultramarines.

Horus Heresy: Tales of Heresy

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:06:56 PST

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An anthology of short stories set during the time of the Horus Heresy, featuring tales by star writers Dan Abnett, Graham McNeill, James Swallow, ...

The Horus Heresy

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:06:38 PST

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In this omnibus addition, all four volumes of the Horus Heresy art books are brought together for the first time. It tells the full story of this pivotal period in the history of the Warhammer 40,000 universe, in which the arch-traitor Horus betrayed Emperor of Mankind. The epic tale is described in one huge tome with exciting text and masses of fantastic art.

Horus Heresy

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:06:36 PST

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Prediction

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:02:58 PST

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Bruce Bueno de Mesquita can predict the future. From international terrorism to corporate fraud, from climate change to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita has been predicting the future for decades. Using Game Theory (a theory based on the rationale that everyone acts in their own self-interest) he can foretell and even engineer events. His forecasts, for everyone from the ...

The Inquisition War

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 0:39:41 PST

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The Inquisition War is a classic story of Inquisitor Jaq Drako and his desperate mission to uncover a plot that will bring mankind to its knees before the Dark Powers. Written by award-winning author, Ian Watson, The Inquisition War explores areas of the Warhammer 40,000 mythology that few other authors have dared to tackle!

Enforcer

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 1:59:47 PST

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Enforcer Shira Calpurnia maintains a tough line on law and order in the Hydraphur system. Home to Imperial warfleets, this area of space is riven with violence and corruption. Calpurnia's duty is to protect the innocent and punish the guilty - with extreme prejudice. This omnibus collects the novels Crossfire, Legacy and Blind as well as new content from the author.

Predictioneer

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 3:04:42 PST

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Predictioneer is a dazzling, provocative and utterly engrossing account of how to use the basic techniques of game theory to make forecasts about future events, ...

Enterprise Information Systems

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 2:54:41 PST

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Hitch 22

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 2:54:20 PST

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The Music of the Primes

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 2:53:59 PST

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The paperback of the critically-acclaimed popular science book by a writer who is fast becoming a celebrity mathematician. Prime numbers are the very atoms of arithmetic. They also embody one of the most tantalising enigmas in the pursuit of human knowledge. How can one predict when the next prime number will occur? Is there a formula which could generate primes? These apparently simple questions ...

Shadow king

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 2:53:59 PST

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When his family is betrayed and slain, Alith Anar, ill-fated prince of the Nagarythe, is forced to walk a dark path. With the island of Ulthuan in the grip of a civil war with their evil counterparts, the druchii, Alith Anar follows his destiny to become the Shadow King. Hunting his enemies from the darkness, he is now on a quest for vengeance that will never end.

Selected Non Fictions

Thu, 6 May 2010 1:55:05 PST

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This unique volume presents a Borges almost entirely unknown to American readers: his extraordinary non--fiction prose. Borges' unlimited curiosity and almost superhuman erudition become, in his essays, reviews, lectures, and political and cultural notes, a vortex for seemingly the entire universe: Dante and Ellery Queen; Shakespeare and the Kabbalah; the history of angels and the history of the ...

Ravenor the Omnibus

Thu, 6 May 2010 1:48:19 PST

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3 science fiction-romaner og 2 noveller.

Gotrek & Felix

Thu, 6 May 2010 1:48:09 PST

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Would-be poet Felix Jaeger accidentaly signs up for a lifetime of adventure after swearing a drunken oath to the dwarf, Gotrek Gurnisson. The trollslayer is wandering through the Old World, seeking a glorious death in combat to redeem his honour. As the pair survive one adventure after another, with Gotrek vanquishing the most fearsome opponents, will Felix ever be able to fulfil his vow and ret ...

Chronicles of Malus Darkblade

Thu, 6 May 2010 1:47:36 PST

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The Inquisition War

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 7:06:20 PST

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In the aftermath of the bloody suppression of an alien-influenced rebellion, Inquisitor Jaq Draco discovers a bizarre entity that may prove to be the salvation of mankind or be the means of it's destruction. Declared a renegade of the Imperium Draco, his assassin consort and a Space Marine trek the galaxy in search of the mysterious Black Library and information that can overcome the conspiracy ...

The Last Chancers

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 1:06:35 PST

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Omnibus of all three of the popular Last Chancers novels.

The Grey Knights Omnibus

Sun, 5 Jul 2009 20:58:17 PST

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The Adventures of Florin and Lorenzo

Sun, 5 Jul 2009 20:58:08 PST

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Malekith

Sun, 5 Jul 2009 20:58:03 PST

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Heldenhammer

Sun, 5 Jul 2009 20:57:57 PST

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Launch title of a major new fantasy series that brings the history of the Warhammer world to life. This novel kicks the series off with a bang with the story of Sigmar Heldenhammer, the legendary hero who founded the Empire.

Imperial Guard Omnibus

Sun, 8 Feb 2009 22:05:55 PST

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The Blood Angels omnibus

Sun, 8 Feb 2009 22:05:43 PST

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In this two-book sequence, author James Swallow brings the Blood Angels Chapter to life. In an epic story of heroism, corruption and betrayal, battle-brothers Rafen and Arkio find themselves pitted against each other in a battle for the very soul of the Chapter. When Brother Arkio claims to be a reincarnation of Sanguinius, the Blood Angels' spiritual father, the message is clear: follow me or di ...

The Satanic Verses

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 5:19:41 PST

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Gibreel Farishta, India's legendary movie star, and Saladin Chamcha, the man of a thousand voices, fall earthward from a bombed jet toward the sea, singing rival verses in an eternal wrestling match between good and evil.

The Black Swan

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:07:41 PST

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What have the invention of the wheel, Pompeii, the Wall Street Crash, Harry Potter and the internet got in common? Why should you never run for a train or read a newspaper? What can Catherine the Great's lovers tell us about probability? Why are almost all forecasters con-artists? This book is all about Black Swans: the random events that underlie our lives, from bestsellers to world disasters. T ...

Letter to a Christian Nation

Sun, 2 Nov 2008 3:43:36 PST

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The End of Faith

Sun, 2 Nov 2008 3:43:16 PST

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This important and timely book delivers a startling analysis of the clash of faith and reason in today's world. Sam Harris offers a vivid historical tour of mankind's willingness to suspend reason in favour of religious beliefs, even when those beliefs are used to justify harmful behaviour and sometimes heinous crimes. He asserts that in the shadow of weapons of mass destruction, we can no longer ...

Infectious Greed

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:31:45 PST

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From the author of the best-selling "F.I.A.S.C.O.", a riveting chronicle of the terrifying rise of financial skulduggery and the damage it is doing. "F.I.A.S.C.O." was 'Blood in the Water on Wall Street', this is blood and guts everywhere. Like a virus infecting the very heart of our financial markets, our greed-driven culture has led to the generation of massive profits, but alongside this have ...

The Chronicles of Malus Darkblade

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:29:58 PST

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Nagash the Sorcerer

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:29:58 PST

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The second novel in the new, high-profile Warhammer fantasy series Time of Legends from Darkblade co-author Mike Lee. Nagash the Sorcerer tells the story of the rise of Nagash, a priest king whose quest for immortality damned Nehekhara and its people forever.

Curse of the Necrarch

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:29:58 PST

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Feared and reviled, the reclusive necrarch vampires lurk in their lairs, engrossed in mad experiments and dreams of depraved glory. When one of these foul creatures invades an Empire town and slaughters its inhabitants, its knight protector, the ageing hero Reinhardt Metzger swears vengeance.

Scourge the Heretic

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:29:55 PST

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Science fiction action-adventure in the style of Eisenhorn and Ravenor, to tie in with the new Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy rolepaying game. By the author of Ciaphas Cain omnibus and Duty Calls.

Red Fury

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:29:55 PST

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Angels of Darkness

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:29:54 PST

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The Pessimist's Guide to History 3e

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:46:31 PST

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The classic irreverent look at the past—now updated with even more appalling facts! Fourteen billion or so years ago, the Big Bang exploded—and it's been downhill from there. For every spectacular discovery throughout history, there have been hundreds of devastating epidemics; for every benevolent despot, a thousand like Vlad the Impaler; for every cup half-full, a larger cup half-empty. Thi ...

Darwin's Radio

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:46:29 PST

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A terrifying disease, or the next step in human evolution? Three scientists must battle to find the truth in this heart-stopping technothriller. Mitch Rafelson makes a major discovery high in the Alps -- the preserved bodies of a Neanderthal family with a human child. Kaye Lang investigates a mass grave in the Caucasus -- the bodies are mutated. Christopher Dicken tracks a mysterious flu-like ...

Whitechapel Gods

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:46:29 PST

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A thrilling new Steampunk fantasy from a talented debut author TWO GODS-ONE CHANCE FOR MANKIND In Victorian London, the Whitechapel section is a mechanized, steam-driven hell, cut off and ruled by two mysterious, mechanical gods-Mama Engine and Grandfather Clock. Some years have passed since the Great Uprising, when humans rose up to fight against the machines, but a few brave veterans of t ...

Vampire Wars

Sun, 3 Aug 2008 21:59:46 PST

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The Von Carsteins are the most infamous vampires to stalk the Warhammer Old World. Their very names - Vlad, Konrad and Mannfred - conjure up images of doom, death and destruction. This omnibus edition collects all three of Steven Savile's Von Carstein novels - "Inheritance", "Retribution" and "Dominion" - into one gore-drenched volume that plumbs the very depths of evil.

Defenders of Ulthuan

Sun, 3 Aug 2008 21:59:44 PST

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A story of war, betrayal and redemption that explores the magical world of the elves. Two brothers fight for the love of the same woman against a backdrop of war as the dark elves launch a massive invasion of the elf homeland, Ulthuan. Can the high elves drive back their evil kin before the forces of magic are unleashed and rip the world apart?

Brothers of the Snake

Sun, 3 Aug 2008 21:59:44 PST

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Follow the exploits of Space Marines Brother Priad and Damocles squad as they battle the myriad enemies of mankind - from rogue dark eldar, to Chaos cultists up to a full-scale ork invasion!

The Arabian Nights

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:27:29 PST

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The Complete Arabian Nights in a single edition

The Portable Atheist

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:27:29 PST

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From the #1 New York Times best-selling author of God Is Not Great, a provocative and entertaining guided tour of atheist and agnostic thought through the ages--with never-before-published pieces by Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Christopher Hitchens continues to make the case for a splendidly godless universe in this first-ever gathering of the influential voices--past and pres ...

God Is Not Great

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:27:29 PST

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"God Is Not Great" is the ultimate case against religion. In a series of acute readings of the major religious texts, Christopher Hitchens demonstrates the ways in which religion is man-made, dangerously sexually repressive and distorts the very origins of the cosmos. Above all, Hitchens argues that the concept of an omniscient God has profoundly damaged humanity, and proposes that the world migh ...

The Stuff of Thought

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:27:29 PST

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Ancient Blood

Sat, 5 Apr 2008 17:25:01 PST

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Driven out of the Empire, nomadic feral vampires make an epic trek through the Black Mountains in search of their ancient homeland, ignorant of the vampires kin that trail them as prey.

Geloof, Bygeloof En Ander Wensdenkery

Sat, 5 Apr 2008 17:25:01 PST

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Hammer of Daemons

Sat, 5 Apr 2008 17:24:57 PST

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In the nightmare future of Warhammer 40,000, a superhuman warrior must battle his way free from a world of daemons.

Wolf's Honour

Sat, 5 Apr 2008 17:24:57 PST

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Following on from events in Sons of Fenris set in the nightmare future of the 41st millennium, can superhuman warrior Ragnar Blackmane redeem his honor and rejoin his battle-brothers? This is the gripping conclusion to the Spear of Russ story arc, a popular Sace Wolf series.

Blood Ravens

Sat, 5 Apr 2008 17:24:57 PST

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Omnibus edition of the three Dawn of War novels, which tie in to the best-selling THQ computer game.

Fooled by Randomness

Sat, 5 Apr 2008 17:23:13 PST

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Finally in paperback, the word-of-mouth sensation that will change the way you think about the markets and the world. This book is about luck: more precisely how we perceive luck in our personal and professional experiences. Set against the backdrop of the most conspicuous forum in which luck is mistaken for skill–the world of business–Fooled by Randomness is an irreverent, iconoclastic, eye- ...

The (Mis) Behavior of Markets

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:21:37 PST

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From the inventor/founder of fractal geometry, the award-winning book that turns modern financial theory on its head Mathematical superstar and inventor of fractal geometry, Benoit Mandelbrot, has spent the past forty years studying the underlying mathematics of space and natural patterns. What many of his followers don't realize is that he has also been watching patterns of market change. In T ...

Dune

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 1:20:23 PST

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The Duke of Atreides has been manoeuvred by his arch-enemy, Baron Harkonnen, into administering the desert planet of Dune. Although it is almost completely without water, Dune is a planet of fabulous wealth, for it is the only source of a drug prized throughout the Galactic Empire. The Duke and his son, Paul, are expecting treachery, and it duly comes - but from a shockingly unexpected place. The ...

Musicophilia

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 1:19:46 PST

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An illuminating book about the power of music, from the bestselling author of "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat".Oliver Sacks has been hailed by the "New York Times" as 'one of the great clinical writers of the twentieth century'. In this eagerly awaited new book, the subject of his uniquely literate scrutiny is music: our relationship with it, our facility for it, and what this most univer ...

On Ugliness

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 1:19:14 PST

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This book is the follow up to the previous volume, "On Beauty". Apparently beauty and ugliness are concepts that imply each other, and by ugliness we usually mean the opposite of beauty, so all we need do is define the first to understand the nature of the second. But the various manifestations of ugliness over the centuries are richer and more unpredictable than is commonly thought. The antholog ...

Snakes in Suits

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 1:18:39 PST

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"Snakes in Suits" is a compelling, frightening, and scientifically sound look at exactly how psychopaths work in the corporate environment: what kind of companies attract them, how they negotiate the hiring process, and how they function day by day. You'll learn how they apply their "instinctive" manipulation techniques-assessing potential targets, controlling influential victims, and abandoning ...

Tropic of Cancer

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 19:21:21 PST

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Miller's groundbreaking first novel, banned in Britain for almost thirty years. A penniless and as yet unpublished writer, Henry Miller arrived in Paris in 1930. Leaving behind a disintegrating marriage and an unhappy career in America, he threw himself into the low-life of bohemian Paris with unwavering gusto. A fictional account of Miller's adventures amongst the prostitutes and pimps, the penn ...

The Undercover Economist

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:43:15 PST

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Who makes most money from the demand for cappuccinos early in the morning at Waterloo Station? Why is it impossible to get a foot on the property ladder? How does the Mafia make money from laundries when street gangs pushing drugs don't? Who really benefits from immigration? How can China, in just fifty years, go from the world's worst famine to one of the greatest economic revolutions of all tim ...

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:42:56 PST

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With new material from the author "Economic hit men," John Perkins writes," are highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. Their tools include fraudulent financial reports, rigged elections, payoffs, extortion, sex, and murder. They play a game as old as Empire but one that has taken on terrifying dimensions during this time of globalization." Jo ...

Eric

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:42:29 PST

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Eric is the Discworld's only demonology hacker. The trouble is, he's not very good at it. All he wants is the usual three wishes: to be immortal, rule the world and have the most beautiful woman fall madly in love with him. The usual stuff. But what he gets is Rincewind, and Rincewind's Luggage into the bargain. Terry Pratchett's hilarious take on the Faust legend stars many of the Discwor ...

The Dice Man

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:49:10 PST

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The cult classic that can still change your life! Let the dice decide! This is the philosophy that changes the life of bored psychiatrist Luke Rhinehart -- and in some ways changes the world as well. Because once you hand over your life to the dice, anything can happen. Entertaining, humorous, scary, shocking, subversive, The Dice Man is one of the cult bestsellers of our time.

Shinto

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:47:38 PST

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From the Ashes of Angels

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:47:35 PST

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Provides convincing evidence that angels, demons, and fallen angels were flesh-and-blood members of a giant race predating humanity, spoken of in the Bible as the Nephilim. • Indicates that the earthly paradise of Eden was a realm in the mountains of Kurdistan. • By the author of Gateway to Atlantis. Our mythology describes how beings of great beauty and intelligence, who served as mess ...

About Financial Accounting

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:47:16 PST

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A Concepts-Based Introduction to Financial Accounting

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:47:16 PST

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Integrating both procedural and conceptual approaches to introductory accounting, this book teaches students to understand the concepts that underpin the application of accounting theory in the solution of accounting problems. The pedagogical philosophy referred to as the "concepts model" impacts both the order of teaching of the topics and how various topics are taught. Topics include internal t ...

Introduction to Business Management

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:46:27 PST

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Today's dynamic business world presents managers with an array of complex and exciting challenges, such as globalisation, workforce diversity and scarce resources. The best-selling "Introduction to Business Management" prepares students to meet these challenges. A pragmatic approach is followed in this text: principles, concepts and theories are richly illustrated with practical South African exa ...

Economics for South African Students

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:46:27 PST

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This title is an introduction to economics in general, set against a contemporary South African background. The practical examples make this publication extremely accessible. The title covers all the material usually prescribed for introductory courses, and it lays solid foundation for intermediate and advanced studies in economics. In this edition the analytical core of the popular first and se ...

Financial Management

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:46:27 PST

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The Koran: With Parallel Arabic Text

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:46:19 PST

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The Koran is universally accepted by Muslims to be the infallible Word of God as first revealed to the Prophet Muhammad by the Angel Gabriel nearly fourteen hundred years ago. Its 114 chapters, or surahs, recount the narratives central to Muslim belief, and together they form one of the world's most influential prophetic works and a literary masterpiece in its own right. But, above all, the Koran ...

Great Civilizations

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:41:46 PST

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Mozart

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:41:46 PST

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Mozart's life was lived in the years that were central in forming the curltural composition of the modern era. The author sees the 18th century as beginning with two great but fundamentally different musical dynasties in place, bridged by Mozart's genius. This biography has at its core the premise that to illuminate the life and its works, one must understand first and foremost its cultural conte ...

A History of Western Music

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:41:42 PST

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This is a chronological presentation of the development of Western music within Western culture. This edition has increased coverage of 20th-century music, and timelines covering musical events throughout history.

Fingerprints of the Gods

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:41:42 PST

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In this work the author embarks on a quest for the whereabouts, nature and few surviving traces of a lost civilization that was destroyed long ago and obliterated from human memory long before any of the cultures of historical antiquity rose to prominence. While Hancock does not believe that this civilization was Atlantis, he taps into the same current of human yearning that has made the Atlantis ...

Druid Magic

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:41:42 PST

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Perhaps the most mystical, magical people ever known were the Druids. They were wizards, storytellers, teachers and spiritual leaders. They were attuned to the Earth and the Sun. And they were very powerful. ouldn''t it be amazing if you could be a Druid? Now you can with the secrets revealed in Druid Magick. This book presents everything you need to know to become a Druid and even start your ...

The Loathsome Ratmen

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:41:42 PST

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In the dark and war-torn world of Warhammer, humankind is beset by danger from all sides. From the sewers and drains crawl the Ratmen, filthy beasts of fur and claw, killer, spreaders of disease: the Skaven! Long have they desired to destroy the people of the Old World, but even as their power waxes, most men remain blind to it.

Dictionary of quotations

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:41:42 PST

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The Clerkenwell Tales

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:38:25 PST

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Brilliant historical novel, set in London in the late 14th century. 'I am sister to the day and night. I am sister to the woods.' Sister Clarisse, a nun in the House of St Mary at Clerkenwell, experiences visions. She dreams of the English King. Are her prophesies the babblings of the crazed? Or can she 'see' a future in which Henry Bolingbroke overthrows Richard II? This clever and colourful nov ...

Selected Poems

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:38:25 PST

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Treasury of 37 well-known and representative poems by great Romantic poet includes "Ode to the West Wind," "To a Skylark," "Adonais," "Ozymandias," "Hymn to Intellectual Beauty," many more. Lists of titles and first lines.

Blake's Selected Poems

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:38:25 PST

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104 of Blake’s poems: "A Song of Liberty," "The Argument," "Proverbs of Hell," "The Mental Traveller," "The Land of Dreams," "To the Evening Star" and many more.

Selected Poems

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:38:25 PST

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Treasury of verse by great Victorian poet includes famous long narrative poem, Enoch Arden, plus a selection of important lyrics, monologues, ballads and other typical pieces. Among them: "The Lady of Shalott," "The Charge of the Light Brigade," "Break, break, break," "Flower in the crannied Wall" and more. Also included are excerpts from three longer works: The Princess, "Maud" and "The Brook." ...

Easter, 1916 and Other Poems

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:38:25 PST

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Immortal verses by one of the 20th century’s greatest poets appear in this compilation of all the poems from The Wild Swans at Coole (1919) and Michael Robartes and the Dancer (1921). Includes "The Second Coming," "A Prayer for My Daughter," "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death," many more.

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:38:25 PST

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Is Discworld ready for educated rats? Set in the Discworld, a brand new and marvellously eccentric fantasy tale for young readers. Maurice, an amazing cat, who has survived four years on the toughest streets in the whole of the Discworld, reckons that rats are dumb. Clever, OK, but dumb. Maurice, however, is smart smart enough to recognize that there's a new kind of rat around; rats that have bee ...

The Saga of Erik the Viking

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:38:25 PST

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This is the tale of a Viking warrior by the name of Erik. But Erik is no ordinary Viking. With his trusty band of men he sets sail in search of the land where the sun goes at night - but he finds much more! The Sea Dragon, Dogfighters and giants combine to make his voyage a great saga of thrilling adventures. Written by Terry Jones, most famous for his membership of the Monty Python team, this is ...

Complete Sonnets

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:38:25 PST

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Over 150 exquisite poems deal with love, friendship, the tyranny of time, beauty's evanescence, death and other themes in language unsurpassed in passion, precision, originality and beauty. This inexpensive Dover edition enables any lover of poetry or fine literature to have this remarkable verse in his or her library. Includes glossary of archaic terms.

Cloud Atlas

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:12:37 PST

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By the author of THE THOUSAND AUTUMNS OF JACOB DE ZOET, David Mitchell's bestselling and Booker Prize-shortlisted novel was one of Richard & Judy's 100 Books of the Decade and has now been made into a major motion picture starring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Susan Sarandon, Jim Sturgess, Ben Whishaw, Jim Broadbent and Hugh Grant A reluctant voyager crossing the Pacific in 1850; a disinherited compose ...

The Queen's Conjuror

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:10:15 PST

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A spellbinding portrait of Queen Elizabeth's conjuror - the great philosopher, scientist and magician, Dr John Dee (1527-1608) and a history of Renaissance science that could well be the next 'Longitude'. John Dee was one of the most influential philosophers of the Elizabethan Age. A close confidant of Queen Elizabeth, he helped to introduce mathematics to England, promoted the idea of maths as t ...

The Kalevala

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:05:36 PST

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The Kalevala is the great Finnish epic, which like the Iliad and the Odyssey, grew out of a rich oral tradition with prehistoric roots. During the first millenium of our era, speakers of Uralic languages (those outside the Indo-European group) who had settled in the Baltic region of Karelia, that straddles the border of eastern Finland and north-west Russia, developed an oral poetry that was to l ...

The Tao of Pooh and Te of Piglet

Fri, 9 Nov 2007 5:27:34 PST

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Following the Seventy-fifth Anniversary Year of Winnie-the-Pooh in 2001, there will will be a year of change for The Wisdom of Pooh list in 2002. To celebrate the 20th year since the publication in the UK in 1982 of The Tao of Pooh and the 10th year since the publication in 1992 of The Te of Piglet, the cover for best selling title The Tao of Pooh & The Te of Piglet paperback bind up of these two ...

Tao of Pooh

Fri, 9 Nov 2007 5:26:56 PST

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One of the world's great Taoist masters isn't Chinese, or a venerable philosopher, but is in fact none other than A. A. Milne's effortlessly calm, still, reflective bear Winnie-the-Pooh. While Eeyore frets and Piglet hesitates and Rabbit calculates and Owl pontificates, Pooh just is. And that's the clue to the secret wisdom of the Taoists.

Pyramids (The Book of Going Forth)

Fri, 9 Nov 2007 5:26:51 PST

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Being trained by the Assassin's Guild in Ankh-Morpork did not fit Teppic for the task assigned to him by fate. He inherited the throne of the desert kingdom of Djelibeybi rather earlier than he expected (his father wasn't too happy about it either), but that was only the beginning of his problems...

Dragon and the Foreign Devils

Fri, 9 Nov 2007 1:38:40 PST

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China is the most exciting rising power in the world today. The explosive growth of its economy and the possibility that it might soon become the next superpower, dominant in East Asia and influential in every part of the world, has attracted universal interest, admiration and envy. Most histories of China approach that huge and populous country through the story of its dynasties, its struggle to ...

The Romanesque

Fri, 9 Nov 2007 1:34:01 PST

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The Maya

Fri, 9 Nov 2007 1:34:00 PST

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The Maya Palaces and pyramids of the rain forest The author and editor Henri Stierlin has based his presentation of these most remarkable examples of Mayan architecture on the latest findings from excavations in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and Belize. Cities have been rediscovered in the depths of the rain forest, along with soaring pyramids, mysterious tombs, palaces with frescoes and steles ...

The Ancestor's Tale

Fri, 9 Nov 2007 1:34:00 PST

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"The Ancestor's Tale" is a pilgrimage back through time; a journey on which we meet up with fellow pilgrims as we and they converge on our common ancestors. Chimpanzees join us at about 6 million years in the past, gorillas at 7 million years, orang utans at 14 million years, as we stride on together, a growing band. The journey provides the setting for a collection of some 40 tales. Each explore ...

Egypt

Fri, 9 Nov 2007 1:34:00 PST

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The architecture of the pharaohs represents some of the most impressive creative work ever produced in Egyptian art and yet it has never been completely assessed. This volume is a singularly complete record of the architecture of the pharaohs ranging from 3000 BC to the Egyptian style of today, from the Sudan to the Mediterranean, and from simple clay brick buildings to monumental pyramids. Recen ...

Philosophy from Africa

Fri, 9 Nov 2007 1:30:56 PST

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In eight introductory essays and collections of readings, South African voices engage with voices from Francophone Africa and Anglophone Africa to provide an introduction to the work of leading thinkers from across Africa.

Netherworld

Fri, 9 Nov 2007 1:30:56 PST

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The extraordinary discovery of the Underworld of the ancient Greeks. We tend to think of ancient stories of visits to the Underworld by Odysseus, Orpheus and Aeneas as being poetic fictions, but Robert Temple shows here that in fact, the Ancients believed the Underworld to be a place that actually existed. It was maintained by a college of priests who would prepare, through ritual fasting, pray ...

Personology

Fri, 9 Nov 2007 1:30:56 PST

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