“No Place to Hide”
Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State. In May 2013, Glenn Greenwald set out for Hong Kong to meet an anonymous source who claimed to have astonishing evidence of pervasive government spying and insisted on communicating only through heavily encrypted channels. That source turned out to be the twenty-nine-year-old NSA contractor Edward Snowden, […]
“NTC`s American Idioms Dictionary”
Every language has phrases or sentences that cannot be understood literally. Even if you know the meanings of all the words in a phrase and understand the grammar completely, the meaning of the phrase may still be confusing. Many clichés, proverbs, slang phrases, phrasal verbs, and common sayings offer this kind of problem. A phrase […]
“Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder”
Oxford Psychiatry Library Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder characterized by obsessions and compulsions, and varying degrees of anxiety and depression. Studies have shown OCD to be one of the more common psychiatric disorders, with a lifetime prevalence estimated at 2%-3%, approximately twice that of schizophrenia. OCD is also considered to be one of […]
“Occultism of the Secret Doctrine”
Preface. The task of preparing this volume for the press has been a difficult and anxious one, and it is necessary to state clearly what has been done. The papers given to me by H. P. B. were quite unarranged, and had no obvious order: I have therefore taken each paper as a separate Section, […]
“Omm Sety´s Egypt”
A Story of Ancient Mysteries, Secret Lives, and the Lost History of the Pharaohs. Omm Sety, a brilliant, adventuring Englishwoman, worked under some of the greatest Egyptologists of the 20th century and “saw” into the past. Hers is a story of ancient love – of gods, pyramids, pharaohs and queens, and treasures that wait beneath […]
“On Beauty”
Why do we fall in love with the people we do? Why do we visit our mistakes on our children? What makes life truly beautiful? Set between New England and London, On Beauty concerns a pair of feuding families – the Belseys and the Kipps – and a clutch of doomed affairs. It puts low […]
“On the Steel Breeze”
A thousand years in the future, mankind´s influence expands into the universe. Alastair Reynolds´ epic vision of our journey into deep space will redefine Space Opera. Chiku Yellow is earthbound: living a peaceful life on a changing world as humanity explores a thousand new ways to experience life. Chiku Red is spacebound: blasted into deep […]
“One Night in Winter”
What would you do if your children were forced to testify against you? Moscow, 1945. As Stalin and his courtiers celebrate victory, a teenage boy and girl lie dead nearby. But these are no ordinary teenagers; they are the children of Russia´s highest leaders. Is it murder, suicide or conspiracy? So begins a terrifying witch-hunt […]
“Oranges are not the only fruit”
This is the story of Jeanette, adopted and brought up by her mother as one of God’s elect. Zealous and passionate, she seems seems destined for life as a missionary, but then she falls for one of her converts. At sixteen, Jeanette decides to leave the church, her home and her family, for the young […]
“Out of Eden: The Peopling of the world”
Imagine an airline check-in queue in London, which has seven people standing in line. They stand silently and avoid eye contact because they don´t know each other. And yet they are actually related – all of them have an African female and male ancestor in common. Not only are we all ultimately African, but what´s […]
“Out”
“Strange that she’d never known she had such cruelty inside”. A young mother among them finally cracks and strangles her philandering, gambling husband. She confesses her crime to her colleagues and unexpectedly, they agree to help. But then the dismembered body parts are discovered, the police start asking questions and more dangerous enemies begin to […]
“Painting of the Romantic Era”
This penetrating study of one of the most fruitful epochs in European art presents the Renaissance not simply as the rebirth of classical styles, but also as the period that saw “the invasion of man and his world into the domain of the arts”. Epochs and Styles.
“Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia”
Oxford Psychiatry Library Panic disorder is characterized by sudden, unexpected attacks of intense fear and anticipatory anxiety. Panic attacks include symptoms such as palpitations, dyspnoea, dizziness, trembling, gastrointestinal discomfort and fear of dying. Therefore, patients with panic disorder often assume physical illnesses may underlie their symptoms. They frequently consult psychiatrists and psychologists, but also general […]
“Parallel Universes. The Search for Other Worlds”
In this “enthralling read” (Publishers Weekly), travel through the frontiers of space as physicist Fred Alan Wolf guides you through the complex yet intruging concept of parallel universes. Challenge your preceptions of the universe and explore ideas as varied as superspace theater and zero-time ghosts and even explore a future where time travel is real […]
“Patty Jane’s House of Curl”
Patty Jane Dobbin should have known better than to marry a man as gorgeous as Thor Rolvaag, but she was too smitten to think twice. Yet nine months into their marriage, with a baby on the way, Thor is gone. It’s a good thing Patty Jane has her irrepressible sister, Harriet, to rely on. For […]
“People Like Us. Misrepresenting the Middle East”
In 1998, Joris Luyendijk was stationed just outside of Cairo. It wasn’t for his journalism skills. It was because he was fluent in Arabic. What followed—from the Palestinian-Israeli conflict through the post 9/11 war in Iraq—would be literal trial-by-fire for the young untested reporter. What he had going for him was his ability to communicate. […]
“Persian Fire”
The First World Empire and The Battle for The West “It is a testament to Holland´s superlative powers as a narrative historian that he brings this tumultuous, epoch-making period dazzlingly to life” – William Napier, Independent on Sunday In the fifth century BC, a global superpower was determined to bring truth and order to what […]
“Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100”
In Physics of the Future, Michio Kaku – the New York Times bestselling author of Physics of the Impossible – gives us a stunning, provocative, and exhilarating vision of the coming century based on interviews with over three hundred of the world´s top scientists who are already inventing the future in their labs. The result […]
“Pirita Convent”
The history of the construction and research This book is comprehensive study of the ruins of Pirita Convent – on of the best-known architectural monuments of Estonia. The focus here is on the construction of this structurally complex building and on the foundation of a double house (nuns and monks living in separate convents), highly […]
“Plain truth”
The discovery of a dead infant in an Amish barn shakes Lancaster County to its core. But the police investigation leads to a more shocking disclosure: circumstantial evidence suggests that eighteen-year-old Katie Fisher, an unmarried Amish woman believed to be the newborn’s mother, took the child’s life. When Ellie Hathaway, a disillusioned big-city attorney, comes […]
