“Meie pere lood”
Parim, mis viimastel aastatel Eestis on toimunud, on see, et inimesed julgevad jälle lapsi saada. Ja et lapsed, nende muretsemine, hoidmine ja kasvatamine on tõusnud taas avalikuks jututeemaks. Sealjuures põhiliselt positiivses võtmes. Eksib see, kes arvab, et riigiisana hakkan nüüd rõhutama poliitikute teeneid selles vallas – vanemahüvitist, sünni- ja peretoetuste tõusu, püüdu tööinimestele enam lapsehoidmisvõimalusi […]
“Kannatuste aastad 1940-1991”
Käesolev raamat oleks pidanud ilmuma juba 3-4 aastat tagasi, siis, kui 2004. a. sügisel lõpetati okupatsioonivõimude repressioonide uurimisega tegelenud Riigikogu komisjoni tegevus. Suurem osa siin avaldatavast materjalist oli komisjonil tookord koos, kuid raha puudumine ei võimaldanud mõeldagi publitseerimisele. Isegi 1. märtsiks 2004 Riigikogule esitatud riikliku komisjoni aruanne Valge raamat sai trükist ilmuda alles aasta hiljem […]
“Delfiinide tee”
Delfiin, kr delphis, lad delphinus, kreeklaste-roomlaste tootem, inimsõbralikkuse võrdkuju. Paljude antiikaja pajatuste kangelane. Tuntuim neist Herodotose jutustus kreeka luuletajast ja laulikust Arionist, kelle piraadid paljaks röövisid ja merre viskasid – lauliku päästis delfiin, kes ta üle tormise mere Tainaroni neemele viis… Mõtlesin endamisi, et Herodotose järel on minu kord jutustada delfiinidest, kuna tundsin neist mõnda […]
“Deep Cover”
A Novel. CIA analyst Shelby Carson is tasked with uncovering a “traitor” within the organization, responsible for a disturbing series of assassinations. Top CIA Operative Kristina Bartley, codenamed “Blue” is pulled from the field to assist Carson, much to her reluctance. As both women delve deeper and more dangerously into the case, an attraction soon […]
“The Seven Sacred Flames”
This beautiful,sacred hard cover book has been published in full color throughout. It contains 16 color graphics of the Masters of Wisdom, mainly those representing the Guardians of the Sacred Flames. The book is printed on high quality glossy paper with a gold satin ribbon to mark your place. The exterior is gilded in gold. […]
“Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History Volume II”
With readable and enternatining stories from China’s past, this book is a unique addition to the field of Chinese history. Open these pages to discover the great figures of Chinese history: Du Yu, the tamer of floods; Qin Shihuang, the First Emperor of China; Confucius, the great philosopher; Sima Qian, the great historian; and the […]
“Death by Prophecy”
A Novel. A Connor Hawthorne Mystery While traveling the California coast visiting historical missions, Connor Hawthorne and her partner, Laura Nez, are thrust into the middle of an age-old conflict as they investigate what may be terrorist threats against nuclear power stations. But is Rick Bell a terrorist? Or a religious zealot who interprets Biblical […]
“Have Gun We’ll Travel”
A Novel St. Paul police officers Dez Reilly and Jaylynn Savage have been working far too hard. When they take off on a camping trip to northern Minnesota with good friends Crystal and Shayna, they expect nothing more than long hikes, romantic wood fires, and plenty of down time. Instead, they find themselves caught in […]
“The Catcher in the Rye”
A Novel. Адаптированная книга для чтения на англ. языке. Pre-Intermediate. Anyone who has read J.D. Salinger’s New Yorker stories–particularly A Perfect Day for Bananafish, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, The Laughing Man, and For Esme With Love and Squalor–will not be surprised by the fact that his first novel is full of children. The hero-narrator of […]
“Pure White and Deadly”
A Telegraph Top 10 Diet Book, Pure White and Deadly by John Yudkin is a must-read for those concerned with how much sugar we consume every day. Sugar. It’s killing us. Why do we eat so much of it? What are its hidden dangers? In 1972, when British scientist John Yudkin first proved that sugar […]
“Blood and Bone”
A Novel In the western sky the bright emerald banner of the Visitor descends like a portent of annihilation. On the continent of Jacuruku, the Thaumaturgs have mounted yet another expedition to tame the neighboring wild jungle. Yet this is no normal wilderness. It is called Himatan, and it is said to be half of […]
“The Cabala. Heaven’s My Destination. Our Town”
Thornton Niven Wilder (April 17, 1897 – December 7, 1975) was an American playwright and novelist. He won three Pulitzer Prizes — for the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and for the plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth — and a U.S. National Book Award for the novel The Eighth […]
“Profit Over People. Neoliberalism and Global Order”
Why is the Atlantic slowly filling with crude petroleum, threatening a millions-of-years-old ecological balance? Why did traders at prominent banks take high-risk gambles with the money entrusted to them by hundreds of thousands of clients around the world, expanding and leveraging their investments to the point that failure led to a global financial crisis that […]
“Hawkwood. Diabolical Englishman”
The second son of a minor Essex landowner, John Hawkwood chose to head south in 1360 after serving as a captain in the Black Prince’s wars against France. He and other freebooters besieged the Pope at Avignon, and when they were paid to go to Italy, discovered that the threat of force could be very […]
“Big Bang”
The most important scientific discovery of all time and why you need to know about it. Albert Einstein once said: ‘The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible.’ Simon Singh believes geniuses like Einstein are not the only people able to grasp the physics that govern the universe. We all can. […]
“Pope Joan”
A Novel “Pope Joan has all the elements one wants in a historical drama—love, sex, violence, duplicity, and long-buried secrets. Cross has written an engaging book.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review In this international bestseller and basis for the 2009 movie of the same name, Donna Woolfolk Cross brings the Dark Ages to life in all […]
“The Resident”
Every year, three million single women in America move into an apartment for the first time. Few of them change the locks. Juliet Devereau can’t believe her luck: after weeks of looking for a place to live, she’s found a beautiful, spacious apartment overlooking Brooklyn Bridge. It almost seems to good to be true. It […]
“Samurai. The Japanese warrior’s manual”
UNOFFICIAL Combines the latest research with contemporary lives, descriptions, and reconstructions to provide a dramatic picture of what it was like to be a samurai. So you think you’d like to be a samurai? It’s 1615 and the samurai, Japan’s elite fighting class, are at the zenith of their powers. Trained in every manner of […]
“The Indus Saga. From Pataliputra to Partition”
The Indus region, comprising the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent (now Pakistan), has always had its distinct identity – racially, ethnically, linguistically and culturally. In the last five thousand years, this region has been a part of India, politically, for only five hundred years. Pakistan, then, is no ‘artificial’ state conjured up by the […]
“Annihilation. Authority. Acceptance” 3 raamatut
The Southern Reach Trilogy. A Novel 1. The Southern Reach Trilogy begins with Annihilation, the Nebula Award-winning novel that “reads as if Verne or Wellsian adventurers exploring a mysterious island had warped through into a Kafkaesque nightmare world” (Kim Stanley Robinson). Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for […]
