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Meet a pair of beloved characters--Harold Fry and Queenie Hennessy--in an eBook bundle that collects two linked novels from a wise and utterly irresistible storyteller."[Rachel Joyce] has a lovely sense of the possibilities of redemption. . . . She's cleared space where miracles are still possible."... More

<p>A love story and a journey through music, the exquisite and perfectly pitched new novel from the bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy. Named one of the best books of the year by the TIMES (UK).</p> <p>It is 1988. On a dead-end str... More

A spellbinding novel that will resonate with readers of Mark Haddon, Louise Erdrich, and John Irving, Perfect tells the story of a young boy who is thrown into the murky, difficult realities of the adult world with far-reaching consequences. Byron Hemmings wakes to a morning that looks like any othe... More

Rachel Joyce, internationally bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and Perfect, delivers an unforgettable Christmas story of moving on from lost love, now available exclusively as an e-short. It's Christmas Eve, and Binny has only five hours to decorate her house and fix a ... More

&“A beautifully written, extraordinary quest in which two ordinary, overlooked women embark on an unlikely scientific expedition to the South Seas.&”—Helen Simonson, author of Major Pettigrew&’s Last Stand From the bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry comes an uplifting, irres... More

From the bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry comes an exquisite love story about Queenie Hennessy, the remarkable friend who inspired Harold's cross-country journey.A runaway international bestseller, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry followed its unassuming hero on an in... More

Meet Harold Fry, recently retired. He lives in a small English village with his wife, Maureen, who seems irritated by almost everything he does, even down to how he butters his toast. Little differentiates one day from the next. Then one morning the mail arrives, and within the stack of quotidian mi... More

Discrete mathematics is the basis of much of computer science, from algorithms and automata theory to combinatorics and graph theory. This textbook covers the discrete mathematics that every computer science student needs to learn. Guiding students quickly through thirty-one short chapters that disc... More

Una historia tan original como disparatada, un largo peregrinaje para exorcizar el recuerdo que marcó una vida. Una mañana cualquiera, mientras su mujer pasa el aspirador en el piso de arriba, Harold Fry sale de casa para echar una carta al buzón. Recién jubilado, Harold está lejos de imaginar que... More

En 1972 se añadieron dos segundos al tiempo.¿Eran ellos culpables entonces de lo que pasó después? La divergencia entre la hora solar y la hora atómica obliga a ajustar los relojes de todo el mundo cada tantos años. La corrección, que consiste en detener las agujas uno o dos segundos, da pie a una... More

<P>Undertow: My Escape from the Fundamentalism and Cult Control of The Way International(TM) is Charlene Edge's riveting memoir about the power of words to seduce, betray, and, in her case, eventually save. <P>After a personal tragedy left her bereft, teenaged Charlene rejected faith and family when... More

Ready Or Not. . . Manager of a San Francisco talent agency, Nichole Simms is poised, professional, and cool--but her private notebook reveals a much more daring woman who loves explicit, uninhibited sexual fantasies. Her dream lover is a secret. Until he finds her notebook. . . Famous ch... More

The untold story of five young American friends who left the ivory towers at Harvard and Dartmouth to take on Rommel's Panzers under the blazing sun of North Africa... In the spring of 1941, with Europe consumed by war and occupation, Britain stood alone against the Nazi menace. The United State... More

The courageous story of Van Meers, born in a home for unwed mothers in Ghent, Belgium, 1930. It is told in her own words in a frank, humorous and down-to-earth manner. She grew up as a "bastard" during the Great Depression, and sees her family and country told apart by prejudice and politics in Worl... More

Design for Global Challenges and Goals charts the developments, opportunities and challenges for design research in addressing global challenges facing developing contexts focusing on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. The book explores the role that design and social responsibility play in t... More

Fashion designer Zac Posen takes you on a culinary journey through his life with 100 recipes every bit as decadent and inspiring as his designs. Since he was a child, world-renowned fashion designer Zac Posen has been cultivating his passion for cooking. For Zac, cooking and fashion are both sensory... More

Accurate clinical observations are the key to good patient care and fundamental to nursing practice. Vital Signs for Nurses will support anyone in care delivery to enhance their skills, reflect upon their own practice and assist in their continuing professional development. This practical introducto... More

A trenchant and wide-ranging look at this alarming national trend, Disrupting the School-to-Prison Pipeline is unsparing in its account of the problem while pointing in the direction of meaningful and much-needed reforms. The "school-to-prison pipeline" has received much attention in the education w... More

This book describes the evolution of ideas relating to the mechanism of muscular contraction since the discovery of sliding filaments in 1954. An amazing variety of experimental techniques have been employed to investigate the mechanism of muscular contraction and relaxation.  Some background of th... More

A dramatic insider account of the world of private military contracting.Armored cars, burner phones, top-notch weaponry and top-secret missions--this is the life of today's private military contractor. Like author Simon Chase, many PMCs were once the world's top military operatives, and since retiri... More

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Written with the novice chess player in mind, Chess Fundamentals equips you with the essential opening, middlegame, and endgame techniques needed to advance your game. <P><P>Capablanca writes with an ease of understanding that any chess player will grasp, and includes 14 full games annotated by th... More

Set against the exotic background of Cuba in 1938, The Wise Women of Havana is the deeply moving, lyrical, and yet earthy story of three remarkable women whose lives are suddenly intricately intertwined. When Marguita, a beautiful and voluptuous young girl, marries Lorenzo, they find their dream... More

Cuddle up and fall in love with this collection of five wonderful romances. Whether you're in the mood for saucy or sweet, small town or big fame, sports or cooking, this anthology has it all, featuring a novella from New York Times bestselling author Melody Anne and your new favorite debut authors:... More

This book discusses how to build optimization tools able to generate better future studies. It aims at showing how these tools can be used to develop an adaptive learning environment that can be used for decision making in the presence of uncertainties. The book starts with existing fuzzy techniques... More