A J : 4515 books

“When I was little I believed in Jesus and Santa, spontaneous combustion, and the Loch Ness monster. Now I believe in science, statistics, and antibiotics.” So says seventeen-year-old Zac Meier during a long, grueling leukemia treatment in Perth, Australia. A loud blast of Lady Gaga alerts him...

Miranda knows nothing of any other life but that of her own of hardship and misery. She knows nothing of the monsters that lurk in the shadows, watching and waiting silently in the darkness to prey on the weak and vunarible. She knows nothing of the life that awaits her, until she comes face to face...

A quirky fictional children's story about Ruffles the rat, and his adventures on his secret day out.

An authoritative and in-depth treatment of the latest research into the criminal careers of sex offenders, providing background and investigating the policies used to combat one of society’s most intractable public issues. Features chapters based on original research from the most prominent...

This book was originally published in 1933 as part of the Great Lives Series. Henry Morton Stanley was a Welsh American journalist and explorer famous for his exploration of central Africa and his search for Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone. Here is presented his biography includes his early live and travels and the stories of the major events in Stanley's life.

In this sequel to "An New Excalibur", which examined the development of the tank during World War I and after, Smithers examines the role played by tanks in World War II. At the beginning of the war only the Germans and the Russians had realized the full power of the tank. The British and...

This title, originally published in 1988, examines the network of states and the political and economic systems which bound the British Empire together. This book examines each country and how the empire made its mark in the shape of urban form, public buildings and rural land patterns. An overall...

Au « volant » de son Caddie, Violette roule d’un rayon à l’autre dans son supermarché habituel. La liste à la main, elle essaye de ne rien oublier. Soudain, en face, un autre Caddie fonce droit sur elle. La collision est évitée de justesse. Ouf ! Plus de peur que de mal. Violette lève...

Medical information is now widely available on the Internet and through telephone helplines such as NHS Direct and the focus on patient self care is likely to increase. Clinicians in all specialties will often encounter patients who have made self-directed searches for medical information prior to...

Il reverendo Archibald Matthews è appena stato riassegnato ad una nuova congrega in una nuova città. Il suo carattere cinico e schivo, eredità di un passato travagliato impossibile da superare, verrà messo a dura prova da una governante premurosa, un vescovo esuberante ed uno stuolo di fedeli...

After years of denial, Cass Weatherfield has finally accepted her telekinetic gifts. Living with her boyfriend, Shane, has given her the confidence to be herself, but the fear of losing control and harming those around her is always present. Knowing firsthand the hell of growing up without...

Num futuro sem o homem… qualquer um disputará o domínio da terra. Num futuro sem o homem… qualquer um disputará o domínio da terra. Uma guerra combatida com todos os meios, com as garras e as armas mais sofisticadas. O mistério da génese de novo uma espécie activará novamente o interesse...

in order to have a better world as in planet Earth, this requires us to have a b.etter people that inhabit planet Earth. Which means taking the predominant soul and spirit, mindset and emotions that dominant planet Earth and programming them.

Alex is a small-time pirate, smuggling tech and luxuries among the outer planets with his half-human lover, Moren, and their beautiful android companion. It’s a good life, but there’s still something missing... namely Moren's more alien attributes, and everything they can do. Until he can convince...