Alexandra: 2078 books

An eerie and romantic Southern gothic drama Gripping, fast-paced, gorgeously written, and with unforgettable characters, Cauchemar tells the story of 20-year-old Hannah, who finds herself living alone on the edge of a Louisianan swamp after her adopted mother and protector dies. Hannah falls...

Throughout his lengthy career as both an actor and a director, Clint Eastwood has appeared in virtually every major film genre and, at this point in his career, has emerged as one of America’s most popular, recognizable, and respected filmmakers. He also remains a controversial figure in the political...

Rational Preparedness is a book designed to help those who have never considered the need to prepare for natural or man-made disasters, to do so, in short order. A rational and sequential review of many of the key aspects of preparedness takes place, in tandem with pictures, and a quick conversant...

矽谷，一個顛覆全球產業，也顛覆主流文化與社會體制的創新創業之都。 矽谷現在流行什麼？創業家的生活都是怎麼過的？如何在矽谷存活？ 跟著《華爾街日報》記者的深入報導， 一窺這個日夜不輟孵化出全球尖端科技的眾神之谷。 一項挑戰傳統的獎學金計畫 PayPal共同創辦人、Facebook第一位外部投資人彼得．提爾（Peter...

Skulls and Siamese. Corpse paint and Persians. Baphomet, pentagrams, blood, and tabbies! Metal Cats combines two amazing subjects: the extreme personalities of the hardcore metal music scene and their adorable kitties. These incredibly cute and fluffy felines have been photographed with their...

The canon of Russian poetry has been reshaped since the fall of the Soviet Union. A multi-authored study of changing cultural memory and identity, this revisionary work charts Russia’s shifting relationship to its own literature in the face of social upheaval. Literary canon and national identity...

First published in 1941, this is a biography written by the wife of Józef Piłsudski (1867-1935), the Polish statesman who was Chief of State from 1918-1922, “First Marshal of Poland” from 1920, de facto leader of the Second Polish Republic from 1926-1935, and Minister of Military Affairs. He...

This book is the outcome of an idea, and the idea is very simple. It is that the best way to understand the dramatic transformation any idea can bring and to successfully bring ideas across, is to think of them as profound insights and moments of clarity often disguised as wit, captured in one single...

‘No one in this city has believed in me for two thousand years. I’m unknown and unloved. And I’m very, very ill.’ He sighed, and the sound chilled her blood. ‘Give me your hand.’ Dionysus, god of wine and divine ecstasy, is reborn in modern Rome. He doesn’t understand how or why...

Seeker, adventurer, pilgrim, and scholar, David-Neel (1868-1969) was the first European woman to explore the once-forbidden city of Lhasa. This memoir offers an objective account of the supernatural events she witnessed during the 1920s among the mystics and hermits of Tibet - including levitation, telepathy, and the ability to walk on water. 

Luminescent Threads celebrates Octavia E. Butler, a pioneer of the science fiction genre who paved the way for future African American writers and other writers of colour. Original essays and letters sourced and curated for this collection explore Butler’s depiction of power relationships,...

“A generous, poignant memoir” of loss, family secrets, and a quest to shape something beautiful out of the chaos of nature (Kirkus Reviews).   Just as Alex and her husband buy a house in Toronto, set atop an acre of wilderness that extends into a natural gorge in the middle of the city, she learns...

King Gesar, renowned throughout Tibet and Central Asia, represents the ideal warrior—the principle of all-victorious confidence. As the central force of sanity, he conquers all his enemies, the evil forces of the four directions, who turn people's minds away from the true teachings of Buddhism....

This book may seem upon the surface and through its pages, light and fluffy. Filled with rainbows, flowers and sunshine. Some may think it unrealistic, superfluous and indulgent... a fantasy land - within this serious world of form. A society stamped urgent... where the clock is boss; and the practiced...