Brett: 1126 books

The year is 1919 and terrible storms are battering the New Jersey coastline. They threaten to swallow the Barnegat Lighthouse whole. The keeper, Henry Jones, an old stubborn army veteran, is all that stands between the lighthouse and doom.It is a quiet existence for Henry until Thomas Dent...

More people are reading ebooks than ever before and with new ebook readers appearing almost every other day, this trend is surely set to continue. Ebook sales are already rapidly overtaking hard copy. If you dream of publishing your own ebook then now is the time to get on the bandwagon and there...

Once, chef Brett Ladds was given a cigar by Fidel Castro, he talked weightlifting with Swazi king Mswati III and his cooking made Quincy Jones sing. For many years he also served Nelson Mandela many cups of rooibos tea and made him his favourite meals. Ladds was the executive chef of the SA...

The smart pulp shorts in this six-story collection will slam you against the wall, punch you in the gut, then whisper harsh truths in your ear. You will not learn anything from these stories. They will not make you a better person. There are no themes, metaphors, or lyrical language. There is a little...

In The Politics of Operations Sandro Mezzadra and Brett Neilson investigate how capital reshapes its relation with politics through operations that enable the extraction and exploitation of mineral resources, labor, data, and cultures. They show how capital—which they theorize as a direct political...

Hugh Craig and Brett Greatley-Hirsch extend the computational analysis introduced in Shakespeare, Computers, and the Mystery of Authorship (edited by Hugh Craig and Arthur F. Kinney; Cambridge, 2009) beyond problems of authorship attribution to address broader issues of literary history. Using new...

Being open to consider things which differ from one’s own beliefs is crucial in a search for truth. This is the story of how faith grew in a boy as he grew towards adulthood and left behind many beliefs of his upbringing. Brought up in a church-going family, he did not end up rejecting Christ or...

In this brilliant, laugh-out-loud satire, image-conscious parents on a Beverly Hills junior soccer team struggle to keep up appearances as their private lives careen out of control. "You'll wince, laugh out loud, relate to, and relish this unsparing satirical send up."---Wednesday...

Small changes can make a big impact on creating a healthy, happy family. In 52 Small Changes for the Family, bestselling author Brett Blumenthal teams up with family health practitioner Danielle Shea Tan to reveal how to build a foundation of health and happiness in the family. The idea is...

Selbst noch im Sterben war Gaston Duval ein hartnäckiger Mann. Er sackte nicht in sich zusammen, er schrie nicht, er stöhnte nicht, er griff nicht nach dem Messer. Er sah auf seine Brust herunter, in der der Tod steckte. Und dann sah er zu Cordeau auf. Seine Stimme klang sehr schwach und schien...

While in the ICU with a near-fatal case of pneumonia, Brett Walker was asked, �Do you have a family history of illness?��a standard and deceptively simple question that for Walker, a professional historian, took on additional meaning and spurred him to investigate his family�s medical past....

“A completely unique take on life in hell. Snappy dialog and a bizarre backdrop set this adventure tale apart from the pack.” —Christopher Moore, New York Times–bestselling author of Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal Why have certain denizens of Hell taken...

Learn the secret to total, lifelong health: the teeming world of microbes inside and all around us Modern-day science has allowed us to prolong and improve life in astonishing ways, often by fending off germs and other invisible foes. But there’s no “immunity” to the inevitable signs...

A strange and unusual event has changed the shape of the city of Hillcrest. A meteor has crashed to the earth on the outskirts of town, trailing behind it a mysterious, bright white light. A few days later, reports begin to surface of an even greater enigma. People and vehicles are seen traveling...