Today, a Ferrari is still an object of art, one of the most beautiful demonstrations of the link that can unite artist and craftsman: creativity. Very few books dedicated to the Ferrari brand devote most of their pages to the image and, likewise, few are aimed at the general public, who admire these fabulous cars in all their simplicity, often without knowing them and sometimes even without being able to identify them. If you simply wish to enjoy these cars, which are rarely ...
A beautifully curated tribute to the Nordic way of building where nature leads and design listens. Nordic Wonders captures light, space, and simplicity with elegance, offering a stunning vision of architecture rooted in place.Nordic Wonders is a celebration of Scandinavian architecture and interior design in dialogue with nature. Through a curated selection of homes and spaces, this book captures how the Nordic spirit transforms challenging terrains, dramatic climates, and fl...
Many businesses are rooted in creating desirable products and services for users, but fail to consider the consumer. How can they create products and services that work for users? This book has the answers. User experience research, (UX research) focuses on understanding user behaviours, needs and motivations through a range of observational techniques, task analysis and other methodologies.User Research is a practical guide that shows mid-career professionals and academic re...
She spent years in the Veil as an invisible cupid. Unable to talk, touch or love anyone, which made her a little bitter.Now, Emelle has a life . . . and a bounty on her head. The fae prince wants her dead, and her three gorgeous genfins are arrested. The royal culling trials are about to begin, but Emelle isn't going to let everything be taken from her without a fight.There's rebellion in the air, a princess who's not all she appears to be and a lamassu fae who claims to be E...
‘Deceptive and darkly compelling’ T.M Logan'Audaciously twisty and achingly tender' Erin Kelly'Brilliant and addictive' K L Slater___________________________________________ A story of obsession, love and murder – and not the one you’re expecting. . . Discover a gripping new thriller with a killer twist at its core.When Claire surprises her fiancé, Noah, at work for their anniversary, she’s the one who ends up being shocked to her core …Because Noah left the company nine mont...
OVER 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDEA Sunday Times AND New York Times BESTSELLERThe Danish word hygge is one of those beautiful words that doesn't directly translate into English, but it more or less means comfort, warmth or togetherness.Hygge is the feeling you get when you are cuddled up on a sofa with a loved one, in warm knitted socks, in front of the fire, when it is dark, cold and stormy outside. It that feeling when you are sharing good, comfort food with your closest ...
Streetwise George and his big, childlike friend Lennie are drifters, searching for work in the fields and valleys of California. They have nothing except the clothes on their back, and a hope that one day they'll find a place of their own and live the American dream. But dreams come at a price. Gentle giant Lennie doesn't know his own strength, and when they find work at a ranch he gets into trouble with the boss's daughter-in-law. Trouble so bad that even his protector Georg...
70th Anniversary EditionIn the summer of 1942, fleeing the horrors of the Nazi occupation, Anne Frank and her family were forced into hiding in the back of an Amsterdam warehouse. Aged thirteen when she went into the secret annexe, Anne kept a diary in which she confided her innermost thoughts and feelings, movingly revealing how the eight people living under these extraordinary conditions coped with the daily threat of discovery and death, being cut off from the outside wor...
Ta książka – jak żadna inna – przedstawia cztery światy, z których pochodzi papież Leon XIV To pierwszy w historii Kościoła papież z USA. Gra w tenisa, jest kibicem amerykańskiego futbolu, a kilka dni po wyborze pojawia się na placu św. Piotra w czapce bejsbolowej drużyny Chicago White Sox. Jak jest odbierany w Ameryce? Jak radzi sobie z faktem, że jego rodzony brat Louis jest zadeklarowanym trumpistą? – o tym mówi Paweł Jamróz OP,...
Morderstwo to dopiero początek. Mrok kryje się głębiej.Warszawa, 30 kwietnia 2018 roku. Z Wisły zostają wyłowione zwłoki Karli Bielskiej. Śledztwo prowadzi komisarz Jan Grot – samotnik po przejściach, zafascynowany zgłębianiem natury świata. Jego poszukiwania szybko wykraczają poza policyjne procedury.Równolegle na własną rękę działa Bursztyn – partner ofiary i gracz warszawskiego półświatka, który nie cofnie się przed niczym, by znaleźć winnych. Przekracza kolejne granice, u...
Co dzieje się, gdy pragnienie macierzyństwa zderza się z rzeczywistością? W prozatorskim debiucie jedna z ważniejszych meksykańskich pisarek szuka odpowiedzi na to pytanie.„Puste domy” to poruszająca opowieść o dwóch kobietach połączonych losem zaginionego dziecka. Pierwsza – matka, która je utraciła – zmaga się z żałobą i własnymi wątpliwościami, czy w ogóle pragnęła mieć dziecko. Druga – mieszkająca na drugim końcu Meksyku kobieta, która po latach pragnienia dziecka decyduj...
Over one million copies soldToo many broken hearts to count‘A book unlike any other’ – The Guardian‘This novel challenged everything I thought I knew about love and friendship’ – Dua LipaThe million-copy bestseller, Hanya Yanagihara's A Little Life is an immensely powerful and heartbreaking novel of brotherly love and the limits of human endurance.JB, Jude, Malcolm and Willem.Four young men move to New York broke, adrift and buoyed only by friendship and ambition. There is ki...
The Hunger Games meets vampires in the third installment of the BookTok fave Crowns of Nyaxia series, a heart-wrenching, epic fantasy romance of love and treachery between mortals and gods . . . truly a vampire-lover’s dream!’ – CosmopolitanIn the descent to the underworld, a bride of the sun must choose between the light of her redemption . . . or a dark love that defies the gods themselves.Mische lost everything when she was forcibly Turned into a vampire – her home, her hu...
Roger Priddy's Let's Pretend: Firefighter Set has everything your little firefighter needs to save the day! The alarm bell goes off, there's a fire to put out – time for the firefighters to spring into action!Inside this creative play set, the big board book has three busy scenes as firefighters Ben and Lucy gather their equipment, zoom off in their truck, and fight a fire at the bakery, keeping everyone safe.The set comes with 15 sturdy fire fighting puzzle pieces which can ...
Explore the alphabet through creative pictures and first words in this sturdy board book designed to stimulate your toddler's senses.Perfect for little hands, each page has a colourful illustration made up of footprints, handprints, child friendly art, or a photo. With lots of bright pictures and to explore together and core first words to learn, See, Touch, Feel: ABC is the perfect first book to share with your baby.Continue to encourage their curiosity with See, Touch, Feel...
Więźniowie, którzy tu trafili, szybko orientowali się, gdzie są, bo oprócz woni leśnej ściółki i żywicy czuli coś jeszcze. Mdły odór palonych ciał. Fetor, który był nie do zniesienia. Zapach spalonego tłuszczu i włosów unosił się z niedalekiej górki i rozchodził po całej dolinie, a nawet dalej […]. Ogień na Górze Śmierci płonął stale, dniem i nocą. [Z książki] Pustków – poligon SS i hitlerowski obóz pracy przymusowej, utworzony w 1940 roku pod Dębicą na Podkarpaciu, funkcjono...
'A profoundly moving tribute to courage, dignity, and the enduring power of humanity in the face of evil. Elegantly written and deeply affecting, this is storytelling that honours the truth and ensures it is never forgotten.' Rob Rinder, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Trial'Haunting and beautiful. Excruciatingly vivid, The Teacher of Auschwitz is rigorously researched and true to the history, powerfully conveying what a smart, loving and energetic man Fredy was.' Dr E...
RSVPing yes to an event even though you don't want to go; feeling drained responding to text messages; networking with colleagues that you can't stand. You need to hear that it's okay not to get along with everyone. We live in an era of constant communication and obligation - messages, calls, meet-ups, events - and sometimes it's just too much.The No.1 bestselling author and illustrator Dancing Snail explores the necessity of maintaining a healthy distance in relationships, p...
Ziemia powoli dogorywa, zmiany klimatyczne zaszły już zbyt daleko. Największe mocarstwa świata szykują się do wojny o kurczące się zasoby naturalne. Wiadomo, że koniec jest bliski, dlatego ludzkość desperacko szuka innej planety zdatnej do zamieszkania. Oficjalnie zajmuje się tym firma Secure Your Future, gigant technologiczny o nieograniczonym budżecie. Aleks zainwestował całe swoje pieniądze w udział w programie ewakuacyjnym. Jest to jedyna szansa dla niego i jego rodziny n...
* SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION * * SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD * Lea Ypi grew up in one of the most isolated countries on earth, a place where communist ideals had officially replaced religion. Albania, the last Stalinist outpost in Europe, was almost impossible to visit, almost impossible to leave. It was a place of queuing and scarcity, of political executions and secret police. To Lea, it was home. People were equal, neighbours he...
Niccolò Machiavelli's brutally uncompromising manual of statecraft, The Prince is translated and edited with an introduction by Tim Parks in Penguin Classics. As a diplomat in turbulent fifteenth-century Florence, Niccolò Machiavelli knew how quickly political fortunes could rise and fall. The Prince, his tough-minded, pragmatic handbook on how power really works, made his name notorious and has remained controversial ever since.How can a leader be strong and decisive, yet st...
Emelle used to be just a stupid cupid helping others fall in love (or not) and living a loveless life.Everything changed when she went to the fae realm and was no longer invisible. Her sole goal was to find love for herself, and she did. With four fae men.Too bad she found trouble too.She's somehow become an accidental spy for the kingdom's rebels, and there's a war brewing in the realm.All this cupid really wants to do is spread a bit of love . . .Good thing there's nothing ...
When Mae is hired to work for the Circle, the world's most powerful internet company, she feels she's been given the opportunity of a lifetime. Run out of a sprawling California campus, the Circle links users' personal emails, social media, and finances with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of transparency. Mae can't believe her great fortune to work for them - even as life beyond the campus grows distant, even as a strange enc...
Discover the standalone enemies-to-lovers dark mafia romance from the New York Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation, perfect for fans of Penelope Douglas and Sophie Lark. 'This book was a masterpiece' ***** Reader review ‘I couldn’t put it down, definitely recommend and the spice omg’ ***** Reader review 'Dark and delicious' ***** Reader review 'BookTok did not disappoint' ***** Reader review When Cecily Knight sneaks into the Heathen Club’s initiation on behalf of a...