Renowned author and cultural commentator Germaine Greer has put together an anthology to celebrate poems written by women through the ages. 101 Poems by Women is a new anthology of women''s poetry from the seventeenth century to the present day. In brief compass, this selection offers a personal choice, ranging through the spectrum of poetry in the English language, and distilled from Germaine Greer''s pioneering commitment and scholarly contribution to the history of women''s writing.
A dark, comic tale of perverse sexuality and slacker culture in Iceland''s trendy capital city. Hlynur Bjorn is an unemployed thirty-something loner, still living with his mum, who spends his days on the Internet, watching satellite TV, and gazing at girls in the pub. But Hlynur''s cosy, unthreatening world is shaken when his mother comes out as a lesbian, and her Spanish girlfriend Lolla moves into their home. 101 Reykjavik is a first-person account of a blackly funny and bizarre love triangle, poking fun along the way at such foibles of our culture as CNN weather reports and porn videos.
Have you ever Milked a Cow? Made the Guinness Book of World Records? Done the Monopoly Board pub crawl? Joined the Mile-High Club? No? Then it''s high time you reassessed your priorities. 101 Things To Do Before You Die is the definitive guide to everything you should do before it''s too late...and you bit ethe dust without even Getting a Tattoo or Getting Off With A Rock Star.
People have an endless fascination with the Titanic, yet much of what they know today is a mixture of fact and fiction In one hundred and one brief and engaging chapters, Tim Maltin, one of the foremost experts on the Titanic, reveals the truth behind the most common beliefs about the ship and the night it sank...
Marvel at the sheer brilliance of invention, from glass to underpants, the noble compass to the humble pencil. Not forgetting, of course, the undeniably indispensable banana suitcase. Filled with fascinating details about everything from the most common everyday object to inventions which changed society, it will also distinguish the strokes of genius from discoveries of sheer chance, or millennia of evolution ...and reveal the real reason why Alfred Nobel had to establish a peace prize (tut, tut). Expand your knowledge of man''s accomplishments in the most compelling - and irreverent - way possible.
In "101 World Heroes", bestselling historian Simon Sebag Montefiore presents his personal selection of the 100 most heroic figures from the pages of world history. Emperors and queens, soldiers and statesmen, religious leaders and philosophers rub shoulders with composers and poets, scientists and explorers, artists and storytellers. En "101 World Heroes" el historiador autor de bestsellers Simon Sebag Montefiore nos presenta su seleccion personal de las cien figuras mas heroicas de las paginas de la historia mundial. Emperadores y reinas, soldados y hombres de estado, lideres religiosos y filosofos se hallan aqui hombro con hombro con compositores y poetas, cientificos y exploradores, artistas y narradores de historias.
Everyone knows 1066 as the date of the Norman invasion and conquest of England. But how many of us can place that event in the context of the entire dramatic year in which it took place? From the death of Edward the Confessor in early January to the Christmas coronation of Duke William of Normandy, there is an almost uncanny symmetry, as well as a relentlessly exciting surge, of events leading to and from Hastings.
In the past year, the narrator of 10:04 has enjoyed unexpected literary success, been diagnosed with a potentially fatal heart condition, and been asked by his best friend to help her conceive a child. Now, in a New York of increasingly frequent superstorms and political unrest, he must reckon with his biological mortality, the possibility of a literary afterlife, and the prospect of (unconventional) fatherhood in a city that might soon be under water. In prose that Jonathan Franzen has called 'hilarious...cracklingly intelligent...and original in every sentence', Lerner's new novel charts an exhilarating course through the contemporary landscape of sex, friendship, memory, art and politics, and captures what it is like to be alive right now.
Detective Lindsay Boxer's long-awaited wedding celebration becomes a distant memory when she is called to investigate a horrendous crime: a badly injured teenage girl is left for dead, and her newborn baby is nowhere to be found. Lindsay discovers that not only is there no trace of the criminals - but that the victim may be keeping secrets. At the same time, Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano is prosecuting the biggest case of her life - a woman who has been accused of murdering her husband in front of her two young children. Yuki's career rests on a guilty verdict, so when Lindsay finds evidence that could save the defendant, she is forced to choose. Should she trust her best friend or follow her instinct? Lindsay's every move is watched by her new boss, Lieutenant Jackson Brady, and when the pressure to find the baby starts interfering with her new marriage to Joe, she wonders if she'll ever be able to start a family of her own.
