Harpercollins Into the Sideways World Welford Ross

A virologist's insight into how viruses evolve and why global epidemics are inevitable In 1993 a previously healthy young man was drowning in the middle of a desert, in fluids produced by his own lungs. This was the beginning of the terrifying Sin Nombre hantavirus epidemic and the start of a scientific journey that would forever change our understanding of what it means to be human • After witnessing the Sin Nombre outbreak, Dr Frank Ryan began researching viral evolution and was astonished to discover that it's inextricable from the evolution of all life on Earth. From AIDS and Ebola to the common cold, Ryan explores the role of the virus within every ecosystem on the planet. His gripping conclusions shed new light on the natural world, proving that what doesn't kill you really does make you (and your species) stronger

Когда одиннадцатилетняя Джорджи заводит дружбу с эксцентричным ученым на пенсии, она становится испытуемым для нового захватывающего эксперимента: 3D-версии будущего в виртуальной реальности • Но затем смертельная болезнь угрожает жизни каждой собаки в стране, и любимый пес Джорджии, мистер Мэш, заболевает. И это только начало ее неприятностей • Вскоре Джорджи и мистеру Мэшу предстоит отправиться в отчаянное путешествие: спасти каждую собаку на земле, а может быть, даже все человечество … • фактически не выходя из комнаты • Экстраординарный квест с самыми высокими ставками и грандиозной идеей в его основе - это путешествие во времени, но не в том виде, в каком вы его знаете • Книга на английском языке • The astounding new novel from the bestselling and Costa-shortlisted author of Time Travelling with a Hamster, this is a story for everyone of ten and older who loves adventure, laughs and tears

"В пустоту. От рождения до Black Sabbath – и далее" - долгожданная первая книга басиста Black Sabbath Гизера Батлера • Наконец-то Гизер готов рассказать свою версию истории Sabbath, начиная с первых дней существования лоскутного блюзового квартета и заканчивая многочисленными изменениями в составе, рекордными турами и международным адом с Оззи Осборном, Тони Айомми и Биллом Уордом • Книга • "В пустоту", в которой представлены откровенные размышления Гизера о его детстве в рабочем классе в разрушенном люфтваффе Бирмингеме, его почти полной жизни бухгалтера и его увлечении ужасами, религией и оккультизмом, раскрывает более мягкую сторону легенды хэви-метала • Книга на английском языке • The much-anticipated first book from Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler • With over 70 million records sold, heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath are one of the most influential bands of all time

The astonishing, beautiful new story for all readers of 10 and over from the bestselling and Costa-shortlisted author of TIME TRAVELLING WITH A HAMSTER. There are stories about people who want to live forever. This is not one of those stories. This is a story about someone who wants to stop... Alfie Monk is like any other nearly teenage boy - except he's 1,000 years old and can remember the last Viking invasion of England. Obviously no one believes him. So when everything Alfie knows and loves is destroyed in a fire, and the modern world comes crashing in, Alfie embarks on a mission to find friendship, acceptance, and a different way to live... which means finding a way to make sure he will eventually die

The second book by the bestselling author of Extraordinary Insects • Trees clean air and water; hoverflies and bees pollinate our crops; the kingfisher inspired the construction of high-speed trains. In Tapestries of Life, bestselling author Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson explains how closely we are all connected with the natural world, highlighting our indelible link with nature’s finely knit system and our everyday lives • In the heart of natural world is a life-support system like no other, a collective term that describes all the goods and services we receive – food, fresh water, medicine, pollination, pollution control, carbon sequestration, erosion prevention, recreation, spiritual health and so much more. In this utterly captivating book, Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson sets out to explore these wonderful, supportive elements – taking the reader on a journey through the surprising characteristics of the natural world

"Большое приключение Ядовитой сороконожки Гарри" - еще одна восхитительно запутанная история о Гарри Ядовитой сороконожке, со всем присущим Линн Рид Бэнкс обаянием и юмором • Когда лучший друг Гарри, Джордж, пропадает, Гарри отправляется на его поиски. Но за пределами его гнезда-туннеля скрываются опасные существа, такие как летающие свуперы, ползающие на животе, мохнатые кусачи и – самое страшное из всех – Ху-Мин! • Книга на английском языке • Another deliciously squirmy story about Harry the Poisonous Centipede, with all of Lynne Reid Banks’s usual charm and humour. Tony Ross’s wonderful illustrations perfectly capture the small world of Harry • ‘Suddenly the most awful thing happened. Something tightened around Harry’s middle! He almost jumped into the air with fright…’ • When Harry the poisonous centipede’s best friend, George, goes missing, Harry goes to find him

Masterful, Pulitzer-prize winning literary epic about the painful and complex realities of slave life on a Southern plantation. An utterly original exploration of race, trust and the cruel truths of human nature, this is a landmark in modern American literature • Henry Townsend, a black farmer, boot maker, and former slave, becomes proprietor of his own plantation – as well as his own slaves. When he dies, his widow, Caldonia, succumbs to profound grief, and things begin to fall apart: slaves take to escaping under the cover of night, and families who had once found love beneath the weight of slavery begin to betray one another. Beyond the Townsend household, the known world also unravels: low-paid white patrollers stand watch as slave ‘speculators’ sell free black people into slavery, and rumours of slave rebellions set white families against slaves who have served them for years

В этот внушительный книжный набор входят двадцать лучших произведений Доктора Сьюза. Под переплётом каждой из представленных книг читателя ждёт неповторимый, фирменный поэтический стиль культового американского детского писателя, а также его великолепные авторские иллюстрации. После знакомства с компанией незабываемых персонажей, которые попадают в самые необычные ситуации, ни один ребёнок не скажет, что чтение – это скучно • В набор входят • Dr. Seuss on the Loose • Marvin K Mooney, Will You Please Go Now! • Hunches in Bunches • The Sneetches and Other Stories • If I Ran the Circus • I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew • Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? • Dr. Seuss’ Sleep Book • Hop on Pop • Horton Hears a Who! • Horton Hatches the Egg • Dr. Seuss’ ABC • The Cat in the Hat Comes Back • Oh, The Places You’ll Go! • One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish • How The Grinch Stole Christmas • There’s A Wocket in my Pocket! • Fox in Socks • The Cat in the Hat • Green Eggs and Ham • «The Wonderful World of Dr

An awe-inspiring journey through the eons and across the globe in search of visible traces of evolution in the living creatures that have survived from earlier times • In this groundbreaking book, prize-winning science writer Richard Fortey chronicles life’s history not through the fossil record, but through the stories of organisms that have survived, almost unchanged, through geological time • Fortey takes us on a journey to ancient worlds: on a moonlit beach in Delaware where the horseshoe crab shuffles its way through a violent romance, we catch a glimpse of life 450 million years ago. Along a stretch of Australian coastline, we bear witness to the sights and sounds that would have greeted a Precambrian dawn. And, in the dense rainforests of New Zealand, where the secretive velvet worm burrows into the rotting timber of the jungle floor, we marvel at a living fossil which has survived unchanged since before the break-up of Gondwana, the ancient supercontinent, over 150 million years ago

The second book in the Darkwar series, from world-wide bestselling author of Magician, Raymond E. Feist • Chaos threatens to overwhelm two worlds as the most dangerous force ever encountered threatens to invade Midkemia, while the most treacherous magician in history - the madman Leso Varen - begins to wreak havoc on the world of Kelewan • Pug and the Conclave of Shadows are determined to find Varen, only to discover that he has usurped the body of one of the most powerful men in the Empire of Tsuranuani - a Black Robe and member of the Assembly of Magicians. Pug has the almost impossible task of uncovering the true identity of the fiendish magician in an entire city full of Black Robes • Murder, mayhem, horror, and the darkest evil await Pug's son, Magnus, and his companions as they attempt to discover the ultimate source of the terrible threat that hovers over Midkemia and Kelewan

The bestselling author of The Madonnas of Leningrad returns with a breathtaking novel of love, madness, and devotion set against the extravagant royal court of eighteenth-century St. Petersburg • Born to a Russian family of lower nobility, Xenia, an eccentric dreamer who cares little for social conventions, falls in love with Andrei, a charismatic soldier and singer in the Empress's Imperial choir. Though husband and wife adore each other, their happiness is overshadowed by the absurd demands of life at the royal court and by Xenia's growing obsession with having a child - a desperate need that is at last fulfilled with the birth of her daughter. But then a tragic vision comes true, and a shattered Xenia descends into grief, undergoing a profound transformation that alters the course of her life

The most accomplished mountain runner of all time contemplates his record-breaking climb of Mount Everest in this profound and free-flowing memoir—an intellectual and spiritual journey that moves from the earth’s highest peak to the soul’s deepest reaches • What drives a person to the edge of one of the most difficult and revered mountains in the world? How much is one willing to sacrifice and suffer to pursue an authentic and bold life? The most accomplished mountain runner of all time, Kilian Jornet ponders these questions as he contemplates his record-breaking climb of Mount Everest, exploring the mountain’s changing nature over four seasons and his own existence • As he recounts a life spent studying, tending, and ascending the greatest peaks on earth, Jornet ruminates on what he has found in nature—simplicity, freedom, and spiritual joy—and offers a poetic yet clearheaded assessment of his relationship to the mountain