Marina: 920 books

The Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor, including fantastic adventures, magical places and encountering supernatural phenomena. THE VOYAGES - ILLUSTRATED EDITION: + The First Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor + The Second Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor + The Third Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor + The Fourth...

The Tazza Farnese is one of the most admired objects from classical antiquity. A libation bowl carved from banded agate, it features Medusa's head on its outside and, inside, an assembly of Egyptian gods. For more than two millennia, these radiant figures have mesmerized emperors and artists, popes...

Italian cinema triumphed globally in the 1960, with directors such as Rossellini, Fellini, and Leone, and actors like Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni known to audiences around the world. But by the end of the 1980s, the Italian film industry was all but dead. The Rise and Fall of the Italian...

Like Freakonomics, Dollars and Sex takes economics and converts it into a sexy science by applying the principles of supply and demand, and other market forces, to matters of love, courtship, sex, and marriage. As she does in her hugely popular blog, author Marina Adshade explores the marketplace...

As human activity and environmental change come to be increasingly recognized as intertwined phenomena on a rapidly urbanizing planet, the field of urban ecology has risen to offer useful ways of thinking about coupled human and natural systems. On the forefront of this discipline is Marina...

What are corporations, and to whom are they responsible? Anthropologist Marina Welker draws on two years of research at Newmont Mining Corporation’s Denver headquarters and its Batu Hijau copper and gold mine in Sumbawa, Indonesia, to address these questions. Against the backdrop of an emerging...

It's 1964 and a young girl is whisked away from her beloved Ohio to California by parents who seem to care less that Christmas is just a few days away.With underlying tones of dysfunction and unspoken grievances, the story perhaps hold more heartache than was necessary for the time.

Not for the feint hearted this book contains violence and strong language from the start.The story follows the two Pepper brothers as they deal a new drug called buzz. Their childhood rivals the Riley brothers want a peice of the action sparking off an unholy war which results in a bloody climax.

The 500 most wonderful stories ever written: Discover the traditional fairytale world of witches, dragons, ghosts and giants! Enjoy magical moments: Be a child again, or read a story to your beloved child! OVERVIEW: + Cinderella + Little Red Riding Hood + The Little Mermaid + Rumpelstiltskin +...

El Salvador has so much to offer that it's hard to know where to start. 'Take the Kids Along' - El Salvador makes your trip easy with tons of important information: Family Friendly Hotels, What to See and Do for the Family, Where to See Tons of Wildlife, Find Secret Attractions, Freebies...

The May/June 2018 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. Featuring new fiction by Naomi Novik, Katharine Duckett, Marina J. Lostetter, Kelly Robson, A. Merc Rustad, and C.L. Clark, reprinted fiction by Aliette de Bodard, essays by Greg Pak, Briana Lawrence, Kelly McCullough, and Elsa...

Eleonora is from a prosperous Jewish family in St Petersburg, but they are reduced from riches to rags by the Russian Revolution of 1917. Luckily she meets an aspiring musician, marries him and is blessed with a son, Felix. She would do anything for her son and when he begins an illegal gay relationship...

Kick off your flip-flops and savor this fun-loving box set filled with hot summer nights and sunny, sandy days! Last Kiss of Summer by Marina Adair Kennedy Sinclair, pie shop and orchard owner extraordinaire, is all that stands between Luke Callahan and the success of his hard cider business....

With this wise, tender, and deeply funny novel, Marina Lewycka takes her place alongside Zadie Smith and Monica Ali as a writer who can capture the unchanging verities of family. When an elderly and newly widowed Ukrainian immigrant announces his intention to remarry, his daughters must set aside...