Merlin: 122 books

A philosophical history of that strange but prolific hybrid—the writer as walkerFrom the peripatetic philosophers of Ancient Greece to the streets of 20th-century London, Paris, and New York, the figure of writer as walker has continued to evolve through the centuries, the philosopher and the...

A brief time ago, in a land not unlike this one, there lived a bear named Nod. Bears are compassionate animals, and Nod was a most compassionate bear. Unlike most animals that have some empathy for others, bears have the active desire to alleviate another beings suffering. Bears express their social...

How has the idea of the South come to exert such a powerful hold over our imagination? From the beaches of Southern Europe to the Great White South of the Antarctic; from South America to the South Pacific, South explores this most diverse and captivating of regions. The South has long since cast...

Today we have countless scientific laws and principles that help explain our observations of the natural world. However, this was not always the case. Although individuals have long sought to understand their surroundings, it was not until around 2500 BCE that scientific activity began to assume a...

Master the Latest Developments in Soil Testing and New Applications of Geotechnical Engineering Geotechnical Engineering: Principles and Practices offers students and practicing engineers a concise, easy-to-understand approach to the principles and methods of soil and geotechnical engineering....

Alis è una ragazza bella e popolare con unico difetto: pensa solo a se stessa. E' freddae vendicatrice, motivo per cui dopo una festa finita male, la madre decide di mandarla a casa degli zii in Irlanda. Arrivata a Cork incontrerà una sacerdotessa che le scaglierà una maledizione e la trasformerà....

“A beautifully written contemporary romance, with plenty of enjoyable comedy, it challenges us to evaluate our lives and make big decisions on who we want to be and not necessarily what everyone expects us to be.” – Adventures in Lit about The Campfire Series Camp Chinooka was supposed...

If you love Sophie Kinsella and Emily Giffin, you'll love this heartwarming debut from a fresh voice in contemporary chick-lit that offers a lighthearted and fun take on friendship, love, and how to recover from past mistakes. **Grab all three books of the series in this boxed set at an INCREDIBLE...

Edición con Prólogo de Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, a partir de la original: Madrid: Imprenta de la Sociedad Literaria y Tipográfica, 1844.

As one of the most well-known names in theatre history, Konstantin Stanislavsky’s teachings on actor training have endured throughout the decades, influencing scholars and practitioners even in the present day. This second edition of Konstantin Stanislavsky combines: an overview of Stanislavsky’s...

Tim Diamant, le détective privé, a sans doute fait une bonne affaire : le nain Johnny Naples, qui semble redouter de très gros ennuis, lui a offert une vraie fortune pour qu'il garde précieusement un paquet. Et le plus étonnant, c'est que ce paquet ne contient que des chocolats maltés! Mais voilà que pour Tim, les catastrophes s'enchaînent...

Le détective privé Nick Diamant partage la cellule de l'ennemi public n° 1, Johnny Powers, afin de lui tirer les vers du nez. Mais une fois sorti de prison, la vie de Nick bascule et il devient à son tour l'ennemi public n° 2. Il est successivement menacé, pourchassé, frappé, ligoté sur des rails, à moitié noyé. Un enfer !

Le détective privé Tim Diamant et son frère Nick sont chargés d'une nouvelle mission et non des moindres : retrouver Charon, un tueur à gages, avant qu'il n'assassine un diplomate russe. Mais Charon est aussi insaisissable qu'un fantôme et personne ne l'a encore jamais vu ! Seul signe particulier : il lui manque un doigt.

Les frères Diamant ont le don de se fourrer dans des situations pas possibles. Nick et Tim viennent tout juste de débarquer à Paris pour les vacances et déjà les incidents se multiplient. Un étrange steward meurt assassiné après leur avoir parlé. Et maintenant, voilà qu'on en veut à leur propre vie.