The phone messages waiting for Henry Pierce clearly aren't for him: "Where is Lilly? This is her number. It's on the site." Pierce has just moved into a new apartment, and he's been "chasing the dime"--doing all it takes so his company comes out first with a scientific breakthrough worth millions. But he can't get the messages for Lilly out of his head. As Pierce tries to help a woman he has never met, he steps into a world of escorts, websites, sex, and secret passions. A world where his success and expertise mean nothing...and where he becomes the chief suspect in a murder case, trapped in the fight of his life.
Pet-trainer, "educatore" degli amici a quattro zampe di vari divi dello spettacolo, Bash Dibra insegna in questo libro a socializzare con il proprio gatto, a vedere il mondo come lo vede lui, a capire il suo linguaggio. Il lettore, promette Dibra, imparerà le "parole" per insegnare al micio a non farsi le unghie sul divano, a non arrampicarsi sulle tende o a non mangiare le piante. Il gatto sarà un animale appagato e sano e della relazione gatto-padrone si potrà dire, come nelle fiabe, che vissero per sempre felici e contenti.
Michael Somers heeft mede ten gevolge van een traumatische jeugd bijna iemand vermoord en daarvoor zes jaar vastgezeten. Na zijn voorwaardelijke vrijlating keert hij terug naar zijn geboortestadje in de Canadese bergen, om met zichzelf in het reine te komen. Iedereen kijkt hem met de nek aan, behalve zijn buurvrouw Susan Baker, een weduwe die haar man kwijtraakte na een jachtongeluk. Haar zoontje Jamie is door die gebeurtenis zodanig getraumatiseerd dat hij weigert te praten. Als Michael zich ontfermt over een gewonde sneeuwvalk, leeft Jamie helemaal op. Hij helpt mee met het trainen van de vogel en krijgt daardoor ook een band met Michael.
Questo manuale è dedicato a tutti coloro che desiderano cimentarsi nellapittura su pietra. Seguendo le indicazioni grafiche e i suggerimenti per l'usodel colore, sarà possibile trasformare una pietra in simpatici animaletti ditutti i generi: rana, pinguino, puzzola, castoro, scoiattolo, orsetto, lupo,ecc.
The tenth anniversary edition of the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude and the unlikely triumph of an English genius. With a new Foreword by the celebrated astronaut Neil Armstrong. 'Sobel has done the impossible and made horology sexy - no mean feat' New Scientist Anyone alive in the 18th century would have known that 'the longitude problem' was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day - and had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. Thousands of lives, and the increasing fortunes of nations, hung on a resolution. The quest for a solution had occupied scientists and their patrons for the better part of two centuries when, in 1714, Parliament upped the ante by offering a king's ransom (£20,000) to anyone whose method or device proved successful. Countless quacks weighed in with preposterous suggestions. The scientific establishment throughout Europe - from Galileo to Sir Isaac Newton - had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answer. In stark contrast, one man, John Harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solution. Full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd, LONGITUDE is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking.
