James Boeken

Offering a library of Western literature in a portable format, The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces, Seventh Edition, includes 41 complete longer works, over 230 lyric poems, and 32 short prose works in accurate, authoritative, and readable translations. Maps, timelines, and pronouncing glossaries, all new to the Seventh Edition, help students read works with confidence and in context. With the Seventh Edition, the anthology continues to evolve--responding to the changing needs of instructors and students by adding new texts and new apparatus--while maintaining Norton's standards of reliability an excellence.

This year you can change the world.Every single day 30,000 children around the world are dying from extreme poverty and Make Poverty History, a huge global campaign, has decided that 2005 is the year for this crisis to be taken in hand. In the lead up to the G8 Summit in Scotland this July Make Poverty History will be campaigning heavily to influence the world leaders to finally do something about it.Ending poverty is not about charity, it's about justice. The changes we need aren't monstrous or unimaginable. But they will require everyone to do something this year.This book tells you what and how.'Make poverty history in 2005. Make history in 2005. Then we can all stand with our heads held high' NELSON MANDELA, Trafalgar Square, 2005

The Newnes Know It All Series takes the best of what our authors have written to create hard-working desk references that will be an engineer's first port of call for key information, design techniques and rules of thumb. Guaranteed not to gather dust on a shelf! A 360-degree view from our best-selling authors Hot topics covered The ultimate hard-working desk reference; all the essential information, techniques and tricks of the trade in one volume

Professor Aisling, ein Mythologieprofessor, reist mit seinen Töchtern und einer Mannschaft aus Zwergen und Kobolden auf der H. M. S. Basset in ein fantastisches Land. Dort begegnen sie märchenhaften Wesen wie Feen, Nixen, Minotaurus und Medusa. Die Geschichte zeigt, dass Glaube und Phantasie mächtiger sind als trockene Wissenschaft.

Adam Dalgliesh, de melancholieke speurder van Scotland Yard, wordt verzocht de dood van een student van een klein Anglicaans seminarie te onderzoeken. St. Anselms is een kleine sektarische gemeenschap vol geheimen, die bovendien met sluiting wordt bedreigd door de aartsdeken. Wanneer deze kort na het eerste sterfgeval zelf wordt vermoord, weet Dalgliesh dat hij geen tijd te verliezen heeft.

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Second to the right ... and then straight on till morning!' Desperate to hear bedtime stories, Peter Pan waits outside the nursery window of Wendy, John and Michael Darling. When Peter asks Wendy to fly with him to Neverland, the Darling children are whisked away to a world of adventure - of daring fairies, wondrous mermaids and The Lost Boys.But there is danger in Neverland too: the villainous Captain Hook is out for revenge and will stop at nothing to take it. Poignant and unforgettable, J. M. Barrie's classic tale is one of the greatest works of children's literature of the last century. Its imaginative scope, tender humour and vivid characters will enchant adults and children alike. Published in association with Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity.

Both first editions in hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrations, notes, bibligraphy, index. Both volumes have a discard stamp on top edge, no other marks of any kind. Jackets have light rubbing. Near Fine/Near Fine.