Scobie, a police officer serving in a war-time West African state, is distrusted, being scrupulously honest and immune to bribery. But then he falls in love, and in doing so he is forced to betray everything he believes in, with drastic and tragic consequences.

Hellboy is one of the most celebrated comics series in recent years. The ultimate artists' artist and a great storyteller whose work is in turns haunting, hilarious, and spellbinding, Mike Mignola has won numerous awards in the comics industry and be ..

From New York City to the former East Germany, from rural Virginia to affluent suburbia, the characters in these short stories grapple with love, loss, greed, perversion, and other awful truths as they try to transcend their limitations with occasional

To properly celebrate the momentous occasion, this edition features 42 new pages from the Douglas Adams archive, an introduction by Terry Gilliam of Monty Python fame, photographs, drawings, meaningful artifacts, and more.

Ignorance is bliss, or so hopes Antoine, the lead character in this stinging satire, who has had it with being brilliant and deeply self-aware. He vows to denounce his intelligence by any means necessary–in order to become „stupid“ enough to be a ha ..

Prétextat Tach, prix Nobel de littérature, n'a plus que deux mois à vivre. Des journalistes du monde entier sollicitent des interviews de l'écrivain que sa misanthropie tient reclus depuis des années. Quatre seulement vont le rencontrer, dont il se j ..

Reissue of the classic romance, by the author of }101 Dalmations{. Made into a successful film in 2003, it was first published in 1948, and continues to be popular today.

Daniel Kehlmann hat einen hochironischen und sehr erfolgreichen Roman geschrieben, in dem die Ereignisse immer neue und überraschende Wendungen nehmen, ein brillant-witziges Verwirrspiel um Lebenslügen und Wahrheit, um Manipulation, um Moral und Kuns ..

Reaves and Bohnhoff deliver a standalone Star Wars adventure thriller set in the time just before „Star Wars: A New Hope“–with a title picked by fans and a special guest appearance by Han Solo. Original.

„From its eerie opening to its chilling conclusion, this novel … "Library Journal“

New edition of this classic novel, now in its fortieth year of publication.

Dieser historische Roman schildert ein ergreifendes Frauenschicksal im Sizilien des 18. Jahrhunderts. Im Mittelpunkt steht die taubstumme Herzogin Marianna, die schon als Dreizehnjährige mit ihrem mürrischen alten Onkel verheiratet wird. Um ihr freud ..