Acompañadas de alegres y divertidas ilustraciones, Stephanie Blake nos trae las aventuras de Simón, un pequeño conejo blanco que transmite toda la vitalidad de la infancia: es adorable, tiene mucha energía, le encanta hacer travesuras ¡y es muy muy divertido!Simón tiene que empezar el colegio, pero la idea no le resulta nada atractiva. Esa noche no pega ojo, y a la mañana siguiente apenas puede probar bocado. Sin embargo, para sorpresa de Simón, en el colegio suced...

DNA profiling—commonly known as DNA fingerprinting—is often heralded as unassailable criminal evidence, a veritable “truth machine” that can overturn convictions based on eyewitness testimony, confessions, and other forms of forensic evidence. But DNA evidence is far from infallible. Truth Machine traces the controversial history of DNA fingerprinting by looking at court cases in the United States and United Kingdom beginning in the mid-1980s, when the practice was invented, and c...

A brilliant portrait of a beloved and controversialfigure in twentieth-century spirituality.Simone Weil (1906-1943) was a writer and philosopher who devoted her life to a search for God—while avoiding membership in organized religion. She wrote with the clarity of a brilliant mind educated in the best French schools, the social conscience of a grass-roots labor organizer, and the certainty and humility of a mystic—and she persistently carried out her search ...

He's haunted, broken, and losing his grip on reality. If I can't save him, it could mean the difference between life and death. Mine.After decades of soul chasing, I've learned the hard way that the only way to be effective is to keep your feelings out of it, no matter how appealing and tempting your target is. So when I meet Keagan with his sexy scowl and intense gaze, it doesn't take us long to make it physical. I'm only human, and resisting the man is beyond my ...

His undead ex is hellbent on dragging him to a premature afterlife. It's my job to save him without getting us both killed.AsterI'm dead.Or at least I was.Until I got the opportunity to return to the life I was abruptly torn away from. It's a no-brainer as far as I'm concerned. I'm not done living yet.The catch? Become a Soul Chaser. Hunt down the Horrors, deadly souls that escaped The Below, and return them to the d...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole continues her electrifying Immortals After Darkseries with this thrilling tale, revealing secrets of the Lore, fierce realm of the immortals…Driven by his insatiable need for revenge, Lothaire, the Lore’s most ruthless vampire, plots to seize the Horde’s crown by offering up the soul of his lovely new captive, Elizabeth Peirce. Yet the young human soon tempts him beyond reason.Ellie...

In "Prison-Life Thoughts," Simon Mohler Landis presents a poignant exploration of the human psyche through the lens of incarceration. Employing a reflective and introspective literary style, the text weaves a tapestry of raw emotions and hard-won wisdom derived from life behind bars. The book delves into themes of isolation, redemption, and the search for identity, all while remaining firmly anchored in the realities of prison life. Landis's narrative is enhanced by vivid imagery and thoug...

Collecting the best stories from the first twelve volumes of Meanwhile...,the critically-acclaimed anthology from Soaring Penguin Press,Meanwhile... The Best will satisfy the most discerning comics reader.“[T]he UK’s premiere comics anthology... Meanwhile… is a stunningshowcase for some of the brightest voices in independent comics andcontinues to prove why it should be an essential part of every comic fanspull list.”- Tim Cundle, Mass Move...

The Titanic. The Britannic. The Olympic. They are some of the most famous ships in history, but for the wrong reasons.The Olympic Class liners were conceived as the largest, grandest ships ever to set sail. Of the three ships built, the first only lost the record for being the largest because she was beaten by the second, and they were both beaten by the third. The class was meant to secure the White Star Line's reputation as the greatest...

We’re all stories in the end…In this exciting collection you’ll find all-new stories spinning off from some of your favourite Doctor Who moments across the history of the series. Learn what happened next, what went on before, and what occurred off-screen in an inventive selection of sequels, side-trips, foreshadowings and first-hand accounts – and look forward too, with a brand new adventure for the Thirteenth Doctor.Each story expands in ...

Das Leben von Cole McGinnis, ehemaliger Detective des Los Angeles Police Department, hätte beinahe an dem Tag geendet, an dem sein Polizeipartner und bester Freund Ben Pinelli die Kugeln seiner Dienstwaffe in Cole und seinen damaligen Freund Rick entlud. Seit Ben anschließend die Waffe auf sich selbst gerichtet hatte, war Cole davon überzeugt, niemals herausfinden zu können, warum Ben ihn vernichten wollte.Jahre später hat Cole sich wieder zusammengeflickt. Mit seiner Arbeit als Pri...

THE POP MOGUL Simon Cowell as you've never seen him before.Here and in his own words, Cowell spills the beans on his superstar chums, including Madonna, Cheryl Cole and Piers 'Magnificent' Morgan - and not forgetting, of course, his secret passion for Angelina Jolie.Gunned down by a fan, Cowell wakes up in hospital to find he's got no money, no home and no mates. Worse still, his face looks like it's been through a blender; a tough blow indeed for the vainest man in Britain...