Os reinos mais poderosos da Europa estão prestes a começar uma guerra No início do século xv, a vida na Europa era sustentada por um sistema de crenças que se manteve inalterado durante milhares de anos. O longo monopólio da Igreja sobre o conhecimento foi apenas quebrado na primeira metade do século, quando se redescobriu os trabalhos de Lucrécio e Platão. As ideias contidas nas suas obras desempenharam um papel fundamental na libertação de uma espantosa onda de pensamento novo conhecida ...

Janeiro de 1562. A Europa é o epicentro de uma verdadeira luta entre a luz e as trevas. Em Moscovo, Matthew Longstaff tenta cumprir a missão que lhe foi confiada: roubar um livro da biblioteca privada de Ivan, o Terrível. Longstaff trabalha para os Otiosi, um grupo clandestino de livres-pensadores determinado a manter acesa a chama do livre-pensamento que começa a expandir-se por toda a Europa. Também a trabalhar para os Otiosi encontra-se o médico e aventureiro Gaetan Durant, encarregado ...

What really happens at the most fundamental levels of nature?Introducing Particle Physics explores the very frontiers of our knowledge, even showing how particle physicists are now using theory and experiment to probe our very concept of what is real.From the earliest history of the atomic theory through to supersymmetry, micro-black holes, dark matter, the Higgs boson, and the possibly mythical graviton, practising physicist and CERN contributor Tom Whyntie gives us a mind-e...

Available for the first time as an MMF romance collection: the first three books in The Sizzle TV Series!This set contains the following audiobooks:-Sizzle: She works for him. He lives with me. I want them both.-Smoke: Three lovers. A second chance. One little white lie.-Sear: Enemies. Ex-lovers. Two fake relationships. What could go wrong?

Brought to you by Penguin.It has never been more important for business leaders to look to the future. Yet, when we are living through some of the most uncertain times we have ever faced, it can feel daunting to know where to start.In Future-Proof Your Business, applied futurist Tom Cheesewright will reveal industry techniques and tools to help you:- Scan the near horizon for incoming shocks- Look to the far future t...

Will & Tom is a glimpse into the life of the infamous artist JMW Turner as a young man during a week spent at Harewood House fighting for a commission against his childhood friend and rival Tom Girtin.1797, West Yorkshire.When rising artist Will Turner arrives at Harewood House in high summer, his intention is to sketch the house and grounds, receive his commission and return to London, where he has started attracting serious attention at the Royal Academy.But thing...

JUNGE HELDEN BRAUCHT DIE WELT! Jon Kent, der Sohn von Clark Kent alias Superman, ist der neue Mann aus Stahl! Doch er hat sich einen mächtigen Feind gemacht: Henry Bendix, Präsident des Inselstaates Gamorra, dessen Ziel die Vernichtung aller Superwesen ist – und mit dem jungen Superman will er anfangen! Dafür hat er sich einen Stoßtrupp eigener Metawesen geschaffen und erweckt in den Tiefen des Meeres ein Seeungeheuer, das Metropolis angreift! Doch Jon stellt sich all diesen Gefahren nicht...

"Pugh excels at weaving together different historical threads into a single narrative...The book is sure to appeal to fans of the works of Dan Brown and other conspiracy-curious storytellers." Kirkus Reviews1565. Their last mission on behalf of the Lord Chancellor nearly got them killed. Now back in England, former soldier Matthew Longstaff and his Italian wife, Aurélie, are living quietly in the countryside when news arrives from France;...

“Pugh’s first novel is a magnificent achievement. Let us hope he returns to enthral us with another very soon.” David Dickinson, author of the Powerscourt seriesThe Otiosi? As far as Mathew Longstaff knows, they’re just a group of harmless scholars with an eccentric interest in the works of antiquity. When they ask him to travel east, to recover a lost text from Ivan the Terrible’s private library, he can’t think of anything but the reward – home. A return to England and an end to ...