Thomas - Libros y biografía

Thomas Tusser's 'Fiue Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie' is a seminal work in the sixteenth-century English agricultural literature. Originally published in 1557, the book consists of practical advice...

Thomas Jefferson is most famous for the writing of the Declaration of Independence, which espouses the general principles of freedom and democracies that Americans hold dear. Now, collected here for the...

Thomas Paine is most famous for writing Common Sense, a pamphlet distributed during the American Revolution advocating for colonial America’s independence from Great Britain. Now, collected here in a...

Winner of two National Science Fairs for his work on plant life, thirteen-year-old Grady Jacobs isn't exactly Mr. Popularity. But he doesn't care. He's spending the summer with the famous botanist Dr....

Each student at Robert E. Lee High School is required to perform two hundred hours of community service in order to graduate. Their responses to the assignment are as varied as the organizations for which...

Steve details his descent from bright star to burnout in this newly repackaged edition of the definitive, highly acclaimed novel from the creator of Veronica Mars and Party Down.Houston, sophomore year:...

In the 1950s, America was a land of overdone roast beef and canned green beans—a gastronomic wasteland. Most restaurants relied on frozen, second-rate ingredients and served bogus “Continental” cuisine....

Patrick Sheridan is experiencing technical difficulties...Patrick's thrilled to become a student reporter on a teen news show. But when he leaves his small Texas town for the bright lights of Los Angeles,...

'Asbridge can't help but tell a ripping yarn, often breezily dramatic, whipping the narrative along' The TimesA superb and definitive one-volume account of the Crusades, the impact of which still resonates...

From the creator of Veronica Mars comes a timely novel that looks at a high school fundraising tradition of auctioning off students as “slaves.”At Robert E. Lee High School, the traditional fundraising...

"Donald Thomas is the all-time best at Sherlockian pastiche." —Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine"Have you ever seen a ghost, Mr. Holmes?“ asks Victoria Temple, and Sherlock Holmes, at the height of his powers...

'A nuanced and sophisticated analysis... Exhilarating' Sunday Telegraph Nine hundred years ago, one of the most controversial episodes in Christian history was initiated. The Pope stated that, in spite...

Travel with fearsome Captain Blackbeard and his crew of pirates across the open seas as they search for treasure and capture ships. But just when Blackbeard thinks he has everything he ever wanted, he...

Statt komplizierter Anleitungen und Beschäftigungskonzepten plädiert Thomas Riepe für eine Hundehaltung, die sich mehr am Leben selbstbestimmter Hunde orientiert. Der Autor liefert einfache, naturnahe...

Königs Erläuterungen: Textanalyse und Interpretation mit ausführlicher Inhaltsangabe und Abituraufgaben Das spart dir lästiges Recherchieren und kostet weniger Zeit zur Vorbereitung. In einem Band...

Minkin muss nach Pilsen. Muss im Pilsner Untergrund nach der Weltformel des Bieres suchen. Sein Gegner? Der weltgrößte Braukonzern. Minkin findet im Pilsner Untergrund Vaclav Kulle. Den Wächter der Formel....

Als an einem Wintermorgen unter dem Brandenburger Tor die blutüberströmte Leiche eines Mannes in den Armen einer Frau entdeckt wird, schrillen bei Ex-Kriminalkommissar Magnus Böhm sämtliche Alarmglocken....

Plat nationnal de la Thaïlande, le pad thaï est un met à base de pâtes de riz sautées au wok à feu vif avec des œufs, diverses graines germées, du tofu émietté, des haricots jaunes et des crevettes grillées...

Fondateur de 1083, Thomas Huriez ne fait rien comme tout le monde. Alors que la fast fashion fabrique ses vêtements à l’autre bout du monde, il relance l’activité textile de Romans-sur-Isère dans la Drôme....

Sydney, 1942, and in a nation threatened by a Japanese invasion, with husbands absent and sleek GIs present, a spirit of recklessness takes hold. Frank Darragh, an impressionable young priest, finds the...

Midnight Atlanta is the stunning new novel in the award-nominated, critically acclaimed Darktown series, and sees a newspaper editor murdered against the backdrop of Rosa Parks' protest and Martin Luther...

Being modern and manly in today's world isn't always easy. Do you know how to tie a bow-tie, mix a martini, or make a potato gun? Do you know when to get married and how to break up, or the difference...

Scientists know everything, right? Wrong! Don't scientists hate it when their experiments go wrong, though? Nope, it can help them discover something new! This book is about how scientists turn experiments...

Maths is all around us. From a single snowflake to the changing seasons; from our favourite songs to the buildings we live in, and even the way our planet spins through space. Don't believe it? Just open...

From radio commentator, drawbridge operator, and master chicken chef Leonard "The Chicken Man" Thomas comes a collection of cooking tips and 100 recipes--plus the funniest chicken stories on the planet!...

Thomas Lux is the author of such books as Sunday, Half Promised Land, and The Drowned River. His poetry has been fulfilling every expectation by penetrating deeper into the plain-spoken, saturnine, witty...

A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEARA TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA WATERSTONES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR'Superbly told' Simon Heffer, Daily Telegraph'A hamper of treats' Sunday Telegraph'[Grant employs] scholarship and...

'A sparkling, heartwarming hug of a story' Miranda DickinsonEscape to snowy Sweden in the gorgeous new novel from the author of Late Summer in the Vineyard and Sunset Over the Cherry Orchard. Fans of...

'Perfect escapist magic' Good Housekeeping'Jo's book is as rich and sweet and moreish as baklava' Milly Johnson Perfect for fans of Jill Mansell and Carole Matthews, Jo Thomas's irresistible, sun-filled...

Durch eine Organtransplantation den Nutzen eines Kranken zu mehren, ohne dem Organspender Schaden zuzufügen - dieses Kalkül geht nicht auf. Die Postmortalität der Organentnahme ist fraglicher denn je....