From the author of the New York Times bestselling novels The Shack, Cross Roads and Eve comes a compelling, conversational exploration of the wrong- headed ideas we sometimes have and share about God.
In 1810, a sister and brother uncover the fossilized skull of an unknown animal in the cliffs on the south coast of England. With its long snout and prominent teeth, it might be a crocodile – except that it has a huge, bulbous eye.Remarkable Creatures is the story of Mary Anning, who has a talent for finding fossils, and whose discovery of ancient marine reptiles such as that ichthyosaur shakes the scientific community and leads to new ways of thinking about the creation of the world.Working in an arena dominated by middle-class men, however, Mary finds herself out of step with her working-class background. In danger of being an outcast in her community, she takes solace in an unlikely friendship with Elizabeth Philpot, a prickly London spinster with her own passion for fossils.The strong bond between Mary and Elizabeth sees them through struggles with poverty, rivalry and ostracism, as well as the physical dangers of their chosen obsession. It reminds us that friendship can outlast storms and landslides, anger and jealousy.
Na redu je vreme istine. Knjiga o istini – i svim genijalnim načinima na koje su ljudi kroz istoriju uspevali da je izbegnu. Kaže se da živimo u "vremenu posle istine": predsednik Sjedinjenih Američkih Država svakodnevno govori besmislice, internet je učinio život informatičkim ratom i stručnjacima se više ne veruje. Ali, da li je ikada postojalo zlatno doba govora istine? U svom radu u organizaciji za proveru činjenica Full Fact, Tom Phillips se svakodnevno suočava s lažnim informacijama. U ovoj knjizi on govori o tome kako su ljudi kroz istoriju lagali jedni drugima i sebi, i postavlja važno pitanje: kako čovečanstvo može preći ka istinitijoj budućnosti?
The gripping first novel in an explosive new crime series by Tony Parsons, bestselling author of Man and Boy. If you like crime-novels by Ian Rankin and Peter James, you will love this. Twenty years ago seven rich, privileged students became friends at their exclusive private school, Potter's Field. Now they have started dying in the most violent way imaginable. Detective Max Wolfe has recently arrived in the Homicide division of London's West End Central, 27 Savile Row. Soon he is following the bloody trail from the backstreets and bright lights of the city, to the darkest corners of the internet and all the way to the corridors of power. As the bodies pile up, Max finds the killer's reach getting closer to everything - and everyone - he loves. Soon he is fighting not only for justice, but for his own life ...
Princeton, Veľký piatok 1999. Záhadný renesančný rukopis Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, ktorý bol po stáročia nerozlúštiteľnou hádankou pre mnohých učencov, začína odhaľovať svoje tajomstvá dvom študentom Tomovi Sullivanovi a Paulovi Harrisovi. Aj Tomov otec bol posadnutý touto päťstoročnou knihou s fascinujúcou mocou nad tými, čo ju skúmajú. Paulova budúcnosť od nej vo veľkej miere závisí. Blíži sa termín odovzdania diplomovej práce študentov, no ich výskum sa nečakane spomalí. Vzápätí sa objaví starobylý denník a v ňom sa skrýva šokujúca informácia: v záhadnom renesančnom rukopise je zašifrovaná poloha tajomnej krypty. Táto stopa privádza priateľov do bizarného sveta Hypnerotomachie – sveta dávno zabudnutej učenosti, čudesných sexuálnych chúťok a neskutočného násilia. Pomaly si začínajú uvedomovať rozsah svojho objavu, keď sa v areáli univerzity nájde zastrelený študent, čo už dlhší čas skúmal starý rukopis. Tom a Paul sa tak ocitnú vo víre udalostí rozpútaných knihou, ktorej moc a význam dlhé storočia nik nepochopil.