Cutting the gastronomic umbilical cord doesn't necessarily imply canteen catering or steady diets of junk food for those men living on their own. This pocket-sized guide written by Dominique Ayral and wittily illustrated by Jean-Pierre Cagnat shows that cooking well can be economical and enormous fun. It is full of hints and tips to add those personal touches of color, originality and zest that will impress dinner guests and friends alike!
Young Samuel Johnson and his dachshund Boswell are trying to show initiative by trick-or-treating a full three days before Hallowe’en. Which is how they come to witness strange goings-on at 666 Crowley Avenue.
The Abernathys don’t mean any harm by their flirtation with Satanism. But it just happens to coincide with a malfunction in the Large Hadron Collider that creates a gap in the universe. A gap in which there is a pair of enormous gates. The gates to Hell. And there are some pretty terrifying beings just itching to get out . . .
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Complete Ghost Stories by M. R. James
M. R. James is a name no one seems to know any more outside the circle of die-hard horror and ghost story fans. But, his impact on modern genre writers has been enormous and freely acknowledged.
Empires of Ancient Persia (Great Empires of the Past)
For almost 1,200 years, the Persians ruled a territory that stretched from the Black Sea into Central Asia, from India to Egypt and into the fringes of southern Europe. During that period from 550 BCE to 651 CE, the ancient Persians learned to cultivate crops such as wheat and barley and to domesticate animals; they also demonstrated their talents for architecture and art by building enormous palaces, such as at the site of Persepolis, and through intricate art painted on pottery.
The legendary city of Carthage on the coast of present-day Tunisia was the home of Hannibal, whom many historians call the greatest military commander of all time. Descendants of the Phoenicians, the Carthaginians were the undisputed rulers of the sea by the third century BCE, dotting the Mediterranean region with busy trading outposts. In a battle for supremacy of the ancient world, Hannibal attacked Rome with an enormous army, which included dozens of war elephants.
