Chaos

Chaos brings together work in the field of chaos theory, an extension of classical mechanics, in which simple and complex causes are seen to interact. Mathematics may only be able to solve simple linear equations which experiment has pushed nature into obeying in a limited way, but now that computers can map the whole plane of solutions of non-linear equations a new vision of nature is revealed. The implications are staggeringly universal in all areas of scientific work and philosophical thought.

The End Of The World Running Club

The Ultimate Race Against Time Thriller When the world ends and you find yourself stranded on the wrong side of the country, every second counts. No one knows this more than Edgar Hill. 550 miles away from his family, he must push himself to the very limit to get back to them, or risk losing them forever... His best option is to run. But what if your best isn???t good enough?

Tower Of Dawn : A Throne Of Glass Novel

Frankenstein

???I Had Desired It With An Ardour . . . But Now That I Had Finished, The Beauty Of The Dream Vanished, And Breathless Horror And Disgust Filled My Heart.??? Consumed By The Desire To Discover The Secret Of Life, Victor Frankenstein, A Man With Unremitting Curiosity And Hunger For Knowledge, Infuses A Spark Of Life Into The Inanimate Body Created From Stolen Body Parts. But As The Dull Yellow Eyes Of The Creature Open, Victor Is Chilled To The Marrow. Appalled By His Work, He Runs Away. What Happens As His Creation, The Monster, Turns Into A Murderer, Seeking Out His Creator, Demanding Companionship? Will Victor Frankenstein Create Another Monster? An Instant Bestseller, Mary Shelley???S Frankenstein Explores How Destructive The Thirst For Knowledge Can Be. With Elements Of A True Gothic Novel, It Is Considered To Be One Of The Earliest Examples Of Science Fiction.

The Naked Sun

A millennium into the future, two advancements have altered the course of human history: the colonization of the Galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain. On the beautiful Outer World planet of Solaria, a handful of human colonists lead a hermit-like existence, their every need attended to by their faithful robot servants. To this strange and provocative planet comes Detective Elijah Baley, sent from the streets of New York with his positronic partner, the robot R. Daneel Olivaw, to solve an incredible murder that has rocked Solaria to its foundations. The victim had been so reclusive that he appeared to his associates only through holographic projection. Yet someone had gotten close enough to bludgeon him to death while robots looked on. Now Baley and Olivaw are faced with two clear impossibilities: Either the Solarian was killed by one of his robots--unthinkable under the laws of Robotics--or he was killed by the woman who loved him so much that she never came into his presence!

Cat Among The Pigeons (Poirot)

Unpleasant things are going on in an exclusive school for girls ? things like murder?Late one night, two teachers investigate a mysterious flashing light in the sports pavilion,while the rest of the school sleeps. There, among the lacrosse sticks, they stumble upon the body of the unpopular games mistress ? shot through the heart from point blank range. The school is thrown into chaos when the ?cat? strikes again. Unfortunately, schoolgirl Julia Upjohn knows too much. In particular, she knows that without Hercule Poirot?s help, she will be the next victim?

The World Of Ice And Fire

The never-before-seen history of Westeros and the lands beyond. With hundreds of pages of all-new material from George R.R. Martin. If the past is prologue, then George R.R. Martin???s masterwork???the most inventive and entertaining fantasy saga of our time???warrants one hell of an introduction. At long last, it has arrived with THE WORLD OF ICE AND FIRE. George R.R. Martin, in collaboration with Elio M. Garc??a, Jr. and Linda Antonsson, has written a comprehensive history of the Seven Kingdoms, featuring the epic battles, bitter rivalries, and daring rebellions that lead up to the events in the bestselling A Song of Ice and Fire series. Collected within this volume is the accumulated knowledge, scholarly speculation, and inherited folk tales of maesters and septons, maegi and singers, including over 170 full-colour illustrations and maps, family trees for the Houses Stark, Lannister and Targaryen, and in-depth explanations of the history and culture of Westeros.This is the definitive companion volume to George R.R. Martin???s dazzlingly conceived universe; THE WORLD OF ICE AND FIRE is indeed proof that the pen is mightier than a storm of swords

Ready Player One

In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he???s jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days. When the eccentric creator of the OASIS dies, he leaves behind a series of fiendish puzzles, based on his obsession with the pop culture of decades past. Whoever is first to solve them will inherit his vast fortune ??? and control of the OASIS itself.Then Wade cracks the first clue. Suddenly he???s beset by rivals who???ll kill to take this prize. The race is on ??? and the only way to survive is to win.

Chariots Of The Gods

Immediately recognized as a work of monumental importance, Chariots of the Gods endures as proof that Earth has been visited repeatedly by advanced aliens from other worlds. Here, Erich von D??niken examines ancient ruins, lost cities, spaceports, and a myriad of hard scientific facts that point to extraterrestrial intervention in human history. Most incredible of all, however, is von D??niken's theory that we are the descendants of these galactic pioneers???and he reveals the archeological discoveries that prove it...

Eclipse (Twilight Saga Book 3)

As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob - knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which? Following the international bestsellers Twilight and New Moon, Eclipse is the much-anticipated third book in Stephenie Meyer's captivating saga of vampire romance.

The Host

New Moon (Twilight Saga Book 2)

Not A Penny More Not A Penny Less

A Game Of Thrones

Full of drama and adventure, rage and lust, mystery and romance, George R.R. Martin???s 'Game of Thrones: Song of Fire and Ice??? (Book I) is regarded as one of the most intriguing and greatest epic of the modern era. Set in 12, 000BC, the seasons in this epic change after decades and bring with them mystery and death. The epic opens with the winter season fast approaching; though the human are protected and safe within the protective ice Wall of the kingdom, winter has arose the deadly forces that are continuously threatening the identity of the mortal power. In the first book replete with lust, rage, anger, betrayal and terror, two families take the central position: the Lannisters and the Starks. Will the good prevail over the worse? Or, is the scenario going to be much worse than ever? And, who is this new character Daenerys Targaryen? The adventurous tale of magic, power and supernatural forces promise to sway the readers off their feet till the end. Published in 1996, the novel has received much critical acclaims, including the Ignotus Award, the Hugo Award and the Locus Award. It was also adapted into a famous TV-series by HBO.

Wintersmith : A Tiffany Aching Novel

Witches are odd. That much is clear to Tiffany. But she likes them . . . in an odd sort of way. Just as she likes Roland . . . in a friend sort of way (which most certainly isn???t odd). But Tiffany hasn???t really got time to think about Roland, because she has accidentally danced with Winter himself ??? the Wintersmith. And now the Wintersmith has a bit of a crush on Tiffany. According to her friend Daft Wullie, if Tiffany kisses the Wintersmith (an awful thought), her nose turns blue and fall off. According to the witches, if she doesn???t shake off her admirer, there will never be another springtime . . .

Warcraft : Bonds of Brotherhood

Based on the fantasy phenomenon from Blizzard Entertainment, this thrilling adventure of bravery, bloodshed and brotherhood is an original story conceived by Blizzard's Chris Metzen, written by the award-winning Paul Cornell (Doctor Who) and featuring art from Mat Broome

Thud

Koom Valley? That was where the trolls ambushed the dwarfs, or the dwarfs ambushed the trolls. It was far away. It was a long time ago. But if he doesn't solve the murder of just one dwarf, Commander Sam Vimes of Ankh-Morpork City Watch is going to see it fought again, right outside his office. With his beloved Watch crumbling around him and war-drums sounding, he must unravel every clue, outwit every assassin and brave any darkness to find the solution. And darkness is following him.

Ape And Essence

In February 2108, the New Zealand Rediscovery Expedition reaches California at last. It is over a century since the world was devastated by nuclear war, but the blight of radioactivity and disease still gnaws away at the survivors.

The expedition expects to find physical destruction but they are quite unprepared for the moral degradation they meet. Ape and Essence is Huxley's vision of the ruin of humanity, told with all his knowledge and imaginative genius.

Hard-boiled Wonderland And The End Of The World

A narrative particle accelerator that zooms between Wild Turkey Whiskey and Bob Dylan, unicorn skulls and voracious librarians, John Coltrane and Lord Jim. Science fiction, detective story and post-modern manifesto all rolled into one rip-roaring novel, Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is the tour de force that expanded Haruki Murakami's international following.

Tracking one man's descent into the Kafkaesque underworld of contemporary Tokyo, Murakami unites East and West, tragedy and farce, compassion and detachment, slang and philosophy.

Hocus Pocus

Eugene Debs Hartke, ex-Vietnam vet, ex-college professor, current inmate of Tarkington State Reformatory, awaits his trial and probable death from TB. How did he get there? Via numerous absurd twists of fate which he now narrates on scraps of paper found about the place. Killer of men, romancer of women, compulsive list-maker, Eugene is just one more victim of the world's hocus pocus.