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The unmissable first novel from bestselling and award-winning author of THE FAULT IN OUR STARS and TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN.
“In the dark beside me, she smelled of sweat and sunshine and vanilla and on that thin-mooned night I could see little more than her silhouette, but even in the dark, I could see her eyes – fierce emeralds. And not just beautiful, but hot too.”
BEFORE. Miles Halter’s whole life has been one big non-event until he starts at anything-but-boring Culver Creek Boarding School and meets Alaska Young. Gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, screwed up and utterly fascinating she pulls Miles into her world, launches him into a new life, and steals his heart. But when tragedy strikes, and Miles comes face-to-face with death he discovers the value of living and loving unconditionally.
AFTER: Nothing will ever be the same.
Poignant, funny, heartbreaking and compelling, this novel will stay with you forever.
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original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Thomas Hardy's reputation as a poet is higher now than it has ever
been. It is generally agreed that the Poems of 1912-13, written in
memory of his first wife, are some of the greatest elegies in the
language. This invaluable new study concentrates on the 'Emma
Poems', setting them in the context of Hardy's troubled first
marriage, then analysing them one by one. John Greening - a poet
himself and author of the Greenwich Exchange Guides to Poets of the
First World War and W.B. Yeats - highlights the distinctive music
of this twenty-one poem 'suite', while exploring the sexual and
spiritual tensions concealed witihn Hardy's Dorsetshire and North
Cornish landscapes.
I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, then all at once.
Despite the tumour-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis.
But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.
Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars brilliantly explores the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.
How did time begin? What conditions led to humans evolving on
Earth? Will we survive the Anthropocene? And is it really true that
we're all made from stars? Combining knowledge from chemistry,
biology, and physics, with insights from the social sciences and
humanities, A Brief History of the Last 13.8 Billion Years follows
the continuum of historical change in the cosmos - from the Big
Bang, through the evolution of life, to human history. In this
compelling and revealing book, David Baker traces the rise of
complexity in the cosmos, from the first atoms to the first life
and then to humans and the things we have made. He shows us how
simple clumps of hydrogen gas transformed into complex human
societies. This approach - Big History - allows us to see beyond
the chaos of human affairs to the overall trajectory. Finally,
Baker looks at the dramatic and sudden changes we're making to our
planet and its biosphere and how history hints at what might come
next.
Poets have grappled with the vexed question of what constitutes
Englishness since time immemorial, and the poetry of the past
century has seen perhaps some of the biggest evolutions in national
identity. Contraflow takes a completely new approach to the subject
of Englishness, and in this stimulating and entertaining anthology
two poetic currents flow against each other, so that different
decades merge, well-known stanzas brushing shoulders with more
neglected verse. What emerges is an extraordinary mosaic of poetic
responses to English history, culture and landscape – satirical,
visionary, lyrical, comic, political, meditative – yet one which
offers a recognisable picture of a land both united and divided
through a hundred years.
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From the New York Times bestselling author, Paper Towns is soon to
be a major motion picture (summer 2015) starring The Fault in our
Stars sensation Nat Wolff and Cara Delevingne. Quentin Jacobsen has
always loved Margo Roth Spiegelman, for Margo (and her adventures)
are the stuff of legend at their high school. So when she one day
climbs through his window and summons him on an all-night road trip
of revenge he cannot help but follow. But the next day Margo
doesn't come to school and a week later she is still missing. Q
soon learns that there are clues in her disappearance . . . and
they are for him. But as he gets deeper into the mystery -
culminating in another awesome road trip across America - he
becomes less sure of who and what he is looking for. Masterfully
written by John Green, this is a thoughtful, insightful and
hilarious coming-of-age story. Paper Towns the film will be
released in 2015.
This book takes a problem-oriented approach to the evaluation of
common symptoms presenting to medical students. It begins with
guidance in history taking and examination leading the student on
to neurological examination. The following sections outline all the
common presenting symptoms, such as forgetfulness, dizziness or
pain, and relate them to the spectrum of neurological conditions
and diseases. Some case histories are used to illustrate problems
and the book ends with a section of MCQ's. This is the second in a
new series which aims to help medical students to think like
doctors. By combining a symptom and problem-based approach with
systematic coverage, the book appeals to instructors and students
on traditional and integrated courses.
The critically acclaimed, instant #1 bestseller by John Green,
author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and The Fault in Our Stars "A
tender story about learning to cope when the world feels out of
control." -People "A sometimes heartbreaking, always illuminating,
glimpse into how it feels to live with mental illness." - NPR John
Green, the award-winning, international bestselling author of The
Anthropocene Reviewed, returns with a story of shattering,
unflinching clarity in this brilliant novel of love, resilience,
and the power of lifelong friendship. Aza Holmes never intended to
pursue the disappearance of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett,
but there's a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her Best
and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So
together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that
separate them from Pickett's son Davis. Aza is trying. She is
trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and
maybe even a good detective, while also living within the
ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts.
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