The End of Everything

On the hottest day of the summer of 1934, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her is Robbie Turner, her childhood friend who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have been changed for ever. Robbie and Cecilia will have crossed a boundary they had not even imagined at its start, and will have become victims of the younger girl's imagination. Briony will have witnessed mysteries, and committed a crime for which she will spend the rest of her life trying to atone.

A sensitive portrayal of the healing process that took place in the aftermath of the First World War, J.L. Carr's A Month in the Country includes an introduction by Penelope Fitzgerald, author of Offshore, in Penguin Modern Classics. A damaged survivor of the First World War, Tom Birkin finds refuge in the quiet village church of Oxgodby where he is to spend the summer uncovering a huge medieval wall-painting. Immersed in the peace and beauty of the countryside and the unchanging rhythms of village life he experiences a sense of renewal and belief in the future. Now an old man, Birkin looks back on the idyllic summer of 1920, remembering a vanished place of blissful calm, untouched by change, a precious moment he has carried with him through the disappointments of the years. Adapted into a...

The Stormlight Archive saga continues in Rhythm of War, the eagerly awaited sequel to Brandon Sanderson's #1 New York Times bestselling Oathbringer, from an epic fantasy writer at the top of his game. After forming a coalition of human resistance against the enemy invasion, Dalinar Kholin and his Knights Radiant have spent a year fighting a protracted, brutal war. Neither side has gained an advantage, and the threat of a betrayal by Dalinar's crafty ally Taravangian looms over every strategic move. Now, as new technological discoveries by Navani Kholin's scholars begin to change the face of the war, the enemy prepares a bold and dangerous operation. The arms race that follows will challenge the very core of the Radiant ideals, and potentially reveal the secrets of the ancient tower that wa...

The Stormlight Archive saga continues in Rhythm of War, the eagerly awaited sequel to Brandon Sanderson's #1 New York Times bestselling Oathbringer, from an epic fantasy writer at the top of his game. After forming a coalition of human resistance against the enemy invasion, Dalinar Kholin and his Knights Radiant have spent a year fighting a protracted, brutal war. Neither side has gained an advantage, and the threat of a betrayal by Dalinar?s crafty ally Taravangian looms over every strategic move. Now, as new technological discoveries by Navani Kholin?s scholars begin to change the face of the war, the enemy prepares a bold and dangerous operation. The arms race that follows will challenge the very core of the Radiant ideals, and potentially reveal the secrets of the ancient tower that wa...

Otwierana kartka od Cardie, w formacie A6 z uroczą grafiką na okładce. W środku pusta, z miejscem na Wasze wyjątkowe słowa. W zestawie ekologiczna koperta.Kartka została zaprojektowana i wyprodukowana w Polsce.

Jedna z największych wschodzących gwiazd w światowej astrofizyce w przystępny i błyskotliwy sposób przedstawia pięć sposobów, w jaki Wszechświat może się zakończyć, oraz w trakcie fascynującego opisu każdego z tych scenariuszy omawia najważniejsze pojęcia w kosmologii. Wiemy, że Wszechświat miał początek. Wraz z Wielkim Wybuchem zmienił się ze stanu niewyobrażalnej gęstości w wszechobejmującej kosmicznej kuli ognia do gotującego się płynu materii i energii, kładąc podwaliny dla wszystkiego, od czarnych dziur po pewną skalistą planetę krążącą wokół gwiazdy w pobliżu krawędzi galaktyki spiralnej, na której narodziło się jedyne życie, jakie dotąd znamy. Ale co stanie się z Wszechświatem na końcu historii? I co to dla nas znaczy teraz? Prowad...