The how of Pooh? The Tao of who? The Tao of Pooh!?! In which it is revealed that one of the world's great Taoist masters isn't Chinese--or a venerable philosopher--but is in fact none other that that effortlessly calm, still, reflective bear. A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh! While Eeyore frets, and Piglet hesitates, and Rabbit calculates, and Owl pontificates, Pooh just is. And that's a clue to the secret wisdom of the Taoists.

The how of Pooh? The Tao of who? The Tao of Pooh!?! In which it is revealed that one of the world's great Taoist masters isn't Chinese--or a venerable philosopher--but is in fact none other that that effortlessly calm, still, reflective bear. A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh! While Eeyore frets, and Piglet hesitates, and Rabbit calculates, and Owl pontificates, Pooh just is. And that's a clue to the secret wisdom of the Taoists.

If you were intrigued by the concept of Sherlock Holmes' 'memory palace', Joshua Foer explains how to construct your own. Moonwalking with Einstein recounts Joshua Foer's yearlong quest to improve his memory under the tutelage of top 'mental athletes'. He draws on cutting-edge research, a cultural history of remembering, and tricks of the mentalist's trade to transform our understanding of human memory.

If you were intrigued by the concept of Sherlock Holmes' 'memory palace', Joshua Foer explains how to construct your own. Moonwalking with Einstein recounts Joshua Foer's yearlong quest to improve his memory under the tutelage of top 'mental athletes'. He draws on cutting-edge research, a cultural history of remembering, and tricks of the mentalist's trade to transform our understanding of human memory.

A collection of gripping stories - both ancient and modern - of thrilling adventures at sea. Written in the author's inimitable powerful and poetic style, Amazing Sailing Stories brings the incredible, frightening, and whimsical from worlds ancient and modern to life.

A collection of gripping stories - both ancient and modern - of thrilling adventures at sea. Written in the author's inimitable powerful and poetic style, Amazing Sailing Stories brings the incredible, frightening, and whimsical from worlds ancient and modern to life.

This wickedly funny and original book features the anarchic exchanges between Bob and the hapless spam merchants who unwittingly flood his inbox. As they offer him African fortunes, Russian brides, and get-rich-quick scams, he turns the tables by offering them some outlandish schemes of his own. Upping the ante with the skill of a seasoned pro, Bob demands legal asylum, shoulders to cry on, and gold lions that speak-and almost gets his way. The result is page after page of wacky and hilarious e-mail exchanges-and a cathartic release for anyone whose inbox has been deluged with unwanted e-mail.

This wickedly funny and original book features the anarchic exchanges between Bob and the hapless spam merchants who unwittingly flood his inbox. As they offer him African fortunes, Russian brides, and get-rich-quick scams, he turns the tables by offering them some outlandish schemes of his own. Upping the ante with the skill of a seasoned pro, Bob demands legal asylum, shoulders to cry on, and gold lions that speak-and almost gets his way. The result is page after page of wacky and hilarious e-mail exchanges-and a cathartic release for anyone whose inbox has been deluged with unwanted e-mail.

A powerfully gripping story of a closeted homosexual trying to survive in an alternate history London, the novel explores what might happen had England become the equivalent of Nazi Germany. The original novella went on to become a finalist for the 1999 Hugo Award and took home the 1999 World Fantasy Award.

A powerfully gripping story of a closeted homosexual trying to survive in an alternate history London, the novel explores what might happen had England become the equivalent of Nazi Germany. The original novella went on to become a finalist for the 1999 Hugo Award and took home the 1999 World Fantasy Award.

This novel has been described as a rip-roaring bodice-ripping Victorian steam-punk classic! This is incredibly visual and imaginative writing, in which the Victorian bends to the modern technological age so seamlessly that nothing seems out of place.

This novel has been described as a rip-roaring bodice-ripping Victorian steam-punk classic! This is incredibly visual and imaginative writing, in which the Victorian bends to the modern technological age so seamlessly that nothing seems out of place.

A New York Times Notable Book when it was released in 1994, this is seen as a definitive biography of the singer who has been more mythologized and more misunderstood than any other. Clarke was given unrivaled access to a treasure trove of interviews from the 1970s interviews with those who knew Lady Day from her childhood in the streets and good-time houses of Baltimore through the early days of success in New York and into the years of fame, right up to her tragic decline and death at the age of forty-four.

A New York Times Notable Book when it was released in 1994, this is seen as a definitive biography of the singer who has been more mythologized and more misunderstood than any other. Clarke was given unrivaled access to a treasure trove of interviews from the 1970s interviews with those who knew Lady Day from her childhood in the streets and good-time houses of Baltimore through the early days of success in New York and into the years of fame, right up to her tragic decline and death at the age of forty-four.

This intriguing novel tells the story of a married couple who warp their kids' personalities by using them as props/henchmen in a career of performance art, staging and filming bizarre, uncomfortable public events. Investigating the effect of this weird and wonderful style of parenting, reviews say 'the family Fang is destined to join the families Tenenbaum and Bluth as paragons of high dysfunction.'

This intriguing novel tells the story of a married couple who warp their kids' personalities by using them as props/henchmen in a career of performance art, staging and filming bizarre, uncomfortable public events. Investigating the effect of this weird and wonderful style of parenting, reviews say 'the family Fang is destined to join the families Tenenbaum and Bluth as paragons of high dysfunction.'

In cinemas now starring Daniel Radcliffe moving on from Harry Potter. Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor with a London firm, is summoned to attend Alice Drablow's funeral, unaware of the tragic and terrible secrets which lie behind the house's shuttered windows. An excellent ghost story and magnificently eerie.

In cinemas now starring Daniel Radcliffe moving on from Harry Potter. Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor with a London firm, is summoned to attend Alice Drablow's funeral, unaware of the tragic and terrible secrets which lie behind the house's shuttered windows. An excellent ghost story and magnificently eerie.