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The word germ is defined as 'a microbe that causes disease'. The vast majority of        microbes do not infect us at all: it is pathogens that make us ill. These include        bacteria, viruses, protozoa, fungi, worms, and prions. Living with Germs not only        looks at all of these in detail, but also at the defence mechanisms by which we...

with parallel German textRainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is one of the leading poets of European Modernism, whose poetry explores themes of death, love, and loss. This bilingual edition fully reflects Rilke's poetic development and includes the full text of the Duino Elegies and the Sonnets to Orpheus in accurate and sensitive new translations....

Luke is in trouble. Skin and the gang have a job for him. They want him to break into Mrs Little's house and steal the jewellery box. They want him to prove that he's got what it takes. That he's part of the gang. But Luke finds more than just a jewellery box in the house. He finds something so unexpected it will change his life...

The United States, 1945-1974Grand Expectations...

'Where is my nephew?, asked Mr Jasper, wildly. 'Where is your nephew?' repeated Neveille. 'Why do you ask me?' 'I ask you,' retorted Jasper, 'because you were the last person in his company, and he is not to be found.' The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Dickens's last novel, lay unfinished at his death. Speculation remains rife as to its...

Paul Johnson and Sean Wilentz brilliantly recapture the forgotten story of        Matthias the Prophet, imbuing their richly researched account with the dramatic        force of a novel.In the hands of Johnson and Wilentz, the strange tale of Matthias        opens a fascinating window into the turbulent movements of the religious...