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On the shores of Lake Tanganyika, Gombe is a community where the principal residents are chimpanzees. Through Jane Goodall's eyes we watch young Figan's rise to power and old Mike's crushing defeat. We learn how one mother rears her children to succeed, and another dooms hers to failure. We witness horrifying murders, touching moments of affection, joyous births, and wrenching deaths. As Goodall compellingly tells the story of this intimately intertwined community, we are shown human emotions stripped to their essence. In the mirror of chimpanzee life, we see ourselves reflected.

Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 - 13 August 1946) was an English writer. Prolific in many genres, he wrote dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, history, satire, biography and autobiography. His work also included two books on recreational war games. THROUGH A WINDOW: After his legs were set, they carried Bailey into the study and put him on a couch before the open window. There he lay, alive - even a feverish man down to the loins, and below that a double-barrelled mummy swathed in white wrappings.

Explore the distant realms of your imagination. Dive deep into alien worlds, learn how a kingdom that knew only light brought darkness to the world, and gasp with horror at the annihilation of an entire species. Covering a myriad of thought-provoking topics—from alien cultures to human relationships and genocide—each of these five stories encapsulates the wonder of human, and humanoid, curiosity and strength.

Gina Perini manages a bookstore in one of San Francisco's most lively neighborhoods. Although she thrives in her world of books, her harrowing escape from the war in the Balkans years earlier remains fresh in her mind. There are still those who are searching for her and who are intent on vengeance. Gina suddenly gets news that someone from her past is still alive - someone she had given up hope of finding. This sets in motion a chain of events that will stretch across the country and push her love and resourcefulness to the limit.

After being questioned in a murder investigation, Riley Masterson has spent eighteen months under suspicion by the sheriff's office. Anxious to escape accusing eyes, she finally decides to leave Alabama and move to South Carolina.

Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946) was a prolific English writer of stories and novels, and is credited as the father of science fiction. 'Through a Window' is the story of an invalid whose entire entertainment consists of watching the events outside his window, which looks out onto a river. He watches all the boats as they pass and longs for anything unusual to happen. Then one day just about the most jaw-dropping set of events imaginable happens right outside his window....

In these 17 essays (and one short story) the 2011 Man Booker Prize winner examines British, French, and American writers who have meant most to him, as well as the cross-currents and overlappings of their different cultures. From the deceptiveness of Penelope Fitzgerald to the directness of Hemingway, from Kipling's view of France to the French view of Kipling, from the many translations of Madame Bovary to the fabulations of Ford Madox Ford, from the National Treasure status of George Orwell to the despair of Michel Houellebecq, Julian Barnes considers what fiction is.

Vanella Morris is extremely happy with her long-time boyfriend, Alton. But Vanella is also uneasy and apprehensive about making the big commitment. The time has come to make the decision of her life: walk away now from this good thing, or convince Alton that, by living together, the marital bliss he longs for can still be theirs.

"They're going to kill my dad!" When Jirou Hayashi reads the message scrawled on the back of a receipt from his high school crush, his tiny boring world turns upside-down. His journey from zero to hero is an obstacle course of blackmail, natural disasters, mythical creatures, depression, and the wealthy elite. Can he overcome them all to save Dawn's father and everyone else who falls along the way?

When I come home from work to find my stud of a window-cleaner busy lathering the glass at the back of my house, I can’t help but take a moment to drink him in. He’s half my age but a woman can fantasize. I start to get carried away and soon I’m toying with myself as he soaps the window, oblivious to my increasing nudity. When he finally catches me I’m leaving very little to his imagination and he shows me in no uncertain terms that he’s ready for me. I open the window and claim my prize, then I invite him inside for dessert.

Enthralled with a lavish wedding, the town gossips flourish until the specter of a long-deceased spirit intervenes. Based loosely on a true crime story from the turn of the nineteenth century in New England, this novel uncovers a simple truth of humanity—from the well-off to the working class, everyone falls victim to the transience of joy and the struggles of human nature.

Sienna and Declan are young high-profile NYC executives with an opaque marriage. Neither closed nor open, their mutual arrangement has been left to a laissez-faire interpretation. The rules are simple: Never bring a lover to their home, and never fall in love with their affairs. Sienna feels trapped by the own rules she agreed to with Declan when she realizes she's fallen in love with her best friend from college.

Join Keith as he opens windows on peoples’ loves, lives, hopes, and dreams—some humorous, some sad. Keith performs a series of works prompted by his favorite pastime—people watching. Each story progressively builds a picture of a life from a first day at school. We meet a West Country Marilyn Monroe and fall in love with a Welsh Audrey Hepburn. We meet Miss Rebecca of Paris and see if diamonds are a girl’s best friend. We grow old and reminisce.

Raquel Álvarez is hardworking and serious about her future. It’s always just been her and her mom, and that’s kept Raquel on the straight and narrow. After all, she’s only got one goal - to become a psychologist. Well, that and to get Ares Hildago to notice her. For as long as Raquel can remember, she has been obsessed with Ares - known to everyone as the rich, hot, popular playboy. Even though he lives next door, Raquel has never spoken to Ares. Yet, she can’t help thinking there’s more to him...and she can’t help imagining what it’d feel like to kiss him.

Shine was a four-year high school Varsity cheerleader, involved in theater performances and dance classes. She graduated with a BA in Mass Communications from a four-year college. While in college, she stayed active with theater productions, dance classes, and her Liberal Arts curriculum. So, how did she end up in a Florida jail for seven months and mental health hospitals? Well, that's the interesting question.

The official behind-the-scenes book of the hit musical that won 6 Tony Awards, now also a major motion picture! A letter that was never meant to be seen, a lie that was never meant to be told, a life he never dreamed he could have. Evan Hansen is about to get the one thing he's always wanted: a...

Raquel ist bis über beide Ohren verliebt in Ares, ihren attraktiven und mysteriösen Nachbarn. Dummerweise hat sie noch nie ein Wort mit ihm gewechselt und beobachtet ihn nur aus der Ferne. Doch Raquel hat eine Mission: Ares dazu zu bringen, sich in sie zu verlieben. Sie ist schließlich kein hilfloses, unschuldiges Mädchen – und sie ist ganz sicher nicht darauf vorbereitet, für ihr Ziel alles zu verlieren, am wenigsten sich selbst...

This book is dedicated to those who desire to embrace their God-given power. This is the power that creates, heals, restores, manifests, and makes this planet a beautiful place to live. Power drains are merely a part of life, but when we are living on purpose, basing our life on that which is solid and everlasting, including principles, habits, modalities, etc., we find ourselves elevating from merely surviving to thriving. And we also find ourselves in places where magic happens, dreams come true and the experience of happiness washes over us like never before.

In this koan, a buffalo passes through a window. His entire body passes through but not his tail. Why is that? After his enlightenment, the Buddha taught for forty-two years amidst the pain and suffering of the world. What was his freedom? In this entrancing talk, Ryushin Sensei explores what trips us up - in practice and in our lives: ideas of completion, attainment, perfection - and our ideas about practice. Our questions and suffering move us to search. But is the search itself getting in the way?

For some writers, scribbling is minimal-on the periphery of their work. In Holy Scribbling, the scribbles take center stage and become the means to the message. With sometimes-quirky insight, Katherine Moore takes us to sacred windows that allow the spirituality of ordinary scenes to emerge. From the stark beauty of a mystic dawn to the serenity of simple solitude, we experience the mysteries of nature, along with the routine demands of relationships and circumstances.