The debut novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Painting of Sara de Vos reimagines the life of Louis Daguerre, the inventor of photography, who becomes convinced that the world is going to end when his mind unravels due to mercury poisoning. He is determined to reconnect with the only woman he has ever loved before the End comes. Louis Daguerre's story is set against the backdrop of a Paris prone to bohemian excess and social unrest. Poets and dandies debate art and style in the cafes while students and rebels fill the garrets with revolutionary talk...
The debut novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Painting of Sara de Vos reimagines the life of Louis Daguerre, th...
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Painting of Sara de Vos, a dazzling new novel explores the fault lines that can cause a family to drift apart and the unexpected events that can pull them back together. Nathan Nelson is the average son of a genius. His father, a physicist of small renown, has prodded him toward greatness from an early age--enrolling him in whiz kid summer camps, taking him to the icy tundra of Canada to track a solar eclipse, and teaching him college algebra. But despite Samuel Nelson's efforts, Nathan remains ordinary. Then, in...
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Painting of Sara de Vos, a dazzling new novel explores the fault lines that can ...
A young man's journey of awakening, after travelling amidst many paths.A book of insights to a broader more grand picture of life.Fantasy, fact, or fiction, even Albert Einstein stated "truth is sometimes stranger than fiction." To which he was also known for his reverence for the imagination. Imagine
A young man's journey of awakening, after travelling amidst many paths.A book of insights to a broader more grand picture of life.Fantasy, fact, or fi...
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Painting of Sara de Vos comes a sweeping historical novel set amid the skyscrapers of 1890s Chicago and the far-flung islands of the South Pacific. In the waning years of the nineteenth century there was a hunger for tribal artifacts, spawning collecting voyages from museums and collectors around the globe. In 1897, one such collector, a Chicago insurance magnate, sponsors an expedition into the South Seas to commemorate the completion of his company's new skyscraper--the world's tallest building. The ship is to bring...
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Painting of Sara de Vos comes a sweeping historical novel set amid the skyscraper...
Paediatrics at a Glance provides an introduction to paediatrics and the problems encountered in child health as they present in primary, community and secondary care, from birth through to adolescence.
Paediatrics at a Glance provides an introduction to paediatrics and the problems encountered in child health as they present in primary, community and...
An utterly gripping story following a trail of art, forgery and deception. In the 1600s, Sara de Vos, in grief, paints a girl watching a group of ice skaters from the edge of a wood. In 1950s New York, struggling art student Ellie accepts a commission to forge a copy of the stolen At the Edge of a Wood, a decision that will haunt her for decades to come.
An utterly gripping story following a trail of art, forgery and deception. In the 1600s, Sara de Vos, in grief, paints a girl watching a group of ice ...