David Arnold

Durante los siglos XV y XVI el conocimiento que Europa tenía del resto del mundo conoció una transformación fundamental. La conexión de los océanos del mundo que hicieron posible las exploraciones maritimas y el consiguiente dominio de los mares se convirtio en la base para la extension ultima de la influencia europea en cada continente habitado, asi como para la correspondiente expansion comercial y territorial. Pero ¿como se puede explicar la rapidez de las exploraciones y de la expansion europea? ¿Fue la Era de los Descubrimientos tan repentina y arrolladora como a primera vista parece, o fue mas bien el resultado de fuerzas que habian ido madurando durante largo tiempo en la propia Europa? ¿Que motivos estan detras de este movimiento expansionista, y por que Portugal y España fueron sus pioneros? ¿Como afectaron los factores externos a Europa al caracter de este expansionismo? Tales son los temas que David Arnold intenta elucidar principalmente en esta concisa obra que se ha convertido en un clasico.

Durante los siglos XV y XVI el conocimiento que Europa tenía del resto del mundo conoció una transformación fundamental. La conexión de los océanos del mundo que hicieron posible las exploraciones maritimas y el consiguiente dominio de los mares se convirtio en la base para la extension ultima de la influencia europea en cada continente habitado, asi como para la correspondiente expansion comercial y territorial. Pero ¿como se puede explicar la rapidez de las exploraciones y de la expansion europea? ¿Fue la Era de los Descubrimientos tan repentina y arrolladora como a primera vista parece, o fue mas bien el resultado de fuerzas que habian ido madurando durante largo tiempo en la propia Europa? ¿Que motivos estan detras de este movimiento expansionista, y por que Portugal y España fueron sus pioneros? ¿Como afectaron los factores externos a Europa al caracter de este expansionismo? Tales son los temas que David Arnold intenta elucidar principalmente en esta concisa obra que se ha convertido en un clasico.

Hursey in Conflict continues the story of Reserve Commander Warwick Hursey during World War II and is the sequel to the first book of the series, Love and War. This is a graphic and realistically told story of action at sea and romance ashore. Warwick participates in clandestine missions and plots to deceive the Axis, eventually escaping with a large, captured Italian warship after a short incarceration as a POW in Sardinia. He falls in love with Evona, a beautiful Croatian spy working for the Admiralty. Warwick is honoured by the King and personally appointed to his next mission by Winston Churchill. The book takes historical fiction to a whole new level.

Love and War tells the tale of British Naval Officer Warwick Hursey through an emotional and graphic portrait of the naval theatre during World War II. Receiving rapid wartime promotion from Junior Officer to Commander with heroic accomplishments in battle, Warwick navigates not only his ship but the passions of the heart as well. His lifelong love of an innkeeper named Sarah fuels a complicated romance. As the war escalates Warwick must fight to save both his country and his love. Will he have the resolve to lead his crew and his heart to victory?

Top-notch" --USA Today"Illuminating" --Washington Post"A breath of fresh air" --Entertainment Weekly"Memorable" --PeopleAfter the sudden collapse of her family, Mim Malone is dragged from her home in northern Ohio to the "wastelands" of Mississippi, where she lives in a medicated milieu with her dad and new stepmom. Before the dust has a chance to settle, she learns her mother is sick back in Cleveland.So she ditches her new life and hops aboard a northbound Greyhound bus to her real home and her real mother, meeting a quirky cast of fellow travelers along the way. But when her thousand-mile journey takes a few turns she could never see coming, Mim must confront her own demons, redefining her notions of love, loyalty, and what it means to be sane.

A USA Today bestseller!A poignant love story about two teens whose souls come together time and again through the agesfor fans of Nina LaCour and Matt Haig.Evan Taft has plans. Take a gap year in Alaska, make sure his little brother and single mother are taken care of, and continue therapy to process his fathers departure. But after his moms unexpected diagnosis, as Evans plans begin to fade, he hears something: a song no one else can hear, the voice of a mysterious singer . . .Shosh Bell has dreams. A high school theater legend, shes headed to performing arts college in LA, a star on the rise. But when a drunk driver takes her sisters life, that star fades to black. All that remains is a voidand a soft voice singing in her ear . . .Over it all, transcending time and space, a celestial bird brings strangers together: from an escaped murderer in 19th century Paris, to a Norwegian kosmonaut in low-earth orbit, something is happening that began long ago, and will long outlast Evan and Shosh. With lyrical prose and original songs (written and recorded by the author), I LOVED YOU IN ANOTHER LIFE explores the history of love, and how some souls are meant for each otheryesterday, today, forever.

"As he did in his fantastic debut Mosquitoland, David Arnold again shows a knack for getting into the mind of an eccentric teenager in clever, poignant fashion." USA Today This is Noah Oakman sixteen, Bowie believer, concise historian, disillusioned swimmer, son, brother, friend. Then Noah gets hypnotized. Now Noah sees changes: his mother has a scar on her face that wasnt there before; his old dog, who once walked with a limp, is suddenly lithe; his best friend, a lifelong DC Comics disciple, now rotates in the Marvel universe. Subtle behaviors, bits of history, plans for the futureeverything in Noahs world has been rewritten. Everything except his Strange Fascinations . . . A stunning surrealist portrait, The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik is a story about all the ways we hurt our friends without knowing it, and all the ways they stick around to save us.

"A gorgeous, insightful, big-hearted joy of a book." Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything The critically acclaimed author of Mosquitoland brings us another batch of unforgettable characters in this New York Times bestselling tragicomedy about first love and devastating loss. Victor Benucci and Madeline Falco have a story to tell. It begins with the death of Vics father. It ends with the murder of Mads uncle.The Hackensack Police Department would very much like to hear it. But in order to tell their story, Vic and Mad must focus on all the chapters in between. This is a story about: 1. A coded mission to scatter ashes across New Jersey. 2. The momentous nature of the Palisades in winter. 3. One dormant submarine. 4. Two songs about flowers. 5. Being cool in the traditional sense. 6. Sunsets & ice cream & orchards & graveyards. 7. Simultaneous extreme opposites. 8. A narrow escape from a war-torn country. 9. A story collector. 10. How to listen to someone who does not talk. 11. Falling in love with a painting. 12. Falling in love with a song. 13. Falling in love.

New York Times bestseller David Arnolds most ambitious novel to date; Station Eleven meets The 5th Wave in a genre-smashing story of survival, hope, and love amid a ravaged earth.When a deadly Fly Flu sweeps the globe, it leaves a shell of the world that once was. Among the survivors are eighteen-year-old Nico and her dog, on a voyage devised by Nicos father to find a mythical portal; a young artist named Kit, raised in an old abandoned cinema; and the enigmatic Deliverer, who lives Life after Life in an attempt to put the world back together. As swarms of infected Flies roam the earth, these few survivors navigate the woods of post-apocalyptic New England, meeting others along the way, each on their own quest to find life and love in a world gone dark. The Electric Kingdom is a sweeping exploration of art, storytelling, eternal life, and above all, a testament to the notion that even in an exterminated world, one person might find beauty in another.

A story of the difficulties we face and the strength we find to overcome them, perfect for fans of LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, THE FAULT IN OUR STARS, and JUNO.At last, a Kerouacian adventure for teenage girlsINDEPENDENTWhen her parents unexpectedly divorce, Mim Malone is dragged from her beloved home in Ohio to the wastelands of Mississippi, where she lives in a haze of medication with her dad and new (almost certainly evil) stepmom.But when Mim learns her real mother is ill back home, she escapes her new life and embarks on a rescue mission aboard a Greyhound bus, meeting an assortment of quirky characters along the way. And when her thousand-mile journey takes a few turns she could never see coming, Mim must confront her own demons, redefining her notions of love, loyalty, and what it means to be sane...Praise for Mosquitoland:A funny, gutsy, straight-talking heroine with a distinctive voice, whose company is a blast of fresh airDAILY MAILA joyINDEPENDENT,Best YA novels of 2015Fresh and often very endearingSUNDAY HERALDHeartwarming, heartbreaking and hilariousUSA TODAY[A] sparkling, startling, laugh-out-loud debut novelWALL STREET JOURNAL [A] captivating first novel... illuminatingWASHINGTON POST[A novel that] bucks the usual classifications and stands defiantly aloneENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

Christian Thinking through the Ages takes its reader on a journey through 2,000 years of ideas. It starts with Jesus of Nazareths teaching, looks at speculation about Jesus himself and his significance, and describes the attempts to establish uniformity of belief both in the Roman Empire and in the late Middle Ages. It describes the thinking of medieval monks, schoolmen and friars, of the Reformation, the Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment, and goes on to show how the twentieth centurys political horrors led to new theological ideas, most of which have yet to trickle down to the mass of Christians. Concluding with an explanation of the various ways Christian churches disagree with each other, Christian Thinking through the Ages nonetheless ends with the hopeful thought that what Christians have in common and can share with others are the words of Jesus and his sacrifice.

Top-notch USA TodayIlluminating Washington PostA breath of fresh air Entertainment WeeklyMemorable PeopleBy the New York Times bestselling author of Kids of Appetite! After the sudden collapse of her family, Mim Malone is dragged from her home in northern Ohio to the wastelands of Mississippi, where she lives in a medicated milieu with her dad and new stepmom. Before the dust has a chance to settle, she learns her mother is sick back in Cleveland. So she ditches her new life and hops aboard a northbound Greyhound bus to her real home and her real mother, meeting a quirky cast of fellow travelers along the way. But when her thousand-mile journey takes a few turns she could never see coming, Mim must confront her own demons, redefining her notions of love, loyalty, and what it means to be sane. Told in an unforgettable, kaleidoscopic voice, Mosquitoland is a modern American odyssey, as hilarious as it is heartbreaking.

"A gorgeously rendered adventure that captures the ache and joy of adolescence in a mad world."--Tillie Walden, award-winning author of On a SunbeamTy and Burger have known each other since before they could walk. But this shared history is nothing compared to their plans for the future: step one, make a killer documentary about humanitys recent brush with extinction; step two, apply to film school together; step three, achieve legendary status as the next great filmmaking duo. But Ty has a secret that will ultimately shake the foundations of their friendship and force them both to wonder if growing up means letting go of the people they once were.With heads full of bioluminescence and hearts full of fury, squizzies have one thing on their tiny rodent brains: global annihilation. Their reign of terror may be a thing of the past, but Ty and Burger are determined to chronicle the perseverance of the human race in the wake of the squirrel-pocalypse. With friends Miles and Fib, they embark on an overnight excursion through rowdy nightclubs, once-familiar neighborhoods, perilous castles, and off-grid RVs, all the while, recording quiet lives of love and loss in a strange new world.Set over the course of a single day, Luminous Beings explores the many facets of friendship and love, the heavy burden of a well-kept secret, the boundless tenacity of the human spirit, and, yes, the furriest of all zombified mammals. But dont worry, its not the end of the world. Just the end of the squirrel

Une histoire damour fantastique qui transcende lespace et le temps.MON COEUR BRILLE POUR TOI. Evan et Shosh ont des reves. Il veut dessiner la faune et la flore en Alaska. Elle veut devenir une star a Hollywood. Mais Evan doit soccuper de sa mere malade et de son petit-frere hypersensible. Et Shosh ne sait plus vivre sans alcool depuis laccident de voiture qui a emporte sa soeur. Alors que lavenir semble sombre et incertain, une voix qui ne chante que pour eux les porte irresistiblement lun vers lautre. Et sils etaient destines a saimer par-dela lespace et le temps, et, ensemble, a tout surmonter ? Un recit rejouissant et poetique sur la puissance de lamour sous toutes ses formes." Le livre le plus drole, le plus triste, le plus romantique du monde. " Becky Albertalli

Victor Benucci só precisava cumprir o último pedido do pai: espalhar suas cinzas pelos lugares que ele amava. Mas a viagem muda completamente quando o adolescente conhece Madeline Falco e os Garotos de Apetite, uma turma de jovens perdidos, mas prontos para compartilhar historias, dores e amores. Entre estradas, segredos e descobertas, nasce uma historia de amor e amizade inesperada, daquela que chega sem pedir licença e muda tudo.ALMAS SENSIVEIS e uma tragicomedia sobre primeiros amores, buscas por si mesmo, amizades que salvam e a beleza de ser estranho num mundo que insiste em querer normalidade.

Uma sensível história de amor sobre dois jovens sensíveis e suas almas que insistem em se encontrar a cada nova vida.Evan Tatf tem tudo programado: Tirar um ano no Alaska, cuidar para que seu irmão m