Adventure Fiction

Self-esteem is one of the most powerful of life's tools. It is the key to surviving triumphantly the hurdles that face us. The higher a young person's self-esteem, the more...

The Four Sisters, evil creations of the Shadow Lord, are poisoning Deltora and starving its people. Lief, Barda and Jasmine have found and destroyed the first of the sisters. Now...

Cuba is a country rich in culture. A visit to Old Havana will reveal why the city was once considered to be the 'boulevard of the New World'. The southern...

Bennett jogs along the country bitumen an anxious man, his CRETE hat guarding against the magpie's deadly swoop. Who is he, where has Jasmine gone, why is he overwhelmed by...

Patricia Storace begins by telling of her first day in Greece. She brings to bear on modern Greece a deep knowledge of the classics, of the Greek myths and of...

A practical guide to understanding and using exposure in a creative way. Aimed at serious amateur photographers who want more control over their image-making.

With some help from her friends, and her noisy and loving family, Holly finds herself laughing, crying, singing, dancing -- and being braver than ever before. Life is for living,...

My Son's Not Rainman is a heartfelt and uplifting account of everyday events in the life of John and his son (The Boy). The Boy is ten years old and...

The first book to bring readers deep inside a top mixed martial arts gym, Beast shows exactly what it takes to reach the top of this exacting sport. Doug Merlino...

Providing proven techniques for identifying, modelling and redesigning business processes, and explaining how to implement workflow improvement, this book aims to help define requirements for systems development or systems acquisition.

The magical follow-up to The Monster Who Wasn't . The second book in this brilliantly rich and strange fantasy series will make us all believe in monsters - be they...

Frightened for her life after her father, a British spy, is murdered, Giselle Barrington flees with the secret document her father gave her for safekeeping. Needing to hide from those...

Ranked #5 on McKinsey & Company's Top Books on Decision Making A practical and inspirational playbook that shows you how to use innovation and disruption to become truly unstoppable. Disruption...

Now Pappas has done it again, or rather, has done more! The pages of MORE JOY OF MATHEMATICS spill over with ideas, puzzles, games from all over the world, historic...

'A staggering piece of writing' Nigella Lawson 'It's woken me up' Minnie Driver, author of Managing Expectations 'The most delicious memoir that kept me in bed all day' Sophie Heawood,...

Poetess, fallen woman and wit, Laetitia Pilkington spent her life as close to fame as she was near to ruin. Favoured by, among others, the newly celebrated Jonathan Swift in...

Set on the cusp of World War One, and in the 1970s, EASTER ISLAND tells the passionate, heart-breaking and ultimately redemptive story of two remarkable women. Elsa, an Edwardian Englishwoman,...

Young teenagers Kiara and Ethan are Stone Keepers, unwitting guardians of a great power that many seek to own. To restore peace to their world, they must find the other...

Within a week of birth Andrew Zagami had to undergo brain surgery. As a teenager he suffered a fractured spine. Later in life he was diagnosed with cancer on three...

The children of Paradise have found their place in Illaria, but are paying a heavy price for their freedom. Rilla's increasingly unstable power puts her in constant danger. Arishen lives...

This book was written at the request of nurse educators and with considerable help from them. It deals with elements of the arithmetic of nursing, especially the arithmetic of basic...

A haunting love story set against the grim backdrop of fear and violence in Northern Ireland. Set in the Northern Ireland of the 1980's, Cal tells the story of a...

The No 1 reason that stops people from getting what they want is lack of focus. People who focus on what they want, prosper. Those who don't, struggle. In The...

ATAC BRIEFING FOR AGENTS FRANK AND JOE HARDY MISSION: Someone is suspected of planning the destruction of Niagara Falls. Find and detain the culprit before any damage is done. LOCATION:...

The only relief Hannah has from her husband's tyranical company is his absence on a Thursday evening. Then she meets David, a man she begins to think of as her...

For as long as Alice can remember, she has dreamed of Max. Every night since they were kids, they've met in their dreams, traveled the world, and fallen deliriously, hopelessly...

Some people claim that evolution is 'just a theory'. Do you know what a scientific theory really is? Just a theory is an overview of the modern concepts of science....

A world as well-realised as DUNE, from a teenage sensation On the storm-wracked waterworld of Aquasilva, supreme religious power is held by the Domain, dedicated to the element Fire. But...

What if you thought you knew a secret that could change history? Whilst standing engrossed in her favourite Pre-Raphaelite painting Millais's Ophelia Cori catches the eye of Tate gallery worker,...

Author: Clifton Pugh, Pam BlashkiBinding: HardbackPublished: Lothian Publishing Co, 1986Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe sequel to 'Death of a Wombat' and 'Dingo King', this book presents...

Author: Alan J. DunlopBinding: HardbackPublished: Acacia Press, 1985Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis narrative chronicles the journey of two brothers, exploring their relationship and experiences....

Author: Robert HalsbandBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1973Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book presents a biographical account of Lord Hervey, a prominent figure in the...

Author: Nigel NicolsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1973Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book presents an intimate look into the complexities of a marital bond, meticulously detailing...

Author: William HatfieldBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1944Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis book presents a compelling narrative of discovery and personal experience within the Australian continent....

Author: Samuel Rapport, Helen Wright, And Harlow ShapleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus and Robertson, 1954Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis volume compiles a wide array of scientific writings. It...

Author: Jonathan SwiftBinding: HardbackPublished: Constable, 1961Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe book recounts the extraordinary voyages of Lemuel Gulliver. Gulliver encounters various fantastical lands and their unique...

Author: Jack LindsayBinding: HardbackPublished: The Bodley Head, 1957Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsA man in period attire gazes upward, his expression conveying a sense of...

His Christmas Virgin - Carole Mortimer Jonas Buchanan never combines work and pleasure, and steers clear of any woman who doesn't play by his rules... Rule 1: He doesn't bed...

A practical guide for the amateur and freelance professional on how to improve their photographs of weddings and social events and make a pleasant "snap" into a photograph that evokes...

This edition of "Harrap's French shorter dictionary " includes thousands of new words, a supplement on 350 English and Frensh idioms, information about cultural topics, menus for easier navigation, treatment...

This is a book for people who like argument. Witty, contentious and passionate, it exposes the methods with which we avoid reasoned debate.

From the bestselling author of two of the loveliest, funniest novels of the last decade comes "Just Friends", a fresh romantic comedy that wittily dissects love, friendship and the true...