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Empires of the Sea shows the Mediterranean as a majestic and bloody theatre of war. Opening with the Ottoman victory in 1453 it is a breathtaking story of military crusading,...

London at midnight on New Year's Eve. Artie Cohen realizes something is horribly wrong with his long-time girlfriend, Lily Hanes. Two days later, a call takes Artie to Paris. Lily...

A lesbian is driven to set fire to discarded mattresses. A scientist discovers the joy of karaoke singing. A young woman waits for her lover to be released from prison,...

Artie Cohen is a good-looking New York cop with a taste for girls and jazz and with a secret past. In Red Mercury Blues he is confronted with a case...

Professor White's historical study of the rediscovery of pictorial space during the Renaissance and of its origins in antiquity was acclaimed when it first appeared. It opened up important new...

The Gospel of the Lord Shri Krishna put into English by Shri Purohit Swami.'A beautiful rendering, and gives the reader a clearer and more truthful impression of what the Indian...

A celebratory volume to accompany the fourth Rugby World Cup, taking place in the UK in the year 2000. It traces the social and popular history of rugby, and includes...

Michael Wood is also author of "In Search of the Dark Ages" and "In Search of the Trojan War".

Based on the screenplay of the major motion picture of the same name, starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington, and directed by Academy Award winner Jonathan Demme. A hot shot...

Demons, martial arts and vomiting bats combine to make a fabulous fiction debut from a HUGE new talent. Jack doesn't know what he's got himself into. One minute he and...

The Top Ten Sunday Times bestseller. An atmospheric locked-room thriller from the breakout brand Sarah Pearse, author of The Sanatorium, the bestselling crime thriller debut of 2021. Will you brave...

The fourth edition of this textbook builds on the strengths of the previous, considerably revised edition. It offers current perspectives and research on a complete range of the theoretical, practical...

This fun-filled collector's edition of George and Harold's third epic adventure is perfect for Captain Underpants fans and for newcomers to the series. This time, the boys join forces with...

With sharp wit and a discerning eye, political commentator Guy Rundle enlightens and entertains, drawing back the curtain on the iconic moments in Australian politics of the 2010s From the...

The Garden of Ideas tells an inspiring and engaging story of Australian garden design. From the imaginings of emigrant garden-makers of the late eighteenth century to the concerns of twenty-first-century...

Harold Desbrowe-Annear was an enigma: an architect who counted among his clients some of Melbourne's wealthiest families and among his friends a wide range of bohemian artists and writers. In...

The English romantic painter J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851) is known and admired for portraying the transcendent power and turbulence of nature in his paintings of landscapes and storms at sea. But,...

This inspirational interiors book, the first in the series "New Country Style", redefines English country style for a growing international, design-savvy audience. A creative new generation of city-dwellers is seeking...

Bates Smart is one of the longest continously practicing architectural firms in the world. Established by Joseph Reed in melbourne in 1852.

Despite our culture's proclaimed respect for scientific reason, we live in a society that is no less bedazzled-and bedevilled-by myth than those of our remote ancestors. Roland Barthes first examined...

A multi-purpose reference work, providing the key to the hidden meanings in Egyptian art: an encyclopaedia of the major signs and symbols, a visual compendium of artistic motifs, a sourcebook...

What should you do at Christmas? In Edvard Munch's Christmas in the Brothel , the artist depicts himself sleeping off the effects of drink, but the Madame reads a book....

Painting is enjoying a remarkable creative renaissance in the 21st century. Many of the world's leading artists now work in this most enduring and seductive of media. 100 Painters of...

The place of the Bauhaus in the history of 20th-century design is unchallengeable. Yet the Weaving Workshop, the longest standing and most successful of all Bauhaus workshops, has been neglected....

Like English literature and English manners, the English style of decorating has been copied and admired for generations around the world. It is a style that can be found in...

* Over 2000 authoritative entries and 400 illustrations, including diagrams for comprehensive treatment of architectural terms * Covers painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, the decorative, applied and graphic arts from all...

James Trilling presents an immense variety of ornament from the Paleolithic Age to the present day, enabling the reader to appreciate inherent form and beauty, as well as historical importance...

In the course of a career thinking and writing about art, Martin Gayford has travelled all over the world both to see works of art and to meet artists. Gayford's...

Art-writing at its most useful should share the dynamism, fluidity and passions of the objects of its enquiry, argues Marina Warner. In this new anthology of some of her most...

This is a book which reflects the mix of tradition and style in the Scottish Highlands: tartans, tweeds and natural materials, sports, excursions and dancing, fishing and stalking, a Burns...

Dr Libby's The Calorie Fallacy is a ground-breaking book that challenges the very core of weight loss convention and dogma. It will turn everything you thought you knew about calories...

"As companies in growing numbers look to outsource functions not related to their core competencies, Bragg's work provides an excellent road map. Demonstrating a firm grasp of the topic, he...

Stone Barrington discovers that all the botox in Bel-Air can't keep its biggest power players from cracking under pressure in this New York Times bestseller. Stone is no stranger to...

A chance encounter with a small-time crook sends Stone Barrington straight into the heart of New York's mafia underworld in this action-packed thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling...

When Rosie O'Donnell was 10 years old her mother was diagnosed with cancer. It was at this early age that Rosie began to fantasize about what it would be like...

Boot camp for a younger, hipper makeover, packed with no-holds-barred advice on little beauty and fashion changes that pay off big time, from the on-air style expert for The Today...

Pay brand-new employees $2,000 to quit Make customer service the responsibility of the entire company-not just a department Focus on company culture as the #1 priority Apply research from the...

White House lawyer Michael Garrick has a relatively anonymous position at a very public address. That is, until he starts dating Nora Harston (secret service code name: Shadow), the sexy...