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Profiles celebrities from Jean Harlow and Douglas Fairbanks to Elvis Presley and Robert Mapplethorpe by looking at their wills, which reveal a surprising amount of information about their lives.

During his 20 year film career many things have changed for Pirates of the Caribbean star Johnny Depp, but two have remained constant - his taste for quirky, edgy roles...

A lifetime's love affair with horticulture reflected in a beautifully color-illustrated collection of Jane Edmanson's personal picks. Australia's unrivaled gardening doyenne has compiled a gorgeous selection of plants, each one...

"I don't think I've ever met anyone who hasn't struggled with the desire to know God's will. The problem is, this struggle often involved a great deal of confusion and...

A step-by-step approach is offered, tracing the evolution of a picture from thumbnail sketch to completion and showing the effects that can be achieved in a full range of drawing...

Michael Grecco is one of the best-known celebrity photographers in the world. His beautiful, insightful work is all around us--on movie posters, in advertising, on magazine covers, "everywhere." I delight...

What in the world is postmodernity? Is it the dominant reality today? If it is, what does it mean to be a church in a postmodern world? It seems that...

Before Father Patrick Bergquist moved to Alaska, he imagined himself spending his free evenings wrapped in a warm quilt, reading novel after novel during the long arctic winters. Those idealized...

Offers a record of life in Lhasa before Communism, detailing the author's experiences and encounters

The hidden truth about the French way of life: it's all about seduction--its rules, its pleasures, its secrets France is a seductive country, seductive in its elegance, its beauty, its...

Many Christians who experience hurt in the church don't just leave their own churches; they leave the church altogether. Whether they have been wounded by pastors or people in the...

Why are mathematical ideas so hard? Is mathematics an unassailable peak, which only the few can ever hope to conquer? Or can mathematics be broadened to be accessible to the...

A photographic journey to all corners of the globe, full of panoramas of our natural world-highlighting the five most dominant hues of each photograph on a color bar placed above...

A beautifully illustrated photography book showcasing second homes that answer today's aesthetic, functional, and ecological demands while highlighting the uniqueness of its location. On a remote island, among sand dunes,...

Have you ever had that one number that seems to pop up everywhere? That number may be the key to unlocking your destiny! The Magic of Numbers is an easy-to-use...

A large-format board book introducing a funny assortment of animals and what they eat. From what they are eating to how they are finding their food, animals are very curious...

The early 2000s were an important period, spanning a time when mechanical watches had quite rightly retaken their place in the world market. We all may have a digital device...

Combining words and unusual illustrations that incorporate pop-ups, pull tabs, wheels, and flaps, this book tells the dramatic story of archaeologist Howard Carter and his amazing journey to Egypt that...

From Top Gear to Brainiac, Richard Hammond is one of our most popular television presenters. But in September 2006, a high speed crash whilst filming for Top Gear left him...

Prussia, a state which contributed so much to European civilization, only exis-ted as an independent power for 170 years. Sebastian Haffner, a Prussian by birth, reassesses the legend and tells...

Hereditary rule once dominated European politics. A few families, believing in divine rule, controlled the destinies of millions before they were ousted. This book takes an irreverent look at the...

Readers' imaginations will be fired on every page of this wonderful single-volume animal encyclopedia. The book is arranged into five chapters that explore the huge variety of the animal kingdom,...

The Kingfisher First Dictionary is the ideal introductory dictionary for young children. 1500 entry words are clearly defined, and each word is used in a sample sentence to reinforce understanding...

When the Vikings kidnap Justforkix, the timid but very trendy son of one of Chief Vitalstatistix' closest and most powerful friends, believing he has the key to the secret of...

During just nine days in the early summer of 1940, nearly eight hundred 'Little Ships', from lifeboats and passenger steamers to small private yachts and dinghies, set off across the...

A strikingly accomplished first thriller about the Irish and the Mafia-and two Irish brothers caught in the crossfire between them.

Computers could be like humans in every respect. They could have the intelligence to understand Shakespeare's plays, Napoleon's military strategy, Einstein's theories of relativity. They could have the creativity to...

Lieutenant R.S. Maxwell took off in his BE2C fighter but saw nothing unusual until 8.25 p.m. when, according to his report: 'My engine was missing irregularly and it was only...

A scientific biography of Count Rumford, the founder of the Royal Institution, who arrived in England in 1776, and invented methods for improved heating, lighting and cooking, through his discovery...

Just when Betsy Taylor thinks she's adjusted to her after-life as a vampire queen, fate intervenes. It's bad enough having to view your own gravestone but now Betsy's even started...

Life is hard in post-Civil War New York, but change is in the air. Women are agitating for the vote and other rights. Immigrants are pouring into the city, bringing...

From the day he sets foot in the house that belonged to his new wife's first husband, Matthew Gardner begins to realise that life with Caroline is going to be...

Life is not exactly good for psychiatrist Nathan Conrad. He has his practice, but it doesn't pay for the Mercedes he feels he deserves. He does, however, care. So when...

In a house overlooking Dublin Bay, Mimi and her daughter Grace are disturbed by the unexpected arrival of Grace's daughter Polly, and her striking new boyfriend. The events of the...

When Special Agent Kathryn Dance -- a brilliant interrogator and kinesics expert with the California Bureau of Investigation -- is sent to question the convicted killer Daniel "Son of Manson"...

As a great teacher once said, 'We never ask the meaning of life when we're in love'. But the real question is, 'why aren't we in love all the time?',...

Wonderful anecdotes about a childhood during the Depression from AmericaA's Queen of Suspense. Full of memorable characters, this sometimes funny, sometimes sad, memoir brings into sharp focus the feeling of...

Ever wanted to know how it feels to win Tattslotto, die and come back to life, be brainwashed by a cult or attacked by a shark? These stories and more...