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Very little is known on the Australian underground economy. Only speculation has offered estimates of its size - around ten per cent of GDP. This book provides comprehensive research on...

In a sweeping narrative, from its mythic origins to the glittering towers of the contemporary financial capital, THE STONES OF LONDON tells the story of twelve London buildings in a...

London: 1840. The economy is sliding into recession; gangs of unemployed workers roam the streets; and a murderer prowls the capital's poor neighbourhoods. Pyke, still grieving over the death of...

Dan takes us to the buildings he believes have changed the world, revealing how in truly great buildings function, material and purpose connect to all other parts of life -...

Set in the aftermath of the Gulf War, Dominique Sigaud's first novel tells the story of an American soldier, a casualty of the war, through a series of linked episodes...

This fantastic book enables you to travel the world from the comfort of your armchair, meet new people, enjoy unusual festivities in foreign lands and deepen your knowledge of other...

Here, gathered together in one volume, are three of George Eliot's works - Middlemarch, Silas Marner and Amos Barton.

AN EPIC TALE OF A SHORT LIFE LIVED TO THE LIMIT James Hunt was a towering personality with a commanding presence, a hugely glamorous public figure who brought Formula One...

Kevin wants to join Micky, Ricky and Nicky's pop band but they think his Gran-knitted jumpers with sheep and teddy bears on them aren't cool enough for a pop star....

Fire-breathing fun! Dragons are perennial favourites with young people and this collection offers a stimulating variety of these mythical creatures! There are friendly dragons as well as fierce ones, a...

A middle-aged woman causes an accident on the Baltimore Beltway, flees the scene and is later picked up wandering on the shoulder of the Interstate. The accident occurs just a...

Katie Porter is an ordinary Manhattan girl. Working her first job out of college, her life is one of drinks and dates, gym visits and shopping. But someone thinks she's...

'So many fabulous women I know are between boyfriends, I'd like to put on record that this book is not about giving advice. It's about commiserating and ultimately celebrating this...

THE NEW RECTOR, TALK OF THE VILLAGE and VILLAGE MATTERS are the first three volumes in the Turnham Malpas series. Rebecca Shaw's novels have been described as 'The Archers with...

Life is anxious for the Taylor family, as it is for everyone in Portsmouth during the early days of 1941. The worst happens on January 10th, when the Luftwaffe unleashes...

In the previous volume of this NEW YORK TIMES bestselling series of fantasy novels, our hero, Richard Rahl, wielder of the Sword of Truth and his lover Kahlan unwittingly released...

Richard Mitchell is a young buck in the Tokyo finance markets, trying hard to keep up with his mercurial boss, Yazawa. Radical, independent private detectice Mori is trying hard to...

This compelling account of Henry VIII is by no means yet another history of the a old monstera and his reign. The a monstera displayed here is, at the very...

With a plot to grace any comic opera, the 1859-72 'Pig War' broke out when an American living on a quietly disputed small island in the Gulf of Georgia shot...

Join local guide Phil Lister on a tour of Haworth's dark and ghostly side: meet the ghost of Room 7 at the Old White Lion, the Grey Lady of Weavers...

Ancient Egypt, land of the pharaohs, bore witness to the rise and fall of the world's greatest civilization. A combination of evidence ranging from the pyramids and rock-cut tombs to...

THE HEART-STOPPING NO.1 BESTSELLER AND START OF AN ENTHRALLING NEW SERIES FROM THE MASTER OF SUSPENSE. DON'T MISS THE WHITE CROW , THE NEXT IN SERIES. 'No one does suspense...

THE FIRST BOOK IN A HEART-WARMING, MOVING TRILOGY FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR MARY WOOD, WRITING AS MAGGIE MASON The perfect read for fans of Kitty Neale, Val Wood and Rosie Goodwin....

'Up there with BIG LITTLE LIES and DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES' Claire Allan 'Divinely original . . . this rollicking tale is sure to win Gina LaManna new fans' Publisher's Weekly None...

Ten years ago, intelligence officer Jordan Weiss's life was turned upside down when her college boyfriend Jared drowned. But in a shocking discovery, Jordan realises that she has been lied...

Ten years ago Jordan Weiss suffered the devastating death of her boyfriend Jared, a gifted rower at Cambridge. Since then work as an intelligence officer has taken her to the...

Luke Dantry tragically lost his parents when he was a teenager - his father was murdered by a crazed operative, his mother died in a terrible accident. Brought up by...

When John Sutter's aristocratic wife killed her mafia don lover, John left America and set out in his sailboat on a three-year journey around the world, eventually settling in London....

Belfast, the 1960s. When Tess Maguire and her best friend Agnes Quinn get free tickets to see the Rolling Stones, there is nothing that will stop them from going to...

April 1986 : American F-111 warplanes bomb the Al Azziyah compound in Libya where President Gadhafi is residing. A 16-year-old youth, Asad - Arabic for 'lion ' - loses his...

A reign-by-reign history of ancient Egypt. An introduction covers landscape and resources, followed by chapters on the prehistory and dynastic period. The main part of the book recounts the history...

John Van der Kiste's book takes in the principal monarchies of Scandinavia going back to the beginning of the 19th century. He uses unpublished sources and photographs to show how...

This biography of the last king to lead British troups into baffle and his able wife provides intriquing insight into 18th century war and politics. Often derided as the buffoon...

Queen Victoria's son, Prince Leopold, died from haemophilia, but no member of the royal family before his generation had suffered from the condition. Medically, there are only two possibilities: either...

On the day of his dad's funeral, ten-year-old Jacky Gaskell meets Frank McGovern for the first time. For when Frank is hanged for a murder he did not commit, Jacky's...

In the latest sizzling Victorian novel from the compelling world of the mysterious Arcane Society, a paranormal killer pushes an unlikely duo's powers and passions to the limit. Virginia Dean...

Rosie Peacock, as a hospital receptionist, is surrounded all day and every day by lots of attractive young men and women who don't look old enough to be medical students,...

This is an introduction to the popular Chinese tradition of hand and face reading. Known in China as physiognomy, it dates back thousands of years and is a step-by-step guide...

Praise and Reviews "This is a must read book...Lindstrom provides fascinating stories taking you into the mental and emotional life of this new generation..." - Philip Kotler, S C Johnson...

THE BOOK- A woman of fifty-eight, meets an illusionist - the Illusionist - on a train. At first, life is blissfully sweet, but when her first novel turns brings overnight...

As West German society increasingly took on a gloss of economic well-being, Boll's trenchant novesl cut through the sleek outward show to reveal festering fears and suppurating physic states excluding...

Aims to provide witty answers to all the questions that could possibly be asked about chocolate, such as: what does liking chocolate mean?; and what is meant by chocolate, anyway?...

A huge funeral for Windermere's popular resident, Barbara Dodge, is taking place and florist Persimmon 'Simmy' Brown and her new assistant, Bonnie Lawson are busy compiling wreaths in preparation. There's...