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In a chest of drawers bequeathed by his grandmother, author Randal Keynes found the writing case of Charles Darwin's beloved daughter Annie, who died at the age of ten. Within...

She hadn't the heart to tell him she had done away with his baby. She had not wanted to commit herself. He worked with his hands, on a bench instead...

A hundred years ago, any soapbox orator who called for women's suffrage, laws protecting the environment, an end to lynching, or a federal minimum wage was considered a utopian dreamer...

Offers an analysis of the future of our society in the information age, examining the impact of technology on economics, politics, work, communications, and our daily lives.

The Civil War the bloodiest, most dramatic moment in this nation's history also produced some of the country's greatest literature. Blood reflects the violent hatred, love, patriotism, and heroism this...

Written by the head of the technical investigating team, this book examines the key factors in the 1989 explosion that killed 47 crewmen.

To win glory and power, to be renowned throughout posterity-such was the ambition that fueled Dahlgren's controversial rise to eminence during the Civil War era. This rich, balanced portrait examines...

The author recounts his experiences as an enlisted man on British minesweepers in World War II.

The dramatic story of a 1970 mutiny on an American tramp steamer transporting napalm to the Vietnam War.

She was the first female to graduate from a U.S. maritime or military academy and the first to be licensed as a master mariner. This lively memoir reveals why Dempsey...

The author's previous book, The Canadian Naval Chronicle, contains a chapter which gives brief details of Canadian merchant ship sinkings. While Fraser McKee and co-author Robert Darlington were researching those...

Winner: 2002 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award What are human rights? What justifies us in believing we have them? What are rights-holders and duty-bearers? Who should bear the costs and...

* Adam Grant's # 1 pick of his top 20 books of the year This is not just an engrossing read--it's bursting with practical insights. Ozan Varol's dazzling debut might...

FBI Agent Atlee Pine's harrowing search for her long-lost sister Mercy reaches a boiling point in this breakneck thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci. For her...

Perfect for fans of Deb Caletti, this "powerful, absorbing, and beautiful" ( Booklist ) coming-of-age novel in verse follows a teen girl who connects with the women of her maternal...

Lindsay Eagar's dazzling YA debut welcomes us backstage at the Family Fortuna circus, where wonders lurk in wait to steal your breath away. You won't believe your eyes! Beaked. Feathered....

THE CHART-TOPPING MEMOIR ______________________________________________________________________________________ 'This memoir is one of the smartest, funniest books I've read about love in a long, long time' - RED 'illuminating' METRO Haley McGee is in...

The remarkable debut novel from critically acclaimed writer Huma Qureshi: an engrossing story of art and sisterhood, family, marriage and betrayal 'Poignant and impressionistic . . . highly readable and...

' A deliciously entertaining rom-com .' - Nandini Bajpai, author of A Match Made in Mehendi Danyal Jilani doesn't lack confidence. He may not be the smartest guy in the...

When Brian, Hannah, and twins Chris and Sam start their summer holidays, they know it's going to be the end of an era. The Misfits Club is disbanding and they...

True love to last a lifetime... Airborne Emergency - Olivia Gates Surgeon Cassandra St James can't wait to join the Global Aid Organization's new flying Jet Hospital. Nothing could be...

The Secret Son's Homecoming - Helen Lacey The illegitimate son of the wealthiest man in Cedar River, Jonah Rickard spent his life avoiding his father. Forced back home for a...

Rediscover the wonderful story of Puss in Boots with this beautiful picture book filled with stunning illustrations.

Years ago, in the town of Saxon Falls, young Kelsey Willard disappeared and was presumed dead. The tragedy left her family with a fractured life-a mother out to numb the...

The first in a suspenseful new trilogy by the internationally bestselling author of The Art of Hearing Heartbeats , this gripping story follows a retired expat journalist in contemporary China...

In September 2014, Azad Cudi became one of seventeen snipers deployed when ISIS, trying to shatter the Kurds in a decisive battle, besieged the northern city of Kobani. In LONG...

'Dazzling . . . [An] engrossing study of a vivacious personality slipping away' THE TIMES 'Rich in detail, elusive in meaning, light in touch' MOSCOW TIMES In a small apartment...

This new publication from Michael Belafi offers some truly intriguing content. Photographs of the mighty Zeppelin at all stages of development feature in a publication that aims to chart the...

'I'm a firm believer that if you have something to say that might benefit others then you should speak up about it! There are ways to move forward and improve...

What does success look like? 5AM conference calls and late nights in the office? Winning every argument in the office and always getting your own way? What does a successful...

Cassie Kramer and her sister Allie dreamed of taking Hollywood by storm. But Allie was more beautiful, more talented, more driven. While Cassie got bit parts, Allie rose to stardom....

How did a 'chai wallah' who sold tea on trains as a boy become Prime Minister of India? On May 16, 2014, Narendra Modi was declared the winner of the...

THE FEED is a unique, thought-provoking and utterly addictive post-apocalyptic thriller that fans of THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS and THE PASSAGE will love. SJ Watson says he was...

The twenty-second novel from Sunday Times No.1 bestseller, Martina Cole, author of DANGEROUS LADY, THE TAKE, THE GOOD LIFE and many more... Playing grown-ups, the future is theirs for the...

York railway station, December, 1925. Detective Inspector Jim Stringer is enjoying a pint in the Parlour Bar before accompanying his wife, Lydia, to a charitable function. But when the couple...

TRANSLATED BY ALISON McCULLOUGH 'One of the best books on the many diverse migrations to London . . . revealing the extent to which the diversity of immigrant origins has...

For fans of Jon Klassen, this sensitive and impactful picture book from award-winning author-illustrator Christian Robinson is all about seeing the world from different points of view, and the perfect...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Great by Choice comes an authoritative, practical guide to individual performance - based on analysis from an exhaustive, groundbreaking study. Why do...

The talents Maxwell Perkins nurtured were known worldwide: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe among numerous others. But the man himself remained a mystery, a backstage presence who served...

Jacquetta, daughter of the Count of Luxembourg and kinswoman to half the royalty of Europe, was married to the great Englishman John, Duke of Bedford, uncle to Henry VI. Widowed...

In The Way the World Works, Nicholson Baker ranges over the map of life to examine what ails us, what eases our pain, and what gives us joy. Baker, recently...

From the BAFTA-winning writer behind the TV series PRIME SUSPECT and author of WIDOWS, now a major motion picture When a prostitute is found murdered in her bedsit, the Metropolitan...

In this very funny and irresistibly silly junior fiction book, The Bad Guys meet The Treehouse series, but in a brilliantly invented submarine. Readers, be warned! This book is set...

A missing maid. A murder most foul. A highly imprudent adventure. Only her fine eyes can uncover the truth. 'Pure indulgence! Full of ardent amours, dastardly deeds and rakish rogues'...