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Age range 4 to 6 One moon bright night. Under a star speckled sky. At the edge of the Great Sandy Desert A dingo howled...Follow the animals of the Great...

Raymond Williams was one of the world's leading cultural critics. With this book, Williams brilliantly documents the exciting birth of the popular press, and explores the growth of the reading...

Here, five of the investing world's greatest legends share their advice and success strategies for getting, and staying, rich.

Horvath's setting for this black political farce is a seedy hotel in Central Europe in the 1920s where the only guest is a drunken, ageing nymphomaniac - wealthy and despotic....

The coming of age of a lonely girl who learns to follow her dreams by award winning author Tessa Duder. First published in the United Kingdom in 1985, Jellybean is...

Why do human beings wage war and persecute each other? Why do religious and political factions battle to control nations? Why do seemingly intelligent people cling to beliefs that fly...

Arts management is no longer a resting place for enthusiastic amateurs or artists with insufficient talent to make the big time. Rather, it is increasingly being recognised as a profession...

In this highly provocative book scientist and psychologist Howard Bloom argues that despite our great intelligence, human behaviour is much closer to animal behaviour than we are comfortable to admit....

A Nation in Waiting lifts the veil on Indonesia, Southeast Asia's quiet giant. Written in an engaging and easy-to-read style, it captures the fascinating debate in Indonesia today on where...

"Never play cards with a man named Doc, never eat at a place called Mom's, never sleep with anyone whose problems are worse than your own". So said Nelson Algren...

In 1924 Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Union, died and, at Stalin s instigation, his body was mummified and put on display. Ilya Zbarsky s father Boris was one...

This expose of Washington politics revives the disreputable profession of muckraking, scrutinizing with an unforgiving eye the political culture of the Clinton era. Paying open tribute to the tone and...

Celebrating the use of blue and white in decorating, this book presents a series of themes, objects and details in a room-by-room guided tour of the rich visual possibilities that...

This is the third in a series of new plays, selected and introduced by the literary manager of Hampstead Theatre. It contains Kathy Burke's comedy, Mr Thomas, The Awakening by...

This new edition of Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor focuses at every point on a theatrical understanding of the play. While emphasising the liveliness of the play in stage terms,...

Synonymous with cool elegance and impeccable good taste, Grace Kelly remains a style icon of the twentieth century. This book is the first to explore exclusively Grace Kelly's personal style...

This book of verse for children contains verses that are serious, but most are fun, like the story of Horace, the boy who eats himself. There are a variety of...

Millionaires, movie-stars and mysteries! The first in a sparkling new series for girls aged 8 and up FOUR best friends * ONE priceless necklace * And an actress with TWO...

At the apex of international Cold War tension, an alliance of Greek military leaders seized power in Athens. Seven years of violent political repression followed in Greece, yet as Cold...

In 1969 Loren McIntyre, a National Geographic photographer, found himself lost among the people of the remote Javari Valley in Brazil. It was an encounter that was to change his...

Rona Munro's vividly imagined trilogy brings to life three generations of Stewart kings who ruled Scotland in the tumultuous fifteenth century. Charismatic, cultured, and obsessed with grandiose schemes that his...

A moving story of love and loyalty, courage and fear, based on Terence Rattigan's own experiences as a tail gunner in the Second World War. 1942. The Falcon Hotel, on...

Jim is getting to grips with his father's rather unusual job at the Dead End Office and is keeping the truth secret as a promise to Dad. But when Jim...

THE ROMAN MYSTERIES meets Sherlock Holmes! Alfie has decided to learn to read at St Giles Ragged School. But the school is set on fire and idealistic teacher Mr Elmore...

Think you know a good idea when you see one? Think again. 'Clever and entertaining.' Sunday Times 'Elegantly written and full of surprises.' Daily Telegraph 'Always entertaining and often eye-opening.'...

Even the faintest whiff of lemon sells cleaning products. Negative messages from politicians win votes. Product placement in films rarely works. Many multi-million pound advertising campaigns are a complete waste...

The enormous popularity of books by Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris and others shows that despite the religious revival that is under way in many parts of the world,...

"Finding the young Angelique on their doorstep one Christmas Eve, the pious Hubert couple decide to bring her up as their own. As the girl grows up in the vicinity...

In this riveting thriller, 14-year-old Steven 'Steel' Trapp sets off with his mom and their dog, Cairo, on a 2-day Amtrak journey to compete in the National Science Competition in...

Over the last fifty years, humanity has developed an extraordinary global utility which is omnipresent, universal, and available to all. Neither the internet nor the cloud would work without the...

Throughout the 1950s, as the Cuban people laboured under a violently repressive regime, the Mob-financed revelry in Havana never stopped. Tourists from around the world flooded in to gamble, go...

And since 1945 the relationship between military needs and modern business has grown ever closer, especially in the United States. David Hambling traces the history of this relationship in the...

This is the story of a regional process in the making: from the very concept of arms control as applied to the region, through the innovative regional forum and format...

In the early 1950s, Israel secretly launched a project designed to achieve a nuclear option. Initially supported by France, this daring project stood to engineer a dramatic change in Israels...

Horrid Henry's evil plans so often go awry - and every child in the country loves hearing about them! The three books in this collection include twelve of the classic...

Nicholas Dromgoole has been a prominent and respected drama and dance critic for most of his adult life. Who better therefore to take the reader through the role of this...

In this collection of seven provocative essays, acclaimed theatre director and playwright Mick Gordon argues that the theatre represents a physical corollary of the invisible workings of our minds. In...

Silesia, 1903. Every man falls for Rose Bernd. But her actions lead her into danger. In a deeply traditional community how can she avoid disgrace? Rose Bernd is a compassionate...

Stella Kirby spent nine years running away; leaving home to find her freedom as an actress. Now she has decided that the only role left to play is the prodigal...

Includes the plays Sladek and A Sexual Congress plus an introduction by Penny Black Set in the inter-war period of raging inflation in Germany, these two plays portray the losers...