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A snowy March, 1367, and King Edward is impatient. He wants his privy councillor, William of Wykeham, confirmed as Bishop of Winchester, but Pope Urban V is stalling, deterred by...

"The Hot Topic" is a collaborative work by one of the most respected scientists and one of the most dynamic writers in the field of climate change. Sir David King,...

Napoleon Bonaparte's rise to power was neither inevitable nor smooth; it was full of mistakes, wrong turns and pitfalls. During his formative years his identity was constantly shifting, his character...

_______________________ A DRAMATIC FICTIONAL PORTRAIT OF THE US-MEXICO BORDER, MIGRATION, AND ITS IMPACT ON PEOPLE'S LIVES _______________________ Through this network of nine personal stories, Carlos Fuentes sets out to explain...

Inequality is not just about the size of our wallets. It is a socio-cultural order which, for most of us, reduces our capabilities to function as human beings, our health,...

Crisis? Whose crisis? Today we are in the midst of a multifaceted crisis which touches the lives of everyone on the planet. Whether it's growing poverty and inequality or shrinking...

Oil and gas are running out faster than the vast majority of people realise and this will have seismic consequences for the whole world. Even by the year 2005, oil...

The only authorized parliamentary procedure guide, completely revised and updated by the authorized Robert's Rules Authorship Committee.. Originally published as a slim document in 1896, General Henry M. Robert's classic...

In this long-awaited book, John McGrath, one of Australia's most innovative and successful real estate experts, shares his vast knowledge of the Australian property market. From first-home-buyers to property investors,...

The secret of extreme wealth creation The Outsider's Edge reveals the one common denominator the world's richest self-made people share. Studying the lives of 17 world-famous billionaires, author and researcher...

The book titled Cargo of Women: the History by the author Babette Smith. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Hillary Clinton is the most famous, enigmatic and controversial woman in America. She stands on the brink of becoming the first woman in its history with a shot at the...

The glamour of 1920s New York, the lure of the Broadway lights and a trip that changes the lives of two women forever. On a summer's day in 1922 Cora...

From one of Europe's bestselling writers comes a spellbinding and utterly compelling court room drama, which will stay with you for a long time. Ferdinand von Schirach's The Collini Case...

A controversial and authoritative account of what the world's financial institutions were doing during the 1990s. It contains a powerful condemnation of their policies and methods of directing the economies...

Choice of World Champions, not least Karpov and Anand, the Petroff is one of the most solid and popular defences to 1.e4. Here we have a repertoire chess book that...

The accelerated development of the White queen's bishop after 1 d4 Nf6 2 Bg5 was for many years considered a bizarre chess opening, practised only by a few individual 'eccentric'...

The Dutch Defence is a popular strategy in chess. The book concentrates on the main winning plans for both sides, giving complete coverage of the Dutch Defence. Strategic ideas, including...

The book titled A Year Amongst the Persians: Impressions as to the Life, Character and by the author Edward Granville Browne. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for...

The book titled Woman in the Mists: Story of Dian Fossey and the Mountain Gorillas of by the author Farley Mowat. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for...

The book titled Enemy Aliens: Internment and the Homefront Experience in Australia by the author Gerhard Fischer. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

Revised, Updated Edition Runaway inequality is now America's most critical economic fact of life. In 1970, the ratio of pay between the top 100 CEOs and the average worker was...

The world is a better place than it used to be. People are healthier, wealthier, and live longer. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many has left gaping inequalities...

Using a vast swath of data spanning the past six decades, Unequal Democracy debunks many myths about politics in contemporary America, using the widening gap between the rich and the...

From Simon & Schuster, World Class is Rosabeth Moss Kanter's definitive guide to thriving locally in the global economy. World Class: Thriving Locally in the Global Economy shows how to...

From Richard J. Barnet, coauthor of the groundbreaking bestseller Global Reach , and John Cavanagh comes an authoritative portrait of global corporations as they have evolved over the last twenty...

A modern-day Jacobean revenge comedy that soars with malicious poetry-from "the Mick Jagger of literature [and] the most dazzling prose stylist in post-war British fiction" ( The Daily Telegraph )....

The book titled Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by the author Edward S. Herman. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

To observe a dog's guilty look. to witness a gorilla's self-sacrifice for a wounded mate, to watch an elephant herd's communal effort on behalf of a stranded calf--to catch animals...

A step-by-step guide to restful sleep, better health and more energy through changing the way you breathe. Do you wake up feeling as if you haven't slept at all? Has...

Fashion with less waste Liz Haywood presents an eclectic collection of zero waste patterncutting techniques, ideas for garment longevity, mythbusting and stories from zero waste designers. Discover innovative strategies for...

Explains how our attitudes to risk and uncertainty influence our decision making and how much we stand to lose from rapid climate change. It outlines the current concerns of the...

Towards Forest Sustainability is a collection of practical essays by some of the world's leading forest ecologists and managers from the United States of America, Canada, Finland, Sweden, Australia and...

This book describes and explains the extraordinary wave of popular protest that swept across the so-called Third World and the countries of the former socialist bloc during the period from...

Technological advances have benefited our world in immeasurable ways, but there is an ominous flipside. Criminals are often the earliest, and most innovative, adopters of technology and modern times have...

This book describes the background and course of the eight-year-long Gulf war and provides a general assessment of its political, economic and social effects on the rest of the world,...

The book titled Television Companion by the author Leslie Halliwell. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Fundamentals of Trial Techniques: Australian Edition by the author McCrimmon/& Mauet. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Set in a world of stunningly beautiful, exceptionally dangerous monsters, Fire is one of the most dangerous monsters of all - a human one. Marked out by her vivid red...

'Masterly.' - Daily Mail 'Stunning.' - History Today 'Magnificent.' - Literary Review Napoleon's life reached its most extraordinary stage between 1805 and 1810. At war with Britain, Russia, and Austria,...

When the spring came the people - what was left of them - moved back by the old paths from the sea. But this year strange things were happening, terrifying...

Dean Jocelin has a vision: that God has chosen him to erect a great spire on his cathedral. His mason anxiously advises against it, for the old cathedral was built...

Nobody captured the landscape and faces of the American people the way John Ford did, in films such as The Searchers, Stagecoach and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence. He...