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Chief Bromden, half American-Indian, whom the authorities believe is deaf and dumb, tells the story of a mental institution ruled by Big Nurse on behalf of the all-powerful Combine. Into...

Charlie and Margaret Marder, political stars in 1960s Washington DC, know all too well how the tangled web of power in the nation's capital can operate. But while they long...

"Liars and Thieves" is Stephen Coonts as you've never seen him before-a story as chilling as it is unforgettable. Tommy Carmellini, a CIA operative who is unafraid to walk both...

Un amanecer de 1945, un muchacho es conducido por su padre a un misterioso lugar oculto en el corazon de la ciudad vieja: el Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados. Alli...

From one of the world's leading natural scientists and the acclaimed author of "Trilobite!, Life: A Natural History of Four Billion Years of Life on Earth" and "Dry Storeroom No....

Greg Graffin is the lead vocalist and songwriter of Bad Religion, recently described as "America's most significant punk band." Since its inception in Los Angeles in 1980, Bad Religion has...

The first opportunity to meet our extinct human ancestors face-to-face, through life-size reconstructions and detailed descriptions "This unusual book draws on three-dimensional recreations to bring to life 22 of our...

Is there any truth to the epidemic of sex addiction? Are our children really getting sexualised younger? Are men the only ones who like porn? Brooke Magnanti looks at all...

Some of the oldest art in the world is the subject of this riveting and beautiful book. Paul Bahn and Jean Vertut explore carved objects and wall art discoveries from...

Life on Lawrence Anthony's game reserve, Thula Thula, is rarely dull, what with spitting cobras endangering his rangers and the unpredictable behaviour of his herd of elephants. But at least...

How did the human brain evolve so that consciousness of art could develop? In The Psychology of Art and the Evolution of the Conscious Brain , Robert Solso describes how...

1907: train wrecks, fires, and explosions sabotage the Southern Pacific Railroad's new express line..The desperate railroad hires the fabled Van Dorn Detective Agency, who send their best man, Isaac Bell....

This is the next book from the master of the medical thriller. Pia Grazdani is an exceptional yet aloof medical student working closely with Columbia University Medical Center's premier scientist....

From a wealth of vivid autobiographical writings, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie reconstructs the extraordinary life of Thomas Platter and the lives of his sons. With masterful erudition, Le Roy Ladurie...

"It is a long time since I have been as enthusiastic about a book on human evolution as I am about Richard Klein's The Human Career ."--Leslie Aiello, Times Higher...

Scientists have long counseled against interpreting animal behavior in terms of human emotions, warning that such anthropomorphizing limits our ability to understand animals as they really are. Yet what are...

Two people. How many lies? Liese Campbell has an engagement for the weekend: Alexander Colquhoun, a handsome, well-mannered farmer, is paying for her to stay at his property in remote...

The book titled Watch Tower by the author Elizabeth Harrower. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology is the most comprehensive dictionary of the English language ever published. It is based on the original edition of the Oxford English Dictionary but...

John Kay has been described as the `most important business analyst in Britain bar none', and this book shows why. Here he combines common sense and rigorous economic thinking in...

"Millions of people want to know the origin of the words they use. Word columns in daily newspapers and numerous books attempt to satisfy their curiosity. Word histories are usually...

This study addresses the question of what makes humans unique, of how sharply we differ from other animals. It begins with evidence on the split of the hominids from the...

Readers are given a sweeping chronicle of this royal and ancient game in a volume that is both an informal history and a collection of interesting anecdotes. The stories on...

One of the most remarkable fossil finds in history occurred in Laetoli, Tanzania, in 1974, when anthropologist Andrew Hill (diving to the ground to avoid a lump of elephant dung...

"In this superbly written book, Ian Tattersall combines his unique knowledge of the human fossil record, Paleolithic archeology, primate behavior, prehistoric art, as well as the workings of the human...

Kurt Ford is shattered by the death of his only sonm, a secret service agent. The offical line is suicide, but Kurt, a retired agent himself, refuses to accept it....

In this haunting, magical fairy-tale collection, Oscar Wilde beautifully evokes (among others) the Happy Prince who was not so happy after all, the Selfish Giant who learned to love little...

A collection of Wilde's most charming and well-loved tales, as part of a new series of five Oscar Wilde titles A collection of stories, including two of Wilde's most famous-...

Disappear into nature with a latter-day Thoreau . . . 'I lived alone in this cottage for five years, summer and winter, with no transport, no phone. This is the...

In the Micronesian Islands, a top-secret US undersea lab vanishes . . . At the same time, off Bermuda, a bathysphere operated by NUMA and overseen by Kurt Austin is...

In an increasingly complex world 'simplicity' is going to be a key value. The pace of change is not going to stop so we have to make a conscious effort...

The book titled In Custody by the author . This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Corrigan by the author Caroline Blackwood. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Sahibs' War and Other Stories by the author Rudyard Kipling. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Childhood at Alconleigh is scanty preparation for the realities of the outside world and Linda, sweetest and most aimless of the young Radletts, falls prey to a stuffy banker and...

Fans of Michael Connelly, Peter James and Robin Cook will love this tense and unputdownable medical page-turner from the pen of Sunday Times bestselling author Michael Palmer. Incredible medical knowledge...

The book titled Time and Again by the author Jack Finney. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

I cannot remember the last time I read a novel so beautifully written or utterly compelling from the very first page' Bill Bryson, Sunday Times One windy spring day in...

'Why should I not publish my diary? I have often seen reminiscences of people I have never even heard of, and I fail to see - because I do not...

A brilliant and heart-rending evocation of destructive passion. A brilliant and heart-rending evocation of destructive passion. When John Dowell and his wife befriend Edward and Leonora Ashburnham they appear to...

A hilarious dose of British farce from Tom Sharpe, the bestselling author of Wilt and Porterhouse Blue. With his only friend a computer, Walden Yapp has lived a singular life....

A hilarious dose of British farce from Tom Sharpe, the bestselling author of Wilt and Porterhouse Blue. When Miss Hazelstone of Jacaranda Park kills her Zulu cook in a sensational...

A farmer finds a corpse floating near the mouth of the Yangtze River. This isn't the first time a body has washed up on his little piece of land. He's...

Charles Darwin's formulation of the theory of evolution with its now commonplace central idea of the 'survival of the fittest' is today - if not fully proven - generally accepted...

In today's ultra-competitive selling environment, where similar prices and products frequently create a level playing field, the decision to buy from one company versus another often comes down to the...

Mysticism can be practical: Good magic gets your house cleaned, creates abundance and helps conjure your own brand of bewitching sexuality. So says Francesca De Grandis in this down-to-earth and...