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Two hundred and seventy-four years after the fall of the WorldWeb in THE FALL OF HYPERION, Raoul Endymion is sent on a quest. Retrieving Aenea from the Sphinx before the...

The book titled Dreams of the Peaceful Dragon: Journey into Bhutan by the author Katie Hickman. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Drawing on interviews with leading figures such as Gorbachev and senior members of the Yeltsin team, this book examines the extraordinary changes that have occurred in Russia since 1987. It...

Using anecdotes and examples from the work of The Natural History Museum's scientists, this book introduces readers to how the natural sciences are helping to unravel some of the key...

Another year's worth of wild and wacky information from Ripley's Believe It or Not! 144 pages of awesomely weird information such as rainbow clouds in the Himalayas, a Chinese building...

Revised and updated for 2003-2004, this reference has a 48-page A-Z country-by-country gazetteer with information on population and land area for all the countries of the world, illustrated with flags,...

The book titled Pilgrimage: Painter's Journey from Mount Athos to Tibet by the author Paul Osborne. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Volume 2 of a three volume set containing Henry Handel Richardson's correspondence in its entirety. The publication of Henry Handel Richardson's correspondence will be a major event in Australian scholarly...

How did early European artists of Australia and New Zealand perceive the Maori? What sort of images of Maori society and culture did they create? What ethnic preconceptions lay behind...

This entertaining and informative book traces the history of butterfly collection in Britain from the seventeenth century, when the study of natural history had its beginnings. Our knowledge of butterflies...

Stronger, faster, lighter, safer, smarter - these are the textiles of tomorrow. From the carbon-fibre bicycle frame to the cardiac constraint sock and the Mars Pathfinder landing airbags, material innovations...

Graffiti art is constantly changing. Fresh coats of paint and newly pasted posters appear overnight in cities across the world. New artists, ideas and tactics displace faded images in a...

Today, a combination of high quality and low price makes Chinese rugs the best value of all oriental carpets. And countries outside China itself, such as Tibet and Nepal, have...

The book titled The Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec by the author Mary Ellen Miller. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

The world has changed faster during the 20th century than ever before. All our previous assumptions about God, our social, economic and political structures, science and technology, and - by...

Designers need to make information accessible and available to everyone - but how do they arrive at such elegant and useful solutions to complicated problems? Covering a broad spectrum of...

Describes geography and natural history of the peninsula, gives brief history of Mayan life, discusses Spanish conquest, and provides a long summary of Maya civilization. 4 maps, and over 120...

In the late 19th and early 20th century, science and scientists made little if any recognition of the role of human relationships in the general well being of the individual....

Two Jewish sisters, escapees of the infamous Warsaw ghetto, devise a plan to thwart an attempt by the Gestapo to intercept food bound for starving people behind the dark Wall.

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

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

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The book titled Claudius the God by the author Robert Graves. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Mother Crocodile by the author Birago Diop. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Wages of Guilt: Memories of War in Germany and Japan by the author Ian Buruma. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

The book titled Inside Spinal Tap by the author Peter Occhiogrosso. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Conventional criticism discusses Wordsworth's poetry in terms of what his writing might have meant then, around 1800. Antony Easthope writes about how we can read that poetry now, nearly 200...

Drawing upon a range of traditions from ancient forms of animal worship and myth-making to the living beliefs of tribal and nomadic peoples, this book explores the innumerable ways in...

The story of the Catholic Church's role in the persecution of the Jews. In this investigation, David Kertzer argues that the Roman Catholic Church's role in the historical hatred and...

Extensively revised and updated the Fifth Edition of this best-seller provides a clear, concise, and comprehensive introduction to the ideas and ideals that shake and shape our political world. Written...

A "New York Times" Notable Book "The Dazzle of Day" is a brilliant and widely celebrated mixture of mainstream literary fiction and hard SF. Molly Gloss turns her attention to...

..".unique reference source...Taking nothing for granted, Nigel Rees, author, broadcaster, and authority on the popular use of language, highlights quotes that are often misremembered and/or misattributed, pinpoints remarks that are...

Humming with the energy of millions of residents, workers, shoppers and tourists, London is one of the world's most vital modern cities. It is also a city of immense historic...

The book titled James Dean: A Portrait by the author Roy Schatt. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Fit exercise into your busy life with quick, gentle yoga programmes Give this book 15 minutes of your day and let yoga reduce tension and give you a toned, more...

The book titled Photographs by the author Prince, Duke of York Andrew. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Critical Terms for Literary Study by the author Frank Lentricchia. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Through tireless searches in archives and some very astute deductions these two ex-BBC television production executives have exposed a new dimension to Lewis Carroll's ALICE IN WONDERLAND and THROUGH THE...

The book titled Paper Ambassadors: Stamps as Political Icons by the author Denis Altman. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A selection of 30 science fiction writings which charts the development of science fiction this century, through a wide range of practitioners.

Of all types of literature, children's literature is perhaps the best loved, most varied, and most subtly influential. Its history is not merely a footnote to social history, but a...

The author of The Encyclopedia of Surfing returns with this definitive anthology of the best-ever writing about surfing, illustrated with classic and cutting-edge photographs and artwork. Hip and eclectic, the...

Traditional Chinese Medicine is as old as Chinese history. Building a Jade Screen explains this ancient and comprehensive system of health care in clear, accessible language to help patients understand...

'A fool and his words are soon parted' wrote William Shenstone in 1764; one might add that 'A wit and his words are rarely collected'. Here is the antidote: a...

The book titled The Complete Paintings by the author Paul Cezanne. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Writing Our Lives: Reflections on Dialogue Journal Writing with Adults by the author Joy Kreeft Peyton. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...