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The eighth Simon Serrailler case 'Not all great novelists can write crime fiction but when one like Susan Hill does the result is stunning' Ruth Rendell The cathedral town of...

In a Japan still rigid with tradition, an apprehensive fifteen-year-old tea-house girl prepares to welcome her first client. In his gleaming white uniform, Lieutenant Pinkerton walks up the hill to...

An extraordinary and hugely topical story of a Jewish man's passion for the Arab world. he Orientalist is the extraordinary story of a Jewish man's passion for the Arab world...

A vivid history of how Cold War politics helped solve one of the twentieth century's biggest refugee crises. When World War II ended, about one million people whom the Soviet...

A gripping history of the Soviet dissident movement, which hastened the end of the USSR and still provides a model of opposition in Putin's Russia. Beginning in the 1960s, the...

Hailed as a breakthrough in the understanding of human evolution, The History and Geography of Human Genes offers the first full-scale reconstruction of where human populations originated and the paths...

Jack, an apprentice bard and just beginning to learn the secrets of his mysterious master when he and his little sister are captured by Viking chief, Olaf One-Brow, and taken...

Salt Dancers is at once a brilliant portrait of an American family, a story of the secrets families guard, and a moving account of one woman's journey back to a...

By the author of Jazz Singing, this biography documents Sinatra's lengthy career in popular music, from the Skinny Years in the '30s and '40s to the Tux Years of the...

These translated poems were written by 2 ladies of the Heian court of Japan between the ninth and eleventh centuries A.D. The poems speak intimately of their authors' sexual longing,...

A guidebook to personal fulfilment and professional success through "principle-centered leadership" based on timeless principles - showing how goals of excellence and total quality express an innate human need for...

Against the sweeping backdrop of western Sicily, in a riveting seven-year quest, Frank Viviano pieces together his own harrowing ancestral history of betrayal and redemption. His take is haunted, from...

To the English, George III is the king who went mad; to most Americans he is the king stigmated in the declaration of independence as "unfit to be the ruler...

"This finely crafted thriller by a former Australian spy deserves wide acclaim for its deft handling of complex political and moral issues."Brian Toohey author of SECRET - The making of...

I think I am a medium but how do I know? I don't see Spirit ...am I still a medium? How do I develop my ability? If you have asked...

In June 1880, the reign of the Kelly Gang ended - guns blazing - in a fiery siege at the Glenrowan Inn. Ned Kelly survived, only to be hanged four...

Would you like to go inside the minds of the country's top business experts? Would you like to learn how to grow your revenue quickly and in turn become the...

Work when you can, care for your kids and still make money After the birth of my daughter, I kept meeting other mothers who wanted to work at home. They...

This is a must read for women who care about their financial future. Fraud is one of the fastest growing industries in the world and you are a target. Trish...

Deep Listening to Nature is an invitation to open our ears to the natural world. Beginning by tuning in to the sounds of creatures around us, Andrew discusses how to...

Ellis described the fungi: Growing, they look like dolls dressed up in fluted lace petticoats ... Some are apple green, others mauve; one is black, and another has a scarlet...

The Medieval Theologians provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the period through an examination of the key individual theologians of the time. Chronologically arranged, it allows students to explore...

Customise your home and garden with these unique mosaic projects, created using everything from ready-made mosaic tiles in glass and ceramic to salvaged materials like old crockery or buttons for...

Lose weight, look younger, reduce the risk of illness, and feel more energized--all while still eating the foods you love. This revolutionary diet plan is based on what scientists call...

Book Excerpt: ...far to seaward. The captain had risen earlier than usual, and set out down the beach, his cutlass swinging under the broad skirts of the old blue coat,...

Have you ever watched a big-budget Hollywood movie and wondered "How did they do that?" or, perhaps, "How can I do that?" While digital technology greatly simplifies the filmmaking process,...

A captivating novel about an immigrant Vietnamese family who settles in New Orleans and struggles to remain connected to one another as their lives are inextricably reshaped. This stunning debut...

The historical adult debut novel by # 1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Kate, The Orphan's Song is a sweeping love story about family and music-and the secrets each...

To the beginner, the star-filled night sky can seem mysterious and unfathomable. But with this book as a guide the awesome nature of the Cosmos is brought down to Earth....

Written by Matthew Todd, editor of Attitude , the UK's best-selling gay magazine, Straight Jacket is a revolutionary clarion call for gay men, the wider LGBT community, their friends and...

There is confusion in many minds as to what Freemasons do and what they represent, largely because of the mystery and secrecy surrounding many of their practices. This book hopes...

As she sits in her Bloomsbury home, with her two birds for company, elderly Harriet Baxter sets out to relate the story of her acquaintance, nearly four decades previously, with...

Yashim is no ordinary detective. It's not that he's particularly brave. Or that he cooks so well, or reads French novels. Not even that his best friend is the Ambassador...

In his highly acclaimed debut, A Pale View of Hills, Kazuo Ishiguro tells the story of Etsuko, a Japanese woman now living alone in England, dwelling on the recent suicide...

Death in Holy Orders is set in an Anglican theological college on a desolate stretch of the East Anglian coast. When the body of one of the students is found...

'This terse account of an American girl's breakdown and treatment gains its considerable power from an objectivity that is extraordinary considering the nature of the material. Sylvia Plath's attention had...

'The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.'5 criminals brought together in a framed line-up 27 bodies in Long Beach harbour 1 dying, terrified...

A trip up memory drive in the familiar cars your Dad knew and loved. Good old Dad and his good old Dad's car. As solid and dependable as the man...

Following "Around the World in 80 Days", this book accompanies Michael Palin's second travel series on BBC Television. It is a record of his continuous land and sea journey from...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber comes the first book in a series set in the beloved Pacific Northwest town of Cedar Cove. From #1 New York...

The bestselling author of Acupressure's Potent Points (more than 275,000 sold) joins an expert in emotional healing to present the first book combining acupressure with other body therapies to relieve...