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The author-photographer team that brought us The New Eighteenth-Century Style and The New French Decor has returned with 29 all-new homes, decorated in the modernized, eclectic version of Pompadour decor...

An exclusive look behind the closed doors of Hong Kong's most extravagant and unusual homes, this elegant book, featuring 300 full-color photographs, reveals the interior style that has given the...

ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription began as a concise summary of recommendations for exercise testing and prescription primarily for cardiac patients; it has now become one of the...

In Jesus the Bridegroom, Brant Pitre once again taps into the wells of Jewish Scripture and tradition, and unlocks the secrets of what is arguably the most well-known symbol of...

Join the PEANUTS gang as they get ready for a night of trick-or-treating, bobbing for apples, and pumpkin patches. In this faithful adaptation of Its the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,...

From the creator of the TV Sunday night drama, VICTORIA, comes the exclusive standalone novel by Daisy Goodwin, author of the bestselling MY LAST DUCHESS and THE FORTUNE HUNTER. Perfect...

Dan Starkey arrives on Wrathlin Island - meteorogically wet but alcoholically dry - to investigate the residents' belief that the Messiah is alive, female, and about to start school there:...

Frank McLintock was a leading player of his generation and is acclaimed as one of Arsenal's greatest captains. After transferring from Leicester, in 1970 he led Arsenal to a famous...

Wilson rationalized the psychological dislocation so characteristic of Western creative thinking into a coherent theory of alienation, and defined those affected by it as a type: the Outsider. Through the...

Drawing from houses from all over England--from Castle Howard in Yorkshire to Stourhead in Wiltshire, from Cotehele in Cornwall to Houghton on the Norfolk coast--Gervase Jackson Stops and photographer James...

Historically and geographically, Germany sits at the crossroads of Europe, thereby absorbing a great variety of influences that have given rise to a richness and vitality of expression in many...

The discovery of a headless corpse on the rocks below cliffs on the Isle of Wight is only the beginning of a journey for DI Joe Faraday to the centre...

In a small-town high school in 1988, three misfit girls join forces to form the Bitch Goddesses, a take-no-prisoners gang of fierce teenage rebellion. Rennie, the stunningly attractive straight-A student,...

Throughout the world football is a potent force in the lives of billions of people. Focusing national, political and cultural identities, football is the medium through which the world's hopes...

They call him the Wolfman - because he takes a bite out of his victims and because they found the first victim in the East End's lonely Wolf Street. Scotland...

'I swore I'd never write another biography. Why did I say yes? Easy question, answer difficult. Amongst the shards of why, the abiding motivation is I like Robbie Coltrane. I...

This fascinating collection of nearly 200 old photographs portrays the famous heart of London between 1860 and 1960. Many of the images are previously unpublished and feature the City during...

'Absolutely brilliant... I devoured it in a few hours because it was impossible to put down... Be prepared for a rollercoaster of emotions... Had me laughing all the way through......

Otis Joy is a very good vicar - he's attracted record-breaking congregations, his parishioners admire and respect him, and the village of Foxford is very content with its lot. What...

On an otherwise unremarkable afternoon, two boys who had spent most of the day paddling about on the dark waters of the old gravel pit pulled in to the side...

Peter Diamond, the traditionalist dinosaur of Bath CID, finds the low murder rate in the city a touch frustrating, so he decides to check whether a couple of suicides which...

The Bloodhounds of Bath is a society that meets in a crypt to discuss crime novels. To their latest recruit they are simply a gaggle of dotty misfits, until one...

Carrie Foster was still young when she started breaking the law. And she took to it like a duck to water. Gordon Matthews had transgressed only once, but his crime...

Summoned at night, Peter Diamond is collected from his West London flat by two policemen who drive him to bath, where once he headed the murder squad. Out of touch...

Major Johnson has served in the army faithfully and now, in retirement, he sets about village life in the same way. But beneath the surface of a quiet village, the...

Norman Widnes was the kindest nurse his invalid wife could wish for, but Norman was so pleasant to everyonea blameless shopkeeper in a quiet town. The murder of Emma Widnes...

Following on from the book The Last Detective , ex-CID and difficult-to-work-with Peter Diamond is sacked from his latest job as a security guard at Harrods. Doggedly he turns his...

Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond is the last detective: 'not some lad out of police school with a degree in computer studies' but a genuine gumshoe, given to doorstopping and deduction....

Make sure your trip to Singapore is an Oriental dream with this essential guide. Handy maps will show you where to enjoy Singapore's best sights and shopping malls and the...

Explore ancient pyramids and tombs, and find the best spots to go diving in the Red Sea with this essential guide. Unique cutaway maps will ensure you don't miss out...

From the splendour of Capitol to the eerie beauty of Arlington National Cemetry ensure you don't miss anything with this essential guide to Washington DC. Using the unique cutaway maps...

Each chapter is devoted to one of the key elements, such as shape, surface, structure and water. Garden designs are illustrated with full colour photographs, annoted sketches and diagrams.

To many people, France is the ideal holiday destination, with a perfect balance between thriving cities and gorgeous countryside, state of the art museums and old-fashioned good food, and high...

This book is as much a celebration of the Big Apple as it is a practical guidebook. Every page is packed with photographs and illustrations which show off New York's...

The one thing that never changes about London is its frenetic pace of change. Every year, it seems, new museums open - like the Saatchi Gallery and the Zandra Rhodes...

Jack Swaab joined the veteran 51st (Highland) Infantry Division on 3 January 1943. In May 1944 he records the restless time as his regiment prepared for the invasion of Normandy....

Fully updated and expanded edition of the classic book on body-mind. What are your symptoms and illnesses telling you about yourself? In YOUR BODY SPEAKS YOUR MIND, renowned teacher and...

An expanded edition of one of Shire's bestselling books, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the London Underground. The London Underground is a pioneer and an institution. The first underground...

Bletchley Park, known to those who worked there as Station X, was the scene of one of the greatest Allied triumphs of the Second World War. The breaking of the...

Railway posters have huge appeal for the modern audience, but just what explains this continuing interest? Enduring images of iconic locomotives, bathing beauties and characters such as Sunny South Sam...

In the popular mind, the history of the railway begins in 1830 with the opening of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway. In fact, by that time the concept of the...

London is the supreme railway city. In 1900 it had fourteen railway termini, more than any other city in the world. A century later, only one of them disappeared completely,...

With a preface by Norman Davies, author of Europe: A History. Revised and updated following Russia's attack on Georgia. No longer the sick man of Europe, Russia is run by...

Connect to the infinite through yoga and experience true transformation on the physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual planes. This inspiring book teaches yoga the way the original masters envisioned it...

THE POWER OF NOW is the phenomenal bestselling self-help book of its generation - for spiritual followers of the Dalai Lama and Deepak Chopra, Eckhart Tolle demonstrates how to live...

The mutiny on HMS Bounty , in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, is one of history's truly great stories - a tale of human drama, intrigue and adventure...