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The author journeys back into his own family's past to investigate the century-old murder of his great-great-grandfather, a revolutionary and legendary bandit known as the Monk, and the conspiracy of...

'You've disappointed me. You had all the potential in the world. You could have been so much.' William Adair, patriarch, doting father of three girls, Men's Tennis Club Champion from...

Elizabeth II has lived through the Abdication, the Blitz and World War Two, the sex and spy scandals of the swinging sixties, the Cold War and the nuclear threat and...

In December 1937 a naive young Englishman slipped across the Spanish frontier to fight for the Republican cause. In the third volume of his autobiographical trilogy, which began with "Cider...

An internationally respected commentator on financial markets, credited with predicting the Global Financial crisis and featured in the 2010 Oscar-winning documentary Inside Job, Satyajit Das is our finest writer about...

SAVING THE "POLLY WOODSIDE" Charles Treleaven was a leading figure in the fight to save Melbourne's heritage sailing ship "Polly Woodside" for future generations. For many years, he not only...

Men and How To Manage Them by 'An Old Housekeeper' is a facsimile edition of a book originally published in 1885 by A.H. Massina in Melbourne. It is augmented with...

Each edition of this unique series marries a collection of previously published essays with detailed practical information, creating a colorful and deeply absorbing pastiche of opinions and advice. Each book...

Fat-burning is a revolutionary development in the history of slimming because it combines safe rapid weight loss with lasting results. The benefits include satisfactory weight reduction and the provision of...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. Richard Dawkins - author of The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker , and The God Delusion - is one of science's greatest communicators. This anthology of...

An unforgettable story of love and adventure set in one of the world s last unspoiled wildernesses. For Libby Bass, expert in whale and dolphin communication, the job in New...

The year is 1949. In the bombed-out ruins of Cologne, Hanno Dasch is king. Director of the most successful black market operation in post-war Germany, Dasch has kept his clients...

In White Egrets, Derek Walcott treats his characteristic subjects - the Caribbean's complex colonial legacy, the Western artistic tradition, the blessings and withholdings of old Europe (Andalucia, the Mezzogiorno, Amsterdam),...

Andrew Motion's new collection offers a ground-breaking variety of lyrics, love poems and elegies, in which private domains of feeling infer other lives and a shared humanity - exploring how...

Did you know that most of the biggest indie filmmakers, screenwriters, and producers working today each made the same avoidable mistakes early on in their careers? The Reel Truth details...

Many of the great books of English literature were first published without their authors' names upon them. But why did authors choose anonymity? And how did it excite the curiosity...

AN ACCIDENTAL DEATH? Reporter Annika Bengtzon is working on the story of a devastating crime when she hears that a journalist investigating the same incident has been killed. It appears...

The chilling second novel from the Scandinavian crime queen 'That night he did something so controversial that he'd rather be suspected of murder than tell anyone what he was really...

No human being has ever seen a triceratops or velociraptor or even the mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex. They left behind only their impressive bones. So how can scientists know what colour...

"Bad truck, bad guy; bad wave, bad bye . . ." A boy and his family are packing up their old home, and the morning feels scary and sad. But...

Join Curious George as he snoops around a wide variety of houses and homes. Twelve full-to-bursting spreads represent home interiors from lighthouses to castles. Jaunty rhymes introduce each inviting scene...

When five little monkeys eat some ice cream and play in the mud, they become icky, sticky monkeys . . . and Mama says it's time for a bath! But...

George and Harold aren't bad kids. They just like to 'liven things up' for everybody. Unfortunately, their thoughtful jokes sometimes get them into a lot of trouble. When Professor Pippy...

A Nightmare Come True As a member of the most powerful family history has ever known, thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill has been shot at, kidnapped, and even thrown into a pit...

The Cahill family has a secret. For five hundred years, they have guarded the 39 Clues thirty-nine ingredients in a serum that transforms whomever takes it into the most powerful...

A STOLEN MASTERPIECEFor the past 500 years the Cahills have been the world's most powerful family. For 500 years they've guarded their secrets with their very lives. Until now.The Cahills...

An intimate investigation of the world's largest experiment in social engineering, revealing how its effects will shape China for decades to come, and what that means for the rest of...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the...

With her characteristic humour and insight, Bettina Arndt proposes a new approach to how couples can enjoy regular sex-and sustain loving relationships. In The Sex Diaries Australia's best known sex...

Most writing about strategy has focused on individual strategic theorists or great military leaders. This book focuses instead on the messy processes by which rulers and states have framed strategy...

A wide variety of optical instruments exists in which the human eye forms an integral part of the system. This book provides a detailed description of the visual ergonomics of...

A collection of essays on workers' efforts in the 19th and 20th centuries to assert control over the processes of production in US. It describes the development of management techniques...

Photographs and text celebrate the boroughs of New York, focusing on such landmarks as Ellis Island, St. Patrick's Cathedral, the Chrysler Building, Central Park, Yankee Stadium, Coney Island, and the...

These 31 stunning, full-page illustrations offer a modern spin on a variety of classic tattoo themes. The beautifully detailed designs include anchors, dragons, pinups, roses, skulls, snakes, swallows, and more....

This acclaimed work marked the debut of one of the 20th century's most brilliant and important authors. Virginia Woolf's captivating exploration of a young woman's growing self-awareness parallels a shipboard...

According to legend, runaway slaves could attain a sort of freedom by breaking off a branch - the Golden Bough - from a sacred tree. If the runaway could kill...

A masterful work that recaptures the spirit of 18th-century English life, Tom Jones was an instant sensation upon its 1749 publication. The mock epic traces the adventures of its lusty,...

At the dawn of World War I, Siegfried Sassoon exchanged his pursuits of cricket, fox-hunting, and romantic verse for army life amid the muddy trenches of France. The first English...

Bureaucrats perform most of the tasks of government, profoundly influencing the daily lives of Americans. But who, or what, controls what bureaucrats do? John Brehm and Scott Gates examine who...

A scientist known for unraveling the complexities of the universe over millions of years, Sir Martin Rees now warns that humankind is potentially the maker of its own demise--and that...

The subject of a New York Times Magazine cover story of December 8, 1996, David Ellwood is one of the country's leading experts on poverty. In this book he describes...