Best Sellers - Individual titles

On 25 February 1956, twenty-three-year-old Sylvia Plath walked into a party and immediately spotted Ted Hughes. The sensational aspects of the Plath-Hughes relationship have dominated the cultural landscape to such...

From Agincourt to Waterloo, from Dunkirk to the Gulf War, and everywhere in between, one man has served in all these battles. This is the story of Britain at war...

Daniel Cambridge is a thirty-three year old compulsive-obsessive. He knows the exact wattage of the bulbs in his flat, and will panic if the wattage isn't kept constant. This makes...

RESURRECTION! The hungry dead have risen. They shamble down the street. They hide in backyards, car parks, shopping centres. They devour our neighbours, dogs and policemen. And they are here...

Spring 1940. With Britons facing what has become known as the Bore War - nothing much seems to have happened yet - Maisie Dobbs is asked to investigate the disappearance...

The Momo Cookbook provides an exciting opportunity to experiment with the spices and subtle flavours of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, but the rich location photography and detailed desciptions of life...

How can a woman cope...survive...and even thrive again after divorce? There are no easy answers. Kari West and Noelle Quinn offer their experience and companionship to the reader along a...

Century, brevet, cross-state, and ultra distance, there is only one book that covers them all. "Distance Cycling" is a comprehensive guide for planning, training and competing in long-distance events. These...

Infinitely practical and packed with powerful insights, Bike Racing 101 is the single best resource for cycling enthusiasts who are ready to move from the sidelines to cycling competition. From...

This fast-facts reference offers an engaging, easy-to-understand introduction to the tools and how-to's of digital scanning and photography. Home users learn the basics for using the latest digital imaging technologies...

Andrew Morton, well-connected British royal biographer and the author of Diana: Her True Story, is writing a new book about Diana's son Prince William and his soon-to-be wife, Kate Middleton....

Lily and Monty s new baby is a gorgeous bunny, but she just won t sleep at night. Grandma, Tortoise, Possum, Butterfly and Bat are full of helpful advice, but...

In this exquisite collection of essays and photographs, women writers pay tribute to some of the most influential women of our time. Spanning our century and culture, these intimate portraits...

A witty, playful, intriguing and ultimately very moving novel of identity and loss. 'Stories are the only thing that defy death. Stories are truth. I hereby give you mine...' Peking,...

James Halliday's Varietal Wines is the first book that puts Australian varietal wines into a world context. Profiles of more than 80 varieties - including classic, second tier and lesser...

When the fast-attack nuclear submarine USS Tulsa sinks in the Norwegian Sea following a collision with a Russian sub, the Russians are slow to act and 36 precious hours are...

Solve all levels and types of sudoku, kakuro and crossword puzzles Tired of breezing through collections of the same sort of puzzle? With a mixture of over 175 sudoku, kakuro...

Providing information about soft furnishings which is fundamental to design and is essential for those considering a career in interior decoration and design, this book enables students to acquire an...

Former police detective Alex Quick finds it impossible to refuse when a young family friend begs for her help in discovering which of his friends is a thief. Following a...

Confronted with a declining jobs base, deepening social problems and apparent indifference on the part of central government, many British cities made an "entrepreneurial turn" during the 1980s and 1990s....

When Tig Hague kissed goodbye to his fiancee, Lucy, he was already thinking of his return. The couple were going house-hunting, looking for their first home together. Tig was only...

This is the second collection of A. K. Dewdney's popular "Computer Recreations" columns, drawn from "Scientific American". The author discusses some of today's hottest topics including chaos, computer viruses, and...

The world is changing at an ever-increasing pace. Most of us have accepted the idea that the World Wide Web is now an important part of life and here to...

This is a practical handbook for regular exercisers and active sports participants who are keen to learn more about the invaluable contribution cycling can make to a well-balanced training programme....

Beatrix Campbell argues that Diana was hounded by a press that regarded her as an easy target. Her exposure of the coldness of the royal family was part of her...

Widely esteemed as the Queensland Police Commissioner who in 1976 defied Premier Bjelke-Petersen, Ray Whitrod candidly reflects on a distinguished career from the Depression years as an Adelaide police cadet...

The collaboration of a master story-teller and a brilliant film maker brings us the story of a remarkable journey from the streets of post war Saigon to the suburbs of...

The only dictionary with detailed word lists and definitions for all subject areas. The Macquarie Study Dictionary represents the ultimate concept in dictionaries. Its innovations make it the dictionary of...

Dr Ravi Kapoor has reached the end of his tether. He is over-worked and exhausted; his South London hospital is out of funds; and reporters are hounding him about a...

Liquid crystals in the last two decades have become part of a technological explosion, leading to advances in areas as diverse as oil recovery, the production of temperature sensors--from medical...

These two narrative cycles, both written during a highpoint of Goethe's career, address various social issues and reveal his experimentation with narrative and perspective. A traditional cycle of novellas, "Conversations...

Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, a novel of self-realization greatly admired by the Romantics, has been called the first Bildungsroman and has had a tremendous influence on the history of the German...

Through a set of lively anecdotes and essays, Nathaniel Borenstein traces the divergence between the fields of software engineering and user-centered software design, and attempts to reconcile the needs of...