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For over fifty years numerous public intellectuals and social theorists have insisted that community is dead. Some would have us believe that we act solely as individuals choosing our own...

Object structures are the equivalent of data structures in conventional programming. This work shows how to apply object-oriented component design techniques and offers a detailed analysis of object structures. It...

India is widely recognised as a new global powerhouse. It has become one of the world's emerging powers, rivalling China in terms of global influence. Yet people still know relatively...

In a portable mini format with a durable vinyl cover, this thesaurus is the perfact size to slip into a briefcase or bag. Suitable for travel, at home or the...

Louise de la Balliere is the middle section of The Vicomte de Bragelonne or, Ten Years After. Against a tender love story, Dumas continues the suspense which began with The...

The word 'liberal', as part of our political vocabulary comes from Spain. It was first used to describe a group of radical patriots cooped up in Cadiz, refugees from the...

One of the New York Times 's 100 Notable Books of 2016 One of NPR's 10 Best Books of 2016 "Heartachingly relevant...the Eleanor Roosevelt who inhabits these meticulously crafted pages...

During a much-needed holiday Maigret pulls a prank on colleague Janvier When Maigret's holiday plans go awry he and his wife spend their vacation in Paris, on the condition that...

The adventures of the well-loved clerical sleuth, collected in a single volume and introduced by Michael D. Hurley Shabby and lumbering, with a face like a Norfolk dumpling, Father Brown...

A breath of optimism and hope from one of the world's most respected political commentators In this urgent new book, Noam Chomsky surveys the threats and prospects of our early...

In 1412, Europe was a miserable backwater, while the Orient was home to dazzling civilizations. So how did the West come to dominate the Rest? In this vital, brilliant book,...

'Is it possible to read a book about the men who profited from the financial crisis and enjoy it so much that you laugh out loud? In the hands of...

A land before time - a journey beyond belief . . . Unlucky in love, but desperate to prove himself in an adventure, journalist Ed Malone is sent to test...

Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia is not merely an A-Z guide to the artists and bands who have shaped jazz, but it also tracks the history of jazz and its changing...

Offers unexpurgated translation of the best-known tales including such classics as 'Sindbad the Sailor' The tales told by Shahrazad over a thousand and one nights to delay her execution by...

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov(1860-1904) may be likened to his contemporaries, the "pointilliste" painters. Piece by piece, episode by episode, character by character, he constructs in prose a survey of the human...

"All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds" It was the indifferent shrug and callous inertia that this "optimism" concealed which so angered Voltaire, who found...

Struggling manufacturer, Robert Moore has introduced labour saving machinery to his Yorkshire mill, arousing a ferment of unemployment and discontent among his workers. Robert considers marriage to the wealthy and...

Why are faces so different, so full of expression yet so often ambiguous? What makes some alluring, others ugly and why should it matter? Indeed, why do we have faces...

Nick's grandfather Geordie lies dying. As Nick watches, Geordie starts to relive the horrors surrounding his brother's death and his own terrible experiences during the First World War. Meanwhile, Nick...

Barbara Vine has sold over a million copies in Penguin Paperback Jenny's marriage is loveless, and she is having an affair. She works at an old people's home, where she...

An omnibus including two stories in the Fairacre series: Village Centenary and Summer at Fairacre. The two stories recount the everyday life of this small but lively Cotswold village, all...

The first edition of this book outlined what amounted to a breakthrough in the analysis of social behaviour. Since then it has become widely used as an introductory textbook of...

Unlike most writers, who give a European eye-view of a Turkey that mourns all that is lost, and consider it in the light of a holiday resort, this book explores...

Take a pinch of unease. Stir it into a large dollop of the macabre, add a generous helping of dark and stylish wit, garnish with the bizarre and what do...

This text offers practical insights into the human side of software development. It brings together ideas on all the human issues of software development: quality and productivity, teamwork, group dynamics,...

In the course of a career, practically every software developer will encounter several projects that are objectively "doomed to fail." In this best-selling book, now in paperback, Ed Yourdon presents...

The worldwide bestselling autobiography of a man with a unique gift for communicating with horses. A man whose gift is recognised by top horse breeders and racehorse trainers throughout the...

9780099511168 A startling and terrifying expose of the political ambitions of the Christian Right in America - and a clarion call for everyone who cares about freedom. They disseminate their...

THE PRICE OF CIVILIZATION reveals why we must - and how we can - change our entire economic culture in this time of crisis. One of the world's most brilliant...

Vintage Classics brings you one of the most admired, best loved and most influential novels in the history of English literature Discover one of the most admired, best loved and...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Washington insiders operate by a proven credo: When a Peter Schweizer book drops, duck and brace for impact. For over a decade, the work of six-time...

The Inspiration for the New Podcast Featuring Jason Rezaian. "544 Days" is a Spotify original podcast, produced by Gimlet, Crooked Media and A24. The dramatic memoir of the journalist who...

The blockbuster #1 national bestseller, now updated with a new preface and postcript: Bret Baier, the Chief Political Anchor for Fox News Channel and the Anchor and Executive Editor of...

As a follow up to his phenomenal New York Times bestselling memoir, Highest Duty , Captain Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger explores exactly what it takes to lead and inspire. In...

"Bold and refreshing... Korda writes with great elegance and flair." --Wall Street Journal Michael Korda's brilliant work of history takes the reader back to the summer of 1940, when fewer...

Now in paperback: RFK Jr. describes his life growing up Kennedy in a tumultuous time in history that eerily echoes the issues of nuclear confrontation, religion, race, and inequality that...

From the million-copy bestselling author of The Lost Bookshop ' A delicious book that I couldn't resist devouring in one sitting. It was a delight to lose myself in the...

THE SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER A Times Best History Book of the Year; A Waterstones Best Book of the Year 'Reads like a thriller... I couldn't put Max Hastings's new...

Special unjacketed hardback edition of the final part of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings . This edition features the complete story with a unique cover design...

A classic of travel writing, A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush is Eric Newby's iconic account of his journey through one of the most remote and beautiful wildernesses on...

The previously uncollected occasional prose of a great English writer -- full of wit, feeling and illumination WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HERMIONE LEE 'Twice in your life you know that...