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Evolutionary psychologist geoffrey Miller shows the evolutionary power of sexual choice, and the reason why our ancestors became attracted not only to pretty faces and healthy bodies, but to minds...

Selected as one of the "great gardening books" of the century, George Schenk's book is simply the best on this popular gardening subject.

What would you do if you could live to 122, like the Frenchwoman Madame Calment, whose life span is the oldest ever recorded? What if you could do so and...

In his books-the memoir of the Second World War, the two large volumes on the presidency, the incomplete autobiography written near the end of his life-Eisenhower related the course of...

Our rate of oil discovery has reached its peak and will never be exceeded; rather, it is certain to decline?erhaps rapidly?orever forward. Meanwhile, over the past century, we have developed...

Behind this decision lay another. Whose forces would be the first to reach Berlin? General Dwight David Eisenhower, supreme commander of the British and American armies, chose to halt at...

A New York Times Top 10 Best Book of the Year A Washington Post Notable Book Theirs was the most captivating American political partnership since Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger:...

A hypnotic journey in the company of one of the world's most acclaimed Egyptologists over the fabled river telling how the Nile continually brought life to an ancient civilization now...

ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZE PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST The epic story of the rise and fall of the...

The people of Perizzi have survived the battlemage war, but their future is looking darker than ever... BYRNE is a member of the Watch, investigating a series of murders in...

'The noises were fuzzy in the darkness. Like hearing a domestic dispute through an apartment wall. As a cop, it was a scenario I'd experienced many times as I'd approached...

'First there was Fire and Fury , then there was Siege , now there is Landslide . The third is the best of the three' Guardian 'Cruel, unforgiving, muckracking, scandalous...

June Han has forged a life thousands of miles from her birthplace: she has built a business in New York, survived a husband, borne a child. But her past holds...

The book titled Russia: Dispatches from the "Guardian's" Correspondent in Moscow by the author Martin Walker. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

In this fascinating and far-reaching book, Newsweek science writer Sharon Begley reports on how cutting-edge science and the ancient wisdom of Buddhism have come together to reveal that, contrary to...

On the morning of the 10th December 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven-year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist experienced a massive stroke when a blood vessel exploded in the left side of...

Clarissa was born into wealth and privilege, as a child, shooting and hunting were the norm and pigeons were flown in from Cairo for supper. Her mother was an Australian...

As another Tuscan summer begins, the arrival of a strange and exceptionally gifted young artist at the seventeenth century palazzo in which Tullio lives with his wife Claudia, promises to...

The book titled Circle of Friends by the author Maeve Binchy. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Malcom Hillier's Wreaths and Garlands by the author Malcolm Hillier. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

1995 sees the launch of "Explorapedia", a children's encyclopedia on CD-ROM. Journalist Fred Moody spent a year with the designers and shared the exhilaration and frustration characteristic of Bill Gates'...

The book titled The Sun at Noon: Anatomy of Modern Japan by the author Dick Wilson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

This selection of 239 poems is supported by a critical introduction, very full explanatory notes, a bibliographical summary of Yeats's life, maps, a glossary of Irish names and places and...

This study of Shaw is an attempt to provide a record of the impact Shaw made on his contemporaries and of the way in which he presented himself and his...

A collection of pieces of memoir by contemporary international writers. Edited by the author of 'IF THE SPIRIT MOVES YOU'.

'No one could fail to be gripped by his heartfelt excitement and emotion over what was the adventure of a lifetime.' Independent At the age of twenty-three, Bear Grylls became...

The book titled Accounting for Non-accountants by the author Graham Mott. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled About Face by the author David H. Hackworth. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Girls Night out by the author Kathy Lette. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Nancy Wake by the author Russell Braddon. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The bestselling author of A WEDDING IN DECEMBER returns with a scintillating new novel about a young widow torn between loving two brothers during one long New England summer. At...

The incredible true story of British special agents Eileen and Jacqueline Nearne, sisters who risked everything to fight for freedom during the Second World War. When elderly recluse Eileen Nearne...

This practical and inspiring guide to negotiating life's passages -- especially career change and retirement -- takes readers on a richly rewarding voyage of self-discovery. The ultimate destination: personal as...

Take a fantastic voyage through the whorls and curves of the human brain, no miniaturisation required. Learn everything from how quickly you can possibly think (and that left-handed people think...

The Bloomsbury Classic Series has established itself as the preeminent hardcover poetry and literary collection -- books to be cherished, savored, and given on special occasions.To this series we now...

You can blame gluten, lack of exercise, or hormones for a number of our most common maladies, but the truth is, there's often one big, overlooked culprit: dehydration. Humans are...

This ambitious, wide-ranging, exhaustively researched book is a compelling attempt to grasp the very nature of war. It takes us through the soldier's experience in its entirety - from the...

From inside the chicken factory, a report on the real cost of chicken for farmers, workers, and consumers Anthropologist Steve Striffler begins this book in a poultry processing plant, drawing...

With this second volume of memoirs, Jay Landesman continues the saga of an obscure cult figure who fought and clawed his way through life in America only to end up...

Each of the 18 essays in this collection looks at a different artist within the framework of specific theoretical and historical questions. The art movements covered include Nouveau Realisme in...

From the makers of the Calm app comes a complete guide to sleep - its science, history, mysteries, and remedies from all around the world - and how to do...

The definitive account of D-Day from the author of international bestsellers Stalingrad and Berlin The Normandy Landings that took place on D-Day involved by far the largest invasion fleet ever...

The Sunday Times bestseller now with extraordinary new material on the horsemeat scandal In 2004 Felicity Lawrence published her ground-breaking book, Not on the Label, where, in a series of...

What would the world now look like if the historical events we are all so familiar with had turned out completely differently? What if Britain had stayed out of the...

"The election happened," remembers Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, then deputy secretary of the Department of Energy. "And then there was radio silence." Across all departments, similar stories were playing out- Trump appointees...

This defining period in world history is explored and explained as never before. World War II is captured in hundreds of compelling images, presenting the people, places, and politics involved...