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'Louis Napoleon's story is certainly remarkable. Alan Strauss-Schom tells it with brio in The Shadow Emperor... This is a boldly revisionist biography... For all the corruption and repression that marked...

Axiom Business Book Award Winner in Entrepreneurship Category Learn to make creativity work for your career.Anyone, regardless of who you are or what you do, can cultivate the habits, actions,...

I.B.Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation The decline and fall of Safavid Iran is traditionally seen as the natural outcome of the unrelieved political stagnation and moral degeneration...

Author: Stephen Brumwell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 514 Winner of the prestigious George Washington Book Prize, George Washington is a vivid recounting of the formative years and military career...

Author: James V. Catano Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 232 In 1925, Spitzer called for a science of style that described literary texts in terms of philology and comparative linguistics....

Author: Roger S. Durham Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 544 High Seas and Yankee Gunboats tells of the harrowing adventures of two men from Savannah, Georgia, who sought to breach...

This book sets out to explore the way, with the onset of a new and integral relationship between text and image, the modern poster is able to evolve distinctive persuasive...

Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough, A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse - and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness - And Wilderness were...

George I. Sanchez was a reformer, activist, and intellectual, and one of the most influential members of the "Mexican American Generation" (1930-1960). A professor of education at the University of...

"Without Lenin there would have been no socialist revolution in 1917. Of this much we can be certain."Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, leader of the October 1917 uprising, is one of the...

On Luneberg Heath in 1945, the German High Command surrendered to Field Marshall Montgomery; in 2015, seventy years after this historic triumph, the last units of the British Army finally...

Do you want success? More success than you have now? And even more success than you ever imagined possible? That is what this book is about. Achieving it. No gimmicks....

The story of maverick scientist Candace Pert, whose groundbreaking research introduced the world to the mind-body connection, opioid receptors, and peptide T, and her fight for recognition in a toxic...

The SAS are used to deaths during combat - it goes with the turf.     But when one of their own is said to have committed suicide in Thailand,...

In The Ledger and the Chain, prize-winning historian Joshua D. Rothman tells the disturbing story of the Franklin and Armfield company and the men who built it into the largest...

In Snow Food, chef and skier, Lindor Wink, shares 70 of his favourite winter dishes. Inspired from the heart of snowy alpine winters, Lindor's recipes are simple and easy for...

** WINNER Fortnum and Masons Cookery Book of the year 2023 **** WINNER Jane Grigson Award 2022 **** Shortlisted IACP Cookbook awards 2023 **A beautiful cookbook that celebrates the wonderfully...

A sweeping history of the origins, development, and future of herbaria and their role in plant consternation. The American Gardener Since the 1500s, scientists have documented the plants and fungi...

As Taylor Swift releases her 11th studio album, The Tortured Poet's Department, catch up on all her previous eras through the ultimate fan book. Are you a Fearless enthusiast or...

Discover the inner workings of our relationship with dogs in this gentle, informed and fun look at the reasons why we love our four-legged friends. Many of us know the...

Discover the inner workings of our relationship with cats in this gentle, informed and fun look at the reasons why we love our four-legged friends. Many of us know the...

"A marvelous bombshell of a book, by one of our most formidably knowledgeable and insightful writers on film, it is filled with surprises and witty asides. Though Thomson is quick...

Give yourself the gift of an all-natural facelift from the comfort of your own home.Using a combination of facial exercise, yoga and massage, you can achieve a brighter complexion, improve...

Out of print for many years, this is a brand new edition of the definitive companion to the acclaimed Aubrey-Maturin series of novels, written by the author himself. What was...

The first installment of Robin Hobb's New York Times bestselling fantasy epic, The Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy), comes to life in comics form! When the illegitimate son of a royal...

Uncork a whole new take on the fascinating story of wine, captivatingly told by everyone's favourite wine expert Oz Clarke. This fully updated edition takes us through the riveting twists...

Find Eevee and friends in this ultimate search and find! Eevee is a special Pokemon as it can evolve into 8 different Pokemon! Find them all in every scene of...

Since the 1920s, an endless flow of studies has analyzed the political systems of fascism, theseizure of power, the nature of the regimes, the atrocities committed, and, finally, the wars...

Did you hear about the two radios that got married? The reception was fantastic. This cheesy-but-grate book is jam-packed with unbearable puns that are so bad, they're good.This collection features...

The Brick of Dad Jokes is the ultimate collection of puns, quips, and corny one-liners that is sure to get eyes rolling.Why do melons have weddings? Because they cantaloupe! The...

Author: P.B. Diffley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 290 This is the first detailed life of the Italian humanist Paolo Beni (1553-c.1625), who in his lifetime was famous as a...

Author: E.A. Loew Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 424 0

Author: Kate Cooper Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 FINALIST: THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2023 The vibrant and surprising lives of the women in Augustine's Confessions While many know of...

Author: Nick Romeo Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 Winners Take All meets Nickel and Dimed in this provocative debunking of accepted wisdom, providing the pathway to a sustainable, survivable...

Author: Michael Blanding Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 The true story of a self-taught sleuth's quest to prove his eye-opening theory about the source of the world's most famous...

Author: Patrick Symmes Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 From the author of "Chasing Che, " the remarkable tale of a group of boys at the heart of Cuba's political...

Author: Mark Stewart Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 252 On April 8, 1999, at Turner Field in Atlanta, Major League Baseball celebrated the 25th anniversary of Henry Aaron's 715th home...

Author: K.B. McFarlane Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 261 This book was originally a series of lectures by McFarlane, which were prepared by G. L. Harriss for book format ....

A beautifully illustrated gift book celebrating the beauty, power, and joy of female friendship. Wingman: a pilot who flies behind and outside the leader of a flying formation.While researching her...

This comprehensive guide to wine appreciation teaches you everything you need to know, from selecting the perfect bottle to pairing it with your favorite meal.Wine is more than just a...

Here are over 160 more hilariously hokey knee-slappers and puns in this third volume of The World's Greatest Dad Jokes. Tired of the same humdrum ill-fitting pants quips, or jabs...

A compelling new biography of Camilla, Queen Consort, that reveals how she transformed her role and established herself as one of the key members of the royal family. For many...

The debut picture book from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin'. Told with Julie Murphy's trademark humor and heart, this is a clever, funny body-positive story about...

A stylish celebration of some of the greatest buildings in Britain, from the 20th century and beyond, from the country's leading organisation for the protection of 20th century architecture.This fascinating...

Ideal for readers of 6+ with an interest in design and construction [...] From treehouses to skyscrapers, timber to future tech, Clarke's well-judged text is heightened by Sae-Heng's bright, flat...

The most scandalous Royal book of the year In a rapidly changing world the Royal Family own swathes of the country, most of the seabed and more money than anyone...

Julius Caesar is part historical figure and part legend. He was a complex individual, a most brilliant politician, a most successful general, a most accomplished psychologist. He grew up in...

The last century of the Roman Republic saw the consensus of the ruling elite shattered by a series of high-profile politicians who proposed political or social reform programmes, many of...