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As the son of a noble family which was nearly wiped out in the Revolution and as an ambitious politician during the July Monarchy and the Second Republic, he had...

"Servants of Nature" explores the fascinating interaction between scientific practice and public life from antiquity to the present. The authors reveal how, in Asia, Europe, and the New World, advances...

The Channel Tunnel, has been one of histories most protracted and at times acrimonious, construction projects. From the paranoia of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, when there was...

This book examines the Venetian colonies of the Eastern Mediterranean and how their built environments express the close cultural ties with both Venice and Byzantium. Using the island of Crete...

Having penned hundreds of letters to his family over four decades, Freeman Dyson has framed them with the reflections made by a man now in his nineties. While maintaining that...

The ELives in MusicE series meshes biography with discography. This debut title profiles the legendary King of Blues B.B. King. An opening essay charts his life from childhood in the...

Focusing on major authors and problems from the Italian fourteenth and sixteenth centuries, from Petrarch and Boccaccio to Machiavelli, Ariosto and Tasso, A Local Habitation and a Name examines the...

What pushed Blunt, Burgess, Cairncross, Maclean and Philby into Soviet hands?With access to recently released papers and other neglected documents, this sharp analysis of the intelligence world examines how and...

One of our finest narrative historians, Lawrence James has written a genuinely new biography of Winston Churchill, one focusing solely on his relationship with the British Empire. As a young...

A sweet and heartwarming Amish romance where no disaster can conquer true love. Dairy farmer Abe Stoltzfus wants to propose to Lavinia Fisher, the beautiful young woman he's been dating,...

Dean Acheson was one of the most influential Secretaries of State in U.S. history, presiding over American foreign policy during a pivotal era--the decade after World War II when the...

As a geometric term, parabola suggests a narrative trajectory or story arc. In science fiction, parabolas take us from the known to the unknown. More concrete than themes, more complex...

It was at the height of the Cold War, in the summer of 1950, when Bruno Pontecorvo mysteriously vanished behind the Iron Curtain. Who was he, and what caused him...

Henry VIII is best known in history for his tempestuous marriages and the fates of his six wives. However, as acclaimed historian Tracy Borman makes clear in her illuminating new...

Over a remarkable career Bernard Bailyn has reshaped our understanding of the early American past. Inscribing his superb scholarship with passion and imagination honed by a commitment to rigor, Bailyn...

This highly original, extremely enjoyable book tells the story of Britain's extraordinary scramble to world power in the 18th century and how, through hubris and incompetence, it lost almost everything...

An account of one of the biggest scientific breakthroughs of the past century...In 1950 a young American zoologist, James Watson, came to Cambridge to work on molecular biology. From 1950--1953...

On election day in the capital, it is raining so hard that no one has bothered to come out to vote. The politicians are growing jittery. What's going on? Should...

A practical guide to the Sagi method of healing across space and time * Shows that we can interact with the Akashic information field to diagnose and treat illnesses nonlocally...

From bestselling and prize-winning author Paddy Ashdown, a revelatory new history of German opposition to Hitler.'Ashdown has a great gift for narrative history. He unearths little known stories and places...

The father of Communist Russia, Vladimir Ilych Lenin now seems to have emerged fully formed in the turbulent wake of World War I and the Russian Revolution. But Lenins character...

Women have been involved with jazz since its inception, but all too often their achievements were not as well known as those of their male counterparts. Some Liked It Hot...

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time 'I cannot remember when I was not fascinated by Henry Adams,' said Gore Vidal....

Anglo-Saxon Military Institutions: On the Eve of the Norman Conquest

Jack London cut a mythic figure across the American landscape of the early twentieth century. But throughout his colorful life-from his teenage years as an oyster pirate to his various...

The dramatic narrative account of the 1938 Munich appeasement conference, in which Britain agreed to Adolf Hitler's annexation of the Sudetenland in return for his promise never to go to...

Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction of 2016 Barnes and Noble Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of 2016"Intergalactic space travel meets outrageous, biting satire in Super Extra Grande.... Its author [Yoss] is...

On 5 and 6 May 1864, the Union and Confederate armies met near an unfinished railroad in central Virginia, with Lee outmanned and outgunned, hoping to force Grant to fight...

A multigenerational family saga that paints a sweeping portrait of twentieth-century Portugal First published in 1980, the City of Lisbon Prize-winning Raised from the Ground follows the changing fortunes of...

"A Planet for Rent is the English-language debut of Yoss, one of Cuba's most lauded writers of science fiction. Translated by David Frye, these linked stories craft a picture of...

Khadija's sister, Talia, has been kidnapped and stolen into the magical realm of Al-Ghaib. Khadija embarks on a quest to rescue her. But Al-Ghaib, where the sky is emerald green,...

'Not all heroes wear capes, some wear M&S cardigans! A triumph!' MIKE GAYLE'A sublime mix of comedy, drama and adventure' JILL MANSELL'Just pure joy from start to finish.' ALEXANDRA POTTERMeet...

Third in a delightful new series about puffins and teamwork for readers aged 5+.Welcome back to the island of Egg, where a group of young puffins are training to join...

'A hugely fun tale of how the super-rich buy their super-prime lairs - I was absolutely boggled throughout. Toto, I have a feeling we're not on Rightmove anymore . ....

Number One for Fiendish Fun!     This book contains an EPIC battle, a haunted house, a treasure map and a TERRIBLE TV show!     Four utterly hilarious and...

'An important and radical new literary voice' Elif BatumanIt's 2017 and Leyla, a leftwing Turkish twenty-something living in Berlin, is scrubbing toilets at an Alice in Wonderland-themed hostel in order...

'Hypnotic' New York Times'A gripping, full-throttle page-turner' Miranda Cowley Heller, bestselling author of The Paper PalaceDaphne Larsen-Hall has every reason to believe that her life as an artist in a...

Once it was a family home. Now they are all at sea...When Anna and David receive a phone call late one evening, their lives are upturned. Within minutes, they are...

Returning to the world of Shadows of the Short Days, it's time to go beyond Reykjavik to Hrimland's remote islands . . .CHANGE DOES NOT ALWAYS HAPPEN FOR THE BETTER.War...

  'An absolute must-read for fans of Clancy, Ludlum et al' Bookseller & PublisherLachlan Fox . . . the right man in the wrong placeLachlan Fox heard his name over...

Sheriff Hunter Steel lives to protect. The up and coming star in a family steeped in law enforcement, Hunter has an eye for trouble and the power to stop it....

From the glittering Gold Coast and bustling capital of Brisbane to the tropical north, where prehistoric rainforest meets the world's greatest coral reef, Queenland's coastline offers an unrivalled adventure playground....

Maria Margarita, a young woman who lives in a mining town in the heart of the Chilean Atacama desert in the 1960s, has had the gift of telling movies since...

Meet the brand-new Gods Squad led by Vesper, the bossy, football-mad adopted daughter of Elliot Hooper. Along with Virgo's son, Aster, she heads to ancient Mesoamerica to save the world...

The brand-new Gods Squad is back! Seth, the Egyptian God of War, has stolen Ra, the Sun God - and now Earth is on the brink of total destruction. Vesper...

From the New York Times bestselling author of How to Walk Away comes a stunning new novel about courage, hope, and learning to love against all odds. Cassie Hanwell was...

Fast-paced, gripping and brimming with suspense. Next of Kin delivers on every level a brilliantly plotted thriller with an unexpected twist.When Boston attorney Scott Finn agrees to defend the son...

'A meaty comedy with a bleeding heart, highly recommended for all animals who read'Joshua Cohen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The NetanyahusHerschel Caine is a soon-to-be master of the universe. His...