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The Great Philosophers brings together in one volume and in chronological order the best from our hugely successful series:- Anthony Gottlieb on Socrates Bernard Williams on Plato John Cottingham on...

The author is a geoarchaeologist who has spent many years on fieldwork in the Mediterranean. He has revealed Atlantis and its location.

A study of Everquest that provides a snapshot of multiplayer gaming culture, questions the truism that computer games are isolating and alienating, and offers insights into broader issues of work...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Laboratory for Computer Science (LCS) has been responsible for some of the most significant technological achievements of the past few decades. Much of the hardware...

Published to celebrate his 70th birthday, the memoirs of the American writer, from his childhood as the grandson of a blind southern senator, through to the establishment of his literary...

Two explorers are walking through the jungle.Suddenly they hear a tiger roar.One explorer sits down and takes a pair of running shoes out of his backpack.You're crazy, you'll never out-run...

The conventional history of nations, even continents, is a history of warfare. According to this view, all the important ideas and significant changes of humankind occured as part of an...

The Cliveden Set had its roots in South Africa immediately after the Boer War. Back in England its members formed a self-appointed pressure group. They would often meet at Cliveden...

BLOODSTAINED KINGS is an extraordinary Gothic thriller - DIE HARD meets TOSCA. Set in the American South, it is the story of the Malign influence one man - a corrupt...

The Oxford History of the British Empire is a major new assessment of the Empire in the light of recent scholarship and the progressive opening of historical records. From the...

From its humble beginnings as a novelty in a handful of cities, cinema has risen to become a billion-dollar industry and the most spectacular and original contemporary art form. It...

Completely revised and updated edition of this students' reference. For ages 10-16.

If we actually received messages from the stars, what would we do with them? Who were the five strangest mathematicians in history? What are the ten most interesting numbers? Who...

Primal curse or sacred duty? Drudgery and toil or the only sure route to human happiness? What we do defines us, and work is the subject of endless fascination. This...

This revised and expanded edition of the bestselling guide provides you with some truly amazing ways to firm your skin, fade away blemishes, smooth wrinkles, restore color to grey hair,...

St George and the Dragon is a supremely beautiful painting. It is an exquisitely rendered vision of a universal tale of good and evil. And it is also an example...

By returning to fundamental Japanese philosophies and blending them with modern management approaches, Japanese corporations were able to overcome the challenges of a slow-growth economy, reinvigorate their businesses and in...

Now that Lauren Conrad has gotten everyone all dressed up and looking their most beautiful, she gives them somewhere to go in this must-have guide to entertaining. Showcasing the same...

Whitney Port shares personal stories, beauty and fitness secrets, and tried-and-true advice on everything girls need to know to start their lives out with style Fashion trendsetter, MTV reality star,...

Travel writer Poke Rafferty is ready to let go of his Looking for Trouble series of travel books and the dangerous lifestyle that goes with it, and settle down in...

Coinciding with Australia's Bicentennial is this exciting, terrifically funny portrait of the authors' outrageous trip through the ever-surprising, always challenging Australian Bush and its indomitable inhabitants. Illustrated.

Join the world's hottest pop star on his rollercoaster ride to superstardom...plus FREE wall poster, just for you! His debut album has already gone platinum. He's sung for the President...

From one of America's iconic writers, a portrait of a marriage and a life - in good times and bad - that will speak to anyone who has ever loved...

The letters of a great English writer 'Of all the novelists in English of the last quarter-century, Penelope Fitzgerald has the most unarguable claim on greatness.' Philip Hensher * Penelope...

The hitherto untold story of the peacetime equivalent of ULTRA, an extraordinary cryptographic effort conducted in conditions of unprecedented secrecy over three decades which gave Western counter-intelligence experts a fascinating...

This collection of short stories are about country life and the open air and were first published in the 1950s. Patrick O'Brien is the author of Clarissa Oakes, The Wine-Dark...

This book focuses on the Mediterranean world of 400 years ago, but the perspective stretches back to the world of Homer, and the foreground reaches up to the 20th century....

In this new collection, the Black White Red Baby Montessori board books, the scientific studies on the visual development and the Montessori theory on the visual skills of new-borns are...

*** FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE APPEAL *** 'An absolute original' - MICK HERRON 'Hallett at her very best' - ELLY GRIFFITHS'A slice of genius' - LOUISE CANDLISH Six...

Barbara Nadel's gripping Ikmen mysteries are the inspiration behind The Turkish Detective, BBC Two's sensational eight-part TV crime drama series, out now. Dark magic is unleashed on the streets of...

The eagerly-awaited return to the acclaimed Morland Dynasty series, and the 100th novel by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles England, 1936 The reign of Edward VIII has begun, but danger for the monarchy...

' Banal Nightmare will end summer with a bang. It's about turning 37 and realising you hate everybody you know. So funny, so smart, utterly vicious - just brilliant' Zadie...

A nobleman must work with a dashing soldier to save his sister from a mystical bargain gone awry in this irresistible Regency romance from the bestselling author of Boyfriend Material...

In this major new study, James F. Stark provides the first historical account of the most dominant ideas, practices, and material cultures associated with anti-ageing and rejuvenation in modern Britain....

For the baby-faced dictator in your life, a guide to throwing shindigs that go off like an intercontinental ballistic missile. ?????! Please express profound gratitude to Revered Marshall Kim Jong-un,...

Now in its second printing, this modest work is an anthology of spiritual advice given by various of the nineteenth-century teachers of Optina Monastery in central Russia, organized thematically under...

Women frequently work harder than their male colleagues, and are often better qualified and more competent, yet they do not reach senior positions with the same apparent ease. What holds...