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It has become fashionable in the West to argue that hysteria has disappeared, indeed to challenge the notion that it ever existed. Hysteria's symptoms, first recorded by Hippocratic doctors in...

This book is a reference source for fuchsia enthusiasts which will serve as a guide for all those who are keen to either start or broaden their collection of plants....

Winner of the prestigious Paul A. Samuelson Award for scholarly writing on lifelong financial security, John Cochrane's Asset Pricing now appears in a revised edition that unifies and brings the...

Clare Balding's brilliant new book of very British adventures 'Growing up on a racing yard, I used to know the geography of the UK only by racecourses. A bit like...

From neolithic farm cats to ancient Egypt's feline deities to modern house pets, and from the first cat show in 1598 with prizes for the best ratter and best mouser...

The inspirational story of a former Microsoft executive s quest to build libraries around the world and share the love of books What s happened since John Wood left Microsoft...

Ex-deniable operator Nick Stone seems to be living his dream, not a care in the world as he steers his camper van round the surfing and parachuting centres of Australia,...

With five previous books and more than 1.5 million copies sold, "The Darwin Awards" is a pop culture phenomenon. Honoring those who improve the species by accidentally removing themselves from...

"Compelling, persuasive, and useful no matter where you are in your life."-Chelsea Handler, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Life Will Be the Death of Me "A bracingly honest,...

George W. Bush's election and the fear and confusion of September 11 combined to allow a small group of radical intellectuals to seize the reins of US national security policy....

Anna Pigeon returns?in the remarkable new novel from the "New York Times"?bestselling writer. It is January, and Park Ranger Anna Pigeon is sent to Isle Royale in Lake Superior to...

Lawyer Paul Madriani is called upon to defend a brilliant research physician -- who just may be a killer.

From the bestselling author of A Sudden Change of Heart and Where You Belong comes the spellbinding story of four women transformed by old memories and surprising revelations when they...

From the critically acclaimed author of Atlas of Unknowns and Aerogrammes , a tour de force set in South India that plumbs the moral complexities of the ivory trade through...

A brilliant recasting of the classic story The Count of Monte Cristo, Revenge centers on Ned Maddstone, a happy, charismatic, Oxford-bound seventeen-year-old whose rosy future is virtually preordained. Handsome, confident,...

When Matthew Cosgrave and a number of fellow-students at Blackport University were acquitted of a terrible crime, he felt that he could put his past behind him and look ahead...

Take one food writer named Cranky Agnes, add a hitman named Shane, mix them together with a Southern mob wedding, a missing necklace, two annoyed flamingos, and a dog named...

Peter Brook is one of the world's legendary theater directors. His productions are a byword for imagination, energy, and innovation. From his ground-breaking production of "Marat/Sade, " to his "white...

"One horrible murder. Two people destined for love or tragedy. Emotions explode in the novel Julia Spencer-Fleming's readers have been clamoring for." " " Police Chief Russ Van Alstyne's first...

In this latest novel from bestselling author John Verdon, ingenious puzzle solver Dave Gurney puts under the magnifying glass a notorious serial murder case - one whose motives have been...

Noted science writer Virginia Morell explores the frontiers of research on animal cognition and emotion, offering a surprising and moving exploration into the hearts and minds of wild and domesticated...

This is an illustrated history of Test matches from the very first Test at Melbourne in 1877 up to 1987. Each series is described in detail and in sequence, so...

A humorous take on mindfulness self-help books from the world's most famous Jedi - Master Yoda Pursue a more mindful life with words of wisdom from Star Wars mentors Yoda,...

A twelfth-century Sicilian cat burglar snatches a sack of artefacts from the king's geographer's library, and the tools and talismans of transmutation and eternal life are soon scattered all over...

Based on real events, I WAS JANE AUSTEN'S BEST FRIEND is the secret diary of Jenny Cooper, Jane Austen's teenage friend and confidante. Their evenings are a blur of beautiful...

The Elizabeth Canning trial produced one of the most intractable conflicts of evidence in English law. For Henry Fielding, magistrate and novelist, there was no mystery. He believed implicitly in...

'A trained scout will see little signs and tracks, he puts them together in his mind and quickly reads a meaning from them such as an untrained man would never...

When Dana and Caitlin meet by chance on the ferry from Ireland, they tell each other that they are simply going to search for work, but they soon realise they...

Another crime story featuring Sergeant Bragg and Constable Morton by the author of "French Ordinary Murder", "Death of an Honourable Member", "Deathwatch", "Harvest to Death", "Counterfeit of Murder" and "Death...

120 recipes to get even the fussiest kids eating healthy, tasty meals, from Annabel Karmel, the queen of cooking for children Mealtimes can often be a battleground between parents and...