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'Cold War Steve - our modern-day Hogarth - shining his acerbic light on the corruption and ineptitude of those in power. Enjoy the art' CAROL VORDERMAN 'I love this book!...

Enjoy the magic of A Christmas Carol in this Disney Classic storybook.

Do you know your ashiwaza from your elbow strike? Find out with The Way of the Warrior , which features every major style of martial art in existence, bringing ancient...

Now that you've mastered the Overworld, the time has come to brave the perilous Nether and End dimensions. But survival will be even more difficult here and you'll need to...

When PayPal launched its online payment service and set out to overhaul global currency markets it successfully weathered the dot-com bust and a fierce competitive struggle with the auction giant...

The Real Story of Informix Software and Phil White chronicles the meteoric rise of Informix Software, how it became a billion-dollar software giant, and the scandal that ultimately led to...

In pre-1990s Las Vegas, casino marketing executives were all cut from the same cloth; sharply-dressed and smooth-talking with street-savvy. They rose through the ranks of operations - dealer, floor-man, pit...

Starting with an interview at the Cauldron of Peace Health Food Restaurant, continuing through her early apprenticeship at the J&W Exotic Food Emporium (for every bite you take, you need...

Why do stars twinkle? Why can't we remember names? Why does the Leaning Tower of Pisa lean? Why does hair go grey? Why don't penguins get frozen feet? Why do...

"I don't think I've ever met anyone who hasn't struggled with the desire to know God's will. The problem is, this struggle often involved a great deal of confusion and...

The hidden truth about the French way of life: it's all about seduction--its rules, its pleasures, its secrets France is a seductive country, seductive in its elegance, its beauty, its...

A photographic journey to all corners of the globe, full of panoramas of our natural world-highlighting the five most dominant hues of each photograph on a color bar placed above...

A beautifully illustrated photography book showcasing second homes that answer today's aesthetic, functional, and ecological demands while highlighting the uniqueness of its location. On a remote island, among sand dunes,...

During just nine days in the early summer of 1940, nearly eight hundred 'Little Ships', from lifeboats and passenger steamers to small private yachts and dinghies, set off across the...

A strikingly accomplished first thriller about the Irish and the Mafia-and two Irish brothers caught in the crossfire between them.

A scientific biography of Count Rumford, the founder of the Royal Institution, who arrived in England in 1776, and invented methods for improved heating, lighting and cooking, through his discovery...

From the day he sets foot in the house that belonged to his new wife's first husband, Matthew Gardner begins to realise that life with Caroline is going to be...

Wonderful anecdotes about a childhood during the Depression from AmericaA's Queen of Suspense. Full of memorable characters, this sometimes funny, sometimes sad, memoir brings into sharp focus the feeling of...

Whether discussing theories of cosmology, the physics of making a violin, or the impact of magazine covers on potential buyers, physicist and writer Tony Rothman brings the worlds of the...

With a couple of weeks' unexpected holiday and no chance of going away, journalist Jane Shilling decided to pursue a childhood ambition and learn to ride. A teacher, Mrs Rogers,...

Ray - So...thinking about these books what the Guv wrote, I wondered if we might, you know, get in on the act a bit. I've knocked this up by remembering...

As it says on the cover, WHY GIRLS CAN'T THROW answers the questions you really can't find answered elsewhere. Questions such as- IS IT MORALLY WRONG TO RECORD A cd...

Presents in a non-technical, accessible style an overview of natural Earth systems and processes as well as the impact of human activities and decisions on these sytems. Readers will come...

The story of a giant in the world of finance Besides revolutionizing finance by providing the methodology to price a new instrument-through the Black-Scholes option pricing model-Fischer Black revolutionized Wall...

From the Taru Desert and the Suguta Valley to the palm-fringed Indian Ocean coastline, from ice-capped Mount Kenya, Africa's second highest mountain to the endless, rolling savannah, Kenya is an...

TWO PETS. ONE HOUSE. NO CLUE. PUPPY VERSUS KITTEN is the illustrated story of two adorable little creatures that have been plonked into the world knowing absolutely nothing about it....

A recently discovered account of an Austrian Jewish writer's flight, persecution, and clandestine life in wartime France. As arts editor for one of Vienna's principal newspapers, Moriz Scheyer knew many...

What is leadership? What are the secrets of the phenomenon by which one person can lead millions - sometimes to salvation, sometimes to destruction? Is leadership innate, or can it...

A romantic novel set between the war-torn years of the 1940s and the anti-war movement of the late 1960s. It traces the life of the young Vanessa Conrad through poverty...

"Young Oxford Books" are a series of authoritative reference books for readers aged 10 and over. Illustrated with photographs and specially commissioned artwork, this is a complete guide to the...