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In his early twenties Miles Hordern first crossed the oceans from Northern to Southern Hemisphere, but one final leg of his round the world journey eluded him for twelve more...

A memoir in the tradition of Lorna Sage's Bad Blood and Blake Morrison's When Did You Last See your Father John Sutherland's childhood ended abruptly the day his father was...

It was Graham Stuart Thomas who in "Old Shrub Roses" first brought to public attention the favourite roses of the early nineteenth century - the intensely scented damasks, the rich...

London 1910 Fifteen year-old Belle has lived in a brothel in Seven Dials all her life, with no understanding of what happens in the rooms upstairs. But her innocence is...

It is 1636 - the height of the Thirty Years War, one of the bloodiest and most destructive conflicts Europe has ever seen. As the campaigning season begins, the Spanish...

The publication of The World According to Clarkson in 2004 launched a multi-million-copy bestselling phenomenon. But to no avail. Jeremy's one-man war on crimes against common sense has not yet...

Who'd make it into the best England team ever? And you can chose anyone, regardless of when they might have played. Would W.G. Grace be playing alongside Denis Compton and...

The book includes over 100 illustrations of ancient artefacts from the Celtic World and contains special features on Celtic myth and culture, rituals and festivals and teh role of magic....

Over millions of years, male and female bodies developed crucial physiological differences to improve the chances for human survival. These differences have become culturally obsolete with the overturning of traditional...

Style is the quality that distinguishes one painter's work from another's. Just as people evolve their own distinctive handwriting, so in time painters develop an individual style. Aspiring watercolourists seeking...

Presents a collection of accumulated wisdom, old wives' tales and gardening proverbs. This work contains generations of advice, both sound and questionable, from considering the seasons and wildlife in your...

In this text, Robert Kaplan explores the peculiar course that the notion of "nothing" or its mathematical representative, zero, has taken throughout history. Forced into our awareness 4000 years ago...

This is an introduction to the medium of watercolour. The author reviews the roots of the English watercolour tradition and takes a practical look at materials, subject choice, how to...

Although the great passenger liners such as Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary epitomised the height of luxurious sea travel, they never would have been able to function properly without assistance...

An exploration of the heroism and dedication of British nurses in World War II, which describes the often dangerous conditions under which many nurses had to work, with accounts of...

Magic is not simply a matter of the occult arts, but a whole way of thinking, of dreaming the impossible. As such it has tremendous force in opening the mind...

A rich and surprising exploration of the intelligence of bees. Most of us are aware of the hive mind - the power of bees as an amazing collective. But do...

On an icy night five years ago, Johnnie Jordan -- just fourteen years old -- brutally murdered his elderly foster care mother, leaving the state of Ohio shocked and outraged....

"Why We Buy" is a witty and surprising report on our evolving shopping culture. This is a book about us, from moms and dads to seniors and mall rats, and...

Presents a scientific five-step paradigm that aims to increase the success rate of new products in the market place.

A translation of Indian writings cover all aspects of sex and love.

Analyzes the major literary works by Jewish authors to chronicle the history of twentieth century Judiaism.

Long before GPS, Google Earth, and global transit, humans traveled vast distances using only environmental clues and simple instruments. John Huth asks what is lost when modern technology substitutes for...

Nuri is a young boy when his mother dies. It seems that nothing will fill the emptiness that her strange death leaves behind in the Cairo apartment he shares with...

This anthology brings together writing on art from the early Renaissance to the present day, featuring a range of writers including Vasari, Henry James, Francis Bacon and Sigmund Freud. Chapters...

Mikal Gilmore comes from an extraordinary family, a family haunted by death, brooding on violence and fixated by its own legends. His brother was the murderer, Gary Gilmore, shot to...

I learnt the hard way, I made the mistakes, I rocked back and forth, I got knocked down.... So, you don't have to. I'm giving you access to my secrets......

Erwin Fabian was one of Australia's most highly regarded sculptors and graphic artists and is widely represented in public art collections in Australia and Europe. When he died on January...

This collection of ideas for making floral gifts and projects introduces various techniques for handling fresh, dried and artificial flowers. Each chapter includes an introductory spread, followed by a project...

Included on the Children's Book Council of Australia's notable list 2025. With simple rhymes and stunning illustrations this book is a beautiful beginning to your child's bird loving journey. From...

If a butterfly is just a moth in a fancy cardigan, then perhaps we should always expect more than what we see. This is the story of Gary Grey Moth...

All management styles have their own advantages and drawbacks. The task of the chief executive is to select and successfully implement a style that fits the needs of a corporation's...