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A comprehensive account of the military career of one of the great and tragic figures from the final death throes of the Swedish empire. Charles XII's planned conquest of Norway...

A high-octane polemic against cars-which are ruining the world, while making us unhappy and unhealthy-from a talented young writer at the Economist The automobile was one of the most miraculous...

Millions have been entertained by the viral video of a man being arrested after a 'succulent Chinese meal'. But when Mark Dapin investigated, it emerged that this man's story went...

Santa Louisa is still reeling from the lethal rampage of the demon Envy, one of the Seven Deadly Sins released from Hell by black magic. The fiendish entity was finally...

A stunning gift collection of animal poems from master storyteller Michael Morpurgo, celebrating with heart and humour the creatures with whom we share our planet. Collaborating once more with iconic...

*Carolee Schneemann is the recipient of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement Award at the 57th Venice Bienalle 2017* Carolee Schneemann is one of the most important artists of the...

Mr Shaw works for an insurance company, at a desk, in an office, in a city. One year, during his family summer holiday, his world is turned upside down when...

When does a carpet transcend the category of interior accessory to become art? This well-illustrated book features 200 carpets found in behind-the scenes tours of amazing homes around the world....

p>Short first person narratives or testimonies from parents who've adopted children from abroad/p>p>Internationally recognized pediatrician and adoption expert that celebrities and other prospective parents call on when they adopt internationally,...

In addition to prowling the high seas with an awesome air arsenal, each of the U.S. Navy's $5 billion aircraft carriers is accompanied by an armada of vessels that comprise...

The secret consequence... of a dangerous passion! Alceu Vaccaro should never have touched Dioni Adrianakis. It's not just that he lost control and rid his best friend's sister of her...

The secret consequence... of a dangerous passion! Alceu Vaccaro should never have touched Dioni Adrianakis. It's not just that he lost control and rid his best friend's sister of her...

Based on a major summer exhibition to be held at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, this book is a charming tribute to everything from the Holden to the Commodore. Featuring...

Hello or Zip Dop Smirg everyone (just in case you are reading this document from the future and everyone speaks Martian now). Hal hates history class - it literally bores...

An astonishing and revelatory memoir by two women who escaped the glamorous yet deadly international drug trade. Mia Flores and Olivia Flores live under assumed names. To their neighbours, they...

An astonishing and revelatory memoir by two women who escaped the glamorous yet deadly international drug trade. Mia Flores and Olivia Flores live under assumed names. To their neighbours, they...

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Cartes Postales from Greece is an extraordinary new book from Victoria Hislop, the Sunday Times Number One bestselling author of The Island, The Return,...

This legendary address-13 rue de la Paix-evokes the very origins of Cartier. It was the cradle of the Cartier legend, where Louis Cartier, and later Jeanne Toussaint, invented the House's...

Do you think that the Ozone Hole is a grunge rock club Or that the Food Web is an on-line restaurant guide Or that the Green Revolution happened in Greenland...

Film historian and acclaimed New York Times bestselling biographer Scott Eyman has written the definitive, "captivating" (Associated Press) biography of Hollywood legend Cary Grant, one of the most accomplished-and beloved-actors...

Grant was five times married, to a succession of beautiful women, including the heiress Barbara Hutton and the actress Dyan Cannon, and sustained a tortured relationship with money.

REAL-LIFE CASES FOR THE OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY CLERKSHIP AND THE SHELF EXAM You need exposure to high-yield cases to excel in the clerkship and on the shelf exam. Case Files:...

Case-based reasoning (CBR) is a paradigm for reasoning and learning in artificial intelligence, with research efforts and applications extending the frontiers of the field. This book provides an introduction for...

When an eavesdropping boy sets out to discover the obscure mysteries of his unravelling family, he uncovers instead what he least wants to know: the workings of his parents private...

From Las Vegas and Atlantic City to riverboat and dockside gambling, as well as the boom in Native American reservation gambling destinations, millions of people are flocking to casinos. And...

He's almost perfect . . . but he works for Death 'Charming, original love story about grief. I loved it' SOPHIE COUSENS 'This may be my favourite romance of the...

Britain's favourite graphic novelist returns with her best book yet ***WINNER OF THE COMEDY WOMEN IN PRINT PRIZE 2020*** 'Simmonds is a copper-bottomed genius... she is as brilliant a writer...

Young Jane - or Jenny, as she was known - is a girl with a head full of questions that no one seems able to answer. But the sudden arrival...

When you're ready to let somebody have it who richly deserves it, why not call Shakespeare to help you find the right insult--or Churchill, Mark Twain, Harry Truman, Dorothy Parker,...

Seven years ago Kaylin fled the crime-riddled streets of Nightshade, knowing that something was after her. Children were being murdered -- and all had the same odd markings that mysteriously...

The queen, a famous beauty who has singlehandedly transformed Roumania from a backwater into a force to be reckoned with, invites the pair to Bran castle. The ancient fortress sits...

Cat and Bunny. Bunny and Cat. It's always been just the two of them-daydreaming, having adventures, playing their special game. Until the day someone else asks, "Can I play" Mary...

Just as Alex Cross is beginning to feel that life is good and he is finally coming out of the depression he s been in since the death of his...