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Four popular Christian authors help women renew their passion for Christ, bond with friends, and celebrate life with joy and laughter.

This magnificently illustrated people's history celebrates the extraordinary feats of cultivation by the working class in Britain, even if the land they toiled, planted, and loved was not their own....

The age of discovery was at its peak in the eighteenth century, with heroic adventurers charting the furthest reaches of the globe. Foremost among these explorers was navigator and cartographer...

In this insightful book, an eclectic and distinguished group of writers explore the Jewish experience in the Americas and celebrate the legacy of Salo Wittmayer Baron (1895-1989), a preeminent scholar...

In 1625 Charles I succeeded to the throne of a nation heavily involved in a European war and deeply divided by religious controversy. Within four years he had transformed the...

GHOST MOTH will transport you to two hot summers, 20 years apart. Northern Ireland, 1949. Katherine must choose between George Bedford - solid, reliable, devoted George - and Tom McKinley,...

By Christmas Eve 1941, the war could have been worse for Britain or the USA; the Japanese had entered the war, a week before Christmas the Italian navy sank two...

When The Prince of Wales bought Highgrove House in 1981 the surrounds consisted of a brown path which ran around the house, a lawn and a few thorn bushes. Twenty...

Britain's most popular historian uncovers the truth about Guy Fawkes' plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament.

At the age of thirty-two, Ulrika Jonsson found her life hitting rock-bottom. She was facing a situation every parent dreads - her unborn child had been diagnosed with a life-threatening...

There's no need to run to a doctor for every cut, graze or cold. Long before the age of hi-tech medicine, people healed themselves at home using time-tested techniques, many...

An intimate self-portrait encompassing the life, times, and career of one of the most transformative individuals -- let alone athletes -- of recent times. An inspiring and intimate self-portrait of...

An exploration of why we don't talk to strangers and the wonderful things that would happen if we did. In our cities, we barely acknowledge one another on public transport,...

A unique visual encyclopedia covering favourite topics and core subjects No two pages look alike in this eye-popping children's encyclopedia. Exploring everything from amazing animals to art, this book is...

In 1939, Gustav Kleinmann, a Jewish upholsterer in Vienna, was seized by the Nazis. Along with his teenage son, Fritz, he was sent to Buchenwald in Germany. There began an...

Survival tips for the horticulturally challenged How Not to Kill Your Houseplant is your guide to every stage of plant parenting for beginners, from identifying exactly what's in the pot,...

A practical and inspiring new book by the Number One Sunday Times bestselling author of A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled It took us 4 billion years to evolve to...

A founder of the field of evolutionary medicine uses his decades of experience as a psychiatrist to provide a much-needed new framework for making sense of mental illness With his...

A history book like no other - an irreverent, rollicking, romp through everything interesting that ever happened on planet earth from 15 million years BC to today. Refreshes the parts...

'The dog was lying on the grass in the middle of the lawn in front of Mrs Shears' house. It looked as if it was running on its side, the...

In her highly-praised The Six Wives of Henry V111 and its sequel Children of England, Alison Weir examinrd the private lives of the earlier Tudor Monarchs. Here she completes the...

In A Chosen Few, Mark Kurlansky explores the many reasons why Jews have returned to Germany and Poland, and why Jews remain in Europe, how they have managed not only...

Customer satisfaction is now the buzz word on every executive's lips. This book, based on the Forum Corporation's in-depth research, provides any manager with a proven, step-by-step program for investigating,...

Based on the fifth edition of "The Oxford Companion to English Literature", this is a concise reference guide for the student. More than 5,000 entries illuminate fictional characters, literary movements,...

This illustrated book presents a history of Roman Britain for the general reader. The narrative starts before the invasions of Julius Caesar, and finishes in the 5th century AD, with...

The art and architecture of Ancient Greece and Rome lies at the heart of the classical tradition of the Western world. Their legacy is so familiar as to have become...

"It may be that I have stumbled upon an adequate description of life itself." These modest yet profound words trumpet an imminent paradigm shift in scientific, economic, and technological thinking....

There have been poems about gardens for as long as there have been gardens. Gardens have been all things to all men and women: paradoxical sites of pleasure and pain,...

A treasury of amazing shots, inside secrets, and favorite stories from the renowned pool and billiards writer-the perfect armchair companion for would-be pool sharks everywhere. Index; diagrams and photographs.

The new hilarious story from Jeff Kinney is the best yet in the brilliant, bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series! Greg Heffley and his family are getting out of...

How do you punish an immortal? By making him human. After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. Weak and disorientated, he lands in New...

The SECOND title in this number one, bestselling spin-off series from Percy Jackson creator, Rick Riordan. This crazy messed up world of gods and monsters is Percy Jackson's reality, which...

CARTER AND SADIE KANE, descendants of the magical House of Life, are in pretty big trouble. Despite their bravest efforts, Apophis, the giant snake of Chaos, is still threatening to...

'It is settled. The boy is in your charge. You will train him to fight. He must be able to use the dagger, throwing-knife, staves and his bare hands. One...

Are you a bobo or a wombat? Have you ever been tempted to open the kimono or kick dead whales up the beach? Have you been touched by re-enchantment or...

Terrified, a young man in the Second World War closes his eyes and pictures himself hitting a perfect six; across the courtyard in a workhouse, a father is too ashamed...

The No.1 bestselling weaning bible for babies and toddlers - over 5 million copies sold worldwide! Leading weaning expert and mum-of-three, Annabel Karmel celebrates the 30th anniversary of her most...

A lavishly illustrated production that reveals the character behind the headlines, the genius behind the face, the lifestyle behind the closed doors. This is what it's really like at the...

These drawings bring Jones vividly to life. His anarchic sense of fun mirrored Steadman's own, leading to an extraordinary and intimate understanding between them. In this book Steadman has caught...

The world needs new ideas, new products, new kinds of associations and institutions, new initiatives, new art and new designs. But these new things seldom come from established organisations. They...

The author's own purpose was more personal. No European since the Middle Ages has described what it was like to make such a journey on horseback. It presented a unique...