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The American president is the most powerful and influential political leader in the world. As commander-in-chief of the armed forces, head of state and head of government, a handful of...

"Turner, Whistler, Monet" provides a fascinating portrait of three artists who broke away from artistic tradition to embrace an entirely new way of painting. This book uncovers their legacy at...

A fascinating historical investigation that brilliantly illuminates a macabre episode in 1830s London and brings the capital's underclass roaring back to life. Towards the end of 1831, the authorities unearthed...

Bestselling psychic author combines accounts of his readings with a programme for developing inner intuition and psychic abilities James Van Praagh teaches that death is not the end, nor is...

By the author of Black Narcissus and The River 'Rumer Godden's novels have a timeless shimmer' GUARDIAN 'One hundred years after her birth, Rumer Godden's novels still pulse with life'...

You dog starts chewing the furniture or acting agressively towards children- so what's going on? If only you knew what your dog was thinking. John Fisher examines the psychology of...

"The Rough Guide First-Time Asia" is the perfect comprehensive planning guide for anyone thinking about heading to Asia for the first time. It includes general information on what tickets to...

"The Mini Rough Guide to London" is the definitive pocket handbook to one of Europe's most dynamic cities. The guide includes a brand-new, 16-page, full-colour section, introducing London's highlights with...

The English language is an ever changing and complex thing, and for every English language 'stickler' who never puts a foot wrong there is somebody bamboozled and befuddled by grammatical...

Communication is one of the biggest challenges faced by people with Asperger's Syndrome (AS), yet an Asperger marriage requires communication more than any other relationship. Thousands of people live in...

Life is fast and messy, but full of clues. Pay attention, spot them and get your ideas into action. This book shows you how to work through the politics and...

When Sydney Wignall set off on a climbing expedition to the Himalayas in the 1950s, little did he realise that he was embarking on an extraordinary and life-threatening adventure which...

Pitkin presents the fascinating and engaging story of everyday life in and around castles - from 1066 to the 1400s. Alongside the Church, the stone castle was one of the...

Enter the kingdom of Lur, where to use magic unlawfully means death. The Doranen have ruled Lur with magic since arriving as refugees centuries ago. Theirs was a desperate flight...

In the words of those who trod the void and those at mission control, here are over 50 of the greatest true stories of suborbital, orbital and deep-space exploration. From...

He established logic as a systematic discipline, conceived the earliest rules of science, developed a rational psychology, a political science and an outline of sociology, and gave us a virtue...

For those who want to know more about how an airliner flies, airline Captain Julien Evans, an experienced Boeing 757 pilot who has comforted many a nervous passenger, answers these...

[body] In "Tantalus, " we return to Ancient Greece to view the origins and outcome of the Trojan Wars with a modern eye. The legend, handed down through the ages...

Includes the plays No, Jeppe of the Hill and The Scatterbrain Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1791-1860) and Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754) were two of the very few dramatists for whom Henrik Ibsen...

"Ultra-readable and illuminating [...] essential for anyone involved in the marketing field" - LoveReading This comprehensive, highly visual guide covers everything you can learn in a Marketing degree. It leads...

A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK 2023; A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023; A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022; A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE...

A sort of history of the world in ten iconic trees from around the world including the eucalyptus, the Baobab and the oak. A beautiful and moving account of our...

A small-time criminal. A has-been rock star. A shadowy government agency. And a severed hand whose dark powers threaten to destroy them all. A small-time criminal. A has-been rock star....

From the author of When We Cease to Understand the World : a dazzling, kaleidoscopic book about the destructive chaos lurking in the history of computing and AIJohnny von Neumann...

Jack Reacher is back - in his most explosive adventure yet. Coming soon to Amazon Prime Video. \"Ballsy, dynamic and not for the faint-hearted.\" (Daily Mail) Never forgive, never forget....

'Elaine is not just a serious work of art, but an unexpected act of filial generosity' Guardian Standing by the mailbox in Ithaca, New York, Elaine thinks of her child...

'The feminist update to Rosemary's Baby we all needed' - ANDREA BARTZ 'A darkly visceral and magically evocative novel' - SARAH LAWTON I wanted this baby so badly. But she...

This beautifully illustrated colouring book contains 80 botanical designs, taken from the archives of Curtis's Botanical Magazine , published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The black-and-white line drawings have...

New York Times bestseller and Hugo, British Fantasy, Romantic Times, and Eisner award-winning author of the graphic novel Monstress , Marjorie Liu leads you deep into the heart of the...

Taut, tense, terrifying. Prizewinning author Marcus Sedgwick writes of the monsters we create in literature and in our own minds in this reappraisal of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein . 'Do monsters...

FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE CONFESSION AND CO-WRITER OF RTE ONE'S TAKEN DOWN Six neighbours, six secrets, six reasons to want Olive Collins dead. In the exclusive...

Lonely Planet's Great Britain is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Puzzle the mysteries of Stonehenge,...

Since the days of conquistador Hernan Cortes , rumours have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden deep in the Honduran interior. Indigenous tribes speak of ancestors who...

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet's Tasmania is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries...

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet New Zealand's South Island is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and...

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet New Zealand's North Island is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and...

Selma Falck's personal life and career as a lawyer have hit rock bottom. That is until Hege Chin Morell - Norway's best female skier - approaches her desperate to overturn...

A powerful, devastating, and redemptive novel by the award-winning author of GRACE. BEYOND THE SEA tells the tale of two South American fishermen, Bolivar and Hector, who go to sea...

When Alix Chapel's husband Billy suffered a mental breakdown, he was forced to admit the truth of his tormented childhood. His revelations were to change their lives forever. Unbeknownst to...

Emily Bronte's brutally passionate poetic masterpiece is about doomed love on the bleak Pennine moors. This haunting tale of uncontrolled, violent passion between the wilful Catherine Earnshaw and the wild,...

Remap your path to success with effective motivational techniques. Neurolinguistic programming (NLP) involves a range of psychological techniques that help you to 'reprogram' your brain - replacing the negative attitudes...

If you can't beat them - kill them. Glamorous international art dealer Elizabeth Teerlinc knows a thing or two about fakes. After all, she is one herself. Her real identity,...

'You can look at my life in two ways. Some people see a nightmare, some see a fairytale. I've just always thought I was lucky...People often ask me how I...

Every New Yorker's worst nightmare is about to become a reality. New York has seen more than its fair share of horrific attacks, but the city is about to be...

A lost princess and a vanished world- a remarkable true story that moves from the Punjab of the Raj to 1930s Paris and the cataclysm of the Second World War...

The genre-defying, thought-stirring memoir about America's obsession with violence, from the critically acclaimed author of The Argonauts Selected as a Book of the Year 2017 in the Guardian 'Maggie Nelson's...

**Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2015** **Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2015** **Sunday Times bestseller** 'It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-and-green afternoon...' This is the way...