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This third collection by Steven Berkoff is made up of three history plays, each displaying the sparkling muscularity of language that marks him out as one of the foremost wordsmiths...

Every city has secrets, but none as terrible as this. His name is Deucalion, a tattooed man of mysterious origin, a sleight-of-reality artist who's traveled centuries with a secret worse...

Dean Koontz has been called "America's most popular suspense novelist,"* but that only begins to describe the rich variety and endless invention that characterize his work. Critics hail his impeccable...

Professor Karen Pelletier's prime literary passion is poet Emily Dickinson - a passion she shares with her hotshot colleague Randy Astin-Berger. Heir apparent to the head of Enfield's English department,...

From a writer with unparalleled access to Tiger Woods and his family, theonly book that provides the "story behind the story" of Tiger's life andworld. How does a kid from...

A millennium after the formidable war machines of the User cultures devoured entire civilisations and rewrote planetary geography, Earth is in the grip of a perpetual Dark Age. Scientific endeavour...

Alan Johnson's moving sequel to the Sunday Times bestseller, This Boy The award-winning autobiography from the British politician and author of the Sunday Times bestseller, This Boy. In July 1969,...

The most famous police officer in Sweden is found murdered in his bed. His four-year-old son is missing. His wife is suspected of killing both of them. No one believes...

Nick Paleologus is summoned to the unyielding bosom of his family to help resolve a dispute which threatens to set his brothers and sisters against their aged and irascible father....

"A great and calamitous sequence of arguments with the universe: poignant, terrifying, ludicrous, and brilliant. The Exegesis is the sort of book associated with legends and madmen, but Dick wasn't...

Lost in time for generations, the story of a 19th-century English gentleman in British India--a family mystery of love found and loyalties abandoned, finally brought to light In 1841, twenty-year-old...

When a federal judge is murdered alongside his mistress it looks like a simple case of jealous rage. Until Wyatt Hunt stumbles on a strange connection between the judge &...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * An instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from "the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction" ( New York Times ) * The sixth...

We need a solution to obesity. Diets, exercise programs, tablets and behavioural changes have not stopped the rise in weight in spite of huge spending, Older surgical treatments, such as...

New edition of a classic memoir with new Introduction, bibliography, biographical index and four new previously unpublished photographs. 'Hughenden', the seaside mansion of Kathleen's grandparents, provided the 'solid bluestone foundations'...

The first concise and comprehensive history of Australia's part in the Boer War. Sixteen thousand men went from Australia to the Boer War in South Africa between 1899 and 1902-...

Since the 1967 constitutional referendum, Australian governments have moved towards policies of indigenous self-determination. Obliged to be Difficult presents the central issue of self-determination as seen by Dr H. C....

Quantum physics is believed to be the fundamental theory underlying our understanding of the physical universe. However, it is based on concepts and principles that have always been difficult to...

Food for a Hungry World is a new title in the Science and Our Future series, a collection of accurate, up-to-date and relevant books on a range of scientific topics...

Astronomy for the Southern Hemisphere is a new title in the Science and Our Future Series. The book helps the student to understand the basics of astronomy from a southern...

Forests and their Environment examines the nature of forests and the environment in Australia, the management of the forest, its economic importance and non-economic value. Specific attention is given to...

Biotechnology is a rapidly expanding area of knowledge. This book draws on the latest developments from around the world,to bring a clear picture to students of what science has achieved...

The world has centred its green revolution around the greenhouse effect. However, the working of the atmosphere and the nature of atmospheric change is poorly understood. The media and public...

In 1991, the world was electrified to hear of the discovery of the almost perfectly preserved corpse of a Neolithic hunter who died 5,300 years ago. Now, the leader of...

The two "Alpes" departements, Haute-Provence and Maritimes, which sweep the north of the province and finally descend to the sea in the east, embrace the varied gems of mountainous Saint-Martin-Vesubie,...

Conceived by the author as an introduction to ""why the calculus works"" (otherwise known as ""analysis""), this volume represents a critical reexamination of the infinite processes encountered in elementary mathematics....

Lively, accessible exploration of nature of mathematics, role of mathematician, four major branches: number theory, algebra, geometry and analysis.

Also contains Ethics, Correspondence, all in excellent R. Elwes translation. Basic works on entry to philosophy, pantheism, exchange of ideas with great contemporaries.

"Casti is one of the great science writers." -San Francisco Examiner "Casti's gift is to be able to let the nonmathematical reader share in his understanding of the beauty of...

Cutting edge scientific research has shown that exposure to the right kind of environment during the first years of life actually affects the physical structure of a child's brain, vastly...

The greatest works by the father of modern theater. Brilliantly exemplifying his landmark contribution to the theater, A Doll House, The Wild Duck, Hedda Gabler, and The Master Builder are...

An immersive, vignette-style novel about the sudden reappearance of a missing girl and the effect it has on her twin sister and their broken family. The Second Life of Ava...

Nancy and her friend Helen visit their friend Emily Willouby at the Lilac Inn, which Emily now owns, to help her plan her wedding. Emily plans on selling inherited diamonds...

The sequel to the genre-defining, landmark bestseller Presumed Innocent , INNOCENT continues the story of Rusty Sabich and Tommy Molto who are, once again, twenty years later, pitted against each...

Alistair Fury is out for revenge. No more running errands. No more being called 'Alice'! It's payback time for his embarrassing mum, his bone-idle dad, and his constantly teasing older...

When the body of a Bushman is discovered near the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, the death is written off as an accident. But all is not as it seems. An...

When young girls start to go missing, Samantha, a new detective on the Botswana police force suspects that muti, a traditional African medicine, is the reason. She and Detective David...

Faced with the violent death of his own father, even Assistant Superintendent David 'Kubu' Bengu, Botswana CID's keenest mind, is baffled. Who would kill such a frail old man? The...

Published to coincide with his highly anticipated new sitcom a mockumentary follow-up to Extras from the pens of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant Size Matters Not is the surprising and...

Frequently unasked questions include: Are overweight politicians less trustworthy? What can bosses learn from a hostage negotiator? What happened to the Vegas wedding industry last year? How can Big Macs...

Good people, I am come hither to die, and by a law I am condemned to the same. These were the words uttered by the seventeen-year-old Lady Jane Grey as...

From the creator of the bestselling Claris series comes this astonishing new fairytale about the daughter of a locksmith, who finds a strange key belonging to the queen. Young Violet...

WINNER of the 2024 Davitt Award for Best Adult Novel The bonds of sisterhood were unbreakable. Until him. Hannah and Stef have always been there for each other. Growing up...

She's fought death and won. But how can she fight her fears? What would you do if the future of your world rests of your decision? Avry knows hardship and...

Book Two in b estselling sensation Nicola May's gorgeous new series - c atch up with Book One, WELCOME TO FERRY LANE MARKET, now! 'Full of heart, hope, friendship, family...