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Acclaimed photographer Howard Schatz deftly captures the first wonder, confusion, joy, and frustration that newborn babies experience as they discover the world around them. Their perplexing facial expressions, the light...

52 illustrated essays show readers how to break the rules--and liven up their lives! Ice Cream for Breakfast helps readers capture those moments of self-indulgence that are often gained through...

No writer's or editor's desk is complete without a battered, page-bent copy of the "AP Stylebook". However, this not-so-easy-to-use reference of journalistic style is often not up-to-date and leaves reporters...

The exciting New York Times bestselling trilogy concludes with this volume--an exhilarating, page-turning tale that brims with suspense and guarantees a satisfying finale to Charlie Ashanti's whirlwind adventure.

George Landow's "Hypertext" brought together the worlds of literary theory and computer technology to explore the implications of giving readers instant, easy access to a virtual library of sources as...

Study after study shows that fathers set up their daughters for success. Involved fathers-whether or not they live in the same house as their daughters-boost their daughters' academic achievement, promote...

Abstracting Reality considers the relationship between digital technology and culture and their mutual influences on each other.

When Caspar Walsh was three years old his mother rejected him in favour of a boyfriend. His father became his primary carer. But Caspar's father robbed banks. He dealt drugs...

Twenty-seven years after she adopted her baby in Ireland, Lena Molloy receives a call from the nun who set up the adoption. Sister Monica claims that she wants merely to...

Nick Kaharchek senses danger the minute he sees Billie Pearce. Happy in her stable home life as a divorced mother of two, she represents everything the footloose Kaharchek's always avoided....

Featuring 200 vegetarian recipes, this volume seeks to enable the reader to rustle up delicious meals in minutes. There are ideas for quick mid-week meals using fresh or store-cupboard ingredients,...

The follow-up to the 2 million-copy-selling autobiography Losing My Virginity, documenting the incredible truth of the last twenty years in Sir Richard Branson's life. 50 years ago, Sir Richard Branson...

The groundbreaking international bestseller, revised and updated with brand new information on combating cancer through diet and lifestyle changes Professor Jane Plant's international bestseller on combating breast cancer through diet...

The head of the US National Security Agency is assassinated in a spectactular set piece killing at Heathrow. A Pakistani employee at the airport and his family are found murdered...

This volume opens with an examination of the relationship between humans and the universe around them. Each chapter is based on an individual programme from the "Equinox" television series. "Space...

Essex, the witch hunting county, is especially rich in traditions, legends, dialect and stories. This book explores the origins and meanings of its traditions to create a sense of the...

To successfully establish an emotional bond with the customer, marketers have to access the mind and heart. Put the customer in the right mood, make him feel good and he's...

Read on to catch up with more gossip-licious pleasure from the anonymous narrator who made her catty debut with Gossip Girl and has enthralled readers in the juicy sequels, You...

Unable to cope with raising his children alone, Robert Sullivan abandons them to others. However, he has a change of heart and decides to go back for them. But on...

Louise and Ben Hunter have a happy, loving marriage, marred only by their unfulfilled longing for a child. Working together on the family farm for Ben's father, Ronnie, they watch...

What is the world of the 21st century like now that the centrality of the West is no longer given? How were the societies and cultures of today's world together...

Blogging has profoundly influenced not only the nature of the internet today, but also the nature of modern communication, despite being a genre invented less than a decade ago. This...

Issues of movement - of people, things, information and ideas - are central to people's lives and to most organisations. From oil wars to SMS texting, from airport expansion controversies...

In the first half of the twentieth century, Theodor Adorno wrote about the 'culture industry'. For Adorno, culture too along with the products of factory labour was increasingly becoming a...

The Internet and Society explores the impact of the internet on modern culture.

This book is the first detailed study of Woody Allen's life and work, and an original attempt to locate Allen's work in the great tradition of American popular culture. It...

This baby book features characters and scenes from the children's book, Guess How Much I Love You. When completed, the baby book should provide parents with a detailed account of...

L.A.-based private detective Regan Reilly gets a call from her best gal pal, urging her to come to Hawaii for one last girls' weekend before Regan ties the knot with...

"Watch your back most carefully when someone you trust steps behind you." Even after Hugh Freyl lost his sight he was invincible. But late one night, in the library of...

Beginning with the million-copy bestsellers "First, Break All the Rules and Now, Discover Your Strengths, " Marcus Buckingham jump-started the strengths movement that is now sweeping the work world, from...

As the boy prince turns into the man who would be king, interest in Prince William is at an unprecedented height in 2003, the year of his twenty-first birthday. Seen...

Parents all over the world have certain universal aspirations. They want their children to contribute meaningfully to society and to pursue their own dreams. But we appear to be missing...

An accomplished young scientist solves one of the greatest mysteries of evolution: What caused the dramatic explosion of life half a billion years ago?. The Cambrian Explosion is universally referred...

A thought-provoking new YA space adventure from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Ahsoka . Set on a family-run interstellar freighter called the Harland and a...

For the gazillions of readers who just adore new words and phrases, here is a collection of all the latest buzzwords. "Funktionary" is the end product of grit, wit and...

Low Carb, Healthy Fat Nutrition is not a diet, it's a lifestyle. This book is your guide to supercharging your metabolism, supporting your health, performance and recovery goals and extending...

BROADCAST WARS is an explosive look at a tumultuous period (2003-2011) in Australian television as the Nine and Seven networks traded blows, new technologies emerged and old personalities and management...

Julie and Jamie Ramage were the perfect middle-class Australian couple with everything, but beneath the veneer of perfection there had been a relationship marred by affairs, obsession and a history...

Written with an uncompromising intelligence and wit by two award-winning Newsweek journalists, Is it hot in here? Or is it just me? is the essential, comprehensive, up-to-the-minute, deeply optimistic resource...

The Good Thief by Judith Leon When the case is as potentially explosive as that of an Athena student's abduction, Lindsey Novak never enters a negotiation without knowing just who...

The latest in outdoor grilling, including how to master 'low and slow' - 80+ sizzling recipes inspired by the movie Like any Aussie worth their sea salt, Dazza Cook, hero...

THE GO-TO BOOK FOR PARENTS WANTING HELP WITH THAT TALK ... SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS It's one of the most amazing stories...