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This is a fascinating and insightful biography of one of the world's longest reigning and most revered monarchs. King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand is the world's longest reigning living monarch...

Chin Peng joined the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) in January, 1940, as a 15 year old schoolboy. His commitment to the communist cause, the pre-war anti-colonial struggle against Britain...

In the early 1990s, Thaksin Shinawatra came from nowhere to become a multi-billionaire in just four years. In 2001, he was elected prime minister on a single-minded promise to accelerate...

Trends in the visual and graphic language of state-of-the-art packaging design.

This volume traces the history of painting from medieval times to modern times with a focus on each era and its major artists.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of None of This Is True comes "her best thriller yet" (Harlan Coben, New York Times bestselling author) about a young couple's...

"Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive for Great Health! "will help readers use positive thinking to improve their health with its inspirational stories and useful medical information.The mind-body connection...

CSS True Love" will warm the heart and uplift the spirit of any reader who is looking for, or has found, his or her soulmate. Stories of dating, romance, love,...

A richly illustrated publication featuring highlights from the ACU Art Collection with accompanying essays by scholars, arts writers and commentators.

Claustrophobia is the taut, compelling story of a young Perth wife who sets about toprotect her husband by stalking his ex-lover, but unexpectedly falls into apassionate affair and a world...

The French-English rivalry in the 18th century set the backdrop for exploration in the Indian and Pacific oceans. In 1771, two young, ambitious, French naval officers and Breton nobles, Yves-Joseph...

When Henry VII seized the throne after the Battle of Bosworth, his crown was far from secure. Yet for more than a hundred years his descendents ruled in England, surviving...

Reflecting today's awareness of the spiritual as well as the physical dimensions of sexuality. Massage Secrets for Lovers is the book to help readers discover new depths of intimacy. Best-selling...

Far-reaching political changes in South Africa have re-ignited much interest in Robben Island, particularly as the South African President, Nelson Mandela, was imprisoned there for so long. This is an...

When Charlotte married the wealthy widower Paul, it caused a ripple of gossip in their small lakeside town. They have a charmed life together, despite the cruel whispers about her...

The third in the 'Fury' trilogy, following on from the bestsellers Pacific Fury and Anzac Fury. Shanghai is a city defined by war. The city and its armed struggles were...

The Murray, Australia's mightiest river, flows 2520 km from the Australian Alps to the Southern Ocean. Passing through snow-capped mountains, rich agricultural country and parched mallee, it undergoes as many...

Marcus Garvey, Claude McKay, Claudia Jones, C.L.R. James, Stokely Carmichael, Louis Farakhan-the roster of immigrants from the Caribbean who have made a profound impact on the development of radical politics...

Including contributions from Hopkins and many pople who know and have worked with him, this biography has been updated to include the films Hannibal, Red Dragon and The Human Stain....

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) was the son of Melville Bell, inventor of Visible Speech which revoltionized phonetics and linguistics. He was inspired by his deaf mother to try and communicate...

A highly illustrated account of the hunt for the Bismarck . The break of the German battleship Bismarck into the North Atlantic in May 1941 was one of the most...

Bob Dylan's impact on popular music has been incalculable. Having transformed staid folk music into a vehicle for coruscating social commentary, he then swept away the romantic platitudes of rock...

A serial killer holds New York in his grip. He does not choose his victims. Nor does he watch them die. But then there are too many of them for...

A young man takes three journeys, through Greece, India and Africa. He travels lightly, simply. To those who travel with him and those whom he meets on the way -...

Do babies remember music from the womb? Can classical music increase your child's IQ? Is music good for productivity? In this brilliant new exploration of the place of music in...

Part of a series telling the complete story of the Second World War.

Examines the story behind the music - of the small boy spurned by his fellows at school and pushed by his father to succeed where he had failed, of the...

Great Escapes brings together extraordinary stories of daring escapes from prison, prisoner-of-war camps and other places of incarceration and confinement, drawn from every period of history and from every corner...

Francoise, an Australian photographer, comes to Bhopal to bear witness to the city's continuing trauma. There she meets Naga a Tibetan refugee whose family died in a disaaster twenty years...

Cary Grant is Hollywood's most fascinating and timeless star. Born Archibald Leach in Bristol, England, he went on to become the movies' favourite romantic lead, remarkably, for over thirty-five years....

In November 2003 it will already be 40 years since the horrific assassination of President Kennedy. But the appeal of the Kennedys and their Camelot court remains as strong as...

Those Germans, such as Count Claus von Stauffenberg, who fought the Third Reich from within have often been mythologised as heroes in the fight against tyranny but the truth is...

The beauty and meaning behind his poetry and prose has meant that Shakespeare's work has lived on throughout history long after his death. We still fall in love and become...

Angels, or angel-like beings, have appeared in art from around the world for millennia. Though intrinsically a religious concept, they seem to also represent a universal ideal of purity, benevolence...

A New York bar bouncer with dreams of being more, Tommy Russo jumps at the chance to join a horse-owning syndicate. But to do so he'll have to pony up...

These memoirs start with El Alamein but concentrate on the three crucial months July to September, 1943 ' the 100 days of incarceration by his own troops until Hitler arranged...

The prospect of public speaking is daunting and often frightening for many people. Despite this, most students and professionals must make public presentations in one capacity or another over the...

This is a salute to those who fought in the forces and on many fronts, recalling days of hardship and loss, but also the forging of life-long friendships and community...

Reeve Joss is struggling to defend a country ravaged by the assaults of twin armies. His men now patrol a land of burning villages and homeless refugees as Joss tries...

Nish and his remaining allies are trapped on the Range of Ruin, surrounded by the relentless army of his father, the God-Emperor. And Nish's choices seem limited: a humiliating surrender,...

Journalist Konrad Heiden was one of the first to recognize the young Adolf Hitler's political ingenuity and his potential. In this eyewitness account of his rise to power, the author...

For Lady Eleanor Swift, Paris means champagne at breakfast, romantic walks by the Eiffel Tower... and her deadliest case yet! Newlyweds Lady Swift and Detective Hugh Seldon are honeymooning in...

Homemade baubles, reindeer-shaped cookies and snowy walks across the rolling moors... but Lady Swift's festive plans are ruined when a body turns up! Winter 1924. When Lady Eleanor Swift unexpectedly...

Lady Eleanor Swift has a special royal invitation. She's got just the right dress and the perfect plus one... But wait! Is that a body by the throne? Lady Eleanor...

Murakami's most acclaimed novel in a highly covetable gift edition Enter the surreal and enchanting world of Haruki Murakami Toru Okada's cat has disappeared. His wife is growing more distant...