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Once in a great while, a story comes along that has everything: plot, setting, and, most important of all, the kind of characters that sweep readers up and take them...

In a study of the Enron scandal, the author goes behind the scenes to profile the players and expose business practices involved in the financial and political debacle that had...

Enron, Tyco, Sunbeam Global Crossings, Waste Management are but the tip of the iceberg, the symptoms at the surface that reveal what companies of the future have to do to...

Each of the "unusual investigations" in this book is an expedition into an unfamiliar world - a world of secrets, lies and double lives. Entering this world, Ron Rosenbaum takes...

From Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author Ron Suskind comes a startling look at how America lost its way and at the nation's struggle, day by day, to reclaim the...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrom the colonial streets of 1854 Melbourne to the twilight years of the twentieth century, Bold - Steady Faithful chronicles nearly 140 years of...

A wife pretends to hang herself in the basement so she can time how long it will be before her husband comes to rescue her. . . .a woman whose...

Roots, Radicals & Rockers: How Skiffle Changed the World is the first book to explore this phenomenon in depth - a meticulously researched and joyous account that explains how skiffle...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the brutal, wheel-spinning world of wheelchair rugby — a sport so ferociously physical it earned the nickname...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingFor any writer, student, or professional seeking the perfect word, The Macquarie Concise Thesaurus stands as an...

This is no ordinary parish, and no ordinary priest - a true story of poverty, haunting, exorcism, birth, death and murder. Seth was a priest. He served for 10 years...

This hilarious picture book stars Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam, two hapless robber dogs who decide on a career-change after one bungled burglary too many. Tracey Corderoy's accomplished rhyme trips...

A Vietnam sniper tells his story and reveals the battles he fought even after the war was over... In 1968, Gary Mitchell enlisted in the Army and was sent to...

Walk a day in a Roman's sandals. What was it like to live in one of the ancient world's most powerful and bustling cities - one that was eight times...

Read the true story that inspired the major new film, The Iron Lady. John Campbell's magisterial biography is the political biography of Margaret Thatcher. 'An enormously useful achievement...every twist and...

"The shadowy Gangster Squad was formed in 1946 with eight men operating out of two rusted old Fords. They had no office and made no arrests - the idea was...

A collection of the timeless, the priceless and the unforgettable, this beautiful compendium accompanies the beloved BBC One TV series. Antiques Roadshow has graced our screens for forty years and...

"Behind almost every painting is a fortune and behind that a sin or a crime." With these words as a starting point, Michael Gross, leading chronicler of the American rich,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the bitter, exhausted close of France's catastrophic defeat in the summer of 1940, two men face the...

'Witty, bittersweet, surprising, and compellingly readable' Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review 'A completely original and bewitching adventure' A. D. Rhine, author of Daughters of Bronze and Horses of Fire 'A dazzling...

Donald Rodney: A Reader is a selection of crucial texts exploring the artist's work. Including perspectives from leading art historians, peers and the artist himself, these essays and previously unpublished...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The life and loves of Prince Charles are illuminated in a major new biography from the New York Times bestselling author of Elizabeth the Queen...

Britain's national treasure Michael Rosen delivers a silly, mind-fizzing collection of heartwarming true tales perfect for bedtime. For kids aged 6 to 106! These totally true (and very silly) stories...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Moving, outrageous and outrageously funny' Dawn French When a toxic hospital consultant dies of a heart attack, fellow doctor Eitan Rose smells foul play. Nobody...

* In this powerful and groundbreaking book, Misha Glenny takes us on a journey through the new world of international organised crime. * For three years, he has been recording...

Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam have swapped their life of crime for a career in cupcakes. But when they're asked to bake for a seriously swanky party, Shifty and Sam...

Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam have made it to the magical streets of Paris, baking a spectacular gingerbread Eiffel Tower for a VERY important art exhibition at 'Galerie Bonbon'. But...

In World War II, American soldiers went overseas to rescue England from the Nazi menace. Now, with America threatened from within by the specter of social democracy, British politician Daniel...

THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER-ONE BESTSELLER When Diana: Her True Story was first published in 1992 it changed the way the public viewed the British monarchy. Never before had a senior...

Edited, abridged, and with a critical Foreword by Hans-Friedrich Mueller Introduction by Daniel J. Boorstin Illustrations by Giovanni Battista Piranesi Edward Gibbon's masterpiece, which narrates the history of the Roman...

Billions of dollars continue to be lost by companies and investors due to the pervasive impact of manipulative, self-serving executives. Financial scandals aren't unknown in U.S. business history, but today's...

'An extraordinary family tale of survival' Sunday Times Human and curious . . . an admirable family memoir of migration' Guardian Jonathan Dean's great-grandfather, David Schapira, lived a life of...

It is December AD 79. In the Roman port of Ostia braziers are lit, hot spiced wine is brewed and soft fur covers are brought out from cedarwood storage chests....

She is one of the best-loved and most highly respected actresses in the world today. A talent that Britain is truly proud of, Dame Helen Mirren is a chameleon of...

Trust is the thread that binds us . . . and the rope that hangs us. In Nadezra, peace is as tenuous as a single thread. The ruthless House Indestor...

A highly entertaining read for anyone with even a passing interest in art and art history. This myth-busting book takes you on a great ride through the lives of starving...

Rodney was a rabbit who loved nothing more than drawing. He never found it tiresome, tedious or boring. But then one day, disaster struck, the one thing Rodney feared while...

Peter Evans's biography of Aristotle Onassis, Ari , metwith great acclaim when it was published in 1986. Ariprovided the world with an unprecedented glimpse of theGreek shipping magnate's orbit of...

An original analysis of the war between the two opposing sides of Italy's national character Not long ago Italy was Europe's highly touted emerging economy, a society that blended dynamism...