The Con Men

This vivid account of hustling in New York City explores the sociological reasons why con artists play their game and the psychological tricks they use to win it. Terry Williams and Trevor B. Milton,

Selling bootleg goods, playing the numbers, squatting rent-free, scamming tourists with bogus stories, selling knockoffs on Canal Street, and crafting Ponzi schemes--this vivid account of hustling in

Con men have many tricks and schemes to part you from your money. This book will help you see when something is just too good to be true! Barrington Stoke specialises in books for reluctant, strugglin

A compendium featuring X-Men issues 101-110 includes the story of Jean Grey's transformation into The Phoenix, the return of Magneto and Storm's struggles with childhood horrors during a clash with th

Celebrate Marvel's 70th anniversary by experiencing the tales of the world's most-famous super heroes from the very beginning! The Marvel Masterworks have brought readers deluxe hardcover collections

The hit series continues as Proof and Ginger travel to Africa to rescue a baby dinosaur. It turns out, though, that the dinosaur's just the bait in a trap set for Proof and big-game hunter Colonel Dac

A profound novel of cultural displacement, The Mimic Men masterfully evokes a colonial man’s experience in a postcolonial world.Born of Indian heritage and raised on a British-dependent Caribbean isla

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA Waterstones Best Nature & Travel Writing Book 2025'Educational, smart and funny' Richard Osman'This book is superb' Charlie Brooker'Brilliant. Fascinating. Hilarious.' Jonn Elledge, bestselling author of A History of the World in 47 Borders

不打球，你永遠贏不了12 歲的拉姆．帕特爾，在籃球營大出糗後成了網路迷因。他逃離家鄉，希望能放下籃球，卻在新的環境中遇見新的挑戰。在新的球場上，拉姆必須面對不只是球技，更是心態的考驗。這是一個關於失敗、成長與重新找回熱情的動人故事，告訴你：不打球，你永遠贏不了。YOU CAN'T WIN IF YOU DON'T PLAYRaam Patel is eager to prove himself ever since he didn't make the middle school's basketball team. So, when Hoop Con comes to town he is determined to be there and take his shot. His big moment proves to be unforgettable... but not in the way he'd hoped. Raam gets schooled by the camp's golden boy right in front of his NBA idol. To make matters even worse, this fail goes viral.Raam is used to being the underdog, but becoming the newest meme might be something even he can't overcome alone. He skips town in an effort to lay low and take a break from basketball. However, he's met with new courts, fresh kicks and tough new competition, changing his whole outlook on the game. Raam has the skills, but now it's time to unlock the mental game.

The peace John Carter brought to Helium and Thark is new and fragile. On the eve of a Red & Green festival to balm age-old hatreds, Dejah Thoris is kidnapped. The ordeal triggers her lingering nightma

Ever since Great-Grandfather Isom killed a man oversome sheep, a black cloud has hung over the Raths, an Alabama family caught in agenerational cycle of violence. Now, a century later, aging hitman Ir

When alien invaders take one of their own, the X-Men must travel to the Negative Zone to get them back! Will the mutants be able to escape the Negative Zone with the team in-tact?COLLECTING: X-MEN: GO

This book highlights research that expands on our knowledge of second- language collocation acquisition. It presents original findings based on the largest collocation database to date, encompassing o

When Mr Funny announced he was going to start a band, everyone was very excited! But some of the Mr Men are better at making music than others. Little Miss Trouble wants to be in the band, but she can

Suitable for the youngest Mr Men fan, this title comes with simple text and colourful pictures.

The Mr. Men and Little Miss are here to help engage children and inspire them to read with confidence. This book includes two funny stories. In the first Mr Greedy discovers that being heavy can be us

The Mr. Men and Little Miss are here to help engage children and inspire them to read with confidence. This book includes two funny stories one about that jolly, round character Mr. Happy and the othe

Featuring six durable board books in a smart slipcase, each containing colourful images of everyone's favourite Little Miss characters, this book is suitable for young children to enjoy on the move.

Includes two stories one about the character with the longest nose you've ever seen and the other about a character so small you may never have seen him at all - Mr Nosey and Mr Small.