In The $100 Startup, Chris Guillebeau shows you how to lead of life of adventure, meaning and purpose – and earn a good living. Still in his early thirties, Chris is on the verge of completing a
To mark the 30th anniversary of its founding, we take a glimpse behind the Dean Street door into the life and times of the world famous Groucho Club. Told by its members, its staff and its alumni.We b
In his powerful new book, bestselling author and world-renowned executive coach Marshall Goldsmith examines the environmental and psychological triggers that can derail us at work and in life. Do you
Over 2 million people have read the #1 New York Times bestseller Wonder and have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face. Readers have also been treated to three
Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in government and industry. This means that women’s v
In the latest novel from #1 best-selling author Paulo Coelho, a married woman in her thirties attempts to overcome midlife ennui by rediscovering herself in a passionate relationship with a man who ha
The latest novel from the #1 internationally best-selling author of The Alchemist.There is nothing wrong with anxiety. Although we cannot control God’s time, it is part of the human condition to want
WICKED above her hipbone, GIRL across her heartWords are like a road map to reporter Camille Preaker's troubled past. Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, Camille's first assignment from the s
Marriage can be a real killer. One of the most critically acclaimed suspense writers of our time, New York Times bestseller Gillian Flynn takes that statement to its darkest place in this unputdownab
"Be in no doubt: the beer was drunk but the man drank the beer." A master English stylist shows how it's done.?Simon Heffer's incisive and amusingly despairing emails to colleagues at the the Daily Te
(2011美國國家書卷獎小說類銀獎)NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn a Balkan country mending from war, Natalia, a young doctor, is compelled to unravel the mysterious circumstances surroundin
Never was the sadness of the end of an affair so poignantly expressed than in Flanders and Swann's elegy The Slow Train. This beautifully-packaged book will take the reader on the slow train to anothe
BOOK 2 IN THE IRON DRUID CHRONICLES------------------------------------------------Atticus O’Sullivan, last of the Druids, doesn’t care much for witches. Still, he’s about to make nice with the local
The first novel in an original, back-to-back three-book series The Iron Druid Chronicles—introducing a cool, new, funny urban fantasy heroAtticus O’Sullivan, last of the Druids, lives peacefully in Ar
"A must-read series." —The Washington PostWhen Henry York found 99 cupboards hidden behind his bedroom wall, he never dreamed they were doors to entirely new worlds. Exploring them with his cousin Hen
Ronnie Barker was one of our most respected and best-loved comedy actors and here, in this fascinating biography, Richard Webber delves deep in to the heart of Barker's life and career, peppering his
A must-have companion to the?acclaimed series about the Imperial private eye?As the girl came running up the steps, I decided she was wearing far too many clothes . . . ?So, in 1989, readers were intr
Now a major motion picture from Paramount PicturesBREAKING NEWS: Ambitious young TV producer Becky Fuller is fired from a local morning show in New Jersey, and her career begins to look as bleak as he
From a former close advisor to Tony Blair, a devastating, frank and insightful analysis of how power is wielded in the modern world.'Niccolo Machiavelli is misunderstood,' argues Jonathan Powell in hi
It is 1914 and Christabel Blakemore is happily preparing for her wedding when she receives the shattering news that her fiance has drowned at sea. Heartbroken, she tries to piece her life together, bu
A refreshingly frank and funny take on motherhood that is not designed to make you feel guilty?I have 10 worries, and the first nine are all variations on the theme of labor and "Is there really a bab
Urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus public-health scares circulate effortlessly. Meanwhile, people with important ideas--business people, teachers, politicians, journalists, and others--stru
The real story behind the leaking of climate change emails at the University of East Anglia.It is the biggest scandal to hit global warming science in years. In November 2009 it emerged that thousands
As the case of Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce?a long and hopeless lawsuit over a disputed will?drags slowly on through the courts, it begins to wear down all those caught in its complicated web. Esther Summers
Frank Ching brings to life 900 years of Chinese history through his own fascinating family tree. Beginning with his search for the grave of his first-recorded ancestor, the 11th-century poet Qin Guan,
The story of an ordinary boy growing up in Belfast who would go on to become world-famous as a hostage in Beirut, and author of the extraordinary testimony of imprisonment and survival that was An Evi
There are some choices no parent should ever have to make?Nikki Grant has her whole life ahead of her when she discovers she is pregnant. But she welcomes the news with joy?the baby will be a wonderfu
When Lisa Martin and David Kirby were forced to part, they never dreamed they might one day have a second chance. Many years later, they meet again and it is clear that, despite everything that's happ
A must-have for all new?parents?a gritty,?laugh-out-loud book about the darker moments of "imperfect" parenthood?A is for Anxiety, Alcohol, and Awful Activities. B is for Bedtime, Baking, and Boredom.
Includes pieces by top crime writers like?Michael Connelly and Irvine Welsh on David Simon's masterpiece,?as well as?episode guides that take on such?themes as the women of The Wire, fathers and sons,
The larger-than-life Mr. Pickwick, a benevolent and well-to-do gentleman, travels about the country righting wrongs and occasionally?but unintentionally?wreaking havoc. Accompanying him is his faithfu
What do Postman Pat, Tommy Cooper, Norman Wisdom and George Best have in common with being abandoned in a Costa Rican jungle after a severe bout of flatulence? Indeed, how are they also connected to
From the King?& Tinker, named after a traditional tale in which a disguised monarch surprises a local craftsman, to the Eagle & Child, commemorating "the Lathom legend," many British pub names
The lives of three strangers interconnect in unforeseen ways--and with unexpected consequences--in acclaimed author Dan Chaon’s gripping, brilliantly written new novel. Longing to get on with his lif
Covering the perilous lives of explorers from the 19th century to today, this unique collection of travel writings contains pieces by literary giants such as William Golding, Espeth Huxley, and Peter
Written more than 25 centuries ago, the Diamond Sutra is the first text to record the Buddha’s own teachings, and it remains one of the most popular. One day, after the Buddha finishes his daily wal
The world is full of problems and conflicts. So why can we not solve them? According to Edward de Bono,?current thinking cannot solve world problems because?current thinking is itself the problem. And
It is 1914 and Christabel Blakemore is happily preparing for her wedding when she receives the shattering news that her fiance has drowned at sea. Heartbroken, she tries to piece her life together, bu
When Labour came to power in 1997, Britain had the best system of retirement provision in the world. Millions of us knew that our years of hard work would ultimately be rewarded by a leisurely and com
Recalling the homemade remedies that families used long before modern medicines became so widely available, this collection brings together remedies that have been gathered from dusty medicine chests
