Dr Alex Seymour seems to have it all - with a solid marriage of twenty years, two teenage children, a new baby and an unblemished career as a London GP, his life seems perfect - but then a simple trip
A memoir of Hunter S Thompson that exposes the darkness at the heart of America: a nation that thralls to Bush's War on Terror, War on Evil, War on Iraq, and even War on Fat... a time when fear and lo
Examines the life of Winston Churchill through his military service as both a soldier and warlord. This book explores Churchill's strategies in both world wars - the disastrous failures as well as the
Kathleen Flynn-Hui, hairdresser to the stars, takes readers behind the frosted glass panels of the top salons and into the glamorous and bitchy world of women who'd kill for a handful of honeyed highl
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A fun and pacy conspiracy thriller - featuring a feisty young heroine who has to protect mankind from the clutches of one of the most dangerous secret societies you will ever come across. In 530 BC
Hugh Sebag-Montefiore's Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man tells the story of the rescue in May 1940 of British soldiers fleeing capture and defeat by the Nazis at Dunkirk. Dunkirk was not just about what
What do you want to eat right here, right now? What we cook and eat is as much dictated by our moods as what we wear and what we do, so Jo Pratt has written an ingenious book that asks you how you fee
At 5.15 p.m. Harvey Ellis was trapped - stranded in a line of eight cars by a blizzard on a Norfolk coast road. At 8.15 p.m. Harvey Ellis was dead - viciously stabbed at the wheel of his truck. And hi
Remember the sexy shenanigans at St Benedict’s? The exclusive country club and spa with more millionaires per square foot than the Hamptons in midsummer? Well, the four gorgeous golfers’ girls are bac
What is science and what is its true value? Can a scientist believe in God? Why, in this supposedly scientific age, is there such widespread fascination with flying saucers, faith healing, astrology a
One rainy afternoon in Istanbul, a woman walks into a doctor's surgery. 'I need to have an abortion,' she announces. She is nineteen years old and unmarried. What happens that afternoon will change he
Here’s another psychological thriller from the popular author of Land of the Living (2003) and Losing You(2008), among many others. Astrid Bell is a bike messenger in London. Not long after a neighbor
'It had been almost a year since I'd found Hannah dead, and I thought I'd managed to erase all traces of that night within myself. I was wrong.' "Special Topics in Calamity Physics" is a mesmerizing d
Love’s Labour’s Lost, now recognized as one of the most delightful and stageworthy of Shakespeare’s comedies, came into its own both on the stage and in critical esteem only during the 1930s and 1940s
This is the story of an Aboriginal boy and two American children in the Australian desert. When they meet the boy, Mary and Peter learn about the desert. They follow him to food and water. But they ar
Now a young woman and her romance with Gilbert Blythe beginning to flourish, Anne Shirley becomes Principal ofSummerside High School. But Summerside is virtually ruled the Pringle family, who don’t wa
Here, one of France's greatest intellectuals explores the evolving social, economic and political forces that have shaped our attitudes to sex. Foucault describes how we are in the process of making a
A classic of criticism that examines the nature, function, form, and contents of literature. "The most ordered, ranging and purposeful attempt...toward keeping the study of literature at once intellig
THE classic work that gives your child independence of mind Teach Your Child How To Think, from world-renowned writer and philosopher Edward de Bono. The greatest gift we can give our children is the
The next instalment in the addictive Chocolate Box Girls series and sequel to Cherry Crush, Marshmallow Skye, Summer's Dream and Coco Caramel. Honey is going to live with her dad in Australia. Determi
In a prison in Occupied France one in every ten men is to be shot. The prisoners draw lots among themselves - and for rich lawyer Louis Chavel it seems that his whole life has been leading up to an ag
This is the first book in a series of five vocabulary practice books, which are graded in difficulty for elementary to advanced students of English. Each book contains 50 exercises, which test and tea
We've taken some of the world's best stories from dark, musty anthologies and brought them into the light, giving them the individual attention they deserve. Each book in the series has been designed
This is the second book in a series of five vocabulary practice books, which are graded in difficulty for elementary to advanced students of English. Each book contains 50 exercises, which test and te
The revealing and inspiring pieces here span a lifetime of enthusiasm for discovering what makes the world tick - including uproarious tales of early student experiments; safecracking and outwitting U
Roget's Thesaurus is the world's most famous and trusted word-finder. First published in 1852 it has now sold over 32 million copies worldwide and has become the indispensable desk companion for gener
The mid-seventies - and satin baggies and chunky platforms reigned supreme. Jethro Tull did battle with glam-rock for the airwaves. At an all-boys Catholic school in Melbourne Timothy Conigrave fell w
With two jobs and two children, Jess Thomas does her best day after day. But it's hard on your own. And sometimes you take risks you shouldn't. Because you have to... One chaotic family Jess' gifted,
Erendira was bathing her grandmother when the wind of misfortune began to blow. While her grotesque and demanding grandmother retires to bed, Erendira still has floors to wash, sheets to iron, and a p
Charlie Babbitt thinks he will get a lot of money when his father dies. However the money goes to someone he doesn't know - a man who lives in hospital and is the brother Charlie never knew he had. Th
Forster’s lively, informed originality and wit have made this book a classic. Avoiding the chronological approach of what he calls “pseudoscholarship,” he freely examines aspects all English-language
Ikey Solomon is in the business of thieving. His partner in crime is his mistress, Mary Abacus, until misfortune befalls them. They are parted and each must make the harsh journey to the convict settl
