Nonfiction

This enormous project is based on the premise that civilizations are the product of their environment. With that, Fernandez-Arnesto looks at cultures of the desert, the tundra and ice, then...

Literary Feminisms provides a map for charting the difficult waters that feminist theories have created in literary studies. Ruth Robbins shows the reasons for the development of feminist literary critiques,...

In September 1945 the circumstances surrounding Hitler's death were dark and mysterious. Hugh Trevor-Roper, an intelligence officer, was given the task of uncovering the last few weeks of Hitler's life....

This book surveys Irish history in the first half of this millennium, written in a style which will make it accessible to those new to the subject, incorporating the findings...

A biography of Tony Blair, the leader of the Labour party, which is also an account of the modernization of his party. Tony Blair attended his first branch meeting of...

Based on years of teaching about commercial women's fiction, this definitive guide provides invaluable advice and step-by-step methods for writing and selling a successful chick-lit novel. This title includes features...

Patricia Highsmith, one of the great writers of 20th Century American fiction, had a life as darkly compelling as that of her favorite 'hero-criminal', talented Tom Ripley. In this revolutionary...

SS Kommandant Rudolph Hoess (1900-1947) was history's greatest mass murderer, personally supervising the extermination of approximately two million people, mostly Jews, at the death camp in Auschwitz, Poland. Death Dealer...

For nearly a century, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) has been seen primarily as a "British" writer - a description that ignores his Irish parentage and the experience of the first 20...

A book that completetly changes the established and conventional view of prehistory by relocating the Lost Eden - the world's 1st civilisation - to SouthEast Asia. At the end of...

This startling new book concentrates on the twenty years between 59 and 79AD, thus beginning with the earthquake which all but destroyed Pompeii and ending with the volcanic eruption which...

Sooner or later, we all find ourselves in front of an audience with nothing more to rely on than the power of our words.To lead today is to be a...

Learn about the rise of Adolf Hitler, Pearl Harbour and the D-Day Landings in The WWII Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes...

The re-unification of Germany has awakened conflicting emotions. This book looks at how the movement is affecting people on a personal and populations on a national level. The author describes...

This work catalogues the most common problems that writers face and suggets simple principles for lucid writing. These principles are conveyed by numerous examples which are usually intriguing and often...

This volume of the "Oxford Illustrated Encyclopedia" covers social, economic and political changes that have taken place since 1800. With over 2400 alphabetically arranged entries, and maps and diagrams integrated...

A detailed, one-volume gazetteer which includes over 15,000 entries on the places and peoples of the world. The volume provides information on urban areas, languages and religions, mountains, rivers and...

Interest in Jane Austen has never been greater, but it is revitalized by the advent of feminist literary history. In a substantial new introduction Marilyn Butler places this book, which...

The Age of Revolutions and its aftermath is unparalleled in English literature. Its poets include Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats; its novelists, Jane Austen and Scott. But how...

An attempt to provide a comprehensive account of the Siege of Derry, examining the historical background. The author draws on contemporary accounts, recreating the fluctuating moods of the defenders, the...

This is an omnibus edition of John Sutherland's three collections of literary puzzles, "Is Heathcliffe a Murderer?", "Can Jane Eyre be Happy?", and "Who Betrays Elizabeth Bennet?". Investigating a variety...

Virginia Nicholson's Singled Out is the touching and beautifully told story of the women who were left alone after World War I - a remarkable generation of women who were...