Nonfiction

The first case study deals with the mad cow fiasco of 1996, one of the most expensive and tragic examples of poor risk management in the last twenty-five years. For...

An award winning travel writer constructs life on an Atlantic rock just off the Irish coast that for 600 years housed a medieval monstery. Some 8 miles into the Atlantic,...

At Nuremberg, Speer had accepted guilt for but not direct knowledge of Nazi war crimes and the treatment of the Jews. But THE GOOD NAZI relates how Speer personally ordered...

Nancy Wake is one of the true heroines of the Second World War. Born in New Zealand, she was living in Marseille and was married to Frenchman Henri Fiocca when...

Based on access to his files, friends and associates, and Gene Roddenberry himself, this is a biography of the creator of the television science-fiction series, "Star Trek". It explores both...

Television presenter Anne Diamond's son Sebastian was born four weeks prematurely, and fought for his life for weeks in a special-care baby unit before being allowed home. He overcame those...

Multimedia behemoth; $75 billion "world power"; popular target for a variety of alleged evils from legal trickery to "brute force" marketing; or nothing more than a benevolent organization instrumental in...

This superb collection of specially commissioned photographs presents a detailed survey of battles through the ages and around the world.Charting the progress of a battle from recruitment to the battlefield...

The Greek islands are simply magical, and this is an indispensable guide to them. Whether you are looking for the best beach resort for a family holiday, want to explore...

Published as he approaches his 30th birthday, this biography chronicles Prince Edward's far-from-ordinary life. It considers the two sides of his career - as Edward Windsor, potential theatrical impressario, and...

Take the trouble out of travel with the AA's easiest to use travel guides...ever. This new series covers 12 popular destinations, for independent travellers wishing to select the best for...

Part adventure story and part historical detective work, this is a quest into the real nature and current whereabouts of the Ark of the Covenant. The author has found, scattered...

This is a kaleidoscopic collection of Erica Jong's provocative prose, covering politics, pornography, motherhood and writing, with turns from Hillary Rodham Clinton, Lolita, Princess Diana and Louise Woodward. It surfs...

This is the story of Valerie Solanas, the radical feminist and author of "SCUM Manifesto" (Society for Cutting Up Men), who made headlines in 1968 when she attempted to kill...

This biography offers an insight into the intellectual and sexual life of Anais Nin. It includes material drawn from unpublished archives and diary pages and shows how through her lifelong...

A mesmerising novel of love, freedom, and retribution set in the Caribbean. It is 1952 on the Caribbean island of Bimshire. Mary-Mathilda - mistress of plantation manager Mr Bellfeels and...

This is the thrilling history of the turning point of the Second World War, when Hitler's armies were halted on the Eastern Front. At the moment of crisis in 1941...

James Connolly was born at 107 Cowgate, Edinburgh in 1868. At fourteen he joined the King's Liverpool Regiment and served seven years in Ireland. Returning to Scotland in 1889, he...

Walking Ireland is the most lavish and beautifully produced guide to the Irish hills currently available. The book consists of 30 routes, each divided into linked stages of between eight...

This is Patrick Touher's sequel to "Fear of the Collar", his memoir of boyhood in Artane Industrial School. The book opens with his leaving of Artane. It then traces his...

What makes entrepreneurs different from the rest of us? Even when they are rich they keep on working. What drives them? Money? Power? Applause? In this book, a companion volume...