Non-Fiction

In this influential study, Ian Watt traces the genesis and development of the most popular of all literary forms, the novel. In his penetrating and original readings of Daniel Defoe,...

At the age of nine, the author was knocked on the jaw in her school playground. What her family initially thought was a toothache brought on by the accident, turned...

Written by a psychotherapist, this aims to show us the changes that need to be made in our lives to make the world a better place. Dr Peck addresses the...

Written by a management consultant who has extensive experience in the training field, this book provides practical, inside advice on getting maximum value for your training money. Real-life examples, anecdotes...

This introduction to Hinduism, based on a series of lectures given by the author, seeks to recount the history of this religion from the Indus civilization, the warrior Aryans to...

This book aims to include the entire text of all the major grammars of sorcery with commentaries and illustrations, providing a comprehensive survey of ritual magic, black and white magic...

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When the deals presented as problems in this book were played, expert players misdefended. That's hardly news. Every experienced bridge player has misdefended from time to time. Indeed, the challenge...

Covers all aspects of spell-making including psychic self-defence, sex magic, cabalistic magic and talismans. There is a generous anthology of actual spells worldwide, past and present, drawn from history, literature,...

Captivated is a true story of genius and possession. The background is the turn of the century, when a late 19th century world of mesmerists, psychics, trancers and table-turners gave...

This account of a killing in a mansion in Savannah, Georgia is set in the heart of the American South, in the early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was...

Imran Khan's family are Pathans from the fiercely independent tribal areas of the north-west frontier province of Pakistan and in this book he describes their way of life, culture and...

He claimed he couldn't talk about his work, but Samuel Beckett proves remarkably forthcoming in this text, which documents the 30-year working relationship between the playwright and Alan Schneider, his...