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A new and revised edition of this pocket-sized dictionary, for school, home or office.

Everyone has heard of the Atlantic Trade, in which millions of Africans were transported to the Americas by Europeans to work as slaves. However, there is another slave trade, previously...

A vivid account of the fierce, honourable, death-obsessed, profoundly religious Aztecs on the eve of the Spanish conquest. Even in the darkest symbolism of their blood-drenched worship they appear as...

Don't miss the explosive new No.1 bestseller from Kimberley Chambers - QUEENIE - available to buy now! Some people are made for a life of crime. Jason Rampling is a...

Climate change, sweatshops, fair-trade, ethical investment, organic food...life can sometimes seem like a moral minefield. Which products and companies should we support or avoid? And which "ethical" claims can we...

Digital SLR cameras constitute the fastest growing area in the digital camera market, and this practical and accessible guide will give amateur photographers all the information they need to get...

Sister Stan, as she is affectionately known, was brought up on a farm in Dingle, County Kerry, one of the most beautiful parts of Ireland. It was there that she...

This one-stop practical guide will show you how to use neuro linguistic programming to improve your communication skills and quality of life. To make your progress easier, it comes in...

Allen Carr, international bestselling author of "The Easy Way to Stop Smoking", addresses your worries about plane travel in Allen Carr's "Easy Way to Enjoy Flying". Learn to enjoy your...

Married at twelve, then separated, divorced and widowed, Nisa is the mother of four children, none of whom survived. She is strong, capable of foraging on her own in one...

THIS IS NOT A PARENTING MANUAL. THIS IS REAL LIFE.The Unmumsy Mum writes candidly about motherhood like it really is: the messy, maddening, hilarious reality, how there is no 'one...

The finest gems of cartoon humour, spanning the Decades. A bumper collection of 450 side-splitting cartoons, cherrypicked from around the world. Includes work by all the great favourites, such as...

This biography of Genet explores the perverse extremes of his life and writing, and separates the fact from the mythology which was fostered by Genet himself. Edmund White has interviewed...

The very first Virgil Flowers novel by internationally bestselling author John Sandford! In the small town of Bluestem, Minnesota, where everybody knows everybody, a house way up on a ridge...

American Agnes Samuel is the kind of woman whom people remember: beautiful, witty, cool. But does anyone in the sleepy Fenland village of Warboys remember another Agnes Samuel, a frightened...

It is the age of empire, of blood and conquest, of boundless excitement and possibility. Striding in the footsteps of the pioneers is Zouga Ballantyne. His dream begins in the...

A flavorful account of New York City politics during the 1920s Jazz Age centering on the intersecting careers of the city's popular "Night Mayor," Jimmy Walker, and the state's patrician...

Sicily's complex history has produced an island with unique character. This guide covers every major attraction from the sultry splendour of Palermo to the luminous grace of Siracusa. "Insight Regional...

Bernie Gunther returns in the thirteenth book in the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling series, perfect for fans of John le Carre and Robert Harris.'One of the greatest...

2002 was the year of Roy Keane, if not exactly Roy Keane's year. Banished from Ireland's World Cup squad and then suspended by the English FA after comments in his...

HEART-STOPPING FORENSIC ACTION WITH A LETHAL TWISTThe Virals' home on Loggerhead Island is under threat, and only one thing can save it: a lot of money.A 300-year-old legendRumour has it...