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Based on the award-winning Radio 4 programmes THIS SCEPTRED ISLE tells the fascinating story of British history from Caesar's invasion in 55BC to Queen Victoria's death in 1901.Using extracts from...

With over 80,000 references and 115,000 translations, this revised and updated dictionary covers up-to-date vocabulary, including business and computing terms. New features include treatment of frequently-used words in Spanish and...

The plot of this novel revolves around the feminist movement in Boston in the 1870s. F.R. Leavis called it one of "the two most brilliant novels in the language. "The...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'He writes as well as he acts, with insight, truth and passion' - Sir Ian McKellen 'Highly entertaining... You don't need to be a fan of...

'When I came into the Ulster team,' Stephen Ferris says with typical candour, 'we were crap'. It was, however, preferable to his day job of paving driveways, and that day...

Cutting through phrases like ''It's our biggest seller'' and ''They're our best customer'' growth expert Rebel Brown helps managers and leaders shed the weight and drag that are holding their...

A hitman DI Gavin Sexton is looking into a spate of teenage suicides when he encounters a young girl, paralyzed with locked-in syndrome. Unable to communicate in any other way,...

Feng Shui is the ancient art of placement to create harmony in the environment. This book demystifies the subject and shows, in theory and in practice, how to apply its...

The material in this book reviews work dating back to the vocabulary control movement in the 1930s and also refers to more recent work on the role of lexis in...

A powerful YA romance about the forbidden love between a girl and a fallen angel. Perfect for fans of the Twilight series, eagerly awaiting Midnight Sun! Nora should know better...

The Science of Getting Rich explains obtaining wealth in a practical, even mathematical manner. Author Wallace Wattles treats gaining riches as a simple equation - if every thought is attuned...

This work takes its inspiration from "Star Trek". It delivers lessons on leadership, effective communication, teamwork, honour and the ability to focus on a single mission. The examples are taken...

A complete guide to drawing and painting a wide range of topics from landscapes, figures and nudes to still life, flowers and portraits. All the traditional media are covered from...

Giovanni Civardi has built a formidable reputation worldwide for his skills as both an artist and a teacher, and here he provides a unique introduction to the art of drawing...

A major turning point in the series! Newcharacters are introduced! Big things are in store for Kyle Barnes as he'sfaced with something he never could have prepared for--hope!THE WALKING DEAD...

Capitalism has lifted millions out of poverty. Under its guiding hand, living standards throughout the Western world have been transformed. Further afield, the trail blazed by Japan is being followed...

What connects the discovery of America, the creation of Coca Cola and the art book bought for GBP50 that turned out to contain original Picassos? That's right: sheer blind luck....

In early 2009, eight adults decided to go back to education. They took part in an intensive six weekend course run by the National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA). This book...

A boy and a bear go to sea, equipped with a suitcase, a comic book and a ukulele. They are only travelling a short distance and it really shouldn't take...

When Nefertari's entire family is killed in a fire, she's left to grow up alone, a spare princess in the palace of the new Pharaoh. Her young life is overshadowed...

Sam Capra is an ex-CIA agent, an ex-husband, and an utterly devoted father - to a child stolen from him by Novem Soles, an international intelligence agency as mysterious as...

'One of the most compelling stories I've seen about what it's actually like to serve the American people' BARACK OBAMA A revelatory, behind-the-scenes account of the Obama presidency and a...

Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018Haunting, gripping and gorgeously written, SEE WHAT I HAVE DONE by Sarah Schmidt is a re-imagining of the unsolved American true crime case...

Six lovers. Two affairs. One betrayal. Who's the weak link? Ella Stuart has worked hard to achieve the perfect work-life balance: a high-flying career as a paediatric doctor, a charming...

Otherland is a dangerous magical underworld - a place where appearances can be deceiving and anything can happen. A world of gods, vampires, and fairies. It's also... horrible.When life-long friends...

The enchanting story of an arctic fox's journey back to its mother, inspired by a Sami folk tale.A little arctic fox is lost in the dark, polar night.With the help...

With the war over, the forties and the fifties in Britain have the aura of a golden age. But nostalgia is deceptive: to contemporaries, the battlefront seemed only to have...

Blast off on an interactive voyage beyond the stars!Pack your spacesuit and join adventurer Mia on a spellbinding journey to the depths of the universe, spotting spectacular constellations, discovering new...

Bartolomeo Di Crespi is the acclaimed interior decorator of Our Lady of Fatima, New Jersey. So when the renovation of the town cathedral is up for grabs, he hopes there...

Over 100 magical designs to decorate featuring characters from classic Disney films