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At the end of the 13th century, Scotland was a blood-torn country suffering under the harsh domination of a tyrant usurper, the hated Plantagenet, ...

DescriptionA bravely honest and brilliantly comic account of how one mother gave up drinking and started living. This is Bridget Jones Dries Out.Cl...

Odes to the mighty and majestic pet from across poetic disciplines, compelled by a cat's capacity to frustrate and delight while being at once comf...

The connection of Peter Thiel's grievances with Gawker to the sight's downfall after the Hulk Hogan lawsuit is considered as an example of a plausi...

Newly updated for the 200th anniversary of the foundation of Singapore, this biography of Java Governor and Singapore founder Thomas Stamford Raffl...

A comprehensive account of the Galapagos islands, which takes in the scope of their human, as well as biological, history. The islands' rich divers...

15 writers who have lived or have deep roots in the Middle East take a fresh look at the region today, tomorrow and in the past.

Bite-sized explainers regarding politics, economics, science, statistics and more, drawing on the resources of the great minds of The Economist.

Reducere. The instant Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and international bestseller“While the history books are filled with tales of obsessive visionary geniu...

A tornado of redemptive murder and a gleeful satire of small-town life, from the late legend of the genre, Jean-Patrick Manchette. Re-released alon...

A cultural history of plants in the wrong place, by one of Britain's most admired nature writers, author of Flora Britannica and Birds Britannica. ...

In the summer of 1947, a young priest, Petter, his wife and baby daughter, arrive by mail boat at a tiny island. They are to take over its drafty h...

Drawing extensively on French and international sources and historians, this is a well-researched and fast-paced account of how and why the French ...

The contemporary nature of rave culture and its varying nature around the world are taken stock of here by the author of acclaimed history of eight...

Welcome to Europe as you've never known it before, seen through the peculiarities of its languages and dialects. Combining linguistics and cultural...

A controversial new theory about how we talk, from the author of Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes, which sold more than 30, 000 copies. Everett argues...

A timely confessional novel about the challenges modern women face, this is a wickedly funny and intelligent account of womanhood.

A diary of real-life vet cases set in a 24-hour inner-city London animal charity hospital. Sheds new light on the charity aspect of vet work, and t...

The 2 nature writers explain simple skills such as making and flying a kite, damming a stream and building a den, as well as techniques for meditat...

An }Economist{ guide for the uninitiated, updated and refreshed to reflect the changing world.

In Search of Excellence has long been a must-have for the boardroom, business school and bedside table, and continues to influence the thinking of ...

As a Chinese proverb says 'The fish rots from the head' and so it is with businesses and other organisations - the buck starts and stops in the boa...

The lives of twenty-five of the world's greatest mathematicians are related in vivid detail here, along with exciting and accessible explanations o...

The piece of ancient Egyptian sculpture said to bridge the gap between ancient and modern worlds is explored in relation to its dual role as a poli...

Practical advice for management professionals on leading a team of equals, divided across fifty easily assimilated lessons.

An exploration of why and how we pronounce words in English why we do, drawing on pop culture and history to make the phonetics, linguistics and ph...

Drawing on the experience of generals and of ordinary soldiers and considering strategy and tactics, a history of the final months of World War One.

Looks at the 'invisible' members of Roman society, such as prostitutes, innkeepers, housewives and slaves, and how they formed the fabric of societ...

Now in paperback, this reveals the ultimate questions that take us to the limits of mathematics. Combines Stewart's accessible, appealing approach ...

The third volume in David Crystal's classic series on the English language combines the first history of English punctuation with a complete guide ...