Private London, Paperback

In 1943 Claire Chevrillon (code named Christiane Clouet) became head of the Code Service in Paris for General de Gaulle's Delegation and served as ...

Le Corbusier is a Modernist icon whose buildings and theories have influenced structures the world over. Now you can create 10 of his most importan...

Originally published in 1997. In 1985 Frederic C. Lane and Reinhold C. Mueller published the magisterial Money and Banking in Medieval and Renaissa...

With its strong woman protagonist and authentic period detail, this is the best kind of historical fiction.--Library JournalAn exquisitely detailed...

Historical mystery featuring female private investigator Liberty Lane September, 1840. Novelist and patron of the arts Lady Blessington has hired L...

Reducere. BOW DOWN TO THE NEWBORN SUNCan a perverted sex magic ritual, performed in an ancient temple in the heart of modern London, destroy the very foundat...

One of the New York Times Ten Best Books of the Year - A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist - A New York Times Notable Book A timely explo...

Reducere. Murder's got the blues It's the summer of 1956 and Private Investigator Rosa Reed (former Woman Police Constable from the London Metropolitan Polic...

This series of original case studies, focusing on the proceedings and wider diplomatic significance of lavish banquets held across the period at ic...

"A wry, funny and touching meditation on loneliness, that private shame of the singleton in the era of the dating app and of fraudulent boasting on...

Reducere. 'RIVETING. INSPIRING. UTTERLY AUTHENTIC.' - Damien Lewis, SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author of Zero Six BravoFrom boy soldier to paratrooper, private...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: A. A. MilneAlan Alexander (A. A.) Milne (1882-1956) is most prominently remembered as the author of the well-known Winnie-t...

Reducere. JANE EYRE (originally published as Jane Eyre: An Autobiography) is a novel by English writer Charlotte Bront . It was published on 16 October 1847,...

Reducere. Governess-turned-sleuth Miss Silver unravels a tangled web of marriage, mystery, and murder in the English countryside no one has seen Allegra Tren...

Reducere. In the tradition of Rich Cohen's Sweet and Low and Sean Wilsey's Oh the Glory of it All, a memoir of a city, an industry, and a dynasty in decline,...

Reducere. The Princess Diaries meets Runaway Bride in this wonderful novel about a London career girl who embarks on a whirlwind romance with a mysterious ma...

Reducere. "WWII scholar John Kelly triumphs again" (Vanity Fair) in this remarkably vivid account of a key moment in Western history: The critical six months...

Reducere. DescriptionUnforgiving Destiny follows the true story of the 39-year pursuit by authorities on five continents to imprison and execute David McMill...

Contributor(s): Author: George a. SelginGeorge Selgin is one of the world's foremost monetary historians. In this book, based on the 2016 Hayek Mem...

DescriptionThe Ravi PI series comes to its exciting conclusion with newlywed Ravi Chandra Singh and the secret agency Golden Sentinels having to sa...

DescriptionIstanbul, 1591: the mighty Sultan Murad III has been robbed The Staff of Moses, used at the parting of the Red Sea, has been stolen from...

This book offers evidence, for the first time, that those responsible for the Whitechapel murders were members of a hit team associated with a cent...

Reducere. Praised for their riveting, ingenious plot twists, John Lawton's series of espionage thrillers featuring Chief Inspector Frederick Troy of Scotland...

Reducere. The Comte de St Germain was an inscrutable figure who suddenly appeared in London in 1745. He was a man without a past, and openly admitted that hi...

Reducere. July 1910: A gruesome discovery has been made at 39 Hilldrop Crescent, Camden.Chief Inspector Walter Dew of Scotland Yard did not expect the house ...

DescriptionWould Sherlock Holmes be able to catch Jack the Ripper?Everyone knows the name of Sherlock Holmes - the fictional detective created by A...

Things make us just as much as we make things. And yet, unlike the study of languages or places, there is no discipline devoted to the study of mat...

When the violent arrest of an innocent apprentice sparks a riot in Southwark during the summer of 1592, more lies behind it than a simple grievance...

Sightless detective Max Carrados solved his first cases in Edwardian London, in the early days of the 20th century when the city was the beating he...

Reducere. Private Investigator Charlie Parker returns in this heart-pounding thriller as he seeks revenge against the darkest forces in the world, from "one ...

DescriptionSherlock Holmes was not the only solver of crimes to patrol the gaslit streets of late Victorian and Edwardian London. The years between...

DescriptionIn the vein of Neil Strauss' The Game and Joshua Foer's Moonwalking with Einstein comes the fascinating story of one man's colorful, mys...

Reducere. Many books have been written about the fascinating public and private life of Ava Gardner, one of the most famous and beautiful film stars of all t...

Reducere. "Tidhar is a genius at conjuring realities that are just two steps to the left of our own." -NPR "A warped genius... There is no one like him." - I...

Reducere. Now that summer has arrived, Kate and Holly are off to Beaumont Park in England-home of rock-star horses, Olympic equestrians, and a private beach ...

Reducere. It was a love so strong, a king renounced his kingdom--all for that woman. Or was she just an escape route for a monarch who never wanted to rule? ...

Reducere. "Open Water is tender poetry, a love song to Black art and thought, an exploration of intimacy and vulnerability between two young artists learning...

Reducere. Suspenseful and entertaining, with many twists and turns....This is one of the best Sherlock Holmes series since Laurie R. King's Mary Russell book...

Learn the basic foundations of how to be successful day trading and investing in stocks. This book is suitable for those who are trading for a livi...

Reducere. "The Magic Mountain is simply one of the greatest novels ever written." - The Guardian With this dizzyingly rich novel of ideas, Thomas Mann rose t...

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A trail of secrets. A dangerous discovery. A deadly turn.Police officer Sebastian Clifford never planned on becoming a private investigator. But wh...

Reducere. ""The prophecies of judgment fall into three circles. The first of these contains the messages of the prophet delivered in the course of a public m...

Reducere. It all begins with the tragic murder of a whistleblower who has sought help from a struggling private investigator. As the PI, grief stricken by th...

Reducere. Spellbinding and intricate, The Painted Bridge is a tale of secrets, lost lives, and a woman seizing her own destiny: "A chilling page-turner about...

Reducere. Her whole life, Hikari Hanazono has been consumed with the desire to win against her school rival, Kei Takishima--at anything. He always comes out ...

Reducere. Now in an updated edition with revised back matter, the quintessential picture-book biography of Ted Harrison (1926-2015) Ted Harrison's brightly c...

Agatha Raisin knows the truth when she sees it. Now all she has to do is find it...Gloria French was a jolly widow with bottle-blonde hair, a rauco...

This volume contains the first two books in the Thraxas Series - Thraxas, and Thraxas and the Warrior Monks. In the magical city of Turai, Thraxas ...

Reducere. "President Lincoln is assassinated in his private box at Ford's!"When those harrowing words ring out during a children's entertainment in Washingto...