Cassandra Mortmain lives with her bohemian and impoverished family in a crumbling castle in the middle of nowhere.Her journal records her life with her beautiful, bored sister,…
Three extraordinary characters caught in a web of fatal obsession are at the centre of Hugo''s novel. The grotesque hunchback Quasimodo, bell-ringer of Notre-Dame, owes his life…
Warren Buffett''s Stock Portfoliois the first book to take readers deep into Warren Buffett''s investment portfolio. Each of Buffett''s current stock investments is analyzed in…
For this second edition of The Tempest - one of Shakespeare's most elusive and suggestive plays - David Lindley has thoroughly revised the introduction to take account of the…
With 100 recipes and practical advice, this is the only guide you''ll need to get started on the authentic Mediterranean diet!Introducing Mediterranean Diet Cookbook for Beginners…
Alan the bear has a problem. He needs a wee! But there are so many things he would rather do first. Will he make it to the loo on time? And when he gets there, will there be a…
The first detailed English-language study of Ukrainian Cossacks'' attire, equipment, and tactics from the late 16th to early 18th century.This is the first book about Ukrainian…
THE ACCLAIMED FULLY REVISED EDITION OF THE SCOTT MONCRIEFF AND KILMARTIN TRANSLATIONIn Sodom and Gomorrah Proust''s narrator not only depicts the class tensions of a changing…
The diaries of the last British Governor of Hong Kong, published on the 25th anniversary of the handoverIn June 1992 Chris Patten went to Hong Kong as the last British governor,…
How does Britain get its food? Why is our current system at breaking point?How can we fix it before it is too late?British food has changed remarkably in the last half century. As…
It’s like meditation with a pen—with the colors set down you begin to make lines, lines that calm you, lines that inspire you, lines that absorb you, until the world, and your…
A great new addition to the Horrible Geography range, a series ofpocket-sized colour books with durable, wipe-clean plastic covers. From hurricanes to tornadoes, Stormy Weather…
Throughout history we have told ourselves stories to try and make sense of our place in the universe. Richard Holloway takes us on a personal, scientific and philosophical journey…
