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A comprehensive study that draws upon poetry and mythology, art and literature, archaeology and psychology to show how the myth of the goddess has been lost from our formal Judeo…
A new edition of the definitive collection of modern poetry from Africa "Poetry, always foremost of the arts in traditional Africa," writes Gerald Moore, "has continued to…
Every night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, executing her the next morning. To end this brutal pattern and to save her own life, the…
The Penguin Guide to Punctuation is indispensable for anyone who needs to get to grips with using punctuation in their written work. Whether you are puzzled by colons and…
"What are ROMANS?" asked Harry.When Harry and the dinosaurs go to the museum they see Roman swords and spears, Egyptian mummies and lots of Harry''s ancestors. The dinosaurs want…
This new historical atlas - richly illustrated with photographs, artwork recreations and full-colour maps - explores the world''s earliest civilisations from the first farming…
Foursome is the brilliantly witty novel from Jane Fallon, bestselling author of Getting Rid of Matthew. Rebecca, Daniel, Alex and Isabel have been best friends since university.…
The Caspian Gates is the fourth in Harry Sidebottom''s captivating Warrior of Rome Series.AD262 - the Imperium is in turmoil after the struggle for the throne. Furthermore,…
Mexico, April 2009. The bodies of pair of undercover military intelligence agents, disguised as campesinos (farmers), are dumped by the side of the road. Beside the corpses is a…
The tormenting of the body by the troubled mind, hysteria is among the most pervasive of human disorders - yet at the same time it is the most elusive. Freud''s recognition that…
Chris, Ikem and Beatrice are like-minded friends working under the military regime of His Excellency, the Sandhurst-educated President of Kangan. In the pressurized atmosphere of…
In eighteenth century France, Charles Perrault rescued from the oral tradition fairy tales that are known and loved even today by virtually all children in the West. Angela Carter…
''T. rex! T. rex! Run!''The terrible Tyrannosaurus rex is scaring all the dinosaur families that live on the Great Plain. Nosy, the little pterodactyl, and his great friend Banty,…
Rob worries about everything - being bitten by snakes to dinosaurs waiting round the corner. So when the Vorks move in across the road, he is convinced that they''re aliens and…