Asterix: Omnibus 5 - Asterix and the Cauldron, Asterix ...
This special collectorsÂ’ edition features books thirteen to...
Asterix: Omnibus 11 - Asterix and The Actress, Asterix ...
In this special collectorsÂ’ edition, three great Asterix al...
Asterix: Omnibus 3 - Asterix and the Big Fight, Asterix...
In this special collectorsÂ’ edition, books seven to nine ar...
Asterix: Omnibus 8 - Asterix and the Great Crossing, Ob...
In this special collectorsÂ’ edition, books 22 to 24 are bro...
Asterix: Omnibus 2 - Asterix the Gladiator, Asterix and...
In this special collectorsÂ’ edition, books four to six are ...
Asterix: Omnibus 10 - Asterix and the Magic Carpet, Ast...
In this special collectorsÂ’ edition, books 28 to 20 are bro...
Asterix: Asterix and the Cauldron - Album 13
Gaul was divided into three parts. No, four parts – for one...
Asterix: Asterix and the Cauldron - Album 13
Gaul was divided into three parts. No, four parts – for one...
Authority and the Sacred: Aspects of the Christianisati...
Authority and the Sacred: Aspects of the Christianisation of...
Burlesque and the Art of the Teese/Fetish and the Art o...
On one side, Dita Von Teese shares the beauty of the burlesq...
Morbid Curiosities: Collections of the Uncommon and the...
A fascinating insight into the strange world of collectors o...
The Infidel and the Professor - David Hume, Adam Smith,...
The story of the greatest of all philosophical friendships—...
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stane - Harry Potter...
Mr and Mrs Dursley, o nummer fower, Privet Loan, were prood ...
Young People and the Future of News: Social Media and t...
Young People and the Future of News: Social Media and the Ri...
Asterix: Omnibus 5 - Asterix And The Cauldron, Asterix In Spain,
Monet and the Impressionists for Kids - Their Lives and Ideas, 21 Activities
A lifelong love of art is one of the greatest gifts an adult can bestow on a child—and no period of art is better loved or more available to children than Impressionism. Monet and the Impressionists for Kids invites children to delight in CassattÂ’s mothers and children, RenoirÂ’s dancing couples, and GauginÂ’s island scenes; 21 activities explore MonetÂ’s quick shimmering brush strokes, CezanneÂ...
The Cancer Whisperer - Finding courage, direction and the unlikely gifts of cancer
‘I have cancer. Cancer does not have me.’ Sophie Sabbage was diagnosed with late stage ‘incurable’ lung cancer in October 2014. She was 48 years old, happily married with a 4-year-old daughter. Since that day – when doctors told Sophie that her prognosis was poor – she has been on a remarkable journey of healing and transformation that has reshaped her vocation as well as changed her life ...
Beer, Food, and Flavor - A Guide to Tasting, Pairing, and the Culture of Craft Beer
“From lessons in cheese-and-brew pairings to sketching a menu for a multi-course, beer-pairing dinner party …[this] excellent, 300-page guide to beer and food is a steal.” —Evan S. Benn, Esquire.com “Yes, great beer can change your life,” writes chef Schuyler Schultz in Beer, Food, and Flavor, an authoritative guide to exploring the diverse array of flavors found in craft beer—and the joys ...
The Mistress of Mayfair - Men, Money and the Marriage of Doris Delevingne
THE plot could have been inspired by Evelyn Waugh’s Vile Bodies, but unlike Waugh’s novel – which parodies the era of the `Bright Young Things’ – The Mistress of Mayfair is a real-life story of scandal, greed, corruption and promiscuity at the heart of 1920s and ’30s high society, focusing on the wily, wilful socialite Doris Delevingne and her doomed relationship with the gossip columnist Va...
Time and Space - The Tactics That Shaped Australian Rules - and the Players and Coaches Who Mastered Them
An accomplished book about the genius and ingenuity of the gameÂ’s greats (and the forgotten) and how they have shaped the game through the innovation of tactics. From PaganÂ’s Paddock to ClarksonÂ’s Cluster, from FitzroyÂ’s huddle to SydneyÂ’s flood, the tactics of Australian football have become part of the vernacular. In this groundbreaking book, ABC journalist James Coventry reveals the...
Asterix: Asterix and Obelix All at Sea - Album 30
In ancient Rome the slaves are revolting …and not only that, they’ve stolen Julius Caesar’s own galley, the finest warship in the Roman navy. Under their heroic leader Spartakis, the former galley slaves make for the little Gaulish village where Julius Caesar’s old enemies Asterix and Obelix live – only to find the place in crisis, for Obelix, after drinking the druid Getafix’s magic potions...
THE HARLOT AND THE SHEIKH/MISS BRADSHAW'S BOUGHT BETROTHAL/THE COWBOY'S CINDERELLA
The Harlot and the Sheikh – Marguerite KayePrince Rafiq vowed to restore the pride of his kingdom by winning a prestigious horse race. To ensure success he hires an English expert. But Rafiq is shocked when his new employee is introduced…as Miss Stephanie Darvill!Stephanie is determined to leave her shameful past behind – she will prove to Rafiq she deserves his trust! But this hard-hearted des...
Asterix: Omnibus 8 - Asterix and the Great Crossing, Obelix and Co, Asterix in Belgium
In this special collectors’ edition, books 22 to 24 are brought together in one fabulous volume. In ASTERIX AND THE GREAT CROSSING, a storm blows Asterix and Obelix off course. Luckily they land on the shores of a Roman colony – or is it? Teepees, totems, gobbling birds: it’s not what they’re used to. Julius Caesar sends Caius Preposterus, graduate of the Latin School of Economics, to corru...
Asterix: Omnibus 11 - Asterix and The Actress, Asterix and the Class Act, Asterix and the Falling Sky
In this special collectors’ edition, three great Asterix albums are collected in one fabulous volume for the first time ever. In ASTERIX AND THE ACTRESS, Asterix and Obelix celebrate their joint birthday party – and some surprise guests have been invitied! ASTERIX AND THE CLASS ACT contains 14 stories, including tales of the day Asterix and Obelix were born (in the middle of a village fist fight...
Four Seasons in Rome - On Twins, Insomnia and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World
On the same day that his wife gave birth to twins, Anthony Doerr received the Rome Prize, an award that gave him a year-long stipend and studio in Rome… `Four Seasons in Rome’ charts the repercussions of that day, describing Doerr’s varied adventures in one of the most enchanting cities in the world, and the first year of parenthood. He reads Pliny, Dante, and Keats – the chroniclers of Rome ...
Asterix: Asterix and the Secret Weapon - Album 29
A woman bard is unheard-of in Ancient Gaul – but when the mothers in Asterix and Obelix’s little village decide that besides being a terrible musician Cacofonix, the local bard and school-teacher, is not educating their children properly, it’s Bravura they call in. The men of the village are horrified at first, but Bravura proves a useful ally in countering Julius Caesar’s secret weapon – the...
Between the Woods and the Water - On Foot to Constantinople from the Hook of Holland: The Middle Danube to the Iron Gate...
The acclaimed travel writer’s youthful journey – as an 18-year-old – across 1930s Europe by foot began in A Time of Gifts, which covered the author’s exacting journey from the Lowlands as far as Hungary. Picking up from the very spot on a bridge across the Danube where his readers last saw him, we travel on with him across the great Hungarian Plain on horseback, and over the Romanian border to...
It's Not Really About the Hair - The Honest Truth About Life, Love, and the Business of Beauty
Fans of the hit Bravo show Tabatha’s Salon Takeover tune in for the straight-shooting, unvarnished commentary of its ballsy, stylish, and savvy star. Refusing to let others define her, Tabatha Coffey has reclaimed the word “bitch,” transforming it to fit the person she is : Brave, Intelligent, Tenacious, Creative, and Honest.In It’s Not Really About the Hair, this deeply private woman shares t...
Burlesque and the Art of the Teese/Fetish and the Art of the Teese
On one side, Dita Von Teese shares the beauty of the burlesque world, with bubblegum dreams and show tunes to strip to. Flip over for fantasies in fetish with dramatic costumes and the allure of submission. Burlesque and the Art of the Teese“I advocate glamour. Every day. Every minute.” I’m a good dancer and a nice girl, but I’m a great showgirl. I sell, in a word, magic. Burlesque is a ...
Australia and the War in the Air - Volume I - The Centenary History of Australia and the Great War
The first book in a new series that will explore Australia’s role in the Great War.From the earliest days of the Great War, Australians volunteered to fight in the air – warfare’s newest arena, and one that would transform the nature of military operations. In the squadrons of the Australian Flying Corps and with Britain’s flying services, Australian airmen fought in campaigns that spanned the...
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stane - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in Scots
Mr and Mrs Dursley, o nummer fower, Privet Loan, were prood tae say that they were gey normal, thank ye awfie muckle. They were the lest fowk ye wid jalouse wid be taigled up wi onythin unco or ferlie, because they jist widnae hae onythin tae dae wi joukery packery like yon. 2017 will see an auspicious alignment of anniversaries. J. K. RowlingÂ’s world-beating debut novel Harry Potter and the Ph...
The Road Not Taken - Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam
In this epic biography of Edward Lansdale (1908- 1987), the man said to be the fictional model for Graham Greene’s The Quiet American, best-selling historian Max Boot demonstrates how Lansdale pioneered a “hearts and mind” diplomacy, first in the Philippines, then in Vietnam. It was a visionary policy that, as Boot reveals, was ultimately crushed by America’s giant military bureaucracy, steere...
Dreaming the Beatles - The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World
“This is the best book about the Beatles ever written” —Mashable Rob Sheffield, the Rolling Stone columnist and bestselling author of Love Is a Mix Tape offers an entertaining, unconventional look at the most popular band in history, the Beatles, exploring what they mean today and why they still matter so intensely to a generation that has never known a world without them.Dreaming the Beatles i...
Asia's Reckoning - China, Japan, and the Fate of U.S. Power in the Pacific Century
A history of the combative military, diplomatic, and economic relations among China, Japan, and the United States since the 1970s—and the potential crisis that awaits them Richard McGregor’s Asia’s Reckoning is a compelling account of the widening geopolitical cracks in a region that has flourished under an American security umbrella for more than half a century. The toxic rivalry between China...
Asterix: Asterix and the Missing Scroll - Album 36
Asterix, the Gaul is back for more funny, fast-paced adventure in this cheeky and energetic comic, the New York Times bestselling thirty-sixth Asterix album. Julius Caesar has finished writing the history of his campaigns in Gaul. His publisher, Libellus Blockbustus, foresees a huge success Â… but thereÂ’s a snag. The chapter about CaesarÂ’s defeats by the indomitable Gauls of Armorica. Cut it, B...
Killers of the Flower Moon - Oil, Money, Murder and the Birth of the FBI
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NON-FICTION `A riveting true story of greed, serial murder and racial injusticeÂ’ JON KRAKAUER `A fiercely entertaining mystery story and a wrenching exploration of evilÂ’ KATE ATKINSON `A fascinating accountof a tragic and forgotten chapter in the history of the American WestÂ’ JOHN GRISHAM From the bestselling author of The Lost ...