Return of the King - Lebron James, the Cleveland Cavali...
Documents LeBron JamesÂ’s return to the Cleveland Cavaliers ...
The Blueprint - LeBron James, Cleveland's Deliverance, ...
The inside, Moneyball-esque story of 2016 Cleveland Cavalier...
Born to Run - The hidden tribe, the ultra-runners, and ...
At the heart of Born to Run lies a mysterious tribe of Mexic...
The Race Against the Stasi - The Incredible Story of Di...
When the Iron Curtain descended across Europe, Dieter Wied...
The Age of Genius - The Seventeenth Century and the Bir...
What happened to the European mind between 1605, when an aud...
The Age of Genius - The Seventeenth Century and the Bir...
What happened to the European mind between 1605, when an aud...
The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smal...
The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller a...
Beyond the Band of Brothers: The US Military and the My...
Beyond the Band of Brothers: The US Military and the Myth th...
Beyond the Band of Brothers: The US Military and the My...
Beyond the Band of Brothers: The US Military and the Myth th...
Humanizing the Laws of War: The Red Cross and the Devel...
Humanizing the Laws of War: The Red Cross and the Developmen...
Return of the King - Elvis Presley's Great Comeback
On January 1, 1967, a new contract between ‘Colonel’ Tom P...
The King's Assassin - The Fatal Affair of George Villie...
The rise of George Villiers from minor gentry to royal power...
Where is Dr Leichhardt?: The Greatest Mystery in Austra...
Where is Dr Leichhardt?: The Greatest Mystery in Australian ...
Return Of The King - Lebron James, The Cleveland Cavaliers And Th
Return of the King - Elvis Presley's Great Comeback
On January 1, 1967, a new contract between ‘Colonel’ Tom Parker and his sole client, Elvis Presley, gave Parker a 50 per cent cut of royalties and profits that Presely generated. It was an unashamed grab for a bigger piece of a pie that had actually been shrinking for some time. Parker’s plan to re-establish Presley as a star after he left the army in 1960 had been successful at first, with the...
The Storm Weaver and the Sand
When the three runaways – Sal, Shilly and Skender – finally arrive at the remote island of the Haunted City, home of the Sky Wardens, Sal’s great-aunt, the Syndic, is determined to keep them under control. And if that means imprisonment, so be it. But the Syndic isn’t the least of Sal’s worries. The ghosts that live behind the ancient glass of the city are restless and no one knows why or wh...
American Kingpin - The Epic Hunt for the Criminal MasterMind Behind the Silk Road
“In 2011, a twenty-six-year-old libertarian programmer named Ross Ulbricht launched the ultimate free market: the Silk Road, a clandestine website hosted on the Dark Web where anyone could trade anything—drugs, hacking software, forged passports, counterfeit cash, poisons—free of the government’s watchful eye. It wasn’t long before the media got wind of the new website where anyone … could b...
The King's Assassin - The Fatal Affair of George Villiers and James I
The rise of George Villiers from minor gentry to royal power seemed to defy gravity. Becoming gentleman of the royal bedchamber in 1615, the young gallant enraptured James, Britain’s first Stuart king, royal adoration reaching such an intensity that the king declared he wanted the courtier to become his `wife’. For a decade, Villiers was at the king’s side – at court, on state occasions and in...
In the Line of Fire - The Inside Story from the Lions Head Coach
Warren Gatland’s In the Line of Fire is the ultimate chronicle of this summer’s remarkable Lions tour to New Zealand – home of the fearsome All Blacks, the double world champions – which culminated in an historic and nerve-shredding series draw. The book is the Head Coach’s wonderfully candid and vibrant record of the withering ferocity, the turbulent peaks and troughs, the triumphs and desp...
A History of the Crusades I - The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
The first volume of Steven RuncimanÂ’s classic, hugely influential trilogy on the history of the Crusades Â’On a February day in the year AD 638 the Caliph Omar entered Jerusalem, riding upon a white camelÂ’ An enthralling work of grand historical narrative, Steven RuncimanÂ’s A History of the Crusades overturned the traditional view of the Crusades as a romantic Christian adventure, and inste...
The Story of Doctor Dolittle - Doctor Dolittle and the Pirates No. 5
“Easy Reader Classics” feature illustrated stories chosen from beloved children’s novels, retold in a simple writing style. Now even the youngest readers can enjoy this lovely tale. This title is aimed at children aged 5 to 7 years old. Pirates, sharks and a leaky boat, too! There’s danger ahead for Doctor Dolittle and his brave animal crew as they try to return home to Puddleby. Will the doct...
The Right Way, The Wrong Way and the Railway - Great Victorian Rail Stories
The Right Way, the Wrong Way and the Railway takes a real ‘warts and all’ look at the Victorian Railways. Eight years in the making, this book abounds in history, humour, railway stuff-ups and the typical stupidity which often went with The Job. From the mysteries of safeworking to suburban shenanigans, from close shaves to the downright bizarre, this book has it all – right across the state –...
Command and Control - Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
The documentary Command and Control, directed by Robert Kenner, finds its origins in Eric SchlosserÂ’s book and continues to explore the little-known history of the management and safety concerns of AmericaÂ’s nuclear aresenal. The documentary will air on PBSÂ’s American Experience on January 10th. A myth-shattering expose of AmericaÂ’s nuclear weapons Famed investigative journalist Eric Schlosse...
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 ...
Dinosaurs of the Upper Triassic and the Lower Jurassic - 25 Dinosaurs from 227-175 Million Years Ago
Praise for ‘Dinosaurs on My Street’ by David West: ‘The illustrations are center stage …plenty of strong appeal for dinosaur buffs’ School Library Journal. A series about the prehistoric giants. This series of six books is for dinosaur enthusiasts and novices alike. It covers dinosaurs living in the six periods that make up the Mesozoic Age, which spanned prehistoric time from 250 million yea...
Beyond the Sky - You and the Universe
So you want to go into space? WHY?! (No, really-itÂ’s sort of a TERRIBLE idea. We humans are perfectly designed for life on Earth. We can walk around, breathe, drink water, eat vegetables, read books, NOT get poisoned or crushed to death when we go outside-itÂ’s lovely right where we are.) Not convinced? GOOD! People have been dreaming about space travel for centuries-thereÂ’s something amazing ab...
The Sky Warden and the Sun
Sal’s life has been thrown into turmoil. Homeless and haunted by a past he never suspected he had, he is unsure where he is running to – but Shilly is very clear on what she wants. She wants to find Lodo’s old teacher and learn from him. To search for the Mage Van Haasteren they must head north to the Interior, where Sal’s mother was born. But even if they reach the Interior there is no guaran...
The Disappearance of Emile Zola - Love, Literature and the Dreyfus Case
It is the evening of 18 July 1898 and the world-renowned novelist Emile Zola is on the run. His crime? Taking on the highest powers in the land with his open letter ‘J’accuse’ and losing. Forced to leave Paris, with nothing but the clothes he is standing in and a nightshirt wrapped in newspaper, Zola flees to England with no idea when he will return. This is the little-known story of his time ...
The Word Is Murder - The bestselling mystery from the author of Magpie Murders - you've never read a crime novel quite l...
SHE PLANNED HER OWN FUNERAL. BUT DID SHE ARRANGE HER OWN MURDER? A woman is strangled six hours after organising her own funeral. Did she know she was going to die? Did she recognise her killer? Daniel Hawthorne, a recalcitrant detective with secrets of his own, is on the case, together with his reluctant side-kick – a man completely unaccustomed to the world of crime. But even Hawthorne isnÂ...
Biocentrism - How Life and Consciousness Are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe
Robert Lanza is one of the most respected scientists in the world-a US News & World Report cover story called him a “genius” and a “renegade thinker,” even likening him to Einstein. Lanza has teamed with Bob Berman, the most widely read astronomer in the world, to produce Biocentrism, a revolutionary new view of the universe. Every now and then a simple yet radical idea shakes the very founda...
Scale - The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, ...
“From one of the most influential scientists of our time, a dazzling exploration of the hidden laws that govern the life cycle of everything from plants and animals to the cities we live in. The former head of the Sante Fe Institute, visionary physicist Geoffrey West is a pioneer in the field of complexity science, the science of emergent systems and networks. The term “complexity” can be misle...
The White Cat and the Monk - A Retelling of the Poem 'Pangur Ban'
From the illustrator of Footpath Flowers, Sydney Smith, and award-winning author, Jo Ellen Bogart, comes a retelling of the classic Old Irish poem, ‘Pangur Ban’ – the poem that inspired the character of Pangur Ban in the Academy Award nominated animation, The Secret of Kells. The monk in the poem leads a simple life – he studies his books late into the evening, searching for meaning. His cat, ...
The Tattooist of Auschwitz - the heart-breaking and unforgettable international bestseller
For readers of Schindler’s List, The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas comes a heart-breaking story of the very best of humanity in the very worst of circumstances. I tattooed a number on her arm. She tattooed her name on my heart. In 1942, Lale Sokolov arrived in Auschwitz-Birkenau. He was given the job of tattooing the prisoners marked for survival – scratching n...
Smart Baseball - The Story Behind the Old STATS That Are Ruining the Game, the New Ones That Are Running It, and the Rig...
Predictably Irrational meets Moneyball in ESPN veteran writer and statistical analyst Keith LawÂ’s iconoclastic look at the numbers game of baseball, proving why some of the most trusted stats are surprisingly wrong, explaining what numbers actually work, and exploring what the rise of Big Data means for the future of the sport.For decades, statistics such as batting average, saves recorded, and p...
The Unseen Realm - Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible
In The Unseen Realm, Dr. Michael Heiser examines the ancient context of Scripture, explaining how its supernatural worldview can help us grow in our understanding of God. He illuminates intriguing and amazing passages of the Bible that have been hiding in plain sight. YouÂ’ll find yourself engaged in an enthusiastic pursuit of the truth, resulting in a new appreciation for GodÂ’s Word. Why wasn...