The House of Worth, 1858-1954 - The Birth of Haute Cout...
The first illustrated monograph dedicated to the history of ...
The Brother Gardeners - Botany, Empire and the Birth of...
One January morning in 1734, cloth merchant Peter Collinson ...
A Stranger in the House - From the author of THE COUPLE...
‘Shari expertly traps you, confounds you and leaves you gas...
A Stranger in the House - From the author of THE COUPLE...
‘Shari expertly traps you, confounds you and leaves you gas...
The House of Dior - Seventy Years of Haute Couture
Milestones of the Dior look from 1947 to nowIn celebration o...
Haute Couture Ateliers - Artisans of Fashion
More than 150,000 people work in haute couture. Many of them...
Fashion Embroidery - Embroidery Techniques and Inspirat...
This practical step-by-step guide to haute couture embroider...
One Hot Summer - Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the Gre...
A unique, in-depth view of Victorian London during the recor...
The Birth Partner Handbook - Everything You Need to Kno...
The Birth Parter Handbook is a concise, contemporary guide f...
The House Of Worth, 1858-1954 - The Birth Of Haute Couture
The House - The brilliantly tense and terrifying thriller with a shocking twist - whose story do you believe?
Need the perfect stocking filler for the discerning thriller fan?THE OBSERVER THRILLER BOOK OF THE MONTH**A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK**Over 100 5 reviews* ————————————————————The perfect couple. The perfect house. …The perfect crime. Londoners Jack and Syd moved into the house a year ago. It seemed like their dream home: tons of space, the perfect location, and a friendly o...
The Fall of the House of Wilde - Oscar Wilde and His Family
`Emer O’Sullivan has made an indispensable contribution to Wildean literature … Compelling, informative and fascinating’ Stephen Fry Oscar Wilde’s father – scientist, surgeon, archaeologist, writer – was one of the most eminent men of his generation. His mother – poet, journalist, translator – hosted an influential salon at 1 Merrion Square. Together they were one of Victorian Ireland’s...
The House of Secrets - A beautiful and gripping story of believing in love and second chances
‘Extremely atmospheric and unputdownable. I loved it’ Marian Keyes What readers are saying about The House of Secrets: ’Libby and Zoe are complex, courageous and believeable and I found their stories absolutely compelling to read with a very satisfying ending’ ’I cried, I smiled, I swore in anger at parts . . . such a brilliant piece of writing’ ’Enjoyed every page of this lovely book...
The Last Kids on Earth and the Nightmare King
In their third zombie-tastic adventure, Jack Sullivan and his friends June, Quint and Dirk discover that they might not be the last kids on Earth after all… And everyone is thrilled – except Jack. Living in a tree house with his best friends, battling monsters and escaping certain death – he’s been having the most awesome time of his life. Some how he’s got to persuade his friends that life i...
The House Swap
‘A fantastic thriller – dead-on domestic noir, full of tension and surprises. I loved it.’ Lee Child ’An enthralling thriller that lives up to its chilling premise.’ Renee Knight, author of Disclaimer ********** ’No one lives this way unless they want to hide something.’ When Caroline and Francis receive an offer to house swap, they jump at the chance for a week away from home. After th...
A Stranger in the House - From the author of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR
‘Shari expertly traps you, confounds you and leaves you gasping at the end. More, please . . .’ FIONA BARTON ‘So many dizzying twists you’d better not drive after reading’ LINWOOD BARCLAY ’Smart, twisty thriller . . . It’s taut, intelligent and compelling’ Heat The electrifying new thriller from Shari Lapena, author of the Sunday Times bestseller, The Couple Next Door. ’Smart, twisty a...
A Stranger in the House - From the author of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR
‘Shari expertly traps you, confounds you and leaves you gasping at the end. More, please . . .’ FIONA BARTON ‘So many dizzying twists you’d better not drive after reading’ LINWOOD BARCLAY ’Smart, twisty thriller . . . It’s taut, intelligent and compelling’ Heat The electrifying new thriller from Shari Lapena, author of the Sunday Times bestseller, The Couple Next Door. ’Smart, twisty a...
The Mammoth Book of the Rolling Stones - An anthology of the best writing about the greatest rock `n' roll band in the w...
A bumper collection of writing in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of ‘the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band in the world’, from John Pidgeon’s first encounter with The Rolling Stones at the The Ricky Tick Club in 1963 and Norman Jopling’s seminal article in the New Record Mirror that same year, to ‘Please Allow Me to Correct a Few Things’, a 2010 interview with Bill Wyman....
The Complete Idiot's Guide to the World of Harry Potter
“For fans of all ages “ Here is an entertaining and easily referenced presentation of insider information to the world that J.K. Rowling has created in her spellbinding series of novels. “The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to the World of Harry Potter” explores all aspects of the wizarding world and explains factually in terms of their relationship to historical, literary, religious, scientific, o...
The Great Hunt - Book 2 of the Wheel of Time
‘Epic in every sense’ – Sunday Times The second novel in the Wheel of Time series – one of the most influential and popular fantasy epics ever published. The Forsaken are loose, the Horn of Valere has been found and the Dead are rising from their dreamless sleep. The Prophecies are being fulfilled – but Rand al’Thor, the shepherd the Aes Sedai have proclaimed as the Dragon Reborn, desper...
The House of Impossible Beauties
NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2018 BY Buzzfeed * Esquire * Bustle * The Millions * The Wall Street Journal * Entertainment Weekly * Nylon * Elle * Dazed * The Irish Times ’Cassaras’s propulsive and profound first novel, finding one’s home in the world – particularly in a subculture plagued by fear and intolerance from society – comes with tragedy as well as extraordinary personal freedom....
Primal Health - Understanding the Critical Period Between Conception and the First Birthday
Michel Odent, the leading pioneer for natural childbirth, indicates that the period between conception and a child’s first birthday is critical to life-long health. In this prophetic book – first published in 1986 and reproduced here in its original form – he argues that different parts of the ‘primal adaptive system’ develop, regulate and adjust themselves during foetal life and the time aro...
The Birth of Tragedy - Out of the Spirit of Music
Dedicated to Richard Wagner, this book is rich in Nietzsche’s enthusiasms for Greek literature and especially tragedy, for Schopenhauer and Wagner’s “Tristan Und Isolde”. Its central vision is the idea that “only as an aesthetic phenomenon are existence and the world justified”. Making his distinction between the Apollonian and the Dionysian spirit, Nietzsche presses the reader to consider w...
The House of Lies - A shocking true story of secrets, abuse, murder - and surviving it all
From the outside, Renee McBryde had a fairly typical childhood – school, working mum, swimming lessons with loving grandparents. But waiting for her was a secret so awful that it would rock her to the core. Renee’s mother was a teenage runaway who found herself pregnant and alone when Renee’s father was jailed for killing two men. When Renee discovered the truth, she knew her life would never ...
The Selwood Boys - Battle Royale and The Miracle Goal
Four future AFL stars under one roof!? Go back to where it all began with The Selwood Boys … In the Selwood house, there’s madness and mayhem every day – and footy, of course! Meet the Selwood boys … There’s the twins, Troy and Adam, pulling pranks and making mischief, then Joel with his sneaky, cheeky antics, and finally little Scott, who just does his best (or make that his worst!) to kee...
The House of Government - A Saga of the Russian Revolution
On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the epic story of an enormous apartment building where Communist true believers lived before their destruction The House of Government is unlike any other book about the Russian Revolution and the Soviet experiment. Written in the tradition of TolstoyÂ’s War and Peace, GrossmanÂ’s Life and Fate, and SolzhenitsynÂ’s The Gulag Archipelago, Yuri Sl...
Sew a Beautiful Window - 36 Innovative Window Treatments for Every Room in the House
Learn how to dress up any window with creative, unique and attractive window treatments. This book presents comprehensive information about window shapes; valances and cornices; cascades and swags; lined and unlined curtains; tiebacks; trims and braids; necessary hardware; as well as a guide to shades, blinds and verticals. This is a book that walks the reader – novice to expert – through ‘pane...
A New Earth - The LIFE-CHANGING follow up to The Power of Now
‘An otherworldly genius’ Chris Evans’ BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show This is the follow up to the bestselling self-help book of its generation The Power of Now. Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth will be a cornerstone for personal spirituality and self-improvement for years to come, leading readers to new levels of consciousness and inner peace. Taking off from the introspective work The Power of No...
Four Major Plays - (Doll's House; Ghosts; Hedda Gabler; and The Master Builder)
Taken from the highly acclaimed Oxford Ibsen, this collection of IbsenÂ’s plays includes A DollÂ’s House, Ghosts, Hedda Gabler, and The Master Builder. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford WorldÂ’s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects OxfordÂ’s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a weal...
The House of Four (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 19) - A gripping crime thriller set in Istanbul
THE HOUSE OF FOUR is the brand new Istanbul crime thriller featuring Inspector Ikmen, ‘the Morse of Istanbul’ (Daily Telegraph) from Barbara Nadel. Perfect for fans of Donna Leon. Everyone in the Istanbul neighbourhood of Moda knows the Devil’s House. A crumbling Ottoman mansion, and once the home of a princess, it is a place associated with ill fortune. The princess’s four children, now in...
The House of the Vestals
Wonderfully entertaining mystery stories set in the world of the acclaimed ROMA SUB ROSA series. It is the Rome of the Late Republic, and Gordianus the Finder has a knack for finding trouble – and dead bodies. Known to many as the one man in the ancient world who can both keep a secret and uncover one, Gordianus lays bare some of his most intriguing adventures in this new volume in Steven SaylorÂ...