The Passage to India - (Matthew Hervey 13)
It is 1831, riots and rebellions are widespread . . . In E...
21 Day Viking Passage to India from Europe Deluxe Veran...
Trace the routes of the earliest merchants from Greece to...
21 Day Viking Passage to India from Europe Veranda Per ...
Trace the routes of the earliest merchants from Greece to...
I've Come To Say Goodbye - In The Chaos Of India and Un...
The story of artist Barbara Carmichael and her friend Tarun,...
The Great Partition - The Making of India and Pakistan,...
This new edition of Yasmin Khans reappraisal of the tumult...
Churchill's Secret War - The British Empire and the Rav...
A dogged enemy of Hitler, resolute ally of the Americans, an...
The Passage To India - (Matthew Hervey 13)
The Great Partition - The Making of India and Pakistan, New Edition
This new edition of Yasmin Khans reappraisal of the tumultuous India-Pakistan Partition features an introduction reflecting on the latest research and on ways in which commemoration of the Partition has changed, and considers the Partition in light of the current refugee crisis. Reviews of the first edition: A riveting book on this terrible story.-Economist Unsparing
Provocative and painf...
The Challenger Sale - How To Take Control of the Customer Conversation
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD In The Challenger Sale, Matthew Dixon and Brent Adamson share the secret to sales success: dont just build relationships with customers. Challenge them Whats the secret to sales success? If youre like most business leaders, youd say its fundamentally about relationships and youd be wrong. The best salespeople dont jus...
Travels in the Land of Serpents and Pearls
You will hear it for yourselves, and it will surely fill you with wonder
In this selection from Marco Polos famous travel book, the intrepid Venetian describes the customs of India, recounts the story of the king who died eighty-four times and explains how to retrieve diamonds from snake-infested caves
Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguins 80th birthday. Little Bla...
Inglorious Empire - What the British did to India
Inglorious Empire tells the real story of the British in India from the arrival of the East India Company to the end of the Raj revealing how Britains rise was built upon its plunder of India. In the eighteenth century, Indias share of the world economy was as large as Europes. By 1947, after two centuries of British rule, it had decreased six-fold. Beyond conquest and deception, the ...
India Hicks: A Slice of England - The Story of Four Houses
A follow-up to India Hickss New York Times bestselling book, India Hicks: Island Style, India Hicks: A Slice of England is the designers exploration of her British heritage and how she has expressed it in her newly finished English country house in Oxfordshire. The book is divided into two parts. Part one, Legacy, is the story of her familys homes, including the renowned Broadlands estate, a...
Matthew Flinders' Cat
The story of a drunk, a boy and a cat. Billy OShannessy, once a prominent barrister, is now on the streets where he sleeps on a bench outside the State Library. Above him on the windowsill rests a bronze statue of Matthew Flinders cat, Trim. Ryan is a ten-year-old near-street kid heading for the usual trouble. The two form an unlikely bond. Through telling Ryan the story of Flinders circ...
The Turn of the Screw and Other Ghost Stories
An unsettling new collection of Henry Jamess best short stories exploring ghosts and the uncanny There had been a moment when I believed I recognised, faint and far, the cry of a child; there had been another when I found myself just consciously starting as at the passage, before my door, of a light footstep I see ghosts everywhere, wrote Henry James, who retained a fascination wit...
The Road to Wigan Pier
Commissioned by the Left Book club in 1936, George Orwell set out to report on working class life in the bleak industrial heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire. The experience profoundly changed him, and in Wigan Pier he unleased a brilliant and bitter polemic that has not lost its force with the passage of time. The first edition of The Road to Wigan Pier included 32 plates. These illust...
The Paris Wedding
Ten years ago, Rachael West chose not to move to Sydney with high-school sweetheart Matthew. Instead she stayed on the family wheat farm, caring for her seriously ill mother and letting go of her dreams. Now, Matthew is marrying someone else. And Rachael is invited to the wedding, a lavish affair in Paris, courtesy of the flamboyant family of Matthews fiancee a once-in-a-lifetime celebration ...
Victoria & Abdul - The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant
Now a major motion picture starring Dame Judi Dench, Ali Fazal and Eddie Izzard, directed by Stephen Frears A tale of Empire and intrigue brought vividly back to life VIKAS SWARUP, author of SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Tall, handsome Abdul Karim was just twenty-four years old when he arrived in England from Agra to wait at tables during Queen Victorias Golden Jubilee. An assistant clerk at Agra...
India's Disappearing Railways
Indias Disappearing Railways is a vibrant photo essay of Indias unique railways with all their vivid colour, character and chaos.These railways lace through the hills and mountains of India, and the books beautiful photographs are an intimate and humorous portrait of life on the trains, which evokes the very soul of India; illustrating, with a rare empathy and insight, the lives of those ...
The Accidental Adventures of India McAllister
Fourth grade is a year of changes, challenges, and ordinary joys for India McAllister. She lives in Maine with her artist mom and their dog, Tofu. Her father lives in the next town over with his new partner, Richard and their bird, Beatrice Strawberry. India named for the ink, not the subcontinent was adopted from China as a baby. Being the only Chinese girl in her small town fuels Indias ...
The Reef
As a young girl, Tate Beaumont fell in love with Matthew Lassiter
and had her heart brutally crushed. Eight years later, Tate has worked hard to become a marine archaeologist, while Matthew is a talented but troubled salvage diver. And both share a dream to find Angeliques Curse, a ruby and diamond encrusted amulet, steeped in legend and said to be lost somewhere at the bottom of the Caribb...
Getting Rid of Matthew
Breaking up is hard to do. Especially when hes left his wife for you . . . What to do if Matthew, your secret lover of the past four years, finally decides to leave his wife Sophie and their two daughters and move into your flat, just when youre thinking that you might not want him anymore . . . PLAN A: Stop shaving your armpits. And your bikini line. Tell him you have a moustache that you w...
The Book of Life - (All Souls 3)
THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES HARDBACK BESTSELLER A Discovery of Witches is soon to be a major TV series immerse yourself in the ALL SOULS world Fall under the spell of Diana and Matthew once more in the stunning climax to their epic tale, following A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES and SHADOW OF NIGHT. A world of witches, daemons and vampires. A manuscript which holds the secrets of thei...
Medical Ethics and Law - The Core Curriculum
The book is in two sections. The first considers general aspects of ethics (in the context of medicine); the second section covers the topics identified in the consensus agreement. The content of medical law is not intended to be comprehensive and relates very much to the ethical issues. The law will be updated throughout including: consent in light of Mental Capacity Act; mental health law i...
The Promise of a Pencil - How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change
Adam Braun began working summers at hedge funds when he was just sixteen years old, sprinting down the path to a successful Wall Street career. But while traveling as a college student, he met a young boy begging on the streets of India who would change his life. When Braun asked the boy what he wanted most in the world, he simply answered, a pencil. This small request became the inspiration...
How to Fix the Future - Staying Human in the Digital Age
In How to Fix the Future, Andrew Keen combines his experiences in Silicon Valley with extensive interviews and analysis to identify the strategies we need in order to tackle the huge challenges of this digital century. This ground-breaking book is the result of extensive travels around the world, from India to Estonia, Germany to Singapore. He examines the best (and worst) practices in five key a...
21 Day Viking Passage to India from Europe Veranda Per Person Twin
Trace the routes of the earliest merchants from Greece to India, stopping to meet caretakers of history. Accompany local guides to the ancient treasures of Greece, Egypt and Israel. Hear legends of the frankincense route of SalÄlah. Visit the astonishing red sandstone city of Petra and drive into Egypt’s desert with an expert escort. Uncover the intimate side of an enigmatic world. Ove...
India Hicks - Island Style
Born from British and design royalty, India Hicks has forged a design empire from her familys enclave in the Bahamas. In India Hicks: Island Style, she invites readers into her world, offering never-before-seen imagery and irresistible behind-the-scenes stories. Beginning with an uproarious reflection on Indias own design odyssey, the heart of the book is an in-depth exploration of her style. ...
The Dirty Chef - From Big City Food Critic to Foodie Farmer
How do you go from being an urban dag to a country boy without any experience of the bush? In 2008 Matthew Evans, one of Australias most powerful food critics, stepped off the Sydney treadmill to farm 20 acres in Australias southernmost shire. What is it really like to take the plunge, leaving a whole world of familiar people, places and work behind? How does it feel to use a cordless drill ...