Author: Sue Grafton It was like being in the presence of a snake, first hissing its presence and then coiled in readiness. I didn't dare turn my back or take...
Author: Baldassare Castiglione In The Book of the Courtier (1528), Baldesar Castiglione, a diplomat and Papal Nuncio to Rome, sets out to define the essential virtues for those at Court....
Author: Ivan Turgenev Turgenev is an author who no longer belongs to Russia only. During the last fifteen years of his life he won for himself the reading public, first...
Author: Henry Kaufman This is an intimate portrait of Henry Kaufman. one of the leading figures of the financial world. It includes history of finance and economic policy since World...
Author: William D. Cohan "A grand and revelatory portrait of Wall Street's most storied investment bank "Wall Street investment banks move trillions of dollars a year, make billions in fees,...
Author: Einhard This is an absorbing chronicle of one of the most powerful and dynamic of all medieval rulers, written by a close friend and adviser. In elegant prose it...
Author: Simon Schama Studies the forces that led the Dutch on a course of revolution and the grave economic and political problems that befell the Dutch government in its efforts...
Author: Robert E. Kowalski This updated edition of the 2 million copy heart health bestseller includes all the most recent health research, advice and information for preventing heart disease, plus...
Author: Wayne Franklin Send those on land that will show themselves diligent writers. So urged the sailing instructions prepared for explorer Henry Hudson. With distinctive command of the primary texts...
Author: Don Zimmer Don Zimmer is baseball. His first book, Zim-A Baseball Life, was a New York Times bestseller and one of the best baseball memoirs ever published. Now, in...
Author: Henry F. May
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Author: Steven Runciman Sir Steven Runciman's three volume A History of the Crusades, one of the great classics of English historical writing, is now being reissued. In this final volume,...
Author: Patricia Cornwell Hornet's Nest is the first book in the Andy Brazil series, from bestselling author Patricia Cornwell. Deputy Chief Virginia West likes and respects her boss, Hammer, but...
Author: Mathew Horsman The fascinating story of the rise and rise of BskyB, 1 of the major corporate success stories of the decade. Every second of every minute of every...
Author: Charlie Gillett This comprehensive study of the rise of rock and roll from 1954 to 1971 has now been expanded with close to 100 illustrations as well as a...
Author: R. J. W. Evans This book examines and accounts for the emergence of a powerful Habsburg state in central Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries. Charting the transformation...
Author: Steven J. Ross This path-breaking book reveals how Hollywood became "Hollywood" and what that meant for the politics of America and American film. Working-Class Hollywood tells the story of...
Author: The Secret WAG Money, cars, homes, holidays, parties and all the shoes you've ever dreamed of. The life of a footballer's wife or girlfriend must be as glamorous and...
Author: Rajeshwari Ghose This illustrated book traces the spread of Buddhist art throughout Asia from India. It includes 14 essays discussing aspects of recent research in Buddhist art historical studies...
Author: Adam Blade Battle Beasts and fight Evil with Tom and Elenna in the bestselling adventure series for boys and girls aged 7 and up! Mortaxe the Skeleton Warrior has...
Author: Ludovico Ariosto One of the greatest epic poems of the Italian Renaissance, Orlando Furioso is an intricate tale of love and enchantment set at the time of the Holy...
Author: Peter L. Bernstein A Business Week, New York Times Business, and USA Today Bestseller "Ambitious and readable ...an engaging introduction to the oddsmakers, whom Bernstein regards as true humanists...
Author: Wayne G. Broehl Jr Leading business historian Wayne G. Broehl, Jr. offers the first full-scale history of Cargill and its rise to international leadership among the "big five" grain...
Author: Stephen Jay Gould A collection of essays answers questions about key scientific concepts, focusing, in particular, on Darwin's theory of evolution, natural selection, and its impact on biology, natural...
Author: Peter Zimmerman With insights from many well known and unknown musicians, this book examines the various genres of music in Tennessee to see how they evolved, changed and influenced...
Author: Niall Ferguson The first historian with access to the long-lost Rothschild archive, bestselling author Niall Ferguson offers a myth-breaking in-depth portrait of one of the most fascinating and powerful...
Author: Christopher Martin-Jenkins This exhaustive work includes not only the biographical details of 2000 players who have won official test caps, but also the career details of all players of...
Author: Sir Frederick Pollock Although this book was envisaged as a joint venture and bears the name of both Pollock and Maitland, it is substantially the work of Maitland. It...
Author: G. E. R. Lloyd This book is a study of the origins and development of Greek science, focusing especially on the interactions of scientific and traditional patterns of thought...
Authors: Jeffery Sng, Kishore Mahbubani The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is a miracle. Why?In an era of growing cultural pessimism, many thoughtful individuals believe that different civilisations-especially Islam and...
Author: Hindery Leo Jr with Cauley Les Leo Hindery Jr., CEO of the YES network, provides an inside look at the process of buying and selling businesses, examining qualities and...
Author: John Le Carré George Smiley, of England's Secret Service, goes onto the attack, manipulating old Asian hand Jerry Westerby through the Far East and a tangle of money, defection,...
Author: Sarah Bartlett
Traces the leveraged-buyout firm's history, profiles its founders, and argues that present management may not be operating ethically
Author: John Le Carré Into a shadowy, violent and intricate world steeped in moral ambivalences steps George Smiley, sometime acting Chief of the Circus, as the Secret Service is known....
Author: Eric Newby
A humorous account of the travels of Eric Newby and his wife Wanda, round the Mediterranean littoral starting from Naples onwards. Last published in 1985.
Author: Arno J. Mayer The great romance and fear of bloody revolution--strange blend of idealism and terror--have been superseded by blind faith in the bloodless expansion of human rights and...
Authors: Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan From the Golden Globe winning director of The Shape of Water "The most credible and frightening of all the vampire books of the past...
Author: John Le Carré A corporate lawyer from the House of Single & Single is shot dead in cold blood on a Turkish hillside. A children's entertainer in Devon is...
Author: Jean Racine The three works in this volume established Racine as a playwright who enjoyed high favour both with the public and at the court of Louis XIV and...
Author: Joe McGinniss Through 1996 and 1997 bestselling author Joe McGinniss followed the Italian football season from Castel di Sangro, a small town nestled in the Abruzzi region of Italy....
Author: Charles Fried
Investigates a complex structure of morality, the demands such morality places on individuals, and the behavioral consequences of the system of right and wrong
Author: John G. Cawelti Why has the spy story become such a popular form of entertainment in our time? In this fascinating account of the genre's evolution, John G. Cawelti...
Author: Thomas McGuane From the highly acclaimed author of Ninety-Two in the Shade and Nothing but Blue Skies comes this collection of breathtakingly exquisite essays borne of a lifetime spent...
Author: Jeremy Paxman This title presents a though-provoking and engaging search for the true sources of power in Britain today. Paxman examines the pillars of the Establishment - their origin,...
Author: Heinrich Kleist In The Marquise of O-, a virtuous widow finds herself unaccountably pregnant. And although the baffled Marquise has no idea when this happened, she must prove her...
