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In this brilliant new work of history, Adam Hochschild follows a group of characters connected by blood ties, close friendships or personal enmitie...

In 1898, Edmund Morel, an employee of a Liverpool shipping line, was in Antwerp watching ships arriving from the Congo laden with rubber and ivory,...

WINNER OF THE 1999 DUFF COOPER PRIZE. 'Brilliant .. this book must be read and re-read' Neal Ascherson'. 'A hundred years ago, enlightened people i...

This publication is the first to devote itself in detail to the biography of the Frankfurt banker and philanthropist Maximilian von Goldschmidt-Rot...

Product Description Growing up in Canada, Adam quickly realised that he was different from other children, for he had an extraordinary gift. He c...

The seventy-fifth anniversary edition, with a new introduction by Anthony Quinn. 'I recommend Hamilton at every opportunity, because he was such a...

How do people of seemingly ordinary talent go on to achieve unexpected results? What can we learn from them? What are the ingredients for unreasona...

The work of Angela Bulloch (*1966, Rainy River, Canada, currently based in Berlin) spans many media, manifesting her interest in systems, patterns ...

Product Description The epic that began with the HUGO and NEBULA Award-winning classic DUNE -- now a major motion picture from the director of Bl...

Pathology of the Human Placenta remains the authoritative text in the field and is respected and used by pathologists and obstetrician-gynecologist...

In INVERTING THE PYRAMID, Jonathan Wilson pulls apart the finer details of the world's game, tracing the global history of tactics, from modern pio...

The protection mode of most available vaccines is based on antibody responses. Since efficient immune responses to many pathogens rely on activatin...

Product Description This is a study guide to accompany "Psychology", 5th edition by Peter Gray. Please see main text (ISBN 0-7167-6712-0) for more...

Fifth edition, fully revised and updated. 101 Whiskies to Try Before You Die is a whisky guide with a difference. It is not an awards list. It is ...