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Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Barcelona is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice o...

Developed from an early oral storytelling tradition dating back to the dawn of European culture, this is one of the oldest and most vibrant of Euro...

This engaging volume tells the story of how the great political visions and idealisms of Victorian Britain came to be defeated by a culture of cons...

The First World War is arguably the most misunderstood event in twentieth-century history. In a radical new interpretation, leading military histor...

There's no pleasure like a perfectly turned put-down (when it's directed at somebody else, of course) but Matthew Parris's Scorn is sharply differe...

Throughout history, events great and small have left their mark on the way we speak. Columbus's discovery of America introduced to Europe new foods...

Provides a critical analysis of works written by English authors in the 19th century.

Palgrave's Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language is probably the most famous poetry anthology ever compiled. ...

Embassytown: a city of contradictions on the outskirts of the universe. Avice is an immerser, a traveller on the immer, the sea of space and time b...

Take Time for Your Life Now in paperback, the revolutionary program for living the life you've alwaysdreamed of, from the country's #1 personal coa...

Readers of Dan Brown's extraordinary bestseller THE DA VINCI CODE are fascinated by the questions raised in the novel. Was Jesus actually married t...

Our understanding of world history is changing, as new discoveries are made on all the continents and old prejudices are being challenged. In this ...

This coursebook takes aspiring authors through every stage of the writing process. Exercises and activities encourage writers to develop their skil...

Do you want to cut your bills without cutting back? Are you fed up with being ripped off? Do you want more money in your pocket without changing yo...

Martyn Whittock shines a light on the past, as he brings the Middle Ages vividly to life and allows readers to glimpse eleventh-century rural socie...

Spanning 3,500 years and forty literary traditions, this volume brings forth a rich and varied body of work by women poets, some familiar to the En...

Over the last two years a controversy has erupted in the world's press over the Dead Sea Scrolls that were found in caves 20 miles east of Jerusale...

This text is the definitive guide to one of Europe's most alluring destinations. With listings of the best places to stay, eat and drink, this guid...

This title contains over 4000 entries describing the origin and significance of mythological beings, legendary figures, and events from an extensiv...

The stories, poetry, and music of the Bible come alive as never before in this 60-minute performance based on award-winning British actor Rob Lacey...

From blurb: J.K.Rowling fills her books with references to history, myths, legends and literature. The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter reveals the s...

Every year, readers send in thousands of questions to New Scientist, the world's best-selling science weekly, in the hope that the answers to them ...

This book turns away from the highways and byways of middle America for a fast, exhilarating ride along the Route 66 of American language and popul...