Roland and Francoise Etienne A critical study of ancient Greek culture and its dramatic influence on the course of Western civilization also examines the development of archaeology in nineteenth- and...

Edited by Juliet Mitchell This book provides a thorough introduction to the stimulating and controversial ideas of the woman who charted the field of child analysis—Melanie Klein.Freud was surprisingly silent...

Lawrence Sanders   When a wealthy jeweler is stabbed on the streets of New York City, insurance investigator Dora Conti investigates the family's claim and discovers scandal, corruption, addiction, and...

Author: Tom Clancy When his proposal for a ground-breaking Middle Eastern peace plan falls through, Deputy Director of the CIA Jack Ryan must stop anti-Israeli agents from acquiring an atom...

Paul Erdman Beyond Switzerland's borders, World War II is raging; within them, a seething hotbed of financial, political and sexual skulduggery threatens to tear the country apart, for its banking...

Ellis Peters The third omnibus edition of Ellis Peters' compulsive and bestselling mediaeval whodunnits.The Sanctuary Sparrow: Sudden drama strikes the Benadictine monastery at Shrewsbury when a young man, pursued by...

Adin Steinsaltz The Thirteen Petalled Rose , written by the world-renowned scholar Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, is based on the structures and assumptions of kabbalah, the largely esoteric theological system that...

AS Byatt A new play, the highlight of a magnificent local festival celebrating the coronation of Elizabeth II, brings together the young playwright and a brilliant but eccentric family whose...

Brian Stableford Finding themselves suddenly possessed of uncanny visionary powers, David Lydard and Gabriel Gill are gradually drawn into a deadly contest between forces of godlike power, and they must...

Sian HardyChildren's book of short stories.57 pages, HardcoverFirst published January 1, 1992

Oudo Wafu Nishijima with Jeffrey Bailey Buddhist masters of the past have explained the relationship between theory and the Truth by way of a simple metaphor. The Truth, they say,...

Jad Adams After 40 years in the House of Commons, Tony Benn remains one of the UK's most controversial politicians. From 1951 to the Gulf War in 1991, Benn has...