Angus TrumbleIt has been said that supreme enlightenment is reflected in the holy smile of the Buddha. Yet, the Victorians thought of open-mouthed smiling as obscene, and nineteenth-century English and...

Jasper Ridley Beginning with the arrival of Henry Tudor and his army at Milford in 1485 to depose Richard III, and ending with the death of the great Queen Elizabeth...

Stephen W Hawking Stephen Hawking, one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists in history, wrote the modern classic A Brief History of Time to help non-scientists understand fundamental questions of physics and...

Scott Foresman Introducing A Canary with Hiccups by Scott Foresman, an entertaining and educational book for kids. It tells the story of a brave canary, who discovers the power of...

Walter M Miller, Jrn a nightmarish ruined world slowly awakening to the light after sleeping in darkness, the infant rediscoveries of science are secretly nourished by cloistered monks dedicated to...

Walter M Miller, Jr In a nightmarish ruined world slowly awakening to the light after sleeping in darkness, the infant rediscoveries of science are secretly nourished by cloistered monks dedicated...

Agatha Christie There is no rest or relaxation for Miss Marple. Agatha Christie's most appealing sleuth returns in this classic baffler of a vacation-turned-deadly.Nephew Raymond West has given his favourite...

Michael Crichton   Written as Jeffery Hudson in 1968.A Case of Need is Michael Crichton's award-winning debut novel, written shortly after he completed his medical internship. Set against the ever-building pressure...

KJ Charles Magic in the blood. Danger in the streets. Lord Crane has never had a lover quite as elusive as Stephen Day. He knows Stephen's job as justiciar requires...

Roger A CarasA warm and fascinating look at the world of the cat from the cat's perspective by popular wildlife expert and ABC-TV correspondent Roger Caras.

Carol Drinkwater THE OLIVE FARM and THE OLIVE SEASON are television actress Carol Drinkwater's lyrical accounts of a new life in France; about her house Appassionata and the trials and...

VM Hillyer While Mr. Hillyer was preparing this book to succeed his enormously popular 'Child's History of the World,' a child came up to him and said he wished there...