Colin Powell"A GREAT AMERICAN SUCCESS STORY . . . AN ENDEARING AND WELL-WRITTEN BOOK."--The New York Times Book ReviewColin Powell is the embodiment of the American dream. He was born...

Thomas Cahill The author of the runaway bestseller How the Irish Saved Civilization has done it again. In The Gifts of the Jews Thomas Cahill takes us on another enchanting...

Author: Michael Lewis Bestselling author Michael Lewis examines how a Nobel Prize–winning theory of the mind altered our perception of reality.Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky...

George Rtley Scott FPhS, FZS, FRAI

Hana Greenfield In Auschwitz, time had different dimensions. Time here was defined by waiting for the one daily ration of a slice of bread which was the very substance of...

Vikram Seth   Two Lives is the story of a century and of a love affair across a racial divide. It tells of the extraordinary lives of Vikram Seth's great-uncle...

Nigel C GibonFanonian Practices in South Africa: From Steve Biko to Abahlali baseMjondoloFanonian Practices in South Africa examines Frantz Fanon’s relevance to contemporary South African politics, and by extension, research...

Anthony Kemp

Chronicle Of The 20th Century Clifton Daniel(Editor) There's never been anything like it. Imagine being able to sweep your eyes over the incredible riches and excitement of our century as...

Dennis Ross"In The Missing Peace, his inside story of the Middle East peace process, Dennis Ross recounts the search for enduring peace in that troubled region with unprecedented candor and...

Mark UrbanBig Boys' Rules: The SAS and the Secret Struggle against the IRAIn this book, defence specialist and war correspondent Mark Urban explores covert operations against the IRA from the...

Senior Master Sergeant Jack Brehm and Pete NelsonImagine jumping out of an aeroplane at 40, 000 feet, accelerating through the air until you reach terminal velocity at 127 mph, then...