c - Libros y biografía

Original Tank Girl writer, Alan C. Martin, pitches his foul-mouthed, beer-swilling, chain-smoking, kangaroo-shagging anti-heroine - star of bevy of best-selling graphic novels - into her debut novel!...

Despite the development of modern educational theories and the ingenious methods devised to hold a child's attention today, education – and even childhood – appear to be facing something of a crisis....

In the mid-nineteenth century a young Englishman, Gideon Barr, establishes a private raj on the north coast of Borneo. The world he creates, boasting churches, stone quays, and great swathes of lawn,...

Sixteen-year-old Derek wants nothing more than a fresh start in his new home. But that isn't what he's about to get and his hopes for new beginnings are dashed the minute he enters the house. What he...

The city of Brightlodge is awash with Heroes from every corner of Albion, all eager for their next quest. When someone tries to burn down the Cock and Bard inn, four Heroes find themselves thrown together,...

As people fight to survive the aftereffects of more than a dozen meteor strikes, a group of wealthy individuals conspires to rebuild the United States as a corporate entity called the New Confederacy,...

When Caliban wakes up, shackled and monstrous, he remembers nothing. The shadowy world of the circus he now inhabits and the bleak, unobtainable landscape beyond are alien to him. He finds himself horribly...

RAF Southend focuses on the airport's role in the Second World War, between October 1940 and August 1944, from when it became a fighter station in its own right, until it became an armament practice camp...

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Legion of the Damned Novels comes the final novel in a post-apocalyptic military science fiction trilogy about a nation wracked by a civil war.America...

Meteors entered Earth's atmosphere and exploded with the force of a nuclear blast. Earthquakes and tsunamis followed. Then China attacked believing the disaster was an act of war. America's landscape...

Paints a picture of friendship, exile, betrayal, murder, adultery, infamy, alchemy and scandal in royal and courtly circles. Buckingham was brought up in court with the two kings, James II and Charles...

When protesters in Egypt began to fill Cairo's Tahrir Square on January 25, 2011 - and refused to leave until their demand that Hosni Mubarak step down was met - the politics of the region changed overnight....

When obscure crime writer Ethelred Tressider vanishes from his home, his indefatigable agent, Elsie Thirkettle, is soon on his trail. Finding him proves surprisingly easy. Bringing him home is another...

When literary agent Elsie Thirkettle is invited to accompany tall but obscure crime-writer Ethelred Tressider to dinner at Muntham Court, she is looking forward to sneering at his posh friends. What she...

In 1903 the Wright Brothers achieved their dream of powered flight and from then on man's domination of the skies became a reality. The military potential of aircraft was obvious from the outset, first...

Colchester Zoo is today one of the finest zoos in Britain. Yet, unlike almost every other major zoo in the country, Colchester Zoo has never had its story told – until now. The forgotten figures of Frank...

Only once in history has a British Prime Minister been assassinated. At 5.00 p.m. on Monday, 11 May 1812, John Bellingham made his way to the Houses of Parliament carrying concealed weapons. At 5.15 p.m.,...

This is the story of a plain silver chalice from the first century AD that now rests in the heart of England. From its momentous beginnings as the cup used by Christ at the Last Supper, and as the vessel...

Mitten im schönen Allgäu geschieht ein brutaler Mord. Jessica Grothe, eine Hamburger Hauptkommissarin, die gerade in die Gegend gezogen ist, gerät unfreiwillig in die Ermittlungen des Kemptener Hauptkommissars...

Bob Dylan: The Complete Bob Dylan Discography contains all you will ever need to know about Bob Dylan and his releases. Including an expansive biography, album reviews and comprehensive discography, it...

Mark Akenside (1721–1770) was a medical doctor and literary man whose influence on the history of ideas was profound.Born the son of a butcher in Newcastle Upon Tyne in 1721 Mark Akenside was awarded...

Stepping Stones to the Stars is the story of manned spaceflight from its inception to the era of the Space Shuttle. It begins with a short history of the evolution of the rocket, before describing the...

Long before Blackbeard, Captain Kidd and Black Barty terrorised the Caribbean, the seas around the British Isles swarmed with pirates. Thousands of men turned to piracy at sea, often as a makeshift strategy...

Laura Knight (1877-1970) was one of the most distinguished women artists of the early 20th century with an international reputation. This much-anticipated biography appears at a time of renewed interest...

"Funny, romantic, easy going" ~ annonWhen Lucy and Dan's ship sunk, Lucy went unconscious and Dan was there to save her and pull her into the life raft.They are both drifting aimlessly in the sea, hoping...

It was a bad time for the little girl to be wondering alone at night…The witches were brewing something special that night and all they needed was a couple drops of a little girl's blood to complete their...

Life as a necromancer is never easy, but when the body of a ghost from my past turns up, inexplicably whole, very dead, and without a soul, I seriously reconsider my chosen profession. What good am I...

THE customary antithesis between "American" literature and "English" literature is unfortunate and misleading in that it seems to exclude American authors from the noble roll of those who have contributed...

Questo libro costituisce una vera e propria enciclopedia delle scienze psichiche e, soprattutto, delle loro applicazioni pratiche. Rigorosamente scientifico, mette alla vostra portata la conoscenza integrale...

Una raccolta di racconti di vario genere con sottofondo  paranormale, ma non solo. Quando le "presenze" che ci accompagnano sono vive oltre ogni aspettativa.  Dall'horror alla nostalgia, all'amore, tutti...