Convicted of treason and transported to the prison colony at New South Wales, Will Laurence and his fighting dragon, Temeraire, encounter complications after the colony's governor, Captain William Bligh, is overthrown.
A definitive portrait based on hundreds of hours of unprecedented access to Cowell, his supporters and his detractors traces his rise to fame and the controversial highs and lows of his career.
Drawing on journals of the celebrity activist's visits to violence- and poverty-stricken regions on four continents, a personal account describes how her witness to basic human rights violations helped her to work through damaging issues in her own life.
English; Paperback
Released: 22.03.2012 / Delivery time: 1-3 weeks (not available at short notice)
A history of the iconic car reveals the agendas of famous design contributors and describes the 1950s advertising campaign in America that launched its phenomenal success.
Presents a dual portrait of Henry VIII's first queen and her sister, the wife of Philip of Burgundy, evaluating their roles as dynastic pawns while considering how their legendary lives reflect the turbulent age in which they lived.
An expansion of the author's controversial "Up Front" column in Vogue magazine describes her family's efforts to help her clinically obese, seven-year-old daughter to lose weight, recounting how their progress was challenged by judgmental and conflictingdetractors.
English; Hardback
Released: 15.01.2013 / Delivery time: 1-3 weeks (not available at short notice)
A dual portrait of the influential British and American journalists draws on previously sealed archival sources to examine their personal and creative lives as well as the close, four-decade friendship they shared.
A portrait of the three-time MVP and World Series champion celebrates his consistent performances that won him the batting title seven times for the St. Louis Cardinals and earned him the unacknowledged status as the sport's greatest hitter.
English; Hardback
Released: 10.05.2011 / Delivery time: 3-5 weeks (title will be specially ordered)
In Animal Magnetism, the bestselling author shares the lessons she's learned from a parrot, a courageous Doberman, a horse, a tough tiger cat, and other marvelous creatures as well as her deep appreciation for them.
English; Paperback / Softback
Released: 28.09.2010 / Delivery time: 3-5 weeks (title will be specially ordered)
The stars of the reality show "Giuliana & Bill" share what they have learned about love, compromise, sex, and honesty during their first years of marriage.
The feisty comic recounts the highs and lows of her career while celebrating the friends and mentors who helped her along the way, and offers details on her childhood in Illinois, her plastic surgery disasters, and her failed marriage.
English; Paperback
Released: June 2010 / Delivery time: 3-5 weeks (title will be specially ordered)
A Sudanese doctor speaks out about the horrors of the civil war between black Africans and the Arab-led Sudanese government as she describes her outrage over the treatment of female prisoners of the Arab government, the retaliation she faced after speaking out, and her [...]
English; Paperback / Softback
Released: 29.09.2009 / Delivery time: 3-5 weeks (title will be specially ordered)
“At villa Donnafugata, long ago is never very far away,” writes bestselling author Marlena de Blasi of the magnificent if somewhat ruined castle in the mountains of Sicily that she stumbles upon one summer while traveling with her husband. There de Blasi is befriended by [...]
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Released: 19.05.2009 / Delivery time: 3-5 weeks (title will be specially ordered)
Provides a dramatic account of the turbulent and dangerous court of England's King Henry VIII and his queens, as seen through the eyes of Jane Rochford, sister-in-law to Anne Boleyn and cousin to Katherine Howard, who served as a lady-in-waiting for five of the king's [...]
English; Paperback / Softback
Released: 24.03.2009 / Delivery time: 3-5 weeks (title will be specially ordered)
Howard Carter and the Mystery of King Tutankhamun's Tomb.
English; Hardback
Released: 02.06.2009 / Delivery time: 3-5 weeks (title will be specially ordered)