This narrative records a journalist's adventures on the trail of "The Great Cocaine Story" in Colombia. It follows him from the seedy backstreet bars of Bogota to fashionable beach resorts. The people he meets include the fixers, smugglers, cooks, mules, the corner boys and the streetgirls.[...]

Leonardo is the greatest, most multi-faceted and most mysterious of all Renaissance artists, but extraordinarily, considering his enormous reputation, this is the first full-length biography in English for several decades. Prize-winning author Charles Nicholl has immersed himself for five years in a[...]

In 1612, Shakespeare gave evidence in a court case at Westminster-and it is the only occasion on which his actual spoken words were recorded. In "The Lodger Shakespeare," Charles Nicholl applies a powerful biographical magnifying glass to this fascinating but little-known episode in the Bard's life.[...]

Undergraduate genetic engineering textbook for students taking biotechnology, genetics, molecular biology and biochemistry courses.[...]

"William and Harry" was an overnight sensation when it was published a week before Prince William and Kate Middleton's engagement announcement in November 2010. Now the author, a royal insider and the royal correspondent for "The Daily Mail, " has updated and added crucial material that completes th[...]

The Mailer family are oblivious to the terrible danger that enters their lives when seven-year-old Anthony is referred to the child guidance service by the family GP following the breakdown of his parents' marriage. Fifty-eight year old Dr David Galbraith, a sadistic predatory paedophile employed as[...]

Shah Jahan was the ruler of the Mughal empire, his name translating literally from the Persian as King of the World'. After ruthlessly suppressing his rivals, he went on to promote Mughal artistic and architectural achievements to the zenith of their creativity. He is responsible not only for the Ta[...]