In her first epic romantic novel since "The Thorn Birds," Colleen McCullough weaves a sweeping story of two sets of twins all trained as nurses but each with her own ambitions stepping into womanhood in 1920s and 30s Australia.Because they are two sets of twins, the four Latimer sisters are as close[...]

From "one of our most gifted living writers" (The Washington Post), this collection includes David McCullough's masterful biographies of three great presidents: John Adams, Harry S. Truman, and Theodore Roosevelt. Both John Adams and Truman won the Pulitzer Prize for biography. This boxed set will i[...]

This handy 8 1/2" x 11" manual provides a step-by-step guide to the clinical strategies and tools presented in Treatment for Chronic Depression . Each chapter summarizes one step of the CBASP technique and details precisely how to implement the skills training procedures. Featuring paper-and-pencil[...]

Designed for distribution to patients, this concise CBASP (Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy) therapy guide provides basic information about chronic depression and a clear introduction to the CBASP approach. Several case examples are included to help the patient understand what t[...]

Drawing from dozens of the U.S. Army's official field manuals, editor Jay McCullough has culled a thousand pages of the most useful and curious tidbits for the would-be soldier, historian, movie-maker, writer, or survivalist--including techniques on first aid; survival in the hottest or coldest of c[...]

Here for the first time in one place is everything you need to know about modern military combat. Drawn from dozens of the U.S. Army's well-written field manuals on every conceivable aspect of conducting combat operations, this huge compendium contains everything for any combatant anywhere--armed or[...]

Paolo Soleri's architectural-philosophical thinking sets forth fundamental reformulations to address the globalising worlds most urgent environmental, urban infrastructural, and socio-ethical problems. In this book, Soleri's most recent philosophical architectural ideas are distilled into a concentr[...]

The French philosopher Simone Weil (1909-1943), a contemporary of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre, remains in every way a thinker for our times. She was an outsider, in multiple senses, defying the usual religious categories: at once atheistic and religious; mystic and realist; sceptic and b[...]

An epic saga of love, betrayal, ambition and redemption in 1920s Australia.

The Hurlingford family have ruled the small town of Byron, nestled in the Blue Mountains, for generations. Wealthy, powerful and cruel, they get what they want, every time. Missy Wright lives with her widowed mother and crippled aunt in genteel poverty. Hurlingfords by birth, all three are victim to[...]

* The Australian answer to GONE WITH THE WIND * 'One of the biggest-selling, most widely read books in the history of fiction' Observer[...]