Just how badly do you want to find paradise?

Tony Parsons on Life, Death and Breakfast

Glenn Parsons and Allen Carlson offer an in-depth philosophical study of the relationship between function and aesthetic value, breaking with the philosophical tradition of seeing the two as separate. They begin by developing and defending, in a general way, the concept of Functional Beauty, explori[...]

..." a brilliant study of the psychological conditions which made possible the development of capitalist civilization."--"The New Republic
This brilliant study--the author's best-known and most controversial work--opposes the Marxist concept of dialectical materialism and its view that change tak[...]

John Wesley Hardin! His name spread terror in much of Texas in the years following the Civil War as the most wanted fugitive with a $4,000 reward on his head. A Texas Ranger wrote that he killed men just to see them kick. Hardin began his killing career in the late 1860s and remained a wanted man un[...]

This title incorporates the links between body, mind and soul in the search for well-being, encouraging students to look at the wider picture encompassing different theories. It covers both basic and advanced massage techniques and bridges the gap between beauty therapy and holistic massage students[...]

Alfie finds his world collapsing around him. Can he give up meaningless sex for a meaningful relationship? And how do you play it when the woman you like has a difficult child who is infatuated with a TV wrestler known as The Slab?[...]

It should be the most natural thing in the world. But in Tony Parsons' latest bestseller, three couples discover that Mother Nature can be one hell of a bitch.[...]

This is the story of how we grow old -- how we give up the dreams of youth for something better -- and how many chances we have to get it right.[...]

Just how badly do you want to find paradise? When Tom Finn is almost jailed for confronting two burglars in his own home, this taxi driver takes his young family to live on the tropical island of Phuket, Thailand. Phuket is all the Finn family dreamed of - a tropical paradise where the children swim[...]

Seven short stories from bestselling author Tony Parsons, based on his week as Writer in Residence at Heathrow airport. Here is Heathrow as it has never been seen before - a secret city populated by the 75 million travellers who pass through every year, a place where journeys and dreams end - and be[...]