World War II has shown that the British are not invincible and the self-rule lobby is gaining supporters. Against this background, Daphne Manners, an English girl, is raped. The racism, brutality and hatred launched upon the head of her Indian lover echo the violence perpetrated on Daphne and reveal[...]

India, August 9th 1942: the morning brings raids and the arrest by British police of Congress Party members. Amongst the prisoners is the distinguished ex-Chief Minister Mohammed Ali Kasim. Loyal to the party's central vision of a unified free India, his incarceration is a symptom of the growing det[...]

No set of novels so richly recreates the last days of India under British rule--"two nations locked in an imperial embrace"--as Paul Scott's historical tour de force, " The Raj Quartet." "The Jewel in the Crown" opens in 1942 as the British fear both Japanese invasion and Indian demands for independ[...]

A fully updated warts-and-all account of the singer's phenomenal journey to fameThe definitive unauthorized biography of Robbie Williams, this book covers his childhood in Stoke-on-Trent, his boy band years with Take That as well as their 2010 reunion, his battle with drinking and drugs, his often-t[...]

"The Raj Quartet," Paul Scott's epic study of British India in its final years, has no equal. Tolstoyan in scope and Proustian in detail but completely individual in effect, it records the encounter between East and West through the experiences of a dozen people caught up in the upheavals of the Sec[...]

From the apostle Paul, Origen, and Chrysostom through Aquinas, Luther, Calvin, and Wesley to Harry Emerson Fosdick, James S. Stewart, and Martin Luther King, Jr., this volume traces the history of preaching by focusing on the work of 20 key Christian preachers. Wilson analyzes how preachers through [...]

Printmaking techniques have long been used in the pottery industry, but in recent years studio ceramicists have adopted these methods to make exciting works. In this book Paul Scott discusses many of the techniques that they employ. The original ground breaking book has in this edition been greatly [...]

Printmaking techniques have long been used in the pottery industry, but until comparatively recently ceramicists have tended to view the use of these techniques with disdain. Attitudes are changing rapidly now, however, as makers continue to explore creative possibilities while working with ceramic [...]

Printing has become a common part of the ceramic artist's practice and today there are more possibilities than ever before. From low-tech mono-prints to digital laser decal, it is now possible to employ a range of techniques to print on clay and vitreous surfaces. With the ongoing advancement of new[...]

Timed for release around Clapton's 70th birthday, MOTHERLESS CHILD will be the ultimate celebration and definitive biography of one of the most influential musicians alive today. Featuring new and exclusive information from those closest to Clapton at the pinnacle of his fame, the book will uncover [...]

A slow rumbling, that has been building up among New Testament scholars for the past twenty years, is only now beginning to make its effects felt on a more general public. A new Paul is beginning to emergeuone who differs from the Paul of Augustine and Luther, who is no friend to the traditional ort[...]