In the days before his fortieth birthday, London-based journalist Jasper Rees traded his pen for a French horn that had been gathering dust in the attic for more than twenty-two years and, on a lark, played it at the annual festival of the British Horn Society. Despite an embarrassingly poor perform[...]
The fourth edition of this Blackstones Guide provides a clear and accessible exploration of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 POCA, which has been completely updated to include all recent developments. It includes the full updated text of POCA 2002, plus other essential materials.[...]
Fuelled by hate, incapable of forming normal human relationships, unwilling to listen to dissenting voices, Adolf Hitler seemed an unlikely leader, and yet he commanded enormous support and was able to exert a powerful influence over those who encountered him. How did Hitler become such an attractiv[...]
At the age of twenty-four, in 1913, Adolf Hitler was eking out a living as a painter of pictures for tourists in Munich. Nothing marked him in any way as exceptional, but he did possess certain distinguishing characteristics: a capacity to hate, an inability to accept criticism, and a massive overco[...]
Richly illustrated with the images from observatories on the ground and in space, and computer simulations, this book shows how black holes were discovered, and discusses our current understanding of their role in cosmic evolution. This second edition covers new discoveries made in the past decade, [...]
Packed with up-to-date astronomical data about the Solar System, our Galaxy and the wider Universe, this is a one-stop reference for astronomers of all levels. It gives the names, positions, sizes and other key facts of all the planets and their satellites; discusses the Sun in depth, from sunspots [...]
Violetta and Feste have come to London to rescue the holy relics taken from the church in Illyria by the evil Malvolio. Their journey has been long and their adventures many, but it is not until they meet the playwright William Shakespeare that they get to tell the entire story from beginning to end[...]
"Few books have had as great an impact on the cause of world evangelization in our generation as The Master Plan of Evangelism."--Billy Graham
For more than forty years this classic study has shown Christians how to minister to the people God brings into their lives. Instead of drawing on the la[...]
Nick's family has been on the run from magicians his whole life. His father is dead, and his insane mother hates him--she starts screaming if he touches her. After Nick's protective older brother is marked with a demon sign that means death, danger is unavoidable. The only way to erase the sign is t[...]
Mae Crawford has always thought of herself as in control, but in the last few weeks her life has changed. Her younger brother Jamie suddenly has magical powers, and she's even more unsettled when she realizes that Gerald, the new leader of the Obsidian Circle, is trying to persuade Jamie to join the[...]
"The Demon's Surrender "is the thrilling and suspenseful conclusion to the Demon's Lexicon trilogy.
Loyalty leads to catastrophe in the thrilling and suspenseful conclusion to the Demon's Lexicon trilogy.The Goblin Market has always been the center of Sin's world. She's a dancer and a performer, secure in her place. But now the Market is at war with the magicians, and Sin's place is in danger. Exi[...]
Hub of empire, world port and seat of government, London has a political history that is nevertheless entwined with the lives of its people, a multitude often dismissed throughout the centuries as a mob. This gripping new counter-history reveals how London's poor and its immigrant population have sh[...]
A new gothic YA fantasy trilogy, set in England, about magicians and demons.
'Wild About London's Parks' is a series of fun and fascinating guided walks for children and families to explore London's green spaces. This book turns a walk in the park into a fun adventure of wildlife discovery. Walks are designed specifically for children to lead their family on the walk; for th[...]
Few texts have been put to use so actively and in so many ways in the production of identity and meaning as Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt (1867). This book studies the popular reception of Peer Gynt in Norway writ large, exploring how processes of adaptation and parody contribute to the canonization of t[...]
Examines partitions and covers of graphs and digraphs, latin squares, pairwise balanced designs with prescribed block sizes, ranks and permanents, extremal graph theory, Hadamard matrices and graph factorizations. This book is designed to be of interest to applied mathematicians, computer scientists[...]
These new editions of the "MRCP 1 Pocket Book" series make revision for the Part 1 examination active and effective. Each of the three pocket books features questions and answers providing essential practice for the MRCP Part 1 exam. They are presented in a clear layout with each book covering four [...]