"Scott's Shadow" is the first comprehensive account of the flowering of Scottish fiction between 1802 and 1832, when post-Enlightenment Edinburgh rivaled London as a center for literary and cultural innovation. Ian Duncan shows how Walter Scott became the central figure in these developments, and ho[...]

Drawing on the same standards of accuracy as the acclaimed "DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, The DK Top 10 Guides" use exciting colorful photography and excellent cartography to provide a reliable and useful pocket-sized travel. Dozens of Top 10 lists provide vital information on each destination, as we[...]

For the most popular of his Scottish romances, published at the end of 1817, Scott drew on the legends and historical anecdotes about Rob Roy MacGregor he had collected in his youth. The famous outlaw is only one of a series of vivid characters who cast their spell of the novel's hero, Frank Osbaldi[...]

All new novel based on the hit TV series Stargate SG-1. Follow Colonel Jack O'Neill and the Stargate SG-1 team as they travel from planet to planet vai the Stargate to safeguard humanity in a hostile Galaxy. This is another compulsive read for Stargate fans![...]

The Black Death of the 14th century was the most terrible and notorious killer of its time. In this frightening book, Susan Scott and Christopher Duncan contradict what has been taught to every school child for the last 100 years and explain why the Black Death couldna t possibly have been bubonic p[...]