The history of our world is the story of people, from those early humans who hunted and controlled fire, through generations of explorers who set off into the unknown, to the astronauts who freed themselves from the shackles of planet earth entirely. Our history is not only about pharaohs, queens an..
When an award-winning husband-and-wife team discovered that they each had sugar in their family histories, they were inspired to trace the panoramic story of the sweet substance and its important role in shaping world history. Includes songs, oral histories, maps, a timeline, source notes and over 8..
The triumphant endeavours of our all-time great national record setters are extolled in yet another edition of The Malaysia Book of Records, The MBR Millennium Edition. Tis' the avenue where 'Malaysiana' facts, features, feats and achievement take centre stage. This Millennium Edition illustrates th..
Essential information on where to stay and how to get there make up the practical side of this guide but the first part contains background details on Khmer history and religion. The second part is a monument by monument guide to the sites themselves.'..
The CultureShock! series is a dynamic and indispensable range of guides for those travellers who are looking to truly understand the countries they are visiting. Each title explains the customs, traditions, social and business etiquette in a lively and informative style.CultureShock! authors, all of..
For nearly seventy-five years, countless millions of Christians the world over have trusted the spiritual companionship of Oswald Chambers’s daily devotional, My Utmost for His Highest. These brief scripture-based readings—by turns comforting and challenging—will draw you into God’s presence and for..
Sterling Jason Jackson was a comedian and television/movie star of such acclaim, nothing seemed out of his reach. Then he dared try to purchase a national television network, and things for him not only fell apart, but turned deadly... Pretty Paul Phillips was the heartthrob of millions of young pop..
Ashin Thittila was once asked to speak at a general Buddhist gathering where he was to be one of several others to address the audience. The other speakers, including lay speakers who were all also scholars, gave very lucid but somewhat academic short discourses. The Sayadaw, as always, gauging the ..
Though we live in an age of technological advances and economic prosperity, we still face the problems of anxiety, anger, fear and self-destruction? To enlighten us of these problems, Master Hsing Yun offers his insight on diverse topics such as time management, magnanimity, stress and power of posi..
From the acclaimed military historian, a new history of the outbreak of World War I: the dramatic stretch from the breakdown of diplomacy to the battles--the Marne, Ypres, Tannenberg--that marked the frenzied first year before the war bogged down in the trenches. In Catastrophe 1914, Max Hastings gi..
After Adolf Hitler made plans to create a "model protectorate" out of Denmark, Winston Churchill predicted that the nation would become the Fuhrer's tame canary. Isolated from the Allies and fueled only by a sense of human decency and national pride, the Danes created an extraordinary resistance mov..
This book offers a unique look at one of the oldest religions in the world, and how it can guide us to spiritual and intellectual growth. It bridges the gap between Western religious beliefs and Eastern spiritual philosophies. Jainism is India's oldest spiritual tradition, and one of the oldest reli..
Yugoslavian Ana Kovach wants to better understand American culture so she comes to the U.S. to have her own adventure, as she calls it. Traveling to different cities and staying in the homes of different families, Ana gets to see firsthand how Americans think and live. AMERICA AT THE DAWN OF A NEW M..
The remarkable story of a woman who shaped the course of religious historyProphet's Daughter examines the extraordinary life of Bahiyyih Khánum (1846-1932), the daughter of Bahá'u'llah, founder of the Bahá'l Faith. From the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth century, when women in the Mid..
The stirring true story of a girl who survived the brutality of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia retraces her steps from the forced "evacuation" of Phnom Penh in 1975 when she was a girl of five, to her family's subsequent movements from town to town and eventual separation, which resulted in her parents..
From one of the most acclaimed writers of nonfiction for children, Invincible Microbe illuminates the seemingly unstoppable killer thats been haunting us for centuries: tuberculosis. Well-researched and including over 100 archival photos and prints, this compelling biography of a deadly germ is a mu..
The best-selling One Year Bible, which helps readers read the entire Bible in as little as 15 minutes a day, has been updated in a new look and comes in both portable compact size and full size. The One Year Bible divides God's Word into daily readings from the Old Testament, New Testament, Psalms, ..
The remarkable story of a woman who shaped the course of religious historyProphet's Daughter examines the extraordinary life of Bahiyyih Khánum (1846-1932), the daughter of Bahá'u'llah, founder of the Bahá'l Faith. From the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth century, when women in the Mid..
Offers detailed information about the events predicted by Nostradamus to occur between 1997 to 4500, including humankind's first meeting with aliens and the beginning of the period known as the Golden Age...
Part of a series of books which examines real-life stories that have made newspaper headlines around the world, this looks at royal scandles. Other titles available include "The World's Greatest Blunders" and "The World's Greatest Cults"...
Bill Bryson turns away from the highways and byways of middle America, so hilariously depicted in his bestselling The Lost Continent, for a fast, exhilarating ride along the Route 66 of American language and popular culture.In Made in America, Bryson de-mythologizes his native land - explaining how ..
In the shadow of Auschwitz, a flamboyant German industrialist grew into a living legend to the Jews of Cracow. He was a womaniser, a heavy drinker and a bon viveur, but to them he became a saviour. This is the extraordinary story of Oskar Schindler, who risked his life to protect Jews in Nazi-occupi..
This guidebook to South-East Asia for budget travellers gives historical, cultural and environmental commentary. It includes insider's information about recreational activities and local specialities...
In this unique and important book, one of the world's great spiritual leaders offers his practical wisdom and advice on how we can overcome everyday human problems and achieve lasting happiness...
The Transformed Mind is an inspiring collection of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's talks delivered over a period of nine years. In his characteristically endearing and informal style, one of the greatest spiritual leaders of our time examines the nature of the human mind and emphasises the need to tra..
THE VIETNAMESE ANNE FRANK'Last Night I Dreamed of Peace is the moving diary kept by a 27-year-old Vietnamese doctor who was killed by the Americans during the Vietnam War, while trying to defend her patients. Not only is it an important slice of history, from the opposite side of Dispatches and Apoc..
Atlantis and Other Lost Worlds is the most up-to-date and comprehensive investigation of history's infamous sunken city. Nowhere else will you find a more dramatic and convincing presentation of the evidence for its archaeological reality. The book uncovers the scientific genius of the ancients and ..
In The English and their History, the first full-length account to appear in one volume for many decades, Robert Tombs gives us the history of the English people, and of how the stories they have told about themselves have shaped them, from the prehistoric 'dreamtime' through to the present dayIf a ..
For the first time, an award-winning Harvard professor shares his wildly popular course on classical Chinese philosophy, showing you how ancient ideas--like the fallacy of the authentic self--can guide you on the path to a good life today. Why is a course on ancient Chinese philosophers one of the m..
CLOSING THE RING is the fifth volume of Winston Churchill's monumental work, THE SECOND WORLD WAR, which is now reaching vast new audiences in the Bantam edition.In these pages Mr. Churchill describes the pivotal events of the war: the crucial Allied blows to the Central Powers, MacArthur's successe..
THEIR FINEST HOUR valume two of THE SECOND WORLD WAR is history as only one great man could have written it. Winston S. Churchill, principal actor in the portentous drama he describes, tells of the tragic year 1940, in which occurred the fall of France, the battle of Britain, the blitz, Soviet-Nazi ..
THE GRAND ALLIANCE is the third volume of Winston Churchill's epic THE SECOND WORLD WAR now reaching hundreds of thousands of new readers in best-selling Bantam editions.One of the leading participants in the historic events he recalls, Mr. Churchill describes with insight and clarity the infamous a..
The last empress of China--Dowager Empress Tzu Hsi (1835-1908)--is remembered as one of history's monsters, an iron-willed concubine who, after usurping power in 1861, ruled from the Dragon Throne for half a century. Her reign, in the aftermath of the Opium Wars and through the Boxer Rebellion until..
It was the most intense and critical struggle of World War II, the outcome of which would mean freedom or Nazi domination of Europe. Fought by a handful of young men, some as young as 18, it was the Battle of Britain, and in this lively and stirring history, acclaimed author Michael Korda, who serve..
VENERABLE GESHE LAMA KONCHOG was a highly realised qualified teacher and meditator. He became a monk at the age of 6, and studied in Sera Monastic University in Tibet. He received many precious teachings from highly realised Lamas who had completed the path. Gesha-la was a practitioner his whole lif..
For every success in the history of the world there has always been a mistake. For every breakthrough, a blunder and for every genius, a fool. One of the 'World's Greatest' series...
A magnificent book. A joint political history-the most comprehen- sive and discerning ever written-of the English-Speaking Nations." SIR ARTHUR BRYANT, Sunday Times. 'It is written with verve, with beautiful clarity, and with a fine sense of drama. Sir Winston's judgments on men have the weight of a..
Included in this Volume 6 by Ann Rule are nine other sensational cases that illuminate Rule's unique and authoritative view of the human psyche gone temporarily berserk. No one can match Rule's meticulous research or reveal the motives of murder in such explicity and chilling detail. You may think y..
University of Nottingham, England. New edition of a synopsis of pediatric diagnosis and treatment, for medical students. Emphasizes common disorders and communicating with the parents. Previous edition 1987...