Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men (Schechter Harold)(Paperback)

Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men (Schechter Harold)(Paperback)

'A deeply researched and morbidly fascinating chronicle of one of America's most notorious female killers.' --The New York Times Book ReviewAn Amazon Charts bestseller.In the pantheon of serial killers, Belle Gunness stands alone. She was the rarest of female psychopaths, a woman who engaged in

Mystery of Princess Louise - Queen Victoria's Rebellious Daughter (Hawksley Lucinda)(Paperback / softback)

The secrets of Queen Victoria's sixth child, Princess Louise, may be destined to remain hidden forever. What was so dangerous about this artistic, tempestuous royal that her life has been documented more by rumour and gossip than hard

Men of Mathematics (Bell E. T.)(Paperback)

From one of the greatest minds in contemporary mathematics, Professor E.T. Bell, comes a witty, accessible, and fascinating look at the beautiful craft and enthralling history of mathematics.Men of Mathematics provides a rich account of major mathematical milestones, from the geometry of the Greeks

A History of Ethiopia (Marcus Harold G.)(Paperback)

In this eminently readable, concise history of Ethiopia, Harold Marcus surveys the evolution of the oldest African nation from prehistory to the present. For the updated edition, Marcus has written a new preface, two new chapters, and an epilogue, detailing the development and implications of

Mystery of the Missing Cake(Paperback / softback)

New into paperback! When Harold is invited to a fancy dress birthday party, he and his friends must come up with some fantastic outfits. The party is going really well but when the birthday boy's cake is stolen during a game in the dark, everyone is a prime suspect in the mystery of the missing

Short Plays of Harold Pinter (Harold Pinter)(Paperback / softback)

This volume contains the complete short plays of Harold Pinter from The Room, first performed in 1960, to Celebration, which premiered in 2000. The book commemorates the tenth anniversary of the playwright's death and coincides with Pinter at the Pinter, a celebratory season staging twenty of his

Bellini Madonna (Lowry Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

A seductive mystery novel from the acclaimed author of Dark

The Art of Reading Poetry (Bloom Harold)(Paperback)

'The work of great poetry is to aid us to become free artists of ourselves.' -Harold Bloom In The Art of Reading Poetry, Harold Bloom gives us his critical reflections on more than a half century devoted to reading, teaching, and writing about great verse, the literary achievements he loves most,

Butcher - Anatomy of a Mafia Psychopath (Carlo Philip)(Paperback / softback)

Written by the bestselling author of The Ice Man, The Butcher is a gripping and disturbing fly-on-the-wall account of the US Drug Enforcement Administration's four-year hunt to bring down Tommy 'Karate' Pitera, a drug-dealing, murderous capo in the Bonanno crime

Hamlet: Poem Unlimited (Bloom Harold)(Paperback / softback)

Uncovers the mystery of both Prince Hamlet and the play, how both prince and drama are able to break through the conventions of theatrical mimesis and the representation of character, making us question the very nature of theatrical

Mystic and the Midnight Ride (Gregg Stacy)(Paperback / softback)

The first Pony Club Secrets mystery adventure by bestselling author of 'The Princess and the Foal'.Issie loves horses more than anything And she especially loves her pony Mystic at Chevalier Point Pony Club. So when the unthinkable happens, Issie is devastated.Then her instructor asks her to care

Mystery of Being: Volume 1, Reflection and Mystery (Marcel Gabriel)(Paperback)

The Mystery of Being contains the most systematic exposition of the philosophical thought of Gabriel Marcel, a convert to Catholicism and the most distinguished twentieth-century exponent of Christian existentialism. Its two volumes are the Gifford lectures which Marcel delivered in Aberdeen,

Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery (Howe Deborah)(Paperback)

BEWARE THE HARE! Is he or isn't he a vampire? Before it's too late, Harold the dog and Chester the cat must find out the truth about the newest pet in the Monroe household -- a suspicious-looking bunny with unusual habits...and

The Practice and Science of Drawing (Speed Harold)(Paperback)

Hell's Highway: Operation Market Garden (Saunders Tim)(Paperback)

Hell's Highway is the dramatic name given to the vital stretch of road that the British 3rd Guards Armoured Division had to advance down rapidly on their route to relieve the American Paras (82d Airborne) at Nijmegen and the British I st Airborne Division at Arnhem. Adopting the clear and

The Mystery of U-33: Hitler's Secret Envoy (Graddon Nigel)(Paperback)

The incredible story of the mystery U-Boats of WWII! Graddon first chronicles the story of the mysterious U-33 that landed in Scotland in 1940 and involved the top-secret Enigma device. He then looks at U-Boat special missions during and after WWII, including U-Boat trips to Antarctica; U-Boats

The Portal of the Mystery of Hope (Peguy Charles)(Paperback)

Men and the Fields (Bell Adrian)(Paperback)

Adrian Bell's travels through East Anglia and lowland Britain capture the character of the countryside before modern agriculture altered the landscape and changed forever the way we eat and

A Few Right Thinking Men (Gentill Sulari)(Paperback)

A fascinating historical mystery by Sulari Gentill, author of #1 LibraryReads pick The Woman in the LibraryShortlisted for Best First Book for the Commonwealth Writers' Price for 2011Her witty hero will delight traditional mystery buffs. --Library Journal STARRED reviewCan a house divided against

Puppy Who Needed a Princess (Swift Bella)(Paperback / softback)

A royally funny dog story from the best-selling author of THE PUG WHO WANTED TO BE

Caretaker (Pinter Harold)(Paperback / softback)

This play was first performed in 1960. Harold Pinter specializes in the tragicomedy of the breakdown of communication, broadly in the tradition of the theatre of the absurds and this is demonstrated in both 'The Caretaker' and 'The Birthday

The Princesse de Cleves (Lafayette Madame de)(Paperback)

Set towards the end of the reign of Henry II of France, The Princesse de Cleves (1678) tells of the unspoken, unrequited love between the fair, noble Mme de Cleves, who is married to a loyal and faithful man, and the Duc de Nemours, a handsome man most female courtiers find irresistible. Warned by

The Cloud of Unknowing (Acevedo Butcher Carmen)(Paperback)

A marvelously readable translation of the great Middle English classic of Christian mysticism--now part of the beautifully designed Shambhala Pocket Library collection This anonymous fourteenth-century text is the glory of English mysticism, and one of the most practical and useful guides to

The Mystery of the Sintra Road (Queiroz Eca de)(Paperback)

Two friends were kidnapped on the road to Sintra by three masked men and taken to a mysterious house. In the house there is a corpse. The usual questions arise: who was he? How did he die? Was it a natural death or a murder? Who was the perpetrator or the instigator of the crime? The two friends