Slave Queen (Moore H. B.)(Paperback)

Slave Queen (Moore H. B.)(Paperback)

Special Agent Omar Zagouri's latest case is his most dangerous--and his most personal yet. The discovery of secret sixteenth-century letters unveils a plot between the sultan Suleyman and his chief wife, Roxelane, to change the course of the Ottoman Empire. A descendent of Roxelane, Zagouri learns

Practical Demonkeeping (Moore Christopher)(Paperback)

In Christopher Moore's ingenious debut novel, we meet one of the most memorably mismatched pairs in the annals of literature. The good-looking one is one-hundred-year-old ex-seminarian and 'roads' scholar Travis O'Hearn. The green one is Catch, a demon with a nasty habit of eating most of the

Starting Out: Slav & Semi-Slav (Flear Glenn)(Paperback)

The very closely linked Slav and Semi-Slav Defences are two of the most popular and combative openings that Black can play against the Queen's Gambit. They have provided the battleground for thousands of exciting encounters between the world's chess elite, including Garry Kasparov, Vishy Anand,

The Queen Mother: The Official Biography (Shawcross William)(Paperback)

The official and definitive biography of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, the most beloved British monarch of the twentieth century. Consort of King George VI, mother of Queen Elizabeth II, and grandmother of Prince Charles, Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon--the ninth of the Earl of

Another Fine Mess (Moore Tim)(Paperback)

Tim Moore - indefatigable travelling everyman - switches two wheels for four as he journeys across Trumpland in an original Model T Ford.'Alarmingly full of incident, very funny - even mildly transformative' Daily Mail Lacking even the most basic mechanical knowhow, Tim Moore sets out to cross

Anne Neville: Queen to Richard III (Hicks Michael)(Paperback)

Anne Neville was queen to England s most notorious king, Richard III. She was immortalized by Shakespeare for the remarkable nature of her marriage, a union which brought together a sorrowing widow with her husband s murderer. Anne s misfortune did not end there. In addition to killing her first

Slav (Sadler Matthew)(Paperback)

The Slav Defence (1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6) has been one of Black's most reliable defences to the queen's pawn since its adoption by World Champions Alekhine and Euwe in the 1930s. Nowadays it is very popular both at grandmaster level (it is used regularly by Ivanchuk, Lautier and Short) and with club

Queen of the Sea (Meconis Dylan)(Paperback)

'Queen of the Sea stands out as one of the most accomplished, even beautiful, comics of the year.' --School Library Journal When her sister seizes the throne, Queen Eleanor of Albion is banished to a tiny island off the coast of her kingdom, where the nuns of the convent spend their days

Sons and Lovers (Lawrence D. H.)(Paperback)

Another Time (Auden W.H.)(Paperback / softback)

Queen Victoria's Matchmaking: The Royal Marriages That Shaped Europe (Cadbury Deborah)(Paperback)

A captivating exploration of the role in which Queen Victoria exerted the most international power and influence: as a matchmaking grandmother. As her reign approached its sixth decade, Queen Victoria's grandchildren numbered over thirty, and to maintain and increase British royal power, she was

Queen Anne - The Politics of Passion (Somerset Anne)(Paperback / softback)

Her personal life riven by passion, illness and intrigue, Queen Anne presided over some of the most momentous events in British history. Like Antonia Fraser's life of Marie Antoinette or Amanda Foreman's 'The Duchess', 'Queen Anne' is historical biography at its

Recognizing Public Value (Moore Mark H.)(Pevná vazba)

Mark H. Moore's now classic Creating Public Value offered advice to public managers about how to create public value. But that book left a key question unresolved: how could one recognize (in an accounting sense) when public value had been created? Here, Moore closes the gap by setting forth a

Creating Public Value: Strategic Management in Government (Moore Mark H.)(Paperback)

A seminal figure in the field of public management, Mark Moore presents his summation of fifteen years of research, observation, and teaching about what public sector executives should do to improve the performance of public enterprises. Useful for both practicing public executives and those who

Bring the Jubilee (Moore Ward)(Paperback)

'One of the most ingenious parallel world stories ever written.' -- Richard A. Lupoff What if Robert E. Lee won the Battle of Gettysburg and his army went on to capture Philadelphia? What if the United States government was forced to recognize Confederate independence? In this acclaimed work of

The Planets Within (Moore Thomas)(Paperback)

THE PLANETS WITHIN asks us to return to antiquity with new eyes. It centers on one of the most psychological movements of the prescientific age-Renaissance Italy, where a group of 'inner Columbuses' charted territories that still give us today a much- needed sense of who we are and where we have

The Paris Diversion (Pavone Chris)(Paperback)

'The most clever plot twist of the year.'--Washington Post'I nominate Kate Moore, the protagonist of Chris Pavone's sizzling new thriller The Paris Diversion, for patron saint of working wives and mothers everywhere.'--Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review'The Paris Diversion is the best

Beauvallet (Heyer Georgette)(Paperback)

Bestselling author Georgette Heyer, the Queen of Regency Romance, introduces the most daring and dashing hero of all.'Mad Nicholas' to his friends, 'Scourge of Spain' to his enemies, Sir Nicholas Beauvallet is one of Queen Elizabeth's most dashing buccaneers and has never been known to resist a

History of the First World War (Liddell Hart B. H.)(Paperback / softback)

'The most influential British military writer of his time' The

Henry Lamb: Out of the Shadows (Moore-Gwyn Harry)(Paperback)

Henry Lamb stands amongst the most distinctive, talented but unjustly forgotten figurative British painters of the first decades of the last century. Published to coincide with the first major retrospective on the artist in over 30 years, and featuring a number of rediscovered masterpieces, Henry

100: A Ranking Of The Most Influential Persons In History (Hart Michael H.)(Paperback / softback)

Young Fionn: Small Kid, Big Legend (Moore Ronan)(Paperback)

He is Ireland's most famous warrior, a legendary figure who has enchanted children for millennia. But who really was Fionn Mac Cumhaill? And what was he like when he was a child?In this wonderful, modern retelling of an ancient tale, based on a 12th-century manuscript, Ronan Moore brings young

Moor - A journey into the English wilderness (Atkins William)(Paperback / softback)

Shortlisted for the 2015 Wainwright Prize In this journey across England's most forbidding and mysterious terrain, William Atkins takes the reader from south to north, exploring moorland's uniquely captivating position in our history, literature and

Cleopatra (H. Rider Haggard)(Paperback)

H. Rider Haggard's story of the life of the great Egyptian Queen. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes a biography of H. Rider Haggard, theme discussions and study questions,