Wilt: Larger Than Life (Cherry Robert)(Paperback)

Wilt: Larger Than Life (Cherry Robert)(Paperback)

A capturing of basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain's personality and thoughts--known by relatively few people other than family and close friends--is made available to all in this intimate biography. The author, a native of Philadelphia and an alumnus of Chamberlain's alma mater, spent four years

Total Recall (Schwarzenegger Arnold)(Paperback / softback)

Schwarzenegger's TOTAL RECALL is a larger-than-life portrait of his illustrious, controversial and entertaining life in and out of the public eye

Hold Me Closer - The Tiny Cooper Story (Levithan David)(Paperback / softback)

Larger-than-life character Tiny Cooper, from the bestselling novel Will Grayson, Will Grayson, finally tells his own story the only way he knows how - as a stupendous musical

Wittgenstein's Poker (Edmonds David)(Paperback / softback)

At the centre of the story stand the philosophers themselves, proud, irascible, larger than life, and spoiling for a fight.'Those ten minutes shook the world of Western philosophy literally to its foundations

Nest of Vipers (Johnson Catherine)(Paperback / softback)

A gripping tale of a group of larger-than-life con artists who roam the streets of eighteenth-century London. Cato Hopkins is the youngest member of Mother Hopkins's 'family' - a group of skilled fraudsters and pickpockets. There's Addy, who can become a very convincing boy when she needs to; the

President Taft Is Stuck in the Bath (Barnett Mac)(Paperback)

Inspired by a true anecdote, this larger-than-life tale of a presidential mishap is brimming with humor and over-the-top illustrations. 'Blast ' said Taft. 'This could be bad.' George Washington crossed the Delaware in the dead of night. Abraham Lincoln saved the Union. And President William

Mughal World - India's Tainted Paradise (Eraly Abraham)(Paperback / softback)

Inside the opulent, decadent world of the Mughal emperorsThe Mughal emperors were larger-than-life figures, men written on a supra-human scale who exercised absolute power. The three centuries of their rule, as laid out in Eraly's previous volume, THE MUGHAL THRONE, mark one of the most crucial and

American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House (Meacham Jon)(Paperback)

The definitive biography of a larger-than-life president who defied norms, divided a nation, and changed Washington forever Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this remarkable book about the man who rose from nothing to create the modern

Philosophy (Perry Kevin)(Paperback)

Philosophy is to question everything. More than a lifestyle, larger than any single idea, broader than a conviction, philosophy is the love of exploration, of knowledge, of uncertainty, and of that cornerstone of free thinking: doubt. Kevin Perry's 'Philosophy' takes the reader on a grand tour of

Dearest Bess - Elizabeth Duchess of Devonshire (Stuart Dorothy Margaret)(Paperback)

Elizabeth Foster, 'Bess' is one of the larger-than-life characters that occasionally flits across the pages of history. Born in 1757 as Elizabeth Christiana Hervey, the daughter of the eccentric Frederick Hervey, Earl of Bristol and Bishop of Derry, she led a privileged life and married John Thomas

The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life (Brooks David)(Paperback)

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Everybody tells you to live for a cause larger than yourself, but how exactly do you do it? The author of The Road to Character explores what it takes to lead a meaningful life in a self-centered world. 'Deeply moving, frequently eloquent and extraordinarily

Friends Do Not Eat Friends: Ready-To-Read Graphics Level 1 (Esbaum Jill)(Paperback)

Two dinosaurs with larger-than-life personalities become unlikely friends in this silly and sweet Level 1 Ready-to-Read Graphics book, the first in a new series! Thunder is big. Cluck is small. Thunder likes to ROAR! Cluck likes to say 'hello!' Can Thunder and Cluck be friends? Ready-to-Read

I Know What I Am: The Life and Times of Artemisia Gentileschi (Siciliano Gina)(Pevná vazba)

Michelangelo, Velzquez, Rubens, Rembrandt -- all larger-than-life Renaissance figures celebrated for their mastery of their art. But often overlooked in this pantheon of Old Masters is Artemisia Gentileschi -- Italy's greatest female painter. In her debut graphic novel, Gina Siciliano brings to

On Wandsworth Bridge (Pond Hattie)(Pevná vazba)

Wandering in and about London, the characters of On Wandsworth Bridge often seem larger than life. Never reduced to stereotypes, though, they develop and come alive with a touching humanity and humour that makes the reader care deeply about their actions and fates. At the heart of Hattie Pond's

All My Animals (Ryski Dawid)(Pevná vazba)

Animals paired with accessories elicit smiles and bestow knowledge in this larger-than-life volume with charismatic poster-sized illustrations. An octopus swims next to a jar of ink with a quill pen. A friendly, brown grizzly bear stares from across the page at a beehive dripping with honey. A wise

Atlas Shrugged (Rand Ayn)(Pevná vazba)

Peopled by larger-than-life heroes and villains, charged with towering questions of good and evil, Atlas Shrugged is Ayn Rand's magnum opus: a philosophical revolution told in the form of an action thriller--nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. Who is

Wilt Alternative - (Wilt Series 2) (Sharpe Tom)(Paperback / softback)

Henry Wilt is no longer the victim of his own uncontrolled

Wilt on High - (Wilt Series 3) (Sharpe Tom)(Paperback / softback)

Wilt is back - in form, and in a good deal of trouble. Henry Wilt is still teaching at the Fenland Tech, attempting to drill English into plasterers, dozing through tedious committee meetings and occasionally getting mildly plastered in 'The Pig in a Poke' with one of his few bearable

Wilt (Sharpe Tom)(Paperback)

Larger than an Orange (Burns Lucy)(Pevná vazba)

Wilt - (Wilt Series 1) (Sharpe Tom)(Paperback / softback)

Henry Wilt, tied to a daft job and a domineering wife, has just been passed over for promotion yet again. But if Wilt can do nothing about his job, he realises he can do something about his wife - and as each day passes, his fantasies grow more murderous and more

Romeo and Juliet (Smith Robert)(Paperback)

An improved, larger-format edition of the Cambridge School Shakespeare plays, extensively rewritten, expanded and produced in an attractive new design. An active approach to classroom Shakespeare enables students to inhabit Shakespeare's imaginative world in accessible and creative ways. Students

American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House (Meacham Jon)(Pevná vazba)

The definitive biography of a larger-than-life president who defied norms, divided a nation, and changed Washington forever Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this remarkable book about the man who rose from nothing to create the modern

Gloves Are Off - My story, by Paddy Kenny (Kenny Paddy)(Pevná vazba)

A larger-than-life figure who came from parks pitches to the Premier League, Paddy Kenny lifts the lid on his time in football; including conceding one of the game's most famous goals and having his eyebrow bitten off just days before facing Manchester United. This is Kenny's story... and the