The Caucasus is a land whose jagged terrain points starkly to the region s rich but bloody past and to a present that is no less troubled. Award-winning author Nicholas Griffin combines narrative history with travelogue as he explores the Caucasus in search of the legacy of Imam Shamil...more details Format:Paperback Pages:256
The Caucasus is a jagged land. Sandwiched between the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea, Turkey to the west, Iran to the south and Russia to the north...more details Format:Hardback Pages:256
'Against the window a pale hand, a gentle wave that was not a wave at all. A distant female face veiled by the sweep of a curtain. Then stillness. Bendix remained transfixed for a full minute. It was most certainly a woman' Early eighteenth-century London...more details Format:Paperback Pages:352
'Against the window a pale hand, a gentle wave that was not a wave at all. A distant female face veiled by the sweep of a curtain. Then stillness. Bendix remained transfixed for a full minute. It was most certainly a woman' Early eighteenth-century London...more details Format:Hardback Pages:288
Off the coast of Liguria, 1713 - accompanied by his valet Thomas Noon and tutor Lucius Jelbourne, young aristocrat Lord Stilwell is bound for Genoa and that essential part of an English gentleman's education; the Grand Tour of Italy. Jelbourne has long been wary of Noon: his standing at Dengby Hall...more details Format:Paperback Pages:352
In 1720 three men set out from Northamptonshire for Genoa. They are the young aristocrat Lord Stilwell, his valet Thomas Noon, and his tutor Lucius Jelborne. It quickly becomes apparent to Noon that they are not solely in Italy for his master's education - something strange is being sent back to England in the paintings and treasures they accumulate...more details Format:Hardback Pages:320
Set in the 18th century s Golden Age of Piracy, THE REQUIEM SHARK is the tale of a young recruit, William Williams and his forced apprenticeship to Bartholomew Roberts...more details Format:Paperback Pages:368
Bertrand Russell ranks as one of the giants of twentieth-century philosophy. Through his books, journalism, correspondence and political activity he exerted a profound influence on modern thought. This companion centers on Russell's contributions to modern philosophy and...more details Format:Paperback Pages:568
Bertrand Russell ranks as one of the giants of twentieth-century philosophy. Through his books, journalism, correspondence and political activity he exerted a profound influence on modern thought. This companion centers on Russell's contributions to modern philosophy and...more details Format:Hardback Pages:568