Noel Botham 
Ultimate Book of Useless Information 

A heart-warming and nostalgic Cornish family saga. Perfect for fans of Sheila Newberry and Katie Flynn. WHEN TRAGEDY STRIKES, WILL HER FAMILY COME TOGETHER AGAIN? Almost a decade after …

Robert Eversz”s edgy and endearing heroine Nina Zero is back…and this time she”s embroiled in her most dangerous case ever — investigating L.A.”s underground S&M scene while getting caught up …

The population of London soared during the Industrial Revolution and the poorer areas became iconic places of overcrowding and vice. Focusing on the communities of Westminster, Mac Kay shows that …

This study of children”s literature as knowledge, culture, and social foundation bridges the gap between science and literature and examines the interconnectedness of fiction and reality as a two-wa …

Two eminent scholars of historiography examine the concept of national identity through the key multi-volume histories of the last two hundred years. Starting with Hume’s History of England …

Gender Reversals and Gender Cultures is a collection of specially commissioned essays taking a cross cultural and cross historical perspective on the subject. The book documents the universality of …

Tracing the remarkable history of a certain kind of flying machine—from the rocket belt to the jet belt to the flying platform and all the way to Yves Rossy”s 21st-century free flights using a jet-p …

Spanning the period between 1967 and 2005, this compilation includes 84 of Pulitzer Prize–winning author Ira Berkow”s columns on boxing. Readers will meet some of the greatest names in the spo …

What is the value of medical research? With contributions from anthropologists, sociologists and activists, this approach brings into focus the forms of value – social, epistemic, and economic – that …

Are we moving inexorably towards a ‘new empire’ or is global civil society transforming global politics into a ‘new cosmopolis’? In The Global Politics of Globalization, the alternatives of ‘Empire …