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The unforgettable survival story of the year. This is the astonishing day-by-day account of Aron Ralston's terrible accident in the Utah canyons, which includes self-amputation, rescue and recovery. A brave and honest account of one man's efforts to survive.

The funniest and sassiest crime writer in modern fiction, Janet Evanovich, presents To The Nines, the ninth instalment in the hilarious Stephanie Plum series

Raised in Pakistan, Ziauddin Sardar learned the Koran at his mother's knee. As a young student in London, he embarked on a quest to grasp the meaning and contemporary relevance of his religion and, hopefully, to find "paradise." After experimenting with the mystical branch of Islam, Sufism, and with classical Islam, he set off on extensive travels through the Muslim world. Along the way, he came to accept that he might never reach paradise, re...

This heart-warming bestseller from Pilcher has been phenomenally successful, and now has a brand-new jacket designed for a new audience. Penelope finds that a painting by her late father is worth a fortune, she is far too energetic to settle into pensioned-off old-age, and makes a decision that could rip her family apart.

The definitive portrait of Pol Pot, the enigmatic man behind the most terrifying regime of modern times

Winning! tells the story of the remarkable past six years - an unforgettable journey that began in September 1997 and took the team from the lower ranks of international first-class rugby to the top as World Cup Champions. Sir Clive Woodward and his team mounted a campaign of vast change, great learning, team building and clear vision to achieve their aim. 'We would question everything, change anything and leave no stone unturned, ' he writes....

Six years after her attack, Maggie Wilson receives a call from the prosecutor who put her husband in jail after Maggie identified him as the man who nearly killed her. Told that another inmate has confessed to the crime and that her ex-husband will be freed, Maggie plunges into memories of her stormy marriage to her college sweetheart, Nate Duke. Secluded in the old farmhouse that was her marital home, Maggie pores through trial transcripts, o...

This course explores nuclear physics and its applications ranging from the structure of nuclei and their reactions, to astrophysics and cosmology. The physics is introduced with arguments based on simple ideas such as the empirical structure of nuclear forces and its interplay with the Pauli principle and Coulomb repulsion. The book then develops elementary nuclear models and illustrates nuclear systematics with experimental data. Reactions an...

This volume brings together a collection of essays on the history and philosophy of probability and statistics by an eminent scholar in these subjects. Written over the last fifteen years, they fall into three broad categories. The first deals with the use of symmetry arguments in inductive probability, in particular, their use in deriving rules of succession. The second group deals with three outstanding individuals who made lasting contribut...

Paperback edition of Tartt's huge selling second novel, follow up to the worldwide bestseller, "The Secret History". 12 year old Harriet's family is still suffering from the mysterious death of her brother 12 years earlier, and so she sets out with her only friend to find his murderer and punish him. "Destined to become a special kind of classic" "New York Times

Nora and her siblings, after running away from Aunt Augusta and Uncle Henley, live with an elderly woman they call Grandmere. They soon learn her bark is worse than her bite. Meanwhile Mama recovers her health and comes from New York City to live with them. Nora encounters other Orphan Train Riders and worries over their fate. Amanda is given a new 'crowning glory' but being disgruntled with her family tries to become part of a gypsy clan. Nil...

Growing up in rural Indiana, with a father diagnosed with brain cancer when she was eight-years-old, Colette finds hope in the innocence of childhood. While realizing the stark reality of life, she navigates hospital hallways and learns how to love. Told in the narrative style of the poetic novel, which seems to fly off the library shelves, Colette discovers hope for tomorrow, comes to peace with memories of her father, and discovers her own s...

Explores the prophetic politics of four American Christian social movements, including the Civil Rights movement and the conservative Christian male organization Promise Keepers.

Moses never saw the Promised Land. King David didn't get to build the Temple. Jesus preached an unpopular message and died on the cross. Reverend Ruth Broggan thinks God has something to answer for. Unsatisfied with traditional teachings, Broggan takes a radical approach to finding the meaning of life.

Revenge can have shattering consequences... another fantastic Oz Blackstone mystery

Sheila Hancock's moving and compelling memoir of her marriage to John Thaw

In the judgment of the author of the following treatise, the time has now arrived when the questions at issue between Theism on the one hand, and the various forms of Antitheism on the other, may be permanently settled, and that upon scientific grounds. All these questions now, in reality, stand out before the world in visible dependence upon a single issue, the validity of the human Intelligence as a faculty of world-knowledge. Antitheism, in...