Australia 1789. A young married lieutenant is directing rehearsals of the first play ever to be staged in that country. With only two copies of the text, a cast of convicts, and one leading lady who may be about to be hanged, conditions are hardly ideal..."Wertenbaker has searched history and found in it a humanistic lesson for hard modern times: rough, sombre, undogmatic and warm" (Sunday Times); "Highly theatrical, often funny and at times dark and disturbing, it sets an infant civilization on the stage with clarity, economy and insight" (Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph)

Product Description: Now in paperback, this companion to the hit National Geographic Channel show, DogTown, tells the moving stories of homeless dogs and their caretakers at the Best Friends Animal Society, evoking both the joy and the occasional, but inevitable, heartbreak that accompanies the important work of saving homeless dogs...read more

Product Description: "Rain is likely tonight, ending tomorrow. Thursday will be fair and cooler." So began the final and most destructive act of Hurricane Camille, a storm so ferocious that scientists calculated the odds as once in a thousand years. In 1969, meteorologists were yet to have satellite and computer technology at their disposal, and the National Hurricane Center’s director, Dr...read more

Product Description: Multiply your money! During a five-year period Stefan Bechtel achieved a cumulative return for his investments of over 1,250 percent with an average annual return for the same period of more than 68 percent. This charming, wise book imparts to the reader the simple, reliable, time-tested plan he used to dramatically multiplying his money...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

A guide to the minds of women compiled by more than two thousand real-life interviews details the specifics of what women love and hate, with tips that can turn any man into an exceptional lover and partner. Reprint. (view table of contents)

Offers up-to-date information for men on more than 130 sexual topics from techniques to sexual harassment, presenting advice on such areas as reading a woman's body signals, how to avoid crossing the line, and more. Reprint.

This collection of 'luck' trivia provides the history of certain good luck rituals and objects, such as charms, knocking on wood, and wishbones, includes quotations about luck, and suggests ways to change one's luck from bad to good

Discusses male reproductive anatomy and hormones, sexual behavior and technique, family planning, and STDs (view table of contents)

Covers more than 120 topics involving sexuality and sexual health

Recounts a woman's torturous deliverance from multiple personalities--that were spawned by a family history of intense emotional, physical, and sexual abuse

Recounts a woman's torturous deliverance from multiple personalities--male and female, old and young--that were spawned by a family history of intense emotional, physical, and sexual abuse