Product Description: In the mid-Victorian period, when British international influence and power were at their height, concerns about local economic and social conditions were only slowly coming to be recognised as part of the obligations and expectations of central government...read more

Product Description: The poems in this book were written over a forty year period from 1975 to 2015. Some of my poems might work better when read aloud, particularly in a Spoken Word environment. Others work better when read off the written page, especially if I've presented them in a visual pattern...read more

Product Description: Many of today's historical stories offer total fiction or cold facts of history. When a Sparrow Falls is a powerful story of faith lost and faith restored, fused with reality and drama surrounding actual events. The novel is seen through the eyes of David Spence, a seminary student who lost his faith and dropped out of divinity school after the loss of his mother...read more

Product Description: Britain's Hoverflies is a beautifully illustrated photographic field guide to all the genera of hoverflies found in Britain, focusing on the species most likely to be identified. Accessible and designed to appeal to a wide audience, the book contains more than 500 remarkable photographs exploring the various life stages of all 69 hoverfly genera and the 164 most commonly seen species...read more

A National Security Council insider and adviser to presidents Johnson and Nixon offers an eye-opening study of American covert activities in Afghanistan during the last fifty years, discussing America's role in the Soviet invasion, the drug and weapons trafficking, the impact of corporate influence, and America's role in the evolution of Islamic fundamentalism. 50,000 first printing. First serial, Harper's.

What can you do to feel safe in a dangerous world? When Rob Saunders witnesses a young Japanese student commit suicide, he impulsively takes the folder she dropped as she threw herself under a tube train. He finds himself taking souvenirs from a series of tragic or threatening events, at the same time initiating an edgy affair with a work colleague. His behavior becomes increasingly obsessive. The lines blur between witnessing, seeking out, and initiating tragedy. Things spiral out of control when he discovers a dead body while he's jogging in the woods. Stylistically bold, technically accomplished, this fast-paced pageturner explores the anxieties and survival strategies of a post-9/11 world.

An eye-opening study of the past, present, and future of Las Vegas traces the history of the city; the roles of organized crime, politics, and business; and the implications of Las Vegas in terms of both mirroring and shaping America's changing values. Reprint. 30,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

An eye-opening study of the past, present, and future of Las Vegas traces the history of the city; the roles of organized crime, politics, and business; and the implications of Las Vegas in terms of both mirroring and shaping America's changing values. 75,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

An analysis of the Clinton presidency scrutinizes the 'K' Street lobbyists, the military, the bureaucracy, and the key committee staffers on Capitol Hill

Illustrates various ships that sailed the Atlantic over the last thousand years, including the ships of explorers, traders, pirates, settlers, fishermen, and whalers

Chronicles Nixon's rise to political prominence, from his pre-World War II government service to his under-the-table stab at the vice-presidency in 1952, in the first of a projected three-volume biography

Based on extensive interviews with prisoners and officials, this book chronicles the riot that took place at the New Mexico State Penitentiary in February, 1980 and came to be judged as the most savage prison riot in American history

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Traces the secretary of state's career, from his early army rise, through the Nixon-Kissinger years, Vietnam, and his NATO command, to his activities under Reagan, assessing the quality of the man himself