Giles: 674 books

On Saturday 9th September, 1922, the victorious Turkish cavalry rode into Smyrna, the richest and most cosmopolitan city in the Ottoman Empire. What happened over the next two weeks must rank as one of the most compelling human dramas of the twentieth century. Almost two million people were caught...

"Walter Pater, best known as the author of The Renaissance (1873) and as Oscar Wildes tutor and friend, was a leading figure in European aestheticism and British fin-de-siecle culture. Despite this, he has received only limited critical attention, and has tended to be read conservatively. Drawing...

Techniques in Revision Hip and Knee Arthroplasty is the one authoritative volume that gives you an efficient, problem-based approach to revision arthroplasty of both the hip and knee. Dr. Giles Scuderi and other leading experts from North America and Western Europe present their favored surgical procedures...

Stop dieting like a crazy woman! It will NOT work in the long term! You need a solid and proven program designed specifically for women! Yes, men and women have different metabolisms. That’s why it’s much harder for women to lose weight. If you would like to find the best...

From newspapers to social networking sites, the mass media play a huge role in shaping the way we see ourselves and others. In this engaging introduction, Giles explores our relationship with the media, looking at the effects of advertising, celebrity worship and media influence on violent...

Qui peut imaginer aujourd'hui la valeur fabuleuse que représentait la petite noix muscade à la fin du XVIe siècle ? Giles Milton brode autour de la chasse aux épices une fabuleuse histoire des grands navigateurs et marchands du XVIIe siècle. Les fastes orientaux, l’exotisme, les rêves de richesse...

Au printemps 1939, une organisation très discrète est fondée à Londres, surnommée « l’armée secrète de Churchill » : elle a pour objectif de détruire la machine de guerre d’Hitler, au moyen d’actes de sabotage spectaculaires. Les opérations de guérilla qui devaient frapper...

A deadly aura surrounds the white stone city on the sea floor and keeps the air breathers from living in their ancestral home. Rapidly gaining confidence in his underwater skills, 14-year old Archer determines to discover the reason for the aura and remove it. Unfortunately, he rapidly discovers his...

Children fall into a book while swinging. They must find their way out with the help of a princess trapped in the book.

A small group, acting on a vision from God, prepared a sanctuary in a cave in North Georgia. Their preparations were timely. june, 2018 brought cataclysmic events that essentially ended life on earth. When the radioactivity subsided, the survivors assumed they were the only people left. This "remnant"...

The heavens are alive with breathtaking beauty: from the incandescent surface of the Sun to the shimmering tail of a comet; the birth of planets to the death of stars; the dancing shadows of Jupiter's moons to the silhouettes of eclipses. The Cosmic Gallery contemplates the entire cosmos as...

In 1322 Sir John Mandeville left England on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Thirty-four years later, he returned, claiming to have visited not only Jerusalem, but India, China, Java, Sumatra and Borneo as well. His book about that voyage, THE TRAVELS, was heralded as the most important book of the...

Several millenia ago, an earthquake and tidal sent the city of Ekonia to the sea floor. Those who wore the collar that let air breathers live beneath the sea survived the tragedy but before they could be rescued, they disappeared. Before King Ichos sends Archer and Aradia to find the lost ones, he...

The Desert Sun, a sacred gem, is stolen from the kingdom of Saphra in the parallel world of the immortals. After two crystal masters fail to find the thief or the gem, they're forced to believe the thief took the gem into the parallel world of Archer’s childhood. Always eager for an adventure, Archer...