Power: 381 books

Development as a concept is notoriously imprecise, vague and presumptuous. Struggles over the meaning of this fiercely contested term have had profound implications on the destinies of people and places across the globe. Rethinking Development Geographies offers a stimulating and critical introduction...

After Libby's husband died, her in-laws did the unspeakable. For six years Libby was denied access to her own son, but this unsettling reality she's been living in is about to change. Even her brother-in-law Romano's brash words and utter contempt for her isn't going to stop Libby from seizing this chance...

Where have all the interesting women gone? If the contemporary portrayal of womankind were to be believed, contemporary female achievement would culminate in the ownership of expensive handbags, a vibrator, a job, a flat and a man. Of course, no one has to believe the TV shows, the magazines and adverts,...

The stories, poems, and conversations adventured (and perhaps, misadventured) by the children who ride through a magical landscape of farms and woods and houses as they head to school. They were collected by the school bus driver using a candlestick and big feather pen, after putting his school bus to bed.

Things couldn’t be worse for Dan Marlowe unless he’d been found in bed with a dead woman. In this, the fifth novel in the Dan Marlowe series, Dan is asked to look into the disappearance of a young Hampton Beach waitress. But when the girl’s body is found buried in the dunes—on the...

When Dan Marlowe pays a visit to the run-down Honeymoon Hotel, he thinks he’s just doing a favor for a friend—rescuing the friend’s granddaughter from the clutches of a low-life junkie. He doesn’t plan on the rescue turning into something ugly. Then the ugly turns uglier and local...

‘Here at least we shall be free. Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven...’ Defeated in battle and exiled from heaven, Satan burns in a lake of fire with his army of rebels around him. Consumed with envy, he plots his bitter revenge – to destroy God’s delight in his newest creation....

Cocaine.  Dan Marlowe is doing his damnedest to stay away from the stuff.  It’s already cost him his family and his business, The High Tide Restaurant & Saloon.  Now a bartender at the Tide, Dan’s life is slowly stabilizing.  That is until a boat with two dead bodies on...

The memory of his touch… At her new job interview, single mom Magenta James feels like her life is finally back on track after suffering from amnesia. Until she meets Andreas Visconti's familiar sapphire gaze across the desk…. She just knows the Italian CEO is the father of her child,...

Italian billionaire Emiliano Cannavaro knows everyone has their price… Especially Lauren Westwood, the sister of his brother's duplicitous wife, and the only woman to ever come close to melting his cool defenses! When tragedy strikes, Emiliano will gain custody of his young orphaned nephew,...

Eleven year old Oscar Flowers is on a quest to make sense of the strange world of adults that surround him in the seaside town of Tidetown. The bizarre behaviour of his parents and great aunt impels him to search for the blue tiger, a powerful and beautiful animal that will save his family from themselves....

  Our illustrated travel guide will take you to Manchester in the northwest of England, about equidistant between Liverpool and Leeds. Manchester once had a negative reputation derived from its industrial past. Things have dramatically changed in the last decade and now the...

  Our illustrated travel guide will take you to Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. "Auld Reekie" (Edinburgh) manages to combine both ancient and modern in a uniquely Scottish atmosphere. Watched over by the imposing castle, the symbol of the city, Edinburgh combines medieval...

For fans of Scott Lynch and Naomi Novik comes a high fantasy epic that blends swashbuckling adventure with a dark tale of vengeance--when a ship captain is stranded on a deserted island by his mutinous crew, he finds a rare dragon egg that just might be the key to his salvation and his revenge. He...