Maigret becomes increasingly frustrated as his attempts to prove that a brutal, repulsive murder has been committed at a local bookbinder prove fruitless. The mystery revolves around a series of seemingly unconnected incidents and characters, creating an intricate and complicated narrative set amongst the backdrop of the Marais district of Paris. Eventually...

Bluetooth, HDTV, SEMs, PSP and Wii: your world is full of cool gadgets and clever technology. Want to know how it all works? Open up the cool lenticular cover to reveal what's inside your games console, how spies use GSM for covert operations, the world's fastest robot, virtual online worlds and more. It's a microscopic, X-rayed, cross-sectioned and...

In "The 6th Lamentation," Brodrick introduced readers to Father Anselm, a barrister-cum-monk-cum-detective. In "The Gardens of the Dead," Father Anselm has returned to investigate the mysterious and troubling death of attorney Elizabeth Glendinning--and the full repercussions of his own involvement in a case years before.

Garfield Blots Out the Sun: His 43rd book!
Gluttony on a Galactic Scale!
Like the Universe, Garfield is constantly expanding. Fans of the fat cat will get a big bang out of this all-new collection of comics, featuring Garfield at his funniest - and hungriest!

At St Oswald's ,an old and long-established boys'grammer school in the north of England,a new year has just begun.For the staff and boys of the school,a wind of unwelcome change is blowing.Suits,paperwork and Information Technology rule the worldand Roy Straitley,Latin master,eccentric,and veteran of St Oswald's,is finally-reluctantly-contemplating retirement.

From the vast Russian Federation to the tiny Vatican City, explore every corner of the modern world. Which political party is in power in Latvia? What does the flag of Algeria look like? This work offers a compelling portrait of our amazing planet continent-by-continent, country-by-country from Afghanistan to Zambia. It helps you to discover up-to-date facts about population...

George Gissing's work reflects his observations of fin-de-siècle London life. Influenced by the French naturalist school, his realist representations of urban culture testify to the significance of the city for the development of new class and gender identities, particularly for women. Liggins's study, which considers standard texts such as The Odd Women...

Helen is nearly 40 and having an affair with her former boss. Ready to get on with her life, she decides to dump him--until he leaves his wife. The only thing to do, Helen decides, is to befriend his wife and convince her to take him back in this delicious debut about getting rid of the guy--and finding yourself.

Studying abroad isn’t at all like Kelly thought it would be. Instead of shopping for fine Italian leather and living in an apartment with a view of the Colosseum, she is stuck in a stuffy dorm room with three other girls, and is sharing one shower with the entire floor! This is not the bella Roma that she’d dreamed of. But there is one part of Italy that Kelly doesn&#8217