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George Mair,Matthew Millings
This book offers a critical analysis of the origins, theories and philosophy of community justice within the UK and the employment of practices that place the 'community' at the heart…
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Don Keith, George Wallace
At the precipice of international conflict, the fate of the Mediterranean's "Cradle of Civilization" hangs by a thread. America's forces sailing out of Gibraltar are its last hope.
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Bobby George
As with all things Montessori, students begin with the concrete and move to the abstract. Montessori: Planet Work introduces readers to the sun at the center of our solar system…
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George Orwell
Orwell’s classic satire ANIMAL FARM continues to be an international best seller. For the first time ever, ORWELL AND POLITICS brings this major work together with the author’s other works…
Georges Simenon
Maigret is shocked to find himself accused of a crime, and must fight to prove his innocence and save his reputation. –Back cover.
Jonas, a Russian-Jewish immigrant bookseller, tells a small lie to protect his adulterous wife, little knowing the suspicion, hatred and resentment it will eventually provoke against him in the community…
A conceptual and cultural history of 'horror' as effect, concept, experience and emotion in Graeco-Roman antiquity and beyond.
Bob Weis
Get set for a white-knuckle journey into magic and adventure as the impossible becomes the new normal in Bob Weis' debut novel Ghost Dog! Herbert recently lost his beloved dog…
Jan Oyebode, George Rook
"A thought-provoking read, this is a timely spotlight on young onset dementia which offers us a winning blend of authentic, constructive and wide-ranging observations and evidence capturing aspects of life…
George Gregory, Tondra Gregory
Marriage coaches and NFL chaplains George and Tondra Gregory give couples practical tools for long-term success in this holistic, biblically based guide to marriage.
Annelies George
Sexual harassment has become one of the hot topics today, resulting in the worldwide #MeToo movement. However, long before the #MeToo movement I wrote a fiction novel, Nice Doing Business…
Georges Perec
Ransacking his Paris flat, a group of his faithful companions trawl through his diary for any hint as to his location and, insidiously, a ghost, from Vowl’s past starts to…
Gopal Alapure, Abraham George
This book focuses on developing a holistic sustainability assessment-built environment model that can help in identifying sustainability issues and parameters for the built environment. It covers a wide range of…
Georg Simmel
In The Philosophy of Money, Georg Simmel provides us with a now classic discussion of the social, psychological and philosophical aspects of the money economy, full of brilliant insights into…
When his superiors dismiss the death of a burglar as part of Paris’s gang wars, Inspector Maigret defies their orders and tries to discover what really happened to the quiet…
Originally published: France: Presses de la Citae, 1968.
George Bumann
Learn how to decode the secret conversations of wild animals all around you.
George Monbiot, Peter Hutchison
A short anatomy of neoliberalism that shatters its founding myths and points the way to an alternative system
This book is dynamite' - Caroline Lucas | 'Fantastic' - Mark Ruffalo
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Dr. Seuss
Just how wacky can a Wednesday get?! With shoes on the wall, tortoises in trees, pigs without legs and teachers on roller skates, children will have lots of fun counting…
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Italo Calvino
Meticulously selected and artfully recreated, the selection of stories in Italian is vast and ranges geographically from Corsica and Sicily to Venice and the Alps. Calvino is himself clearly captivated…
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Following his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War, the author brings to bear all the force of his humanity, passion and clarity, describing with bitter intensity the…
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Georges Bataille
Set against the backdrop of Europe’s slide into Fascism, this title provides an account of depravity and violence. Exploring the dark forces beneath the surface of civilization, it is torn…
Linking the underlying sexual basis of religion to death, this title offers an array of insights into incest, prostitution, marriage, murder, sadism, sacrifice and violence, as well as includes comments…
A first ink drawing showed a hanged man swinging from a gallows on which perched an enormous crow. And there were at least twenty other etchings and pen or pencil…
Nina George
From the author of the international bestseller THE LITTLE PARIS BOOKSHOP comes a return to Monsieur Perdu's beloved books
In a small town in balmy Provence, Marie-Jeanne has a gift…
A new and definitive edition of Nineteen Eighty-Four, introduced and annotated by Orwell’s prize-winning biographer. With additional content from Orwell himself.
First published in French as Maigret et les Viellards by Presses de le Cit e, 1960.
Maigret is called to the home of professional gambler, Felix Nahour, who has been found shot dead by his chambermaid. Maigret is shocked to recognise a photo of the man’s…
Originally published in French as Maigret et le tueur by Presses de la Citae, 1969.
Hector Loursat, a lawyer, has lived as a drunken recluse since his wife left him 18 years before. Estranged even from his own daughter, his mind is numbed by bottles…
Grace Paley
Regarded as one of the finest American short story writers and admired by George Saunders, Susan Sontag and Salman Rushdie, this volume presents Paley’s collected works. Published as part of…
George Williams, David Hume
In the only full history of constitutional change in Australia, George Williams and David Hume examine Australia's referendum record, why success has been so rare and how we can change…
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Clive Hamilton, George Wilkenfeld
Living Hot tells the blunt truth about our current climate change predicament: it’s time to get cracking on making Australia resilient to intensifying climate extremes.
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Australia’s Deadly Animals Bingo is a family-friendly game packed with weird, wonderful and terrifying creatures for hours of bingo fun.
A new translation of this gripping novel, the inspiration for David Hare’s new play The Red Barn
Dan said he would go back out into the snowstorm to look for…
Maigret and his wife takes a much needed holiday to Vichy, where they quickly become used to the slower pace of life. When a woman, who they regularly pass by…
A kind but seemingly paranoid old lady turns to Inspector Maigret for help. Against the judgement of his subordinates, he decides to pay a visit to her Parisian apartment to…
A new selection of stories featuring the celebrated literary detective, Inspector Maigret
An ageing boxer caught in a love triangle. A wealthy Parisian family on the brink of collapse. A…
George Ivanoff,James Hart
A series of interactive novels for the highly adventurous. Read if you dare! Mistakes will cost you dearly! You Choose… Aussie Rules superstar or total footy failure!
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George Baker, Annie Rana
A highly anticipated and richly illustrated anthology of essays on the work of artist Tacita Dean.
A highly anticipated and richly illustrated anthology of essays on the work of artist…
"In this first installment in Georges Simenon's legendary Inspector Maigret series, M. Maigret hunts down an elusive and notorious confidence man, but finds that identifying him is a game of…
"An Insepector Maigret Novel: When a man traveling abroad is murdered in his hotel room, Inspector Maigret must sift through the misdirection and betrayal to find the truth hidden beneath"--
"Suddenly witness to a man's dreadful death, Inspector Maigret finds himself faced with a series of sordid events that drove the man to despair, in this haunting tale of guilt…
"A glamorous woman suddenly turns up dead in the middle of nowhere in a tragic, mysterious puzzle that only George Simenon's legendary detective can solve"--
"An eerie mystery in which a local wine dealer is shot and a strange yellow dog starts to circle the town - Inspector Maigret must navigate small-town dynamics to find…
"Another riveting tale from Georges Simenon, in which two siblings, living in isolation, are suspects in a tale of deception, theft, and murder"--
A thought-provoking mystery unfolds in a small coastal Dutch town after a host's private party ends in murder.
A French professor is staying in a coastal Dutch town while on…
A crew's captain turns up dead, but it's the evil eye that haunts them--Inspector Maigret must navigate stone-faced sailors to solve the fishy sequence of events.
A fishing boat docks…
