\"Tower of Basel\" is the first investigative history of the world\'s most secretive global financial institution. Based on extensive archival research in Switzerland, Britain, and the United States, and in-depth interviews with key decision-makers--including Paul Volcker, the former chairman of the US Federal Reserve; Sir Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England; and former senior Bank for International

A study of the literature and visual arts concerned with the many and diverse forms of slaveries produced by globalisation in Britain since the early

Noelle and her forever friends love to play in her backyard, where the leaves are bright orange, red and yellow mixed with green leaves. You could see, feel, and smell that Fall had come to Noelle\'s back yard.There are three bunnies who play there too: the brown bunny named Curly, a black bunny named Flash, and Pinky, a white bunny with pink eyes that shined against his white coat. Crunch, crunch,

When Pip comes to Posy\'s house wearing a scary monster mask, he gives Posy a bit of a fright! Oh, dear! But when she works out it\'s only Pip, she feels much better, and they share the biscuits she\'s made.

In Keys to Successful Color, renowned artist Foster Caddell shares the unique methodology behind his extraordinary use of color in this remarkable book, back in print due to popular demand.Foster Caddell devoted his entire life to his art, beginning with developing a sophisticated drawing technique while in high school. He was employed as a lithographer before serving with the US Army Air Corps in

What is your coffee trying to tell you? Are you one the many millions of people who read their daily horoscope, looking to see what the future holds? Perhaps your one of the many who spends hundreds of dollars visiting psychic readers looking for answers? What if I told you that your morning cup of coffee could give you the answers that you seek (and more) - all you have to do it look For century\'s,

Fear has become an ever-expanding part of life in the West in the twenty-first century. We live in terror of disease, abuse, stranger danger, environmental devastation and terrorist onslaught. We are bombarded with reports of new concerns for our safety and that of our children, and urged to take greater precautions and seek more protection. But compared to the past, or to the developing world, people

This is the 45th Annniversary Edition of The Decline of an English Village. Throughout his life, Robin has observed dramatic changes in the way people live their lives. It\'s in this book that he reiterates the tragedy behind a countryside increasingly misused and abused in the name of urbanisation and

George Harrison was always known as the \'quiet Beatle\'. This biography reaffirms Harrison\'s importance as an innovative and hugely talented musician and shows that, as a member of the most important band ever, as well as in his multi-faceted career after the Beatles, Harrison was no ordinary

This Newbery-Honor winning tale introduces Whittington, a roughneck Tom who arrives one day at a barn full of rescued animals and asks for a place there. He spins for the animals--as well as for Ben and Abby, the kids whose grandfather does the rescuing--a yarn about his ancestor, the nameless cat who brought Dick Whittington to the heights of wealth and power in 16th-century England. This is an unforgettable

The Shadowhunters of Los Angeles star in this #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling novel in Cassandra Clare\'s newest series, The Dark Artifices, a sequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series. Lady

What happens to us when we die? And what does that tell us about being

The use of music therapy is long established with people with Autistic Spectrum Conditions. The combination of using music and relationship work in person-centred approaches supports the three main areas of difficulty people with autism often experience; social interaction, communication and imagination. Current research supports the positive psychological benefits of music therapy when people with

A philosophical exploration of wonder: its history, its present condition and its future potential Genevieve Lloyd illuminates and challenges some perplexing aspects of contemporary attitudes to wonder. Central to her argument is the claim that wonder has come to be largely eclipsed by the allure of the notion of the Sublime - a concept closely associated with Romantic Idealism. Lloyd offers us a renewed

Intoxicating, compulsive and blackly funny, Other People\'s Clothes is the thrilling debut novel from Berlin-based American artist Calla

Students of Arabic often begin by learning the more laborious, printed style of handwriting known as naskh. Part of the \"Gateway to Arabic\" series, this book teaches the quicker, more fluid ruq\'ah style - popular in much of the Middle East - by using clearly numbered and arrowed diagrams, with plenty of opportunity for copying

The American Revolution is finally over, and Sophie Menzies is starved for good news. When her nearest neighbor, General Seamus Ogilvy, finally comes home to Tall Acre, she hopes it is a sign of better days to come. But the general is now a widower with a small daughter in desperate need of a mother. Nearly destitute, Sophie agrees to marry Seamus and become the mistress of Tall Acre in what seems

The paperback edition of the New York Times bestseller that the Wall Street Journal said was \"chock full of momentous events and larger-than-life characters.\"Rick Atkinson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning An Army at Dawn and two other superb books about World War II, has long been admired for his deeply researched, stunningly vivid narrative histories. Now he turns his attention to a new war,