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Beyond the River: Ottoman Transjordan in Original Photographs | During the 19th and early 20th century, the rugged, mountainous land through which the River Jordan flows, was a region of untouched beauty and deeply held tribal traditions. Beyond the River gathers ... more >>> |
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Biofuels Delusion | “It is very hard to imagine how we can see a world growing enough crops to produce renewable energy and at the same time meet the enormous increase in the demand for food”. Prof John Beddington, Chief... more >>> |
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Breaking the Cycle: Civil Wars in Lebanon | Sandwiched between Syria and Israel, Lebanon is perhaps fated to be engulfed in the frequent bouts of violence that plague the wider Middle East region. In summer 2006, Beirut found itself once more u... more >>> |
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Bright Levant | This is a wry account of Middle Eastern history from the First World War to the years following the Second. Laurence Grafftey-Smith was a member of the Levant Consular Service from 1916-1947. He gives... more >>> |
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British Olympic Heroes | Great Britain is one of only a handful of countries to have attended every Olympic Games – Winter and Summer alike. Since 1896, nearly 500 Britons have won a gold medal. Those 60, whose stories are to... more >>> |
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Business Traveller"s Handbook to China | China is the country that gave birth to Taoism and Confucianism. It is a country that produced the Great Wall, and one which steadily attracts an abundance of tourists drawn by its intriguing culture.... more >>> |
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Business Traveller"s Handbook to Iraq | Gorilla Guides are the only travel handbooks dedicated to the needs of the business traveller.A Gorilla Guide is the essential companion for any business traveller wanting to gain the upper hand. Toge... more >>> |
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Business Traveller"s Handbook to Singapore | This new guide sets out the key factors for doing business in Singapore today, and outlines in concise and jargon-free language the key steps to setting up business in this country. Ming Wong brings t... more >>> |
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Butterflies of Saudi Arabia and Its Neighbours | Arabia straddles three of the world"s major bio-geographical regions, ensring a butterfly fauna of extraordinary complexity and interest. Over 140 species of butterflies flourish in this apparently in... more >>> |
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Cashel Byron’s Profession | Bernard Shaw was obsessed with prize-fighting all his life – he entered the English Amateur Boxing Association Championship as middleweight – and this racy, romantic adventure story superbly evokes th... more >>> |
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Chasing Rainbows: Economic Myths, Environmental Facts | Chasing Rainbows looks at what the commonly held beliefs about what we should do to avoid, curtail or adapt to global warming and compares them to what we should actually be doing. This is not an argu... more >>> |
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Cheetah"s Tale | A heart wrenching children’s story. A little girl comes across a malnourished cheetah cub caged at the back of a small shop in an Arab souq. Her mother agrees to buy the animal to save its life, and t... more >>> |
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Children"s Encyclopedia of Arabia, The | The Children’s Encyclopaedia of Arabia is packed with information on everything from the food the Bedouin eat, to the adventures of Sinbad the Sailor. Each subject is illustrated with vivid pictures, ... more >>> |
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Chile Rediscovered | A geologist, a microbiologist and a town planner take a journey into the strange regions of Chile’s secret heart. They are exposed to astonishing landscapes and species, and encounter a variety of Chi... more >>> |
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Chimes for Children | The best books for children appeal to all ages and Chimes for Children is no exception. Witty, beautifully drawn and highly original it will surely, like Struwwelpeter (first published in 1845), remai... more >>> |
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Christianity Among the Arabs in Pre-islamic Times | Before the rise of Islam, Arabia had a strong Christian population. This book tells the story of the first six centuries of Christian Arabia. Though there was never a distinctive Arab church, millions... more >>> |
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Christmas Carol | Arguably the most famous Christmas novel of all, A Christmas Carol is as familiar to children as it is to adults, with its cast of macabre ghosts and the archetypal miser, Scrooge.mBut the book has al... more >>> |
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Christmas With Musgrove | Musgrove the nanny of Notting Hill is back in this classic Christmas tale from Ilona Rodgers. In their latest adventureMusgrove and Hermione venture beyond Notting Hill to spend Christmas in the count... more >>> |
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Climate: the Counter-Consensus | The counter-consensus to quasi-scientific hype and induced panic on climate change is at last assembling. The argument is not in the first place as to whether or not climate change has been taking pla... more >>> |
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Climate: the Great Delusion | An internationally renowned engineer exposes the fantasy world of ‘global warming’ economics, and debunks the mythology of carbon-dioxide damage.There is now a raging global debate around attempts by ... more >>> |
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