The current global financial crisis carries a 'made-in-America' label. In this forthright and incisive book, Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz explains how America exported bad economics, bad policies, and bad behaviour to the rest of the world...

The American presidential election of 2008 was as riveting a spectacle as modern politics has ever produced. The meteoric rise and historic triumph of Barack Obama. The shocking fall of the House of Clinton - and the improbable resurrection of Hillary as Obama's partner and America's face to the world...

Many of us say we want to find someone special, then act in ways that drive away potential partners. Psychologist John Aiken has spent years listening to his clients talk about the difficulties of finding that special person...

On a perfect summer's day a little girl goes missing. Seventeen years later her sister, Stephanie, is practising as a psychiatrist. A new patient's revelations force her to re-examine her sister's disappearance. Why are their stories so similar?

If you asked the people of Kenmare about Mary, they'd tell you she was born unlucky. Some would say she's a bit 'strange'. But all admire her courage. They'd tell you Penny is the life and soul of the party. Yes, she drinks a bit too much. And it's true she's a home-wrecker...

Tim Farnsworth is a handsome, healthy man, ageing with the grace of a matinée idol. He loves his work. He loves his family. He loves his kitchen. And then one day he stands up and walks out on all of it. He cannot stop walking. And his body propels him relentlessly forward, deep into the unfamiliar outer reaches of the city...

Want to be more memorable and persuasive? Whether you're talking to a client, writing an email or just entertaining over the dinner table, you have to know and practice essential techniques for getting your message across.

With shades of The Velveteen Rabbit and Mick Inkpen's Nothing, Dave Gunson tells the wistful story of a little rubber duck who dreams of becoming real. Beautiful illustrations make this a lovely package, ensuring the story will be one to keep and treasure.

Most people get presents on their sixteenth birthday. I get a prophecy that could save or destroy the world. That's how it is when you're the son of Poseidon, God of the Sea. According to an ancient prophecy, bad things will happen when I turn sixteen...

When Dirk Pitt of NUMA® is almost blown to pieces in a lab explosion, he suspects sabotage. The lab in question belongs to a scientist hoping to use a rare mineral to combat greenhouse gases – but who would want to destroy our one chance to save the planet?

A New Year. A New Page. A New Reading Group. Five women meet for their first reading group, little realising this social gathering over books and glasses of wine might see them share more than literary debate … and will, in fact, take each of them to places they'd never imagined.

Katie has no reason to believe her boyfriend, James, is cheating until someone claiming to be his wife gets in touch. Now she's been cast in the role of mistress. Not one she's happy with... Once Stephanie and Katie know about each other, they must decide what to do...

On the principle that 'mastering any art is a continuing process,' Julia Child and Simone Beck have continued, during the years since the publication of the now-celebrated Volume One, to search out and sample new recipes among the classic dishes and regional specialties of France...

In The End of Overeating, David Kessler, the dynamic former head of the US Food and Drug Administration, exposes how modern food manufacturers have hijacked the brains of millions by turning our meals into perfectly engineered portions of fat, salt and sugar...

The Element is the point at which natural talent meets personal passion. In this groundbreaking book, world-renowned creativity expert Ken Robinson shows how we all need to reach our Element.

Washed ashore as a baby in ancient Greece, Halo is discovered by a family of centaurs. Although her true identity remains a mystery, she is loved as one of their own. But when Halo is dragged away by fishermen, her wild adventure begins...

Liam, Maddy and Sal should all have died, yet moments before death, someone mysteriously appeared and said, 'Take my hand . . .' But Liam, Maddy and Sal aren't rescued. They are recruited by an agency that no one knows exists, with only one purpose – to fix broken history...

Junior is a cheeky brother with a huge smile and a wild crop of curly black hair. He also has enormous feet - nearly as big as his Papa's. But one day when he loses Papa's favourite pair of jandals he has to work fast to get these back...