The Last Good Kiss

James Crumley

"As sweetly profane a poet as American noir could have asked for." (Ian Rankin). "A friggin' masterpiece." (Dennis Lehane). "The stunner that reinvigorated the genre and jacked up a generation of future crime novelists." (George Pelecanos). Meet Private Detective C. W. Sughrue. Private detectives are su...

Man-made Wonders of the World

DK

Discover the most incredible man-made wonders, from Stonehenge to Burj Khalifa, with this unparalleled catalogue of the most amazing, famous, and intriguing buildings and monuments ever created by humans. Manmade Wonders of the Worldfeatures a range of structures from buildings to monuments, statues, an...

True History of the Kelly Gang

Peter Carey

As he flees the police, Ned Kelly scribbles his narrative in semiliterate but magically descriptive prose. To his pursuers he is a thief and a murderer. To his own people he's a hero for opposing the English. Ned, who saw his first prison cell at fifteen, has become the most wanted man in the wild colon...