In 1927, Henry Ford, then the richest man in the world, bought a 5, 000 square mile-tract of land in the Brazilian Amazon. There he was going to build a rubber plantation. Ford wanted to create an America in his own image. This title tells the tale of the pride & arrogance of the man who thought he alone could tame the Amazon. ...

Four women
- Paula, Jennifer, Brenda & Rachel
- all at a crossroads in their lives. When the four women stay in a luxurious

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Hitchcock espionage thriller. American crime reporter Johnny Jones (Joel Mc Crea) is sent to Europe in 1938 to cover the build-up to World War Two. Johnny becomes romantically involved with Carol Fisher (Laraine Day), whose father runs an international pea ...

In the 1950s seaside town of Merham, everyone knows their place. Lottie Swift, an evacuee living with the respectable Holden

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How is the federation's foreign policy formulated? What are the internal & external pressures which shape it? How can a small Gulf state survive in the modern world? This study outlines the origins of the UAE & describes the evolution of its policies towards its neighbours, the wider Arab world, & the big powers. ...

Francis Barber, 'given' to the great eighteenth-century writer Samuel Johnson, afforded an unusual depth of freedom, which, after Johnson's death, would help hasten his wretched demise... Randolph Turpin, Britain's first black world champion boxer, who made history in 1951 by defeating Sugar Ray Robinson, & who ended his life in debt & despair... David Oluwale, a Nigerian stowaway who arrived in Leeds in 1949, the events of whose life called into question the reality of English justice, & whose death at the hands of police in 1969 served as a wake-up call for the entire nation. Each of these men's stories is told in a different, perfectly realized voice. Each illuminates the complexity & drama that lie behind the simple notions of haplessness that have been used to explain the tragedy of their lives. & each explores, in entirely new ways, the themes
- at once timeless & urgent
- that have been at the heart of all of Caryl Phillips' work: belonging, identity, & race. " Foreigners" is among his most powerful, empathic, & profoundly affecting books.

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Lie detection, offender profiling, insanity in the law, the minds of serial killers, & many other topics that fill news & fiction are all aspects of the rapidly developing area of Forensic Psychology. David Canter shows how these often controversial t ...

The way in which crime is detected & criminals are identified & convicted has changed radically due to the development of forensic science. This book presents a study of the techniques that are familiar to us from media reports or television dramas. Many cases are discussed in detail, including those in which the author was an expert witness. ...

OS Explorer is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking, horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels, pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way, permissive paths & bridleways. ...

It is 1942, & senior German officer, U-boat ace Otto Kruger finds the Po W officers under his command are impatient with his autocratic regime, which forbids escape unless it has been properly planned. A battle of wits between Kruger & his captors fo ...