The book provides a comprehensive overview of current knowledge about "wattles", a large clade of over 1000 species of trees and shrubs in the genus Acacia, most of which are native to Australia. It examines the biology, ecology, evolution, and biogeography of wattles in their native ranges, including the evolutionary forces that have driven past speciation and adaptation to diverse environments, the conservation status, uses and human perceptions of these species. It considers the differe...

Full-cast BBC adaptations of five of Sir Walter Scott’s ‘Waverley’ novels, plus a play adapted from his journal starring Alec Guinness, and a documentary about Scott and his legacyPoet, novelist, critic and campaigner Walter Scott invented the historical novel and shaped the world’s image of Scotland. His tales of heroism, romance and adventure were hugely successful, outselling Jane Austen and Lord Byron, and are still popular today. Included here...

A biography of the famed psychic Eileen J. Garrett by her long-time colleague and friend. Garrett's status as one of the world's most famous mediums caused her to come in contact with the known and unknown to include those such as Aldous Huxley, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, C.B. de Mille, T.S. Elliot to name a few. Skeptical of the psychic world, Angoff came to understand her psychic feats could not be ignored even if an affront to reason.