How to Give to Charity (Paperback)
Jessica Williams
How to Give to Charity
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Iran
Iran (Paperback)
Everything You Need to Know
John Farndon
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Introducing Existentialism
Introducing Existentialism (Paperback)
A Graphic Guide
Oscar Zarate Richard Appignanesi
Richard Appignanesi goes on a personal quest of Existentialism in its original state. He begins with Camus' question of suicide: 'Must life have a meaning to be lived?' Is absurdity at the heart of Existentialism? Or is Sartre right: is Existentialism 'the least scandalous, most technically austere' of all teachings?
This brilliant Graphic Guide explores Existentialism in a unique comic book-style.
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The Real Oliver Twist
The Real Oliver Twist (Paperback)
Robert Blincoe - A Life That Illuminates a Violent Age
John Waller
Robert Blincoe's political, personal and turbulent story illuminates the Dickensian age like never before. His life provides an outstanding example of courage and a refusal to be downtrodden.
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From Atoms to Infinity
From Atoms to Infinity (Paperback)
88 Great Ideas in Science
John Gribbin Mary Gribbin
With their characteristic panache and unrivalled clarity, world-renowned science authors Mary and John Gribbin take us on an incredible and thought-provoking illustrated tour of everything you ever wanted to know about science.
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Football Freaking
Football Freaking (Paperback)
Surreal Sums Behind the Beautiful Game
Gary Rimmer
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It's Only Money
It's Only Money (Paperback)
Peter Pugh
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The Man Who Ate Bluebottles
The Man Who Ate Bluebottles (Paperback)
And Other Great British Eccentrics
Catherine Caufield Peter Till
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Googlies, Nutmegs and Bogeys
Googlies, Nutmegs and Bogeys (Hardback)
The Origins of Peculiar Sporting Lingo
Bob Wilson
Have you ever flashed at a zooter in the corridor of uncertainty while on a sticky dog? Maybe you've seen someone hit a mulligan out of the screws to grab a birdie at Amen Corner?
The world of sport has its own language, wonderfully rich in strange words and phrases, whose origins often stretch back centuries. Veteran BBC presenter and football legend Bob Wilson has written this brilliant illustrated guide to the fascinating true meanings, heritage and evolution of the great sporting terms we use today.
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Places to Hide
Places to Hide (Hardback)
Dixe Wills
Sometimes facing up to your problems is just not an option. Dixie Wills reveals the ultimate rural, coastal, urban and mountainous getaways for when life gets a bit too much…"Places to Hide" is the essential guide for anyone who needs to disappear for a bit. Containing tips on concealment, total identity change and crouching, up-to-date information on local terrain, and the experiences of famous hiders such as Lawrence of Arabia, "Places to Hide" is ideal for any aspiring hermit or professional dodger who needs to get away from it all.
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The Man Who Ran the Moon
The Man Who Ran the Moon (Hardback)
James Webb, JFK and the Secret History of Project Apollo
Piers Bizony
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A Mind of Its Own
A Mind of Its Own (Paperback)
How Your Brain Distorts and Deceives
Cordelia Fine
THE DAZZLING FIRST BOOK FROM THE WINNER OF THE 2017 ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOKS PRIZE
‘A fascinating, funny, disconcerting and lucid book.’ Helen Dunmore
‘Fine sets out to demonstrate that the human brain is vainglorious and stubborn. She succeeds brilliantly.’ Mail on Sunday
‘Fine is a cognitive neuroscientist with a sharp sense of humour and an intelligent sense of reality’ The Times
Perhaps your brain seems to stumble when faced with the 13 times table, or persistently fails to master parallel parking. But you’re in control of it, right?
Sorry. Think again.
Dotted with popular explanations of social psychology research and fascinating real-life examples, A Mind of Its Own tours the less salubrious side of human psychology. Psychologist Cordelia Fine shows that the human brain is in fact stubborn, emotional and deceitful, and teaches you everything you always wanted to know about the brain – and plenty you probably didn’t.
Consistently well-written and meticulously researched
In breezy demotic, Fine offers an entertaining tour of current thinking
Fine sets out to demonstrate that the human brain is vainglorious and stubborn. She succeeds brilliantly.
This is one of the most interesting and amusing accounts of how we think we think – I think.
A fascinating, funny, disconcerting and lucid book … by the end you'll realise that your brain can (and does) run rings around you.
Fine, a cognitive neuroscientist with a sharp sense of humour and an intelligent sense of reality, slaps an Asbo on the hundred billion grey cells that – literally – have shifty, ruthless, self-serving minds of their own.
Clear, accessible writing makes her a science writer to watch
Fine wears her learning lightly, blending facts with humorous observations. The result is a fascinating insight into how our minds work.
A witty survey of psychology experiments demonstrating the depths of our suggestibility, the irrationality of our reasoning and the limits of free will.
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How to Remember (Almost) Everything, Ever!
How to Remember (Almost) Everything, Ever! (Paperback)
Rob Eastaway
Crammed with do-anywhere tricks, puzzles and much more, this ultimate brain adventure will ensure you never forget anything ever again! Weird, isn't it? You can remember every person in your favourite team or pop group, but you forget what day it is. Why is that? How does memory work and how can you make yours be the best? Crammed with cool tricks, experiments and great mind games, this book can help you train your brain – amazing your friends and impressing your teachers! See the human mind take on the world's most powerful computer, discover how to make and break secret spy codes, and read incredible true-life memory stories about mighty Roman generals, daring prison escapes, and the amazing Russian man who could remember absolutely everything – ever!
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101 Facts You Should Know About Food
101 Facts You Should Know About Food (Paperback)
John Farndon
The author of the essential read "Everything You Need to Know: Bird Flu" presents 101 things you really should know about the food you eat…The way fast food changes brain chemistry can make it as addictive as heroin. Eating less could be the best way to stop growing old. 47 per cent of broiler chickens sold suffer from crippling bone disorders. A typical family throws away 30-50 kg of food packaging a month. From the extraordinary distance our food can travel to reach our tables to the remarkable benefits of eating avocados, John Farndon shows the amazing, often shocking, truth behind the food we eat. Covering everything from the big businesses that control food production around the world to the dangers of food dyes, this book reveals the complex facts behind the simplest of meals. Find out just what GM food is and why you may eat it unknowingly, how food gets its flavour, how some foods are not as nutritious as they should be, how bringing exotic foods to your table may literally cost the Earth, and much more. This is an essential guide to the facts behind food, the one vital thing in your life besides air and water – and the world's biggest business.
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Did David Hasselhoff End the Cold War?
Did David Hasselhoff End the Cold War? (Paperback)
50 Facts You Need to Know - Europe
Emma Hartley
This book includes attention grabbing facts and punchy popular analysis. It is a sequel to the bestselling "50 Facts that Should Change the World". It includes facts such as: there are half a million machine guns in Swiss homes; without Islam Europe would not exist; Europeans are genetically modified to consume more alcohol than the rest of the world; Santa Claus lives in Greenland and he is broke; and Snails are fish according to the EU. This is a sometimes shocking, often surprising, and always enjoyable, guide to the Europe you thought you knew.
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The Chilling Stars
The Chilling Stars (Paperback)
A New Theory of Climate Change
Henrik Svensmark Nigel Calder
Scientists agree that over the last century the earth has become warmer. But do we really know why this has happened? A deftly written and enjoyable read, "The Chilling Stars" outlines a brilliant, daring and undoubtedly controversial new theory that will provoke fresh thinking about global warming. As prize-winning science writer, Nigel Calder and climate physicist Henrik Svensmark explain, an interplay of the clouds, the Sun and cosmic rays – sub-atomic particles from exploded stars – seems to have more effect on the climate than manmade carbon dioxide. This conclusion stems from Svensmark's research at the Danish National Space Center which has recently shown that cosmic rays play an unsuspected role in making our everyday clouds. And during the last 100 years cosmic rays became scarcer because unusually vigorous action by the Sun batted many of them away. Fewer cosmic rays meant fewer clouds and a warmer world. The theory, simply put here but explained in fascinating detail in the book, emerges at a time of intense public and political concern about climate change. Motivated only by their concern that science must be trustworthy, Svensmark and Calder invite their readers to put aside their preconceptions about manmade global warming and look afresh at the role of Nature in this hottest of world issues.
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The Lying Ape
The Lying Ape (Paperback)
Brian King
This book received phenomenal coverage in hardback, including an extended author interview by Philip Schofield and Fern Britton on "This Morning" and a feature by John Humphrys in the "Daily Mail". It is full of real life stories from real people. It is from the bestselling co-author of "Beyond Coincidence", called 'a first-rate book' by the "Observer". We tell an average of six lies a day, psychologists believe. In this witty and engaging book Brian King unravels the full extent of the deceit that surrounds us, from politicians, ad-men, journalists and salesmen to our partners and children – and the lies we tell ourselves to preserve our precious self-esteem. He looks at some of the great liars of history, reveals how scientists can observe the brain as it suppresses the awkward truth in favour of the convenient lie, and advises on the best techniques for spotting a lie through body language and verbal slips.
You think it's only some politicians and journalists who lie for a living? Read Brian King's fine, witty book and learn the truth.
An enjoyable account of the varieties of lying, with amusing examples drawn from every field – from advertising and politics to the little white and grey (and sometimes black) lies we tell ourselves and our loved ones'
King concentrates on human lies in modern life, and they turn out to be everywhere
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The Comet Sweeper
The Comet Sweeper (Hardback)
Caroline Herschel's Astronomical Ambition
Claire Brock
"The Comet Sweeper" is the incredible story of Britain's first female professional scientist, Caroline Herschel – a true Enlightenment celebrity whose rediscovery is long overdue. Such was Herschel's reputation that a congratulatory letter in 1790 from the director of the Paris Observatory was simply addressed to 'Mlle Caroline Herschel, Astronome Celebre, Slough.' Having escaped domestic servitude in Germany by teaching herself to sing and establishing a career in England, Herschel learned astronomy while helping her brother William, then Astronomer Royal. Soon she was making scientific discoveries in her own right, and she swept to international scientific and popular fame. She was awarded a salary by George III in 1787, becoming the first woman in Britain ever to make her living from science. But, as a woman in a male-dominated world, Herschel's great success was achieved despite constant frustration of her ambitions. Assisting her brother had to take priority over her own work, and his marriage separated her from the instruments of her trade, stalling her career. Drawing on original sources – including Herschel's diaries and her fiery letters – Claire Brock tells the story of a woman so determined to win independence and satisfy her ambition that she moved careers and countries while chasing success.
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The Science of Doctor Who
The Science of Doctor Who (Paperback)
Paul Parsons
This is the cutting-edge science behind one of the most popular sci-fi series ever. New "Doctor Who" series starts in April 2007. Written by the editor of the popular BBC "Focus" magazine, it covers everything from how Daleks climb stairs to regenerating like the Time Lord. You can discover: why time travel isn't ruled out by the laws of physics; the real K-9 – the robot assistant for space travellers built by NASA; how Dalek-like designer lifeforms are being bred by genetic engineering; why before long we could all be regenerating like a Time Lord; and the medical truth about the Doctor's two hearts, and the real creature with five.
Unmissable for all fans of Doctor Who… Good science fiction and cutting-edge science go hand in hand. Here's how Who does it.'
An entertaining look at the scientific fiction behind Doctor Who – and some of the not-so-fictitious science as well. Who fans old and new will delight in this treasure trove of ideas presented by a writer who is clearly a fan as well as being a scientist.'
Snappy, lively, journalistic, and drenched in Doctor Who'
More effective than a dozen earnest and worthy schemes to promote the public understanding of science.'
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Crunch Time
Crunch Time (Paperback)
How Everyday Life is Killing the Future
Adrian Monck Mike Hanley
"Crunch Time" features two award-winning journalists arguing about the impact of our unthinking everyday actions on the future of our world. Every age and every generation thinks it's special, that it's on the cusp of something big. This time it's true – it's Crunch Time, and what we do now will make or break the future. The problem is that the things that we do every day – drive to work, buy toys for our kids, prepare our meals, have a cup of coffee – are conspiring to break it. Terrorism, poverty, ecological meltdown, climate change, pandemics – this is the background noise we have all learnt to live with. But what if all these things could be laid at our own feet? What if our civilisation is structurally, tragically flawed? What if we are using up tomorrow today? Our society is moving faster than ever, yet it's also increasingly fragile and filled with risk. In "Crunch Time", journalists Adrian Monck and Mike Hanley argue passionately with each other about the causes of these issues and what we can do about them. Believing that living in the 21st century means being answerable to the future, they help us to understand the critical decisions that we need to make now if we want to leave anything of value to future generations.
