The History of Britain Revealed (Hardback)
The Shocking Truth About the English Language
Michael John Harper
The History of Britain Revealed
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The Rich
The Rich (Hardback)
A New Study of the Species
William Davis
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Mind Your Own Business!
Mind Your Own Business! (Paperback)
A File of Super Secret Stuff
Nikalas Catlow
Do you need a place to keep your deepest thoughts and darkest plots under wraps? Would you like to be able to log private opinions that are for your eyes only? Use this book to get secretly interactive. You can create personal files, plan your victories, record triumphs, and design your own dream cars. Crammed full of hot tips, cool facts and funny stories – this is what you must have when you really need to mind your own business!
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What Every Man Wants
What Every Man Wants (Hardback)
The Ultimate Trophy Book
Andrew Mann Frankie Dettori Frankie Dettori
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How Big is Your Brain?
How Big is Your Brain? (Paperback)
Ian Livingstone Jamie Thomson
This title contains over 300 interactive number puzzles, codes and logic conundrums including a 16 page colour section. It is perfect for the 'New Year, New You' market – discover whether your brain is the size of a pea or the size of a planet! Like the rest of your body, your brain needs to sweat and stretch to improve. Give it the workout it deserves with this interactive book, and develop your concentration, memory and creative thinking! Ranging from the mildly challenging to the almost impossible, each puzzle directs you to another when completed – depending on whether or not you got the first one right! It's a fiendish interactive maze of riddles, enigmas and fanciful brainteasers, including code-breaking, number-crunching and logic conundrums, all there to test your mind to the limit. With over 200 puzzles, "How Big is Your Brain" can be endlessly replayed to improve your mind – and a brain-boosting score. How big is your brain? – take the challenge and find out!
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Nervous System
Nervous System (Hardback)
The Story of a Novelist Who Lost His Mind
Jan Lars Jensen
This is a memoir in the vein of Plath's "Bell Jar". A few months after selling his first book to a major publisher, Jan Lars Jensen woke in a psychiatric ward, only to find that the ideas that had inspired his fiction now roamed through his waking nightmares. Gripping and harrowing, darkly comic and deeply moving, "Nervous System" is the memoir of a novelist who almost let his imagination get the best of him.
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After Blair
After Blair (Paperback)
David Cameron and the Conservative Tradition
Kieron O'Hara
In David Cameron's review of the first edition of this book, he praised its 'road map for a sustained Conservative recovery' and is now following its prescription, leading to a successful Tory revival. Revised and significantly expanded this is the first book to consider Cameron and the Tories' future. Calling the first edition 'a compelling, and often persuasive read', David Cameron's detailed review of "After Blair" has been held up by the "Guardian" as the best description of his policies yet. His strong association with the book continued when he referred to it in his famous Keith Joseph lecture last spring. In this revised and expanded edition, O'Hara places Cameron in the context of Conservative history, explaining Cameron's intellectual and political roots in a way that no other book has. Including new, exclusive interviews with Cameron's principal advisors and strategists, a summary of the threat from the right to the Tories' new direction, and an analysis of Cameron's potential, this is the essential book on British politics today.
A lucid introduction to Conservative philosophy. It is lightly done, and rather refreshing'
A passionate and fascinating book'
An elegant and well-argued book'
A masterly study of the Conservative dilemma'
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The Grand Prix Companion
The Grand Prix Companion (Hardback)
Alan Henry
200,000 people attend the race weekend of each and every Grand Prix, and 300 million people watch every race live on TV – an annual global audience of 60 billion. This publication coincides with the build-up to the 2007 Formula 1 season. Author Alan Henry is the motor racing correspondent for the "Guardian", and edits "Autocar", "F1 Racing" and "Autocourse" (the Wisden of Grand Prix racing). Having covered over 520 Grand Prix races since 1973, and author of more than 40 books on Formula 1, Alan Henry now brings his unparalleled knowledge of the sport to a compendium of essential facts, statistics and exclusive anecdotes. It includes: F1's biggest secret, the Concorde Agreement; The most unusual rules, and how they are interpreted; Why safety is sexy; How many components make up a GP Car; How World Championship scoring evolved and changed; Why women can't drive; Who is the greatest? And racing fathers and sons. Irreverently written and based on Henry's three decades of inside experience, it will cover everything from the glitz and glamour to the oil and grime.
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Walking in on Mum and Dad
Walking in on Mum and Dad (Hardback)
Adventures in Embarrassment
Brian King
Shortly before Charles de Gaulle's retirement, his wife was asked by Harold Macmillan's wife Dorothy what she most looked forward to in the coming years. 'A penis', she declared. Coming to his wife's rescue, the former president remarked, "My dear, I think the English pronounce it 'appiness'"…"Walking in on Mum and Dad" relives many sorry tales of embarrassment, from author Bill Bryson snoring and dribbling in public to actor Patrick Stewart caught watching re-runs of "Star Trek". There are tales of sex and seduction gone horribly wrong, of indecent exposure on a grand scale, of emails which should never have been sent, of goalkeepers throwing the ball into their own net, of infidelity revealed – by a parrot. But why do we suffer embarrassment at all? And how can we overcome its power over us? Brian King searches for the antidote to embarrassment in science and psychology and by looking at his own experiences as well as hundreds of tales of mortifying misadventures suffered by others. Hilarious from a distance perhaps, but not when it happens to you…
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The Warlock of Firetop Mountain
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain (Paperback)
Ian Livingstone Steve Jackson
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Why Aren't They Here?
Why Aren't They Here? (Hardback)
The Question of Life on Other Worlds
Surendra Verma
Written by acclaimed science journalist Surendra Verma, this work is a fast-moving and accessible narrative. It outlines the historical, fictional, speculative and emerging scientific views of the possibilities of other life forms. Is there anybody out there? Are there other life forms lurking in outer space – or are they already here? Surendra Verma investigates…The rate of expansion of our universe is mind-blowing: imagine a pea growing to the size of the Milky Way in less time than it takes to blink. In all this infinite space that we cannot even see, let alone explore, it seems certain that there is some life on other worlds. Sir Arthur C. Clarke declared that 'the universe is full of intelligent life – it's just been too intelligent to come here'. Journalist Surendra Verma brilliantly outlines the historical, fictional, speculative and emerging scientific opinions on what alien life might be like. From Aristotle to ET via radio, religion and reincarnation, this fast-moving narrative examines history and dispels myths before focusing on the possibilities lurking in space. In a popular and easy-to-read style, Verma uses current research to speculate what life is like on other planets, how we might communicate with them, and what Earth might seem like to visitors.
A calm, intelligent and witty survey of mankind's search for extraterrestrial life … next time you gaze at the night sky, it'll feel a bit different.
A masterpiece of science writing and journalism – in-your-face, direct and beautifully written … a gem of wisdom, scholarship and fun. Verma has the grace of great learning, worn lightly.
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Making Time
Making Time (eBook)
Why Time Seems to Pass at Different Speeds and How to Control it
Steve Taylor
Why does time seem to speed up as we get older? Why does it seem to drag when we're bored or in pain, or to go slowly when we're in unfamiliar environments? Why does it slow down dramatically in accidents and emergency situations, when sportspeople are 'in the zone', or in higher states of consciousness?
Making Time explains why we have these different perceptions of time, suggesting that there are five basic 'laws' of psychological time and uncovering the factors which cause them. It uses evidence from modern physics and unusual states of consciousness to suggest that our normal sense of time is an illusion, 'created' by our minds. But perhaps more importantly, on a practical level, this book shows us what we can do to control our sense of time passing, to make it pass slowly or quickly in different situations. It suggests that it is possible for us to live through more time in our lives, and so effectively increase the amount of time which we are alive for.
In the final chapter, Steve Taylor uses insights from Buddhism – investigating the practices of mindfulness and meditation – to show how we can actually transcend linear time, and learn to live fully in the present moment.
Raising some fascinating questions about the nature of time and answering them admirably, this book will grab your attention, befuddle you slightly and leave you feeling invigorated with a new perspective, if not thoroughly enlightened. Using both psychological and physical science Taylor explores these ideas in an entirely accessible and engaging way, leading the reader calmly through a tangle of theory and philosophy. Time you read it.
In what is both a practical manual and a text-book of psychology, [Steve Taylor] illustrates that time itself is in some senses an illusion determined by circumstances such as our age, our boredom threshold, and our childlike eagerness for exciting things. It is possible to alter our perceptions in order to make time pass quickly or slowly, just as we wish, and Taylor shows how it can be done.
A fascinating book completely worth reading.
Provocative and freewheeling, wilfully unscientific without ever dabbling in pseudoscience, this book will really start you thinking about how you can try to be free.
A fascinating inquiry … Taylor's book is so absorbing that time will fly by as you read it.
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Making Time
Making Time (Hardback)
Why Time Seems to Pass at Different Speeds and How to Control it
Steve Taylor
Why does time seem to speed up as we get older? Why does it seem to drag when we're bored or in pain, or to go slowly when we're in unfamiliar environments? Why does it slow down dramatically in accidents and emergency situations, when sportspeople are 'in the zone', or in higher states of consciousness?
Making Time explains why we have these different perceptions of time, suggesting that there are five basic 'laws' of psychological time and uncovering the factors which cause them. It uses evidence from modern physics and unusual states of consciousness to suggest that our normal sense of time is an illusion, 'created' by our minds. But perhaps more importantly, on a practical level, this book shows us what we can do to control our sense of time passing, to make it pass slowly or quickly in different situations. It suggests that it is possible for us to live through more time in our lives, and so effectively increase the amount of time which we are alive for.
In the final chapter, Steve Taylor uses insights from Buddhism – investigating the practices of mindfulness and meditation – to show how we can actually transcend linear time, and learn to live fully in the present moment.
Raising some fascinating questions about the nature of time and answering them admirably, this book will grab your attention, befuddle you slightly and leave you feeling invigorated with a new perspective, if not thoroughly enlightened. Using both psychological and physical science Taylor explores these ideas in an entirely accessible and engaging way, leading the reader calmly through a tangle of theory and philosophy. Time you read it.
In what is both a practical manual and a text-book of psychology, [Steve Taylor] illustrates that time itself is in some senses an illusion determined by circumstances such as our age, our boredom threshold, and our childlike eagerness for exciting things. It is possible to alter our perceptions in order to make time pass quickly or slowly, just as we wish, and Taylor shows how it can be done.
A fascinating book completely worth reading.
Provocative and freewheeling, wilfully unscientific without ever dabbling in pseudoscience, this book will really start you thinking about how you can try to be free.
A fascinating inquiry … Taylor's book is so absorbing that time will fly by as you read it.
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50 Facts That Should Change the World
50 Facts That Should Change the World (eBook)
Jessica Williams
In this new edition of her bestseller, Jessica Williams tests the temperature of our world and diagnoses a malaise with some shocking symptoms. Get the facts but also the human side of the story on the world?s hunger, poverty, material and emotional deprivation; its human rights abuses and unimaginable wealth; the unstoppable rise of consumerism, mental illness, the drugs trade, corruption, gun culture, the abuse of our environment and more. The prognosis might look bleak, yet there is hope, Williams argues, and it's down to us to act now to change things.
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Forty-fied
Forty-fied (Hardback)
How to be a Fortysomething
Malcolm Burgess
"I Hate the Office" author presents a walking tour of your fifth decade, and advice on which fleece to take along…Is being forty the new thirty or are we all just kidding ourselves? Malcolm Burgess presents a riotous A – Z of the realities of fortysomething life in the Noughties. Riotous, that is, like having your iPod on in the house. Today's fortysomethings have never had it so good – or so confusing. While our parents could look forward to a sensible middle age we're more likely to be playing our Morrissey records and thanking God Jonathan Ross is on Radio 2. There are so many different ways of being in our forties that many of us aren't quite sure where we're supposed to go next – or just how grumpy we're meant to be. "Forty-fied" is the hilariously wry and observant essential guide to this complex decade in our lives. "The Metro" newspaper columnist and bestselling author of "I Hate the Office" leaves no embarrassing fortysomething scenario unturned – or do we mean unstoned? For anyone forty and fabulous, or who's forty and owns ten fleeces, this is the laugh-out- loud funny book of your dreams…and no doubt your screams, too.
Hilarious… cynically examines the angst of modern office life.
The manual for misbehaving in your forties
Feel like you've reached the top of the hill? Malcolm Burgess has a humerous take on what it's like to be 40-plus.
Very funny, but very scary
A tongue-in-cheek guide for those of us who, thanks to longer life expectancy and the spread of no-brow cultute, find ourselves stranded between youth and middle-age
How to be a fortysomething in the 21st century: a guide for the perplexed. What does it mean to be 40 in 2007? A new book helps Generation Confused negotiate the tricky ground of middle youth.
How to hit 40 – and get away with it. How to handle the most confusing decade, presented in a handy A-Z guide.
At an age when our parents were striving to pull off that wisdom thing, 21st century 40-something dude is still fondling his Morrissey collection, ogling fast cars (driven, sadly, by Jeremy Clarkson) and listening to cool counds on the radio (played, sadder still, by Jonathan Ross on Radio 2, which is, of course, the new Radio 1). Meanwhile 40-something bird is contemplating procreation.
Genuinely laugh-out-loud funny.
Happy to be back at work? If not, you may find solace here.
Wry and observant.
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A Child's History of England
A Child's History of England (Hardback)
Charles Dickens Kate Agnew
This is a captivating history of England for children from one of the best-loved novelists of all time. Written just after David Copperfield, at the same time as "Bleak House", and in the engaging and conversational style typical of his most celebrated fiction, Dickens' "History of England for Children" is an undiscovered treasure trove of a book. This carefully selected, lightly abridged version shows traditional storytelling at its best. Dickens' lovable theatricality, witty observations and compelling narrative give children access to one of England's greatest writers, and to some of the most powerful stories from its past. For adults, it offers an engaging reminder of the English history we ought to know: who was Hereward the Wake, how was it that Thomas a Becket was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral, and was Canute really trying to stop the tide? Interesting, informative and accessible, "A Child's History of England" takes its reader on a fascinating journey, from Ancient England and the Romans to Victoria's reign and Dickens' own lifetime. Full of sensational plots, gallant heroes and brutal villains, high adventure and terrible tragedy, it will appeal to anyone who enjoys a good story and some horrible history!
In A Child's History we see Dickens near the height of his powers: combining a mastery of plain language, sharp if sometimes heavy irony, and the keenest eye for evocative detail… Dickens had no interest in serving up the bland fare that others may have felt more suitable for a child's palate – and less threatening to the status quo. His is sectarian history: radical, opinionated, and, to most readers, all the better for it.'
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Cowgirls, Cockroaches and Celebrity Lingerie
Cowgirls, Cockroaches and Celebrity Lingerie (Hardback)
The World's Most Unusual Museums
Michelle Lovric
This is an eye-popping tour of some of the most eccentric, bizarre and downright absurd collections of artefacts ever put on show. Strange things, human beings. They get passionate about strange things, too. All over the world and throughout the ages people have accumulated the extraordinary objects of their affection. Some of these collections are now museums…Michelle Lovric presents an armchair pilgrimage to some of the world's oddest and most interesting. They include museums of asparagus, lawnmowers, ships in bottles, the pets of American presidents, menstruation, worry beads and burnt food. There's the vast Spam museum in Minnesota, the tiny Carrot Museum in Belgium, Iceland's elegant and studious Phallological Museum, the hi-tech Parasite Museum in Japan, the chilling Museum of Madness in Venice, or London's atmospheric Old Operating Theatre. Each page describes in colourful detail a different eccentric or remarkable museum. Curators explain the reasons behind their collections. Other museums let their exhibits speak for themselves – conclusive proof that one man's rubbish is another man's relic. Troubled by how conformist, boring and homogenous the world sometimes seems? "Cowgirls, Cockroaches and Celebrity Lingerie" is the ideal tonic – a darkly hilarious celebration of the infinite variety of human weirdness.
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How Big is Your Brain?
How Big is Your Brain? (Paperback)
Interactive Puzzles to Test Your Brainpower
Ian Livingstone Jamie Thompson
For most parts of your body, exercise is a wonderful thing. The brain is no different, and using this unique puzzle book could help you with concentration, memory and creative thinking. Give it the workout it deserves! Ranging from the mildly challenging to the very tough, "How Big is Your Brain?" is an interactive maze of riddles, enigmas and brainteasers, including codebreaking, number-crunching and logic conundrums, all there to test your mind to the limit. "How big is your brain?" – Take the challenge and find out!
Another great idea from the man who brought us Fighting Fantasy'
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Human Being to Human Bomb
Human Being to Human Bomb (eBook)
The Conveyor Belt of Terror
Russell Razzaque
What makes often intelligent young men (and women) violently kill themselves and others in the name of religion and politics? They all had strict fathers and obsessive personalities. They all studied science-based subjects. They lived in the West, grew to despise it and ultimately killed themselves and numerous innocent others. In November 2001, Osama Bin Laden proclaimed: 'We love death. The West loves life. That is the big difference between us.' But who is this 'we'? How does someone go from being an unremarkable school-leaver to a human bomb? And how can this transformation, from teenager to terrorist, be detected?Having had his first of many encounters with extremist Islam at university in London in 1989, Russell Razzaque has watched this harrowing conversion from close quarters. Unique, personal and expertly researched, "Human Being to Human Bomb" shines a light on the real psychology behind Islamic suicide bombing. It is explored by a writer within the religion itself and concludes by unveiling a new psychological device that will expose those who are vulnerable to extremism before it is too late.
Razzaque looks hard at the 9/11 and 7/7 bombers and produces a compelling portrait of the terrorists' psychology.
…Razzaque has produced a compelling examination of the terrorist mind. He structures his narrative and develops his argument with a fluency that puts many professional writers to shame.
All readers will find something worth thinking about in these pages, while there's so much for the MI5 to ponder on, it could do well to place a bulk order.
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Walking in on Mum and Dad
Walking in on Mum and Dad (Paperback)
Adventures in Embarrassment
Brian King
Shortly before Charles de Gaulle's retirement, his wife was asked by Harold Macmillan's wife Dorothy what she most looked forward to in the coming years. 'A penis', she declared. Coming to his wife's rescue, the former president remarked: 'My dear, I think the English pronounce it "'appiness …"'. "Walking in on Mum and Dad" relives many sorry tales of embarrassment, from author Bill Bryson snoring and dribbling in public to actor Patrick Stewart caught watching re-runs of Star Trek. There are tales of sex and seduction, of indecent exposure, of ill-advised emails, of own-goals and of infidelity revealed – by a parrot. Brian King searches for the antidote to embarrassment in science and psychology and by looking at his own experiences, as well as hundreds of mortifying misadventures suffered by others.
