Academic & Professional

Anthony Holden / All In

   When Anthony Holden was the only British player in the 1988 world poker championships in Las Vegas - with which his classic poker book, "Big Deal", begins - there were 167 entrants. Last year there were 2,500; this July, when he plays in it...

Maria Montesson / The Discovery of the Child

    Describing the nature of the child and her method, Maria Montessori explains in this text her beliefs - that once the general principles of her method have been grasped, the parts dealing with its material application are extremely...

Philip Ball / Critical Mass

    Is there a 'physics of society'? Philip Ball's investigation into human nature ranges from Hobbes and Adam Smith to modern work on traffic flow and market trading, across economics, sociology and psychology. Ball shows how much of human...

Frances Ashcroft / Life at the Extremes

   The debut of a female Steve Jones - likeable, literate, lucid and laconic. A sprightly, lavishly illustrated book on the science of human survival.How do people survive extremes of heat, cold, depth, speed and altitude? This book explores...

Philippe Legrain / Open World : The Truth about Globalisation

   Globalisation is one of the most controversial issues in the world today. While protestors take to the streets at international summits, it is becoming conventional wisdom that companies are taking over the world, that governments' ability...

Barbara De Angelis / Secrets About Life Every Woman Should Know : Ten Principles for Spiritual and Emotional Fulfillment

 Bestselling relationships author Barbara De Angelis shows that by embracing 10 simple principles, you can transform any situation or event -- no matter how difficult or challenging -- into something that can enrich you. Imagine what it would be...

Padraic O'Farrell / Irish Blessings Toasts & Curses

 The Irish had blessings, toasts and curses for every occasion: hearing the news of a death or marriage, consoling neighbours in sorrow or sharing their joy, looking for a husband or wife, going off to work, saving turf, or having a drink at the end...

Teach Yourself Journalism

 This introductory guide explains how to get into journalism and build a career in print, radio and TV. It discusses the basics of journalism - what journalism is, what skills and talents are needed to become a journalist, how to train and how to...

Lydia Elston / Italian

    A carefully graded introductory course in modern spoken and written Italian.     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition...

Alice Knight / How to Become a Clinical Psychologist : Getting a Foot in the Door

   Based on information gathered from assistants, trainee clinical psychologists and clinical psychology course directors across the country, How to Become a Clinical Psychologist includes:information on work experienceadvice on job...

John Allen Paulos / Beyond Numeracy : An Uncommon Dictionary of Mathematics

    From the author of "Innumeracy", this book explores the beauty and fascination of mathematics. It can be seen as a dictionary (ranging from algebra to zeno), as a collection of brief mathematical essays, or simply as the ruminations of...

Sigmund Freud / 5 : The Psychopathology of Everyday Life

    The simple but convincing explanations of things that are familiar to everybody are explained in this book: the sudden forgetting of proper names, of sets of words, impressions and intentions; childhood and "screen" memories; bungled...

H.W. Fowler / The King's English

    Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches...

Jonas Ridderstrale / Funky Business : Talent Makes Capital Dance

     BUSINESS AS USUAL? FUNK THAT "In a world of suits, Nordstrom and Ridderstrale's message is refreshingly different." "Business Strategy Review," The Greatest Business Books of All Time" "Funky Business gives a unique, informed and...

Rebecca Ash / The Spend Less Handbook : 365 tips for a better quality of life while actually spending less

   Turn your fortunes around with a year's worth of money-saving, life-improving tips! You don't have to live like a recluse or deny yourself life's luxuries. By spending less, you really can have more. It's not just about saving the odd penny...

Michael Foley / The Age of Absurdity : Why Modern Life makes it Hard to be Happy

   The good news is that the great thinkers from history have proposed the same strategies for happiness and fulfilment. The bad news is that these turn out to be the very things most discouraged by contemporary culture. This knotty dilemma is...

Astrology and Horoscopes

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a...

Julian Barbour / The End Of Time

   Time is an illusion. Although the laws of physics create a powerful impression that time is flowing, in fact there are only timeless 'nows'. In THE END OF TIME, the British theoretical physicist Julian Barbour describes the coming...

Anna Kiernan / Voices for Peace

    The attack of 11 September was a terrorist atrocity of unprecedented scale, attracting near-universal condemnation from the international community. But was the bombing of Afghanistan, some three weeks later, the appropriate response...

Oliver Sacks / Musicophilia : Tales of Music and the Brain

   `A humane discourse on the fragility of our minds, of the bodies that give rise to them, and of the world they create for us.' Daily TelegraphOliver Sacks' compassionate tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological...

Caroline Taggart / A Classical Education : The Stuff You Wish You'd Been Taught At School

   How many times have you wished that your history stretched all the way back to Greek and Roman myths and legends? Or that you'd been taught Latin at school? Or perhaps you wish you knew all about the great inventions and medical...

Judy May Murphy / Sleeping Your Way to Success

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a...

Alastair Cambell / Winners : And How They Succeed

   How people succeed - and how you can, too.***Sunday Times no. 1 bestseller***Alastair Campbell knows all about winning. As Tony Blair's chief spokesman and strategist he helped guide the Labour Party to victory in three successive general...

E.O. Parrott / How to Become Ridiculously Well-read in One Evening

    Humorous poems summarize great works of literature by Jane Austen, Anthony Burgess, Miguel de Cervantes, Charles Dickens, Graham Greene, Henrik Ibsen, James Joyce, Shakespeare, Mark Twain, and Solzhenitsyn      All...

Benjamin R. Barber / Jihad Vs McWorld

    Designed for anyone who wants to understand the challenges facing us after the tragic events of September 11, 2001 and in light of the conflict in the Middle East in 2003, "Jihad Vs McWorld" examines the conflicts of the modern world...

New Scientist / Will We Ever Speak Dolphin? : and 130 other science questions answered

   Why do birds sing at dawn? What's the slowest a plane can fly without stalling and falling out of the sky? And how long can you keep a tiger cub as a pet? Will We Ever Speak Dolphin?, the eagerly-awaited new 'Last Word' collection, has the...

Michio Kaku / Parallel Worlds

   From the bestselling author of Physics of the Impossible, Michio Kaku's Parallel Worlds takes us to the frontiers of scientific knowledge to explain the extraordinary nature - and future - of our universe.Imagine a future where we are not...

Caroline Taggart / My Grammar and I (Or Should That Be 'Me'?) : Old-School Ways to Sharpen Your English

 Will do for grammar what Eats Shoots and Leaves did for punctuation' - The TimesA runaway hit and Sunday Times bestseller in 2008, My Grammar and I has continued to grow in popularity, becoming the go-to guide for grammar.Repackaged with a fresh...

Simon Flynn / The Science Magpie : Fascinating facts stories poems diagrams and jokes plucked from science

 From the Large Hadron Collider rap to the sins of Isaac Newton, The Science Magpie is a compelling collection of scientific curiosities. Expand your knowledge as you view the history of the Earth on the face of a clock, tremble at the power of...

Mark H. McCormack / What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School

 McCormack, founder of the sports management industry and manager of Navratilova and Nicklaus, reveals the secrets of his business success and fills the gap between business school education and the street knowledge that comes from the day-to-day...

Mark Little / The New America

 Mark Little's central thesis predicts a power shift from the east coast to the southwest of America, based on the stream of population migration in that direction, and explores the challenges ahead, nationally and globally...

Ian Ayres / Super Crunchers

   When would a casino stop a gambler from playing his next hand? How could a company use statistical analysis to blackball you from the job you want? Why should you worry when customer services pay attention to your...

Stearn Robinson / The Dreamer's Dictionary

 The ultimate guide to understanding your dreams. This accessible and comprehensive guide has been a bestseller for almost twenty years.Do you want to know the secrets of your dreams?You remember them, talk about them, worry about them, but how much...

Oliver James / They F*** You Up : How to Survive Family Life

 Clinical psychologist Oliver James demonstrates that who we are is largely the result of the way we were cared for during our first six years, rather than our genes and other environmental factors. The particular way we were treated in these...

Loreto Todd / Celtic Names for Children

   A dictionary of over 2,000 Celtic names from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, the Isle of Man and Brittany. But more than that, it gives the origin and meaning of each name plus traditional stories, myths or poems for selected names. A...

Richard Carlson / Stop Thinking Start Living

 Revolutionary in its simplicity and accessible to all, this bestselling book offers commonsense methods that allow you to let go of depression and tap into natural joy.In this indispensable handbook, Richard Carlson demonstrates how we can change...

Graham Allcott / How to be a Productivity Ninja

   In the age of information overload, traditional time management techniques simply don't cut it when it comes to overflowing inboxes, ever-expanding to-do lists and endless, pointless meetings. Thankfully there is a better way: The Way of the...

John Allen Paulos / A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper

 With the same user-friendly, quirky, and perceptive approach that made "Innumeracy" a bestseller, John Allen Paulos travels though the pages ofthe daily newspaper showing how math and numbers are a key element in many ofthe articles we read every...

Mary Kotsonouris / Talking to Your Solicitor

 If you have ever had a problem that has made you think about engaging a solicitor, this book is designed to be of interest. It looks at the ways in which solicitors can help people, examines the reasons for choosing one solicitor rather than...

Carmen Renee Berry / Girlfriends : Invisible Bonds, Enduring Ties

 Almost any woman will tell you that her friendships with other women are among the most rewarding relationships she has. In this remarkable book, real-life girlfriends Carmen Renee Berry and Tamara Traeder explore the depths and complexities of...

Arthur S. Reber / The Penguin Dictionary of Psychology (4th Edition)

 The Penguin Dictionary of Psychology has become a byword for demystifying the language of this complex subject. Now fully updated for its fourth edition, this wide-ranging and accessible dictionary is invaluable for both students and professionals,...

Edward Tenner / Why Things Bite Back : Predicting the Problems of Progress

 This work contends that with every great advance in science and technology, there is a corresponding revenge effect. Yesterday's asbestos curtain, for example, which used to be used for protection, now implies a long-term chronic hazard. The book...

Melissa Rossi / The Armchair Diplomat on Europe

 It happens all the time: you're watching the Champion's League, pondering Robert Kilroy Silk's unnatural glow, reading the latest newspaper debate about EU bendy banana laws, and thinking: what's really going on in Europe? Does anyone actually know...

John Murray / That's What I Call Jargon

 The Financial Regulator has a team of people whose task is to translate the language of the banking world in to understandable English. This book conducts a campaign to try and stave off the contamination of the English language.   ...

Alice Miller / The Drama of Being a Child : The Search for the True Self

  About the Author Alice Miller lives in France. For more than twenty years she taught and practised psychoanalysis. In 1973, due to her spontaneous painting she discovered her childhood history. Now, she radically questions the validity of...

Connie Robertson / A Book of Humorous Quotations

 From Oscar Wilde's witty observation in Lady Windermere's Fan that 'I can resist everything except temptation', to Zsa Zsa Gabor's admission that 'I know nothing about sex, because I was always married', and by way of Woody Allen's numerous bon...

Margaret Donaldson / Children's Minds

 Margaret Donaldson's seminal work on child development, first published in 1978, has become a classic inquiry into the nature of human thought. In this concise and brilliantly readable book, Margaret Donaldson shows that context is key when it...

Robin Norwood / Letters from Women Who Love Too Much

  A Closer Look at Relationship Addiction and Recovery     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may...

Mary Mulvihill / Drive Like a Woman Shop Like a Man : Why Green is Cheaper

   Whether you are a climate sceptic or a deep shade of green, this book makes sound financial sense. Easy, practical tips for 'eco-nomical' living that can be done immediately without costly equipment or installation needed, and the humourous,...

Edwina Currie / This Honourable House

 Politicians are amongst the most reviled and distrusted of all professionals. Nevertheless, honourable men and women do put themselves forward to help run the country, whether out of conviction, altruism, vanity or ambition. Under pressure - from...

Tony Humphreys / Leaving the Nest : What Families Are All About

 We don't all come from happy families. The reality is that families are a mixture of positive and hurtful experiences. Families are all about bringing children to a place of independence, so that as young adults they can fly the nest. However, some...

Will Hutton / The State We're In

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a...