Academic & Professional

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...

Nicola Morgan / Know Your Brain

 Find out everything there is to know about your brain in this fascinating grey-matter guide! There is nothing more amazing than the human brain. It will be with you for your entire life, it will grow and change with you - it is you! So it's...

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...

Anthony Storr / Solitude

 This study challenges the widely-held view that success in personal relationships is the only key to happiness. It argues that we pay far too little attention to some of the other great satisfactions of life - work and creativity. In a series of...

Robert Bly / Iron John : A Book About Men

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Colin Robson / Experiment, Design and Statistics in Psychology

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Simon Singh / Fermat's Last Theorem

 In 1963, a schoolboy browsing in his local library stumbled across a great mathematical problem: Fermat's Last Theorem, a puzzle that every child can now understand, but which has baffled mathematicians for over 300 years. Aged just ten, Andrew...

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...

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...

Walden Howard / Exploring the "Road Less Travelled"

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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...

Constitution of Ireland / Bunreacht na hEireann (English and Irish Edition)

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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...

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...

Andrew Marr / Head of State

 Two corpses. A country on the edge of a political precipice. A conspiracy so bold it would make Machiavelli wince. Andrew Marr's debut novel imagines what really might be going on behind the door of 10 Downing Street.When a young investigative...

Ken Blanchard / The One Minute Manager

 With a new foreword by Ken Blanchard The original, bestselling blockbuster which has transformed businesses world wide. The blockbuster number one international bestselling phenomenon is back ...not that it ever really went away. This easily-read...

Jacqueline Eames / The Best Best Man

   Are you the Best Man for the job? You will be - when you have read this easy guide to the duties and delights of BestManship. It's a great compliment to be chosen as a Best Man, so you want to play your part to the full, attending to all the...

Charles Mackay / Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

   Whenever struck by campaigns, fads, cults and fashions, the reader may take some comfort that Charles Mackay can demonstrate historical parallels for almost every neurosis of our times. The South Sea Bubble, Witch Mania, Alchemy, the...

Maeve Byrne Crangle / Conquer Your Fear of Flying

 As many as one in ten people are simply terrified of flying; even the thought of boarding a plane can cause pure terror. Now updated with the latest information, this well-established book examines and confirms the many types of anxiety involved...

Joshua Piven / The Worst-case Scenario Travel Handbook

Danger lurks at every corner. Volcanoes. Sharks. Quicksand. Terrorists. The pilot of the plane blacks out and it's up to you to land the jet. What do you do? The "Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook" is here to help: jam-packed with how-to, hands-on,...

Robin Skynner / Life and How to Survive it

This is an investigative book which extends study beyond the family circle to relationships and group interaction in life outside it. It acts as a "map" to guide people through their everyday lives and help them retain their individuality while...

Miranda Hart / Is it Just Me?

Well hello to you dear browser. Now I have your attention it would be rude if I didn't tell you a little about my literary feast. So, here is the thing: is it just me or does anyone else find that adulthood offers no refuge from the unexpected horrors,...

Roger Fisher / Getting to Yes

Negotiation is a way of life for the majority of us. Whether we're at work, at home or simply going out, we want to participate in the decisions that affect us. Nowadays, hardly anyone gets through the day without a single negotiation, yet, few of us are...

Mark Forster / Do It Tomorrow and Other Secrets of Time Management

Mark Forster's book "Get Everything Done and Still Have Time to Play" took an entirely new approach to time management. One of his most important points was that once we have taken on a commitment, prioritising does not work because we need to do...

Michelle Jackson / What Women Know

What is the secret to a woman's strength and power? Mothers, daughters, sisters, friends, colleagues: women connect through shared experience, mutual support, and the wisdom handed down from generation to generation. In What Women Know, bestselling...

Pat Leahy / The Price of Power: Inside Ireland's Crisis Coalition

'The go-to political chronicler of our times' Sunday Times 'Vivid and compelling ...excellent' Fintan O'Toole, Irish Times 'A tremendous read. I'll be recommending it' Sean O'Rourke, RTE 'Absorbing ...fascinating ...impressive amount of detail ...Leahy...

John Masterson / Working it Out

I am not so much of a sucker for Self-Help books. I am a bit jaundiced with the notion that we must all be successful and have to strive to be better every waking hour. A world where everyone is socially skilled, in good humour, has straight teeth and is...

Michael Moore / Dude Where's My Country?

From the director of "Fahrenheit 9/11" and author of "Stupid White Men", Michael Moore's "Dude, Where's My Country?" is an instruction manual for taking back America from corrupt corporations and crooked politicians. He's the man everyone's talking about...

Liam Healy / More How to Win at Aptitude Tests

A key guide to the latest developments in assessment and aptitude testing. Aptitude tests - also known as psychometric or IQ tests - are being relied on more and more by employers, schools and colleges. This book clearly explains how to be prepared for...

The Complete Book of Rules: Time Tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr.Right

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Vernon Heaton / Best Man's Duties

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Judy Parkinson / I Before E (Except After C): Old-School Ways to Remember Stuff

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Be the best at remembering stuff

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How to Win at Aptitude Tests: v. 2

This practical guide for succeeding in aptitude tests, which are increasingly being used to test applicants for jobs and academic courses, offers general information (benefits, drawbacks, use of tests) in addition to many examples of themed tests with...

Mark Jones / Birthday Book

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Karen Ward / Change a Little to Change a Lot: Simple Ways to Bring Balance to Your Busy Lifestyle

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Terry Prone / What Every Working Woman Should Know ...and Do

In this book, Terry Prone, communications expert and adviser to politicians and top business-people, turns her attention to women at work, the choices they make, the obstacles they face in their search for a successful and rewarding career.All of our...

Richard Branson / Screw it, Let's Do it: Lessons in Life and Business

Richard Branson is an iconic businessman. In Screw It, Let's Do It, he shares the secrets of his success and the invaluable lessons he has learned over the course of his remarkable career. As the world struggles with the twin problems of global...

Camilla Morton / A Year in High Heels

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Duncan Falconer / The Hostage

When an undercover operation monitoring the Real IRA goes horrifically wrong, British Intelligence turn to the one man who can get their agent out: Stratton, SBS operative with a lethal reputation. It's a dangerous race against time: if the Real IRA...

Peter Cunningham / The Taoiseach

In Ireland in the second half of the twentieth century, a corrupt circle of politicians and shadowy business figures control the levers of power. Lucrative property deals involving the sale of government assets are secretly financed by Middle...

Peter L. Bergen / Holy War, Inc: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden

Peter Bergen conducted the first TV interview with Osama bin Laden, 'the most significant financial sponsor of Islamic extremist activity in the world today', after the US government had accused him of running terrorist training camps in...

Alex Boese / Elephants on Acid: And Other Bizarre Experiments

Have you ever wondered if a severed head retains consciousness long enough to see what happened to it? Or whether your dog would run to fetch help, if you fell down a disused mineshaft? And what would happen if you were to give an elephant the largest...

Greg Palast / The Best Democracy Money Can Buy

Palast, an investigative reporter, spent five years trying to find out what is really going on in politics and big business. In this volume he reveals what PR companies, lobbyists and politicians spend their time keeping hidden. Using sources inside the...

Noel Botham / The Mammoth Book of Useless Information

Did you know… The Sumerians were the first to brew beer, and all the brewers were women? If you didn't - then read on. If you are intrigued by the odd, fascinated by the fantastic or tickled by trivia, then this is the book for you. The...

Xiaolu Guo / A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers

Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction Twenty-three-year-old Zhuang (or Z as she calls herself - Westerners cannot pronounce her name) arrives in London to spend a year learning English. Struggling to find her way in the city, and through the...