Academic & Professional

Marcus Luttrell / Lone Survivor : The Incredible True Story of Navy SEALs Under Siege

  In June 2005 four US Navy SEALs left their base in Afghanistan for the Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a notorious al-Qaeda leader known to be ensconced in a Taliban stronghold surrounded by a small but heavily armed...

Geoff Tibballs / Seriously Senior Moments : Or, Have You Bought This Book Before?

 Entertaining and uplifting, this book is a hilarious look at those embarrassing setbacks experienced in one's senior years.From picking up the wrong child from school, to misplacing your car somewhere down your own road, the signs are there that...

Evelyn Waugh / The Coronation of Haile Selassie

  In May 2005 Penguin will publish 70 unique titles to celebrate the company's 70th birthday. The titles in the Pocket Penguins series are emblematic of the renowned breadth of quality of the Penguin list and will hark back to Penguin founder...

Peter Brook / The Shifting Point : Forty Years of Theatrical Exploration, 1946-87

  Hailed as "the theatrical event of this century" (Sunday Times), Peter Brook's unique dramatisation of India's great epic poem, The Mahabharata played to ecstatic audiences worldwide. In The Shifting Point, his first book since The Empty Space,...

Graham Swift / Learning to Swim

  Cambridge Literature is a series of literary texts edited for study by students aged 14-18 in English-speaking classrooms. It will include novels, poetry, short stories, essays, travel-writing and other non-fiction. The series will be extensive...

Iyanla Vanzant / Yesterday I Cried - Paperback : Celebrating the Lessons of Living and Loving

 Celebrated author Iyanla Vanzant takes stock and reflects on the hardships and huge obstacles she has had to overcome to reach the position she is in now: heralded as a success in the eyes of the world.     All of our books are second...

Jack Welch / Jack (Hardback)

    Jack Welch is acknowledged by many as the greatest corporate leader of the 20th century. When he first became CEO of General Electric in 1981 the company was worth $12 billion - in 2001 it was worth $280 billion. But Welch is more than...

Paul Mason / PostCapitalism : A Guide to Our Future (Hardback)

   From Paul Mason, the award-winning Channel 4 presenter, Postcapitalism is a guide to our era of seismic economic change, and how we can build a more equal society.Over the past two centuries or so, capitalism has undergone continual change...

Joshua Piven / Worst Case Scenario Work Survival Handbookk

 What could be worse than work? The team behind the best-selling Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook are back with expert advice for surviving dozens of all-new, nightmare on-the-job scenarios both in the office and on the loading dock. In...

Siobhan Hackett / Shine : A Girl's Guide to Thriving (Not Just Surviving) in Real Life (Large Paperback)

   In Shine: A Girl's Guide to Thriving (Not Just Surviving) in Real Life, Mary Doherty and Siobhan Hackett have mined their experience as teachers and counsellors and, with feedback from their students past and present, have written a book to...

Siobhan Creaton / Mobile Fortune : The Life and Times of Denis O'Brien (Large Paperback)

   He is now officially Ireland's richest man, having overtaken the legendary Tony O'Reilly. He owns hugely lucrative mobile phone networks in Ireland and the Caribbean, where his Digicel company sponsors West Indies cricket. He recently...

Robert Kriegel / Sacred Cows Make the Best Burgers : Developing Change-Ready People and Organizations (Large Paperback)

   Outmoded beliefs, practices, and processes...why do so many business people cling to their established ways as if their lives depended on them? When they live in an era characterized by on unprecedented rate of change? When the very things...

Maurice Gueret / The Doctor's Case (Large Paperback)

      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...

Terry Leahy / Management in 10 Words (Large Paperback)

   In his fourteen years as CEO of Tesco, Sir Terry Leahy not only turned the company into the largest supermarket chain in the UK but also transformed it into a global enterprise. As a result, Sir Terry is now one of the world's most admired...

Deborah Tannen / The Argument Culture

   A reporter gives one side of the story and then, to be "fair", finds an advocate for the opposite side. But what if the truth lies somewhere in the middle? Why do we see everything as either/or? In the media, in politics (particularly in...

John Callanan S.J. / Dreaming with Tony de Mello

   This volume aims to bring the energy and work of Anthony de Mello to a wider audience. It illustrates some of the central themes of de Mello's life and vision - being fully alive as a follower of Christ and as a human being - and explains...

Steven E Landsburg / More Sex is Safer Sex

   With his long-running 'Everyday Economics' column in Slate and his popular book, The Armchair Economist, Steven Landsburg has been leading the pack of economists who are transforming their science from a drab meditation on graphs and charts...

Philippe Legrain / Immigrants : Your Country Needs Them (Large Paperback)

    Immigration divides our globalising world like no other issue. We are swamped by bogus asylum-seekers and infiltrated by terrorists, our jobs stolen, our benefit system abused, our way of life destroyed - or so we are told. Philippe...

Daily Mail / Can Crocodiles Cry?

    From the longest running Question and Answers feature in any paper comes "Can Crocodiles Cry?", a vast compilation of 500 of the most weird and wonderful truths which have intrigued readers of the "Daily Mail" for over 100 years...

Ian Gittins / Unlocking the Masonic Code : The Secrets of the Solomon Key

    Explores all aspects of the most talked about secret society in the world, from its most famous members to its infamous history. For centuries the Freemasonry has been the subject of rumour and intrigue. From its obscure origins to the...

Robert Winston / The Story Of God

   From the tiniest microchip to the information superhighway, the modern world is dominated by and dependent upon science. Yet whether we realize it or not, we live in an age where faith is still an important influence in our lives. The...

Antonio Garcia Martinez / Chaos Monkeys : Inside the Silicon Valley Money Machine

   NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn adrenaline-fuelled expose of life inside the tech bubble, Chaos Monkeys lays bare the secrets, power plays and lifestyle excesses of the visionaries, grunts, sociopaths, opportunists and money cowboys who are...

Angela MacNamara / Reflections for the Golden Years

      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...

Lindsay Nicholson / Living On The Seabed : A memoir of love, life and survival

   'The morning after John's death, I remember feeling absolutely enraged that the world had kept turning and the sun had come up as if nothing had happened.'Lindsay Nicholson and her husband, the Observer journalist John Merritt, were...

Pete Goss / Close to the Wind

    Pete Goss became a national and international hero when he rescued French yachtsman Raphael Dinelli as his boat sank beneath him in the round-the-world single-handed sailing race, the Vendee Globe, on Christmas Day 1996. In doing so...

Natalie Angier / Woman : An Intimate Geography

    WOMAN explores the essence of what it means to be female. In mapping the inner woman - from organs to orgasms - Natalie Angier presents an extraordinary new vision of the female body as an evolutionary masterpiece. 'Anyone living in or...

Susan Faludi / Stiffed

    From industrial workers to modern war veterans, from astronauts to porn actors, Stiffed examines men whose sense that they have lost jobs, skills, roles, wives and a secure future is only one symptom of a wider betrayal...

Robert Fulghum / All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten : Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things

    When asked what he does, Robert Fulghum usually replies that he is a philosopher, and explains that what he likes to do is to think about everyday things and then to express what he thinks by writing, speaking or painting. This is a...

Germaine Greer / The Whole Woman

   Germaine Greer proclaims that the time has come to get angry again! Modern feminism has become the victim of unenlightened complacency, and what started out in the Sixties as a movement for liberation has become one that has sought and...

Christopher Cerf / The Official Politically Correct Dictionary

    An essential handbook for the nineties, providing a fool proof guard against those politically incorrect faux pas which can ruin social and professional life.     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not...

Ricardo Semler / Maverick : The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workshop

   The international bestseller that tells how Semler tore up the rule books - and defied inflation running at up to 900% per year!- Workers make decisions previously made by their bosses- Managerial staff set their own salaries and bonuses-...

Jean-Claude Carriere / The Power of Buddhism : His Holiness, the Dalai Lama with Jean-Claude Carriere

   His Holiness the Dalai Lama is famous for his skill in weaving together East and West, today and tomorrow, and offering an insight to an inner calm and clarity of mind that can become the fuel of our daily lives.He has never before directly...

Brian Cox / Human Universe

   Top ten Sunday Times Bestseller`Engaging, ambitious and creative' GuardianWhere are we? Are we alone? Who are we? Why are we here? What is our future?Human Universe tackles some of the greatest questions that humans have asked to try and...

Rob Parson / The Heart of Success

    Jack's father was one of the most successful entrepreneurs of his time - the only problem was that the old man had no time, no friends, and died early. The prospect of following in the family tradition seems less than appealing to Jack...

Mark Rowe / A Prescription for Happiness : The Ten Commitments to a Happier, Healthier Life

      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...

Lyndsey Saul / Damn You Autocorrect! 2

   It's back. And it's more awkward than ever.Ever been screwed over by predictive text on your smart phone? You are not alone.Damn You, Autocorrect! 2 brings together more of the laugh-out-loud funny and painfully embarrassing posts from the...

Joseph Stiglitz / The Roaring Nineties : Why We're Paying the Price for the Greediest Decade in History

   From the author of Globalization and its Discontents, Joseph Stiglitz's The Roaring Nineties: Why We're Paying the Price for the Greediest Decade in History blows the whistle on the devastation wrought by the free market mania of the...

John Travers / Green & Gold: Ireland as a Clean Energy World Leader

    While many agree Ireland can become a world leader in clean energy as conventional energy sources run out, there's little agreement on how. Travers captures the challenge and opportunity from an Irish perspective.     All...

Andy Cope / The Art of Being Brilliant

    A pep talk in your pocket This short, small, highly illustrated book will fill you to the brim with happiness, positivity, wellbeing and, most importantly, success! Andy Cope and Andy Whittaker are experts in the art of happiness and...

Patrick Holford / Say No To Cancer

    Cancer is on the increase. It is predicted that, within twenty years, half the population will be affected at some point in their lives. The single greatest cause of cancer - even greater than smoking - is now know to be the modern diet...

Jeremy Wyndham / How Long Is a Piece of String? : More Hidden Mathematics of Everyday Life

    Why do weather forecasters get it wrong? What are the best tactics for playing "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" and "The Weakest Link"? And what is the link between a tin of baked beans and a men's urinal? These and many other questions...

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

    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...

John Harvey-Jones / Troubleshooter

    This book is produced to accompany the second series of John Harvey-Jones' successful programmes investigating the health of individual British companies. Each chapter investigates an individual company, including one newly privatized,...

Paula Polk Lillard / Montessori A Modern Approach

    A presentation of the basic principles of the Montessori method, preceeded by an historical survey of its vicissitudes.     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture,...

Jinny Ditzler / Your Best Year Yet! : How to Make the Next 12 Months Your Most Successful Ever!

    A self-help and personal development book. Based on a goal-setting programme used by thousands of people, the key is a set of ten questions which provide the impetus to self-knowledge and change.     All of our books are...

Flic Everett / Girl's Guide to Getting it on : What Every Girl Should Know About Sex

    Published in association with "Company" magazine, this guide book is a vibrant guide to sex. There are 15 chapters dealing with different aspects of sex and sexuality. Each chapter has boxes on different themes and at the end there is a...

Eamonn Butler / Boost Your I. Q.

    This sequel to Test your IQ provides a sample IQ test containing 60 questions--logic puzzles, word questions, and diagram questions. The authors use a series of exercises to demonstrate how to tackle problems in a logical, systematic...

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...

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...

Michael Quinion / Port Out, Starboard Home : The Fascinating Stories We Tell About the words We Use

   Can it really be true that 'golf' stands for 'Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden'? Or that 'rule of thumb' comes from an archaic legal principle that a man may chastise his wife, but only with a rod no thicker than his thumb?These and hundreds...

Ricardo Semler / Maverick

    Ricardo Semler inherited his family company, Semco - manufacturer of marine pumps, industrial dishwashers and mixing equipment - when he was 19. Soon, by 1980, it was on the brink of bankruptcy, but a decade later, during a period of...

Ian Robertson / The Winner Effect : The Science of Success and How to Use It

 What makes a winner?Why do some succeed both in life and in business, and others fail?The `winner effect' is a term used in biology to describe how an animal that has won a few fights against weak opponents is much more likely to win later bouts...