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Christine Harvey / Start Your New Job Successfully: A Teach Yourself Guide

Learn to start your new job with positive results and start your path to success Written by Christine Harvey, a leading expert on business issues, this book quickly teaches you the insider secrets you need to achieve success in your new job. The seven...

Jacqueline Eames / The Best Best Man - Wedding Guide

A short guide to traditional best man duties at weddings     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...

HarperCollins / Letter Writing: How to Get Results

Aiming to be the only guide you'll ever need to help you write better letters, whether for business or pleasure, this guide shows you how to make the most of your correspondence. Direct and accessible, it explains the general rules of good letter...

James Reed / Why You?: 101 Interview Questions You'll Never Fear Again

The international bestseller that has helped many thousands of readers move on in their lives and careers, now completely revised and updatedWhen did you last have a life-changing conversation? The chances are, if you're applying for jobs and being...

Robert Allen / MENSA : Assess Your Personality: The Essential Guide to Testing Your Emotions, Skills, Strengths and Weaknesses

Do you know yourself? Really? Are you a good judge of others? These questions are at the heart of personality assessment. This book examines the background of such assessments and the theories behind them and offers the reader the chance to carry out...

Dominic O'Brien / How to Pass Exams: Accelerate Your Learning, Memorise Key Facts, Revise Effectively

The World Memory Champion's fully updated memory tips for students of all ages. Dominic O'Brien, eight times World Memory Champion, outlines in simple language the steps you can take to increase your memory power and pass your exams with flying...

Teach Yourself Series - Getting a Better Job

The current world of work is tough whether you are looking for work or just looking to make better life choices. Things are changing fast and the 'job for life' is a long forgotten myth. This book, perceptively written and full of practical advice, tells...

Mark Oakley / Readings for Weddings

Readings for Weddings is an inspirational collection of Bible quotations, poems, hymns and prose for secular weddings, church ceremonies and services of blessing. Mark Oakley includes such 'wedding classics' as 1 Corinthians 13 and Khalil Gibran's The...

Chris Akerman / Best Man's Duties

  This practical guide has everything a twenty-first-century best man needs to carry out his role with confidence.Being asked to be a best man is a great honour . . . but there's the terrifying prospect of giving the speech. There's the stag party...

Alan Jones / Winning At Interview : A New Way To Succeed

This is not a book for the faint-hearted but if you have a potentially life-changing job interview coming up then 'Winning at Interview' deserves your full attention. Reader feedback consistently says that 'It completely changed the way I think about job...

Julia Cresswell / Best Baby Names

Best Baby Names is the essential A-Z guide for deciding your child's name. It contains over 1,500 possible choices, from Aaron to Zuleika, through the old-fashioned (Hazel and Gilbert), the modern (Jade and Devon), the unusual (Anselm and Tanith) and the...

Tracing Irish Ancestors

An accessible, user-friendly handbook for amateur genealogists seeking their Irish roots. Detailed guidance on the variety of church, official and unofficial records available and on how to get the most from then, with practical advice on navigating the...

Shelly Hagen / The Everything Groom Book: A survival guide for men!

 Enjoy a stress-free wedding and discover all that is required of a groom on the big day with The Everything Groom Book . Without question, you love your bride-to-be and want to spend the rest of your life with her. Ever since you popped the...

John Eardly / Sex Discrimination At Work : A Practical Guide To The Law In Ireland

 Published 2004   Sex Discrimination at Work: A Practical Guide to the Law in Ireland is a follow-up to the highly successful Bullying and Stress in the Workplace: Employers and Employees - A Guide by the same author. Sex discrimination is on...

Tanith Carey / Mum Hacks: Time-saving tips to calm the chaos of family life

 Family life is pretty chaotic at the best of times and as any busy mum knows it can be an uphill battle to get out of the house in the morning let alone meet the demands of work deadlines. In her witty easy to read style, Tanith Carey encourages...

Howard Dowding / Getting the Job You Want

      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...

Noel Whelan / Showtime or Substance? 2007 : A Voter's Survival Guide to Election

  Providing voters with an up-to-date overview of politics in Ireland ahead of the 2007 elections, this book looks at the respective parties and where they stand on key issues such as health, childcare, the status of refugees, taxation and the...

Stephanie Nolen / 28 : Stories Of Aids In Africa

  We have all seen the grim pictures of dying Africans on the news, or been momentarily shocked by the statistics; we may think we've heard all we need to know - or can bear to know - about the story of Aids in Africa. But look beyond the...

John Gribbin / Stephen Hawking : A Life in Science

 'A gripping account of a physicist whose speculations could prove as revolutionary as those of Albert Einstein . . . Its combination of erudition, warmth, robustness, and wit is entirely appropriate to their subject' New Statesman'Intriguing . . ...

David Macey / The Penguin Dictionary of Critical Theory

  Accessing the huge selection of critical theory can be an intimidating experience. This acclaimed dictionary is an invaluable introduction to the theories and theorists in the field and will prove an authoritative resource for all students...

Lauren Rabinovitz / The Complete Letter Writer

  There is an ever-increasing need for referen ce that help to craft letters. Letter writing is no longer a n everyday skill, so particularly for younger achievers maki ng career progress, this sort of reference has become a nece ssity...

Rosalind Fergusson / Perfect Babies' Names

 Perfect Babies' Names is an essential resource for all parents-to-be. Taking a close look at over 3,000 names, it not only tells you each name's meaning and history, it also tells you which famous people have shared it over the years and how...

Dennis Sewell / The Political Gene

 The Political Gene is a fascinating examination of the way that many scientists and politicians have sought to use Charles Darwin's ideas to solve social problems, or to bolster political ideologies. Sewell's beautifully crafted narrative shows us...

Polly Toynbee / Hard Work

  'A passionately reasoned and compelling account of the avoidable cruelties still embedded in the underside of British life - by a writer who has literally worn the clothes, lived in the flats and done the jobs of the poor. Every member of the...

Laline Paull / The Bees

 Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2015Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize for New Fiction 2015Enter a whole new world, in this thrilling debut novel set entirely within a beehive.Born into the lowest class of her society,...

Jacqueline Harrod / The New A-Z of Babies' Names

  A researched book of babies' names with a new approach.       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...

Michael Parker / Unaccustomed as I am... : The Wedding Speech Made Easy

 All wedding types will be catered for: big, small, religious, second marriage, atheist, straight, same-sex, church, field...All speakers will be addressed: bride, groom, father, mother, best woman and literally everyone in between...All...

Edward De Bono / Teach Your Child How to Think

  Edward de Bono, the leading pioneer in the direct teaching of thinking, and with over twenty-five years experience at all levels (from eight-year-olds to senior executives) shows in a simple and practical way how a parent can develop the...

Reni Eddo-Lodge / Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

 'Every voice raised against racism chips away at its power. We can't afford to stay silent. This book is an attempt to speak'The book that sparked a national conversation. Exploring everything from eradicated black history to the inextricable link...

V Shanley / Classroom Clangers

  A collection of mad misprints, daft headlines and humorous anecdotes in relation to school, education, teachers and pupils.       All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the...

Christina Skye / Code Name: Baby

  Federal agent Wolfe Houston is assigned the task of protecting civilian dog trainer Kit O'Halloran and her four biologically enhanced puppies from a legion of deadly mercenaries that want to get their hands on the powerful pups, forcing them...

Eve Devon / The Wedding Planner

 A charming feel good romance perfect for fans of Katie Fforde and Sarah MorganWedding bells are ringing and gossip is spiralling in Whispers Wood...Single mum Gloria Pavey has a bad habit of saying exactly the wrong thing at the wrong time...

George Davidson / Perfect Wedding Speeches and Toasts

 Perfect Wedding Speeches and Toasts is an invaluable guide to preparing and delivering unforgettable speeches. Covering everything from advice on mastering your nerves to tips about how to make a real impact, it walks you through every aspect of...

James Glennon / 4001 Babies' Names and Their Meanings

  This is essential reading for parents-to-be. It reveals the meanings of over four thousand names, both well known and less well known, and explains their origins from many languages, ancient and modern. With this book you can satisfy your...

John Clarke / Right Way to Write Your Own CV

      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...

Jacqueline Harrod / 21st Century Babies' Names

  This title contains 21st Century names for 21st Century babies! Jacqueline Harrod has scoured the registers of the Family Records Centre and researched the new millennium's current most popular names.       All of our books...

Jacqueline Llewelyn-Bowen / Debrett's Wedding Guide

  A guide to planning a wedding. It discusses all the decisions in the order they will have to be made, covering everything from venues and food to flowers, clothes and the day itself.       All of our books are second hand,...

Laura King / Brilliant Baby Names : How To Choose a Name that you and your child will love for life

 The name we are given by our parents has a big impact on us. Throughout our life, from the playground to the office, other people will make instinctive and subconscious assumptions about who we are just from our name. We'll hear it spoken in anger...

Max A. Eggert / The Perfect Interview

      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...

Mark Cirino / Name the Baby

A first novel of extroadinary intensity which tells the story of a 21-year-old'sthree day odyssey of self-searching. After the shocking suicide of his girlfriend, a young man struggles to figure out the mysteries of life and love. Fuelled by whiskey and...

Laurence Flanagan / Irish Proverbs

   There are millions of Irish proverbs, old and new, which distil the folk wisdom and popular opinions of ordinary Irish men and women down through the ages. Laurence Flanagan has made a wide-ranging collection of these proverbs, some well...

Karthy Rooney / Get That Job: Interviews : How to Keep Your Head and Get Your Ideal Job

    You've got a fantastic CV; now comes the big test. 'Where do you see yourself in five years' time?' 'What is your greatest weakness?' Get that Job:Interviews provides strategies to cope with these classic questions and more. The book...

John Daintith / Bloomsbury Quotations for Speeches

    Taken from sources as diverse as Diana, Princess of Wales to the Bible, this guide contains over 1000 quotations to heighten or illustrate any speech. The guide is arranged into over 200 themes plus name and keyword searches which make...

Mairéad Byrne / Irish Baby Names

Helping you make your choice with confidence from traditional and historic names, to popular contemporary names, this title includes approximately 200 Irish names for boys and girls, with as gaeilge /Gaelic spellings, name variations and background...

Vernon Heaton / Wedding Etiquette Properly Explained : Marriage Under All Denominations and Civil Ceremonies

    This book is a guide to the customs and traditions which add the magic and sparkle to a wedding and, if done well, make the day unforgettable for everyone. Plan the day with complete confidence; from the ceremony, the reception, the...

Pat Derraugh / Wedding Etiquette

    Planning and organising a wedding is not just about who sits with whom, but all the big (and little) things that need to be done properly. The announcement, invitations, presents, dressing, photos, video, major players'...

Katharine Hill / Rules of Engagement : How to Plan a Successful Wedding, How to Build a Marriage That Lasts

    Preparing for the wedding day requires a lot of hard work: booking the reception place, choosing the flowers, and a million and one other practical tasks. But spending some time preparing for married life itself is even more important...

William Derraugh / Wedding Etiquette

    Planning and organising a wedding is not just about who sits with whom, but all the big (and little) things that need to be done properly. The announcement, invitations, presents, dressing, photos, video, major players'...

Carmine Gallo / Talk Like TED : The 9 Public Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds

   Discover the secrets to a perfect TED Talk and learn how to deliver an exceptional presentation with Carmine Gallo's Talk Like TED.TED Talks have redefined the elements of a successful presentation and become the gold standard for public...

David Pickering / The Penguin Book of Baby Names

   Of all the decisions a new parent makes, choosing that special name is the most significant and the most rewarding. A new reference book for prospective parents, this clear, helpful and easy-to-use A-Z guide gives you thousands of...

Paul Pelshenke / How to Win at Aptitude Tests

 This practical guide for succeeding in aptitude tests, which are increasingly being used to test applicants for jobs and academic courses.This practical guide for succeeding in aptitude tests, which are increasingly being used to test applicants...

Julia Cresswell / Naming Your Baby : The Definitive Dictionary of First Names

 Naming Your Baby is the essential A-Z guide for deciding your child's name. Much more than just a list of baby names, this book is a fascinating guide for expectant parents, as well as a wider reference resource for historians, writers and...