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  • - Identification, Prevention and Eradication
    av David Pinniger
    226

    This new handbook provides a full but concise guide to the key pest species that commonly infest historic houses, and solutions for dealing with them.

  • av C. M. Taylor
    136

  • - The Art and Science of Saying Hello
    av Andy Scott
    147

    In the illuminating and entertaining One Kiss or Two? Andy Scott goes down the rabbit hole to take a closer look at what greetings are all about. Through in-depth research and his personal experiences, and with the help of experts, Scott takes us on a captivating journey through a subject far richer than we might have expected.

  • - The Life and Ideas of Sabina Spielrein
    av John Launer
    171

    The first full and accessible account of one of the most significant and overlooked figures in the field of sexual psychology

  • av E.M. Davey
    134

    A page-turning adventure into the dark heart of human origins, revealing the story of our species, the paradox of the modern mind and our innate predilection for murder...

  • - From Grace Kelly's wedding to a homeless shelter - searching for the truth about my mother
    av Nyna Giles
    136

    'The heart-rending story of two beautiful and glamorous women, and the spirals of disaster into which one of their lives tumbled.' Robert Lacey, author of Grace and The Crown

  • - A Return to Waterlog
    av Joe Minihane
    147

    In the breaststrokes of Roger Deakin's Waterlog, this is the story of one man's search for himself across the breadth of Britain's wild waters.

  • - The Surprising Role of Chance in Our Everyday Lives
    av Gary Smith
    147

    A revealing and tremendously entertaining look at how the world of luck really works

  • av Donald Jack
    152,-

    As usual the RAF top brass don't know what to do with loose cannon Major Bart Bandy. Bart reinvigorates the pilots of his new squadron, who start doing some serious flying in the notoriously tricky new Dolphin Camels. With black comedy and seat-of-the pants escapades, Donald Jack's series makes the War to End All Wars come roaring to life.

  • - What Love Is - And What It Isn't
    av Leo Buscaglia
    146,-

    In his mission to help people attain what he felt was their greatest gift, Leo Buscaglia famously developed a university course on love. This remarkable volume was the result of the interactions of students in his course. Love is for everybody who has ever reached out to touch the heart of another.

  • av Donald Jack
    134

    Horse-faced World War I flying ace Bart Bandy finds himself kicked upstairs, to everyone's appalled surprise, and made a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Flying Corps. But not for long. Soon he is once more heading for the hell of the trenches, this time on a bicycle. Donald Jack's blackly humorous Bandy memoirs are classics of their kind.

  • av Donald Jack
    159

    Donald Jack's blackly humorous Bandy memoirs are classics of their kind. Against an unshrinkingly depicted backdrop of war and its horrors, his anti-hero's adventures are both gripping and shockingly funny.

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    - How to Master the Magic of Numbers
    av Lancelot Hogben
    140

    Taking only a modicum of knowledge for granted, Lancelot Hogben leads readers of this famous book through the whole course from simple arithmetic to calculus. Mathematics is the language of size, shape, and order - a language Hogben shows one can both master and enjoy.

  • - Psychotherapy from a Buddhist Perspective
    av Mark (Mark William) Epstein
    238

    This text discusses how Eastern spirituality can enhance Western psychology. It argues that the contemplative traditions of the East help patients go beyond merely recognizing their problems to healing them, and that this approach is not at odds with the psychodynamic method.

  • - A Prequel
    av Hamilton Crane
    136

    War-time England, and a young Miss Emily Seeton's suspicious sketches call her loyalty into question-until she is recruited to uncover a case of sabotage. Faced with bombs, sabotage and murder, Miss Seeton must summon all her courage-it is after all her nature to Keep Calm and Carry On!

  • av Heron Carvic
    136

    At the roulette table an elderly woman in diamonds is making a killing. Who would guess the bejewelled high roller is retired art teacher Miss Emily Seeton, in disguise to help capture a mysterious crime boss?Serene amidst every kind of skullduggery, Miss Seeton steps in where Scotland Yard stumbles, armed with only her sketchpad and umbrella!

  • av Heron Carvic
    136

    When a flood of faked banknotes hits the market, retired art teacher Miss Emily Seeton is chosen to investigate a respected Geneva bank. Bamboozling both the crooks and the police, and innocently humming the fraudsters' musical password, she trips gaily along the dangerous trail, armed with nothing more than her sketchpad and umbrella!

  • - The Classic Account of Infectious Disease and Human History
    av Hans Zinsser
    132

    From the pestilence which contributed to the downfall of Rome to the dancing manias of medieval Europe, the aristocracy's fashion for wearing wigs and the role of typhus in the First World War, Hans Zinsser reveals just how disease and epidemics have shaped human history.

  • - Britain's Master Map Maker and His Secrets
    av Alan Ereira
    185

    Discover the incredible life of John Ogilby, shipwreck and Great Fire of London survivor, royal conspirator, mapmaker, translator and soldier in the first ever biography of this forgotten British legend.

  • av Annelise Freisenbruch
    134

    Discover a captivating new voice and a great new heroine of Roman historical fiction in this fast moving page-turner.

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    - The Secret Codes of French Conversation Revealed
    av Julie Barlow & Jean-Benoit Nadeau
    132

    An engaging, funny and extremely useful book on how to communicate with the French.

  • av Heron Carvic
    143

    The occult wasn't Miss Seeton's cup of tea... until Scotland Yard requested she go undercover to investigate some sinister shenanigans. A flim-flam was afoot in the local witches' coven... and magic could be a prelude to murder most foul. Armed with only her sketchpad and umbrella, she is the most lovable and unlikely master of detection.

  • av Heron Carvic
    136

    Miss Seeton's every attempt at a portrait of little Effie Goffer has become a chilling picture of a corpse. Is she actually drawing a clue to a series of child murders in rural England?Armed with only her sketch pad and umbrella, Miss Seeton is every inch an eccentric English spinster and the most lovable and unlikely master of detection.

  • - The timeless classic that has changed the lives of millions
    av Leo Buscaglia
    166

    In this exploration of loving and living, bestselling author Leo Buscaglia addresses the intricacies and challenges of love relationships. He suggests behaviour that opens the way to truly loving each other. He recalls with heartwarming detail the importance of his own family and friendships in helping him to be open to grow and to love.

  • - The Fight for Freedom
    av Thomas E. Ricks
    185 - 378,-

    Churchill may have played the larger role in Hitler's defeat, but Orwell's reckoning with the threat of authoritarian rule in 1984 and Animal Farm defined the stakes of the Cold War and continues to inspire to this day. Their lives are an eloquent testament to the power of moral conviction, and to the courage it takes to stay true to it.

  • - The Hugely Influential Philosophy of Creative Science
    av Peter Medawar
    175,-

    In the conventional wisdom the scientist is seen as a data gatherer, but scientific creation is really more complex and inspiring. This beautifully written work was hugely influential when first published and continues to inspire today. As V.S. Ramachandran says, 'it makes science seem like a grand, romantic adventure yet also fun'.

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    - The Rise and Fall of Political Drinking
    av Ben Wright
    140

    A fascinating and entertaining social history, exploring how and why politicians have found solace, hope and despair at the bottom of a glass over the years.

  • av James MacManus
    134

    As loyalties are stretched to the limit and Europe slides towards another war, could just one act of great courage and sacrifice change everything?

  • - Human Evolution from the Origin of the Universe
    av John Hands
    236,-

    John Hands's extraordinarily ambitious cosmological quest brings together our scientific knowledge and evaluates the theories and evidence about the origin and evolution of matter, life, consciousness, and humankind.

  • - How Oscar Wilde was Shaped by the Women he Knew
    av Eleanor Fitzsimons
    211,-

    A fresh, revealing and entertaining account of the most influential writer of his age and the women who inspired him

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