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2D AutoCAD for Students Written specifically for students undertaking the City and Guilds 2D introductory modules, this handbook offers a concise and user-friendly overview of the core course components. Only information directly relevant to beginner-level students is included

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Script Analysis for Actors, Directors and Designers This text presents a traditional system of classifications that examine the written part of a play, excluding considerations of performance, scenery or costume. Plays are learned progressively, fostering an understanding of artistic unity, and end-of-cha

Alphapets To support the phonic work that all children between the ages of 4-7 are doing in school, Ladybird has developed a phonic reading scheme. Part of that scheme, this story is designed to help children have fun learning the relationship between a letter, or

Anarchist in the Library, The Vaidhyanathan uses examples ranging from ancient religions to open-source software to show how the battle between controllers and liberators of information will be one of the defining fault lines of 21st century civilization.

On Becoming a Leader An account of how people become leaders, how they lead, and how organizations encourage or stifle potential leaders. It is based on interviews with leaders from a wide range of fields, including business, law, medicine and the film industry.

ECDL3 for Microsoft Office 2000 ECDL is the European Computer Driving Licence. This text promises to teach everything you need to know to pass the ECDL Advanced Spreadsheets exam.

Design of Everyday Things, The

Doodle Book, The Packed with activities including colouring, cutting and pasting, this book should engage creative kids both big and small. Taro Gomi provides readers with the bare bones of a sketch or outline, which they are then encouraged to expand upon by means of an

Nurse Prescribing This text examines the development and implications of nurse prescribing in relation to patients and clients, to nurses themselves, and to the nursing profession in general. New chapters consider ethical and legal issues, and provide case studies of nurs

Stone Kiss There has been murder in the family. When the phone call arrives from his recently-discovered half brother, Rabbi Jonathan Levine, Lieutenant Peter Decker of the LA police knows he has a new case on his hands - this time in the unfamiliar world of New Yo

Shadow Catcher, The

Quick Reference Plain English Guide, The Governments and companies around the world have been encouraged to implement plain English in order to communicate essential information in in a more clear and understandable way. This text is a practical guide that explains how to write and communicate

Treasures from the Earth Step-by-step photographs guide and inspire in the creation of projects using natural material. The book includes: design techniques, step-by-step instructions; mail-order product source and a botanical glossary.

Oxford Book of English Verse, The Drawn from over seven centuries of English poetry, this new edition selects poems and poets from all ages, extending the range from the last edition by a further 50 years. Amongst the poets newly included are Philip Larkin, Samuel Beckett, Elaine Feinste

Hengeworld Pitts, an archaeologist, asks what sort of people designed and built these extraordinary structures. Using computer reconstructions he shows what they looked like - and asks what they are for. This story of the discovery of a lost civilisation that spann

School An introduction to geography for young children, this series presents key information through simple, clear text and strong visual images, while questions ask the reader to express their own views. This title examines the various ways in which traffic an

Nine Tailors, The A Lord Peter Wimsey mystery. A disfigured and unrecognizable corpse is found by the sexton. And, rather appropriately, it was found in the churchyard.

Do-it-yourself Noddy Noddy keeps forgetting how to do things, like tying his shoelaces or opening a jar of jam. But instead of working the problem out he always asks Big-Ears for help. Poor Big-Ears has had enough and thinks up a very clever way to teach Noddy to think for h

Windows 2000 Server TCP/IP Core Networking Guide

End of Advertising as We Know it, The This title uses real-world examples to illustrate how modern advertising over-emphasizes artfulness and neglects the most important rule of advertising: sell the product. Readers will learn how advertising died, what killed it, and how to revive it for t

Contented Little Baby Book of Weaning, The Written by a maternity nurse who has cared for over 300 babies, packed with helpful advice, tips and charts, as well as personal stories, this guide provides the type of down-to-earth support needed to work out your own individual weaning routine for you

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Life DIY Life-strategist and sports consultant Pete Cohen shows you how to give your life a boost and keep it high with simple strategies that will continue the success of "Habit Busting" and "Fear Busting". The book guides you in examining whether the life you l

Cambridge Companion to Canadian Literature, The This volume is a comprehensive introduction to Canadian literature, its major genres, themes and preoccupations.

Contatti 1 This pack contains the revised editions of the student book, the support pack and the two audio cassettes.

AS and A Level ICT Through Diagrams The "Revision Guides" are intended for both individual revision and classroom summary work. The diagrammatic approach makes the key concepts and processes, and the links between them, easier to memorize and there is comprehensive coverage of key topics,

Goon Show Classics, The One of a series of digitally remastered collections of "Goon Show" episodes, including previously unreleased material. The episodes here are "Under Two Floorboards", "The Sinking of Westminster Pier", "The Yehti" and "The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker".

War Against Cliche, The A selection of reviews and essays by Martin Amis, written over the past quarter-century. It contains pieces on a wide range of writers, from Cervantes to John Updike, and covers such subjects as chess, nuclear weapons, masculinity, Andy Warhol, Hillary C

Family Studies In this introduction to family studies, Bernardes argues that variation and diversity are increasingly the hallmarks of family structure, particularly in Europe and the United States. This volume discusses such areas as: family lives; families in society

Sleeping and the Dead, The A diving instructor makes a gruesome discovery in Cranwell Lake - the body of a teenager who has clearly been in the water for many years. As the investigation gets under way, Hannah Morton is about to get the shock of her life.

Job Interviews This guide to the interview situation explains how to prepare for and get an interview, how to handle and interpret the interview itself and the types of questions you will get asked. It finishes by looking at the follow up, preparing for a second interv

Anarchical Society, The In this, his most systematic and fundamental work, Hedley Bull argues that the system of sovereign states is not in decline and is not an obstacle to world order but its essential foundation.

Jewish Study Bible, The In this book, readers of the Hebrew Bible have for the first time a complete integrated resouce for studying the Scriptures. The complete text, in the modern TANAKH translation, is annotated with extensive side-notes discussing interpetations from many d

Learning Maya 5 Maya is the premier tool for 3D modelling, animation and rendering. It is used by such film houses as Industrial, Light and Magic and Pixar to create 3D animation and special effects. This book explores textures, lighting, cameras, shading networks and o

21st Century Dictionary This is a guide to speaking and writing good English in the 1990s and beyond. As well as having comprehensive up-to-date dictionary information, it includes help on usage, spelling, and grammar.

Michael Palin Michale Palin - comic, writer, TV adventurer, showbusiness personality. Oxford educated, he made his name with the anarchic Monty Python team, is a major television personality in his own right, yet has lived in the same modest house all his adult life.

Murder of Quality George Smiley becomes involved in the affairs of Carne School in Dorset when the wife of a school master is murdered. Gradually Smiley uncovers layers of intrigue and complexity behind the very English facade of the school.

PageMill in Easy Steps A concise guide to Adobe Pagemill, Web publishing software, this text covers all the essential features of PageMill, enabling the reader to create their own Web pages with ease and efficiency, without having to understand convertors, utility tools and HT

Farm Chase In this book, the reader visits all the baby animals on the farm, finally going to see the little fluffy chicks. There are lots of animals to name and farmyard noises to join in with.

Complete Guide to Letting Property, The With banks and building societies offering "buy-to-let" schemes, the floodgates have opened to thousands of potential landlords. This guide provides advice on all aspects of becoming a landlord, advising on the pitfalls and advantages, as well as how to

Tweenies The Tweenies are the next step up for the Teletubbies audience, being a progression in target age and development level. The Tweenies are four characters, two boys and two girls, and their "home" is a playroom. This story is based on one episode from the

Mysticism and Cognition This collection of papers presents views on both science and religious belief systems, and provides a thorough grounding in both disciplines and how they relate to one another. "What is time?", "Who is God", and "Does time have a beginning?" are some of

Age of Consent, The In this text, George Monbiot sets out to offer a set of proposals - political, democratic, economic and environmental - that might effect the cultural change that many in the West (not to mention those on the outside of the West looking in) now want but

Riddle of the Sands, The In spite of good prospects in the Foreign Office, sardonic civil servant, Carruthers, is finding it hard to endure the emptiness and boredom of his life in London. He accepts an invitation to join a friend on a sailing holiday in the Baltic, where they d

Cambridge Latin Course Book 3 The Cambridge Latin Course is a well-established introductory course developed by the Cambridge School Classics Project.

King Lear Part of "The New Penguin Shakespeare" series, this text looks at "King Lear" with an introduction, a list of further reading, commentary and a short account of the textual problems of the play. The series is used and recommended by the Royal Shakespeare

Little Lost Puppy After his friend the bunny moves away, Little Puppy often goes to visit. But one morning after a great storm, everything looks different and Little Puppy loses his way.

How to Talk So Kids Can Learn The leading experts on parent-child communication show parents and teachers how to motivate kids to learn and succeed in school. The book demonstrates how parents and teachers can join forces to inspire kids to be self-directed, self-disciplined and resp

Filtering the Web to Feed Data Warehouses This book discusses how to use information available on the Web to supply company data warehouses.

Using Microsoft Word 2000 Special Edition Updated for Word 2000 and with more in depth coverage of intermediate and advanced features than ever before, this edition includes over 475 exclusive "signature tips". It features projects at the end of every chapter showing Word 2000 put to work to sol

Pro Tools To achieve professional sounding results with Pro Tools, this text covers practical techniques and technical know-how, with step-by-step tutorials for multitrack and MIDI recording, mixing, editing multitrack and stereo sessions and surround sound.

Clara Based on the life of Clara Schumann, this novel considers the place of love in a life of increasing isolation and alienation. Clara, herself a celebrated pianist, composer and teacher, was the wife of Robert Schumann, and cared for him through a series o

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Shark! In this title, which combines real-life stories and practical advice, Peter Benchley draws on more than 30 years of experience on and under the water, to help the reader approach the ocean and its inhabitants with the understanding and respect they deser

Human Pool, The Joe Hoover - once WWII bagman for a corrupt US spymaster - gets a call from an old SS contact informing him that Willi Schmidt, a Swiss blackmarketeer whom they both thought dead since 1945, is in fact still alive. Hoover is drawn back to a Nazi-ruled pa

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Five Wriggly Babies This first counting book for babies has simple rhymes about busy, wriggling babies, with stepped pages to help lay the foundations for understanding the concepts of numbers and ordering. As the pages are turned, the babies disappear one by one, and then

Trees in the Urban Landscape Provides practical and applied information on trees in the urban landscape, including coverage of design considerations, site planning and understanding, plant selection, site remediation, installation, and maintenance, as well as issues surrounding sust

Lotus Notes 5 All-in-one Certification Exam Guide Lotus have required that, for version 5, established certificate holders apply for re-certification, alongside new candidates. The all-in-one format of this guide is suitable for both groups. Hundreds of sample questions are included, with the CD-ROM pro

MySQL MySQL is a variable alternative to commercial databases for use in banks, e-commerce, insurance and any other enterprises that need to maintain real transactional integrity. This guide aims to give developers an effective, low-cost alternative to expensi

Quantum Computation and Quantum Information This title provides a comprehensive introduction to the major new subject of quantum computing and quantum information.

Web Page Design in Easy Steps This text shows readers how to start building a website, covering everything from planning a site, finding out all the right elements to building a website, choosing the best web browser, HTML basics and advanced features, HTML editing and effective page

Political Ideologies The 3rd edition of this text on political ideologies takes full account of the impact of the post Cold War world order, the challenge of postmodernism, the advance of globalization and the advent of global terrorism. It includes additional coverage of pr

Giraffe in a Jam A family trip to South Africa means an amazing adventure for Mandy and James. They are so impatient to go on safari. Mandy spots a giraffe which is in trouble and they can not leave it like that.

Twins and Multiple Births This title offers first-hand professional, practical and emotional advice to help parents cope with the development and rearing of twins from conception to adulthood. Particular emphasis is placed on the relationships between twins and with others inside

Computer Controlled Systems A survey of theory and practical aspects of computer-controlled systems. Practical considerations such as implementation, specifications and the choice of internal sampling to promote the application of theory are discussed. Design methods are also given

Collins Colour Pocket Dictionary This new edition of "Collins Pocket English Dictionary" retains all the key features that made its predecessors so successful. All definitions are provided in no-nonsense language that makes the meaning clear."

Fundamentals of Data Warehouses This text presents a comparative review of the state of the art and best practice of data warehouses. It covers source and data integration, multidimensional aggregation, query optimization, update propagation, metadata management, quality assessment, an

North West Norfolk This map is part of the Landranger (Pink) series and is designed for people who really want to get to know an area. It includes the following information: tourist information, camping and caravan sites, picnic areas and viewpoints, and selected places of

Brute Force The Official Strategy Guide

Practical Gardening Encyclopaedia, The A Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving Gardening Success

Essential ASP.NET with Examples in Visual Basic.NET Endorsed by the architects of ASP.NET, this text should prove useful to any serious ASP.NET developer. It provides practical information on how to use ASP.NET, backed up by a solid understanding of how and why it works the way it does.

GCSE Business and Communication Systems GCSE Business and Communication Systems is an award based on the SEG Office Applications course and the Edexcel OCR Information courses available. Including both text and exercises, the topics covered include computer security, human resources, spreadshe

Surgeon for Kate, A

Dreamweaver MX for Dummies This easy-to-use reference guide is designed to make creating top notch Web sites more intuitive and efficient. It covers new features and updates included in the new version of Dreamweaver and contains tips and easy-to-follow instructions.

Farm With lots of fun textures to touch and familiar animals to name, this might be an essential accessory for every buggy.

Revolution! What should companies do to keep ahead when internet commerce gives way to e-business? The past few years have seen a revolution in the design and manufacture of products, and in the pace and agenda of change. This guide gives case studies of cutting-edg

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Heinemann Economics for Edexcel This text offers clear examples, key ideas and activities to ensure full access to the economics specification. It also includes exam hints contributed by an examiner from the relevant board.

Shopped A demolition of the supermarket miracle, this text charts the impact that supermarkets have had on every aspect of our lives and culture.

Voyage Home, The Themes of dislocation, secrets and redemption are packed into a this story

Dictionary of World Mythology, A The chief myths of the world are set out clearly in seven main sections: West Asia, South and Central Asia, East Asia, Europe, Africa, America, and Oceania.

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Roman Civilization A Sourcebook

A2 English Language and Literature for AQA/B This text provides material that covers the AQA English literature and English language specification B syllabuses. As well as exam and coursework tips, there is a firm focus on assessment objectives to help students learn how to achieve maximum results.

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Full Moon This is a visual journey to the moon and back. In the course of the Apollo missions the astronauts took 32,000 photographs, shot on the Hasselblad cameras. From 900 of these photographs, Michael Light has constructed a composite journey including the lau

Love Please! A collection of poems on love, illustrated with watercolour paintings.

How to Become a Marketing Superstar Studies have shown that at least 90 per cent of ads are not read or are unintelligible. Money is squandered because of weak messages, cluttered images and poor creative strategy. For readers who want to find out how to get and keep customers, this title

Data Structures A Self-teaching Guide

Maya 5 Fundamentals Covering Maya 5, this text provides solid tutorials written by a Maya beta tester and experienced trainer. It gives concise coverage of key product and workflow information.

Vegetarian Recipes from Around the World This volume is part of a series of illustrated titles that introduces food and recipes from different countries and cultures around the world. Each title explores a country or region, its food culture, customs, and eating and food habits. This title focu

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Portugal Full of road information and classifications, this title shows dual and single carriageways, primary, secondary, local and other roads, as well as cities, towns and villages by population size. Places of interest are indicated, as well as national bounda

New Understanding Physics for Advanced Level Ideal for any student of Advanced Level Physics, this course study guide provides advice on how to prepare for exam questions, with support for all the key areas of the physics course.

Lawn Expert This updated edition of a text on lawns contains new chapters on the wild flower meadow, the semi-wild lawn, and ground cover plants with up-to-date information on weed control and seed mixes.

Concise Encyclopedia of Soccer, The Teams from all over the world feature in this compendium, which features all the games that stick in the mind and bring back those memories of skill and talent.

Microsoft Office Access 2003 Access is a straightforward, but versatile information management tool, which includes myriad feature to store, retrieve and present information. This guide shows how to use and get the most out of this product.

Spot Goes Splash! Spot loves playing with water, and small children can share all his bath-time fun with this brightly coloured bath book.

Introduction to PC Hardware and Troubleshooting This text aims to provide an introduction to PC architecture and basic troubleshooting skills through real-world case studies and step-by-step tutorials that encourage the reader to learn by doing. Enhanced illustrations with call-outs and interesting si

Pocket Encyclopaedia of Herbs A mini-reference book on herb growing providing step-by step instructions for every technique. Included are key hints and tips, charts, directories and diagrams.

States and the Reemergence of Global Finance From Bretton Woods to the 1990s

Secret Codes An updated collection of the best codes and tips for the most popular games released for the next generation systems, this title provides secrets and codes for the hottest games on the market including "The Simpsons: Hit & Run", "Tomb Raider: The Angel o

Blaze of Glory Glory Gardens CC are Barbados bound for the cricket tour of a lifetime. But they find that cricketing West Indian style is a little more tricky than they first thought. Featuring score sheets and action diagrams, this series is recommended by the English

Trial of the Cannibal Dog, The Captain Cook in the South Seas

Glucose Revolution, The This guide to good health contains over 50 low G.I. (Glycaemic Index) recipes, focusing on Mediterranean and Asian style cooking. It also details fat facts and fallacies, seven-day menu plans including essential diet tips for diabetics, kids, children an

Teletubbies Baby The Teletubbies are wondering what the noise is. Read the story, shake the book and make the bell ring to help them discover what it is.

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Triss Triss, a young squirrelmaid, escapes a life of misery as a servant to the ferret family in Riftgard and sets off to find her way to the Abbey of Redwall. Meanwhile, the hare Bescarum and the badger Sagaxus leave the Fortress of Salamandastron and set off

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Hazards The "Focus on Geography" series comprises six books covering the most popular topics and themes of the AS and A Level specifications. It offers up to date, detailed content to support and strengthen "Geography - An Integrated Approach", or any core text

Social Work with Addictions This clear and realistic text covers the spectrum of empirically validated intervention methods relating to addictions, which can be readily incorporated into broader casework plans at any stage of the change process, from extreme resistance to avoidance

Northern England This sheet map covers the North of England, clearly mapped at four miles to one inch.

Unix Network Programming The second volume of this title offers increased coverage of the UNIX/POSIX interprocess communications. It covers advanced sockets topics including IPv4 and IPv6 interoperability, multicasting and threading.

Mastering the Zone More than 150 recipes are presented as an aid to teaching the "Superhealth" zone. The book also includes guidelines for ordering in, eating out and shopping, with information on how to read nutrition labels and mix and match foods while staying effortles

Little Miss Muffet and Other Nursery Rhymes, A selection of well-known nursery rhymes.

Stars "Collins Gem Stars" provides details of all 88 constellations of the Northern and Southern hemispheres, and comes complete with star charts and a star atlas of the entire sky, ideal for practical observation of the stars throughout the world all year rou

Country Flowers of a Victorian Lady, The An original 19th century album of floral illustrations and accompanying verse with a new commentary and introduction by Gill Scaniss of the V & A Museum.

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Titus Rules Ok! Titus is a young corgi puppy, growing up in Windsor castle. Soon he becomes a favourite of the Queen and she even breaks a lifetime rule - and lets him sleep on her bed at night! And it is because of Titus that Her Majesty finally does something very sur

Mother Tongue A witty, irreverent but very useful account of the peculiarities of the English language. This book is designed to appeal to all lovers of language and history. The author also wrote "The Lost Continent", "Book of Blunders" and "Dictionary of Troublesome

Mrs.Armitage and the Big Wave Mrs Armitage arrives on the beach with her surf board and her faithful dog, Breakspear and paddles out to sea to wait for the big wave. However, she has to return to the beach several times before she is comfortably equipped.

Access French Whether learning for leisure or business purposes or working towards a curriculum qualification, "Access French" is designed for adults of all ages and offers students a grounding in all the skills required to understand, speak, read and write contempora

My First Truck Sticker Board Book Using this sticker book, children should love finding out about the busy world of trucks. From emergency vehicles to building sites and transport, they can choose which truck sticker best suits the situation.

Essential Grammar in Use Supplementary Exercises with Key This book of grammar exercises accompanies the second edition of "Essential Grammar in Use"."

Central Spain Detailed and up-to-date with very clear modern mapping, this map of Central Spain features full details of motorways, dual carriageways, local roads and those still under construction, and also includes information on toll gates, service areas, and admin

Last Grain Race, The An account of a voyage undertaken by Eric Newby when he was 18 years old. He signed on as an apprentice on a four-masted sailing ship for the round trip from Europe to Australia and back. The author also wrote "Slowly down the Ganges" and "Round Ireland

New Complete Manual of Racing and Betting Systems, The

Traitor Deep in the bowels of the captured capital planet of Coruscant, a hunted Jedi is hidden with an unexpected mentor who teaches him new ways to understand the Force - and what it means to be a Jedi.

Freud Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) revolutionized the way in which we think about ourselves. From its beginnings as a theory of neurosis, Freud developed psychoanalysis into a general psychology which became widely accepted as the predominant mode of discussing p

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Quarantine Four travellers enter the Judean desert to fast and pray for their lost souls. They encounter the evil merchant, Musa, who holds them in his tyrannical power. Yet there is also another, a faint figure in the distance, fasting for 40 days, a Galilean who

My Tudor Queen; The Diary of Eva Puebla, London 1501-1513 Eva De Puebla comes to England as lady in waiting to Catherine of Aragon, the Spanish bride of Arthur, Prince of Wales. Witness the pomp, plots and political wrangling of the Tudor court of Henry VII in her diary. In the MY STORY series.

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Managing Software Requirements "Managing Software Requirements" specifically addresses the ongoing challenge of managing change and describes a process for assuring that project scope is successfully defined and agreed upon by all stakeholders."

My First Words Board Book This text helps pre-school children to recognize familiar words such as bath, hat, milk and sock. Large, clear print and illustrations help promote early reading skills.

Doctor Who A collection of short stories encompassing all eight Doctor Whos, from the fifth Doctor and Peri in the Wild West to the seventh Doctor in a Birmingham balti house. Featured writers include Gary Russell, Mike Tucker, Robert Perry, Steve Lyons, Peter Angh

Power of Events, The Complex Events Processing technology allows users of a system to specify the information that is of interest to them at any given moment. This text shows how to use the technology to build enterprise IT applications with flexibility.

New Complete Guitarist, The In a visual approach to mastering the guitar, this manual provides side-on photographic shots of finger positions, front-on computer-graphic chord and finger visuals, together with standard music notation and guitar tablature.

GCSE French Vocabulary Learning Toolkit An up-to-date vocabulary book for the new GCSE specifications, with an emphasis on making vocabulary learning easier.The vocabulary pages are organized into topics and benefit from the use of full colour to help students memorize them. A range of activit

Sams Teach Yourself Flash Actionscript in 24 Hours Clearly written using a hands-on tutorial approach, this practical introduction to programming with ActionScript is ideal for illustrators, animators and Web designers who have had little or no formal programming instruction.

Thesaurus Rex Encourages children to explore synonyms with cheeky Thesaurus Rex. This playful dinosaur has an irresistable way with words - watch him slither, skid, slide and glide.

Hand in Glove An English poet was killed fighting for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War. Nearly 50 years later his sister is murdered during a robbery at her home - but robbery, it seems, is only a part of the motive that underlies her death. By the author of "

Through the Spanish Pyrenees Walking in the Pyrenees continues to increase in popularity, often as an alternative to the well-known areas of the Alps. This full-colour guide provides updated maps, photographs, details of variants to the GR11 route through the Spanish Pyrenees and a

Grant The Man Who Won the Civil War

Unique When Dominic finds out he had an older brother who died before Dominic was born, he realizes the reason he is such a disappointment to his father. His brother was a brilliant academic, but Dominic prefers to spend his time painting. Trying to find out mo

Character of a Corporation, The Introducing a new way of thinking about corporate culture. The authors have identified four distinct types of corporate culture, Networked, Mercenary, Fragmented and Communal, and provide advice on how to change the culture of their corporation. The ethi

Little Horrors The Very First Story

Breaking Open the Head This title guides the reader around an always-plausible, always-sane, always-sceptical tour of the psychedelic horizon, from tribal rites in West Africa and Mexico, to other tribal rites in Brooklyn apartments and at the Burning Man festival in the Nevad

Carrie Carrie White is no ordinary girl. Carrie White has the gift of telekinesis. To be invited to the Prom by Tommy Ross is a dream come true, and a step towards social acceptance by her high school peers. But events take a macabre turn on that horrifying and

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On Trust A discussion of whether it is possible to create art today with the freedom of earlier ages and yet produce works that are more than merely decorative or commercial. The author argues that art is always made out of a deep confidence of being the world, a

Dorian It is 1981 and the "Royal Broodmare", as Henry Wotton calls her, is about to be married. Wotton, a homosexual, and his friend Baz have found a remarkable young man Dorian Gray, the epitome of male beauty. Sixteen years later, how does Dorian remain so yo

Spain This guide to Spain is one in a series which provides information on how to cope in foreign situations where you need a visual aid rather than a phrase. Specially commissioned photos together with essential phrases, a dictionary and an illustrated menu r

Climate Change This first-level textbook offers a comprehensive treatment of the causes and effects of climate change from physical environment and human environment perspective.

National Trust Historical Atlas of Britain, The This illustrated history of the development of British society looks particularly at the properties of the National Trust and the National Trust for Scotland. Cameo pieces describe life at Chedworth Roman Villa in Gloucestershire, monasticism at Mount Gr

Foreign Fruit

Man-made Fibre A poignant and sharply funny novel about life, love and marriage at that pivotal moment in 1961 when the man-made world of the 50s was about to change, for women like Patsy in particular.

Apothecary Rose, The In the cathedral city of York people are dying in mysterious circumstances. The common thread is the herbal remedies dispensed by Nicholas Wilton. Owen Archer is dispatched to unravel the mystery.

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English Grammar This title has been written for pre-intermediate to intermediate learners of English in order to provide them with a sound understanding of the basics of English grammar.

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Get Rid of Your Gut An exercise book to flatten your stomach and strengthen your back.

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Little Book of Prayers and Hymns, A A selection of favourite hymns and prayers of childhood, presented and illustrated by the creator of "The Flower Fairies".

Real Gardening A contemporary and personal guide to the art of gardening, which explores in a lively and readable way the whole process of transforming a bare plot into a series of stunning seasonal pictures.

Planning Your Career in a Week Setting out a clear model of how to approach the process of career planning, this guide identifies the key steps to take and includes a number of exercises to complete. It covers deciding what we are good at and enjoy, finding information on the options,

Time to Kill, A In Clanton, Mississippi, the life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young men. The mostly white town reacts with shock and horror, until her black father acquires an assault rifle and takes justice into his own hands.

Man with the Golden Gun, The James Bond is set up to kill M in his office in London. This is just the beginning of a struggle between Bond and Scaramanga, the one they call "the man with the golden gun".

Madeira A detailed, large-scale map showing extensive tourist and leisure information, places of interest, footpaths and hiking trails together with inset plans for the main towns on the island.

Child of Sin Housemaid Lizzie Burton is turned out in the street when it is discovered she is pregnant. She and her friend Debbie are at the mercy of others who take advantage of the girls. After such tribulations, can there be any happiness ahead?

Spanish Vocabulary This book should build on your existing knowledge systematically and organically in order to increase your vocabulary and expand your range of expression.

Sunday Telegraph Book of Quick Crosswords This quick crossword book offers 80 puzzles.

Advanced PHP Programming A guide to developing large-scale PHP applications.

Japan This guide to Japan features in-depth accounts of all the sights, from frenetic Tokyo to the sacred temples of Kyoto and Nara, from windswept Hokkaido to the tropical islands of Okinawa.

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Collins Bird Guide This volume enables readers to identify any bird species at any time of the year, with detailed text on size, habitat, range, identification and voice. A distribution map and illustrations shows the species in all the major plumages (male, female, immatu

Revolutionary Road Frank and April Wheeler, a bright, beautiful and talented couple, are desperate to maintain their dreams of greatness and distinction against the inexorable pressure of their suburban life.

HTTP Essentials This text provides complete documentation and explanation of HTTP protocol, including advanced and experimental extensions. There is core guidance on implementing HTTP 1.1 in products, including how to secure it, and how to handle compatibility issues wi

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Taming Java Threads

When Someone Dies Things You Need to Know and Do

Law and Social Change A guide to the sociology of law, surveying current theoretical debates and examining socio-legal research. Sharyn L Roach Anleu explores the relationship between the law and other aspects of social life. She critically analyzes law as a social institutio

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