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Mechanics A syllabus-specific textbook providing worked examples, exam-level questions and many practice exercises, in accordance to the new Edexcel AS and Advanced GCE specification.

Windows 98 Part of the "Straight to the Point" series which aims to provide an immediate insight to a software. Each book includes illustrations, an index classified by theme and is designed so as to enable the reader to easily find and rapidly apply all the functi

Tale of Benjamin Bunny, The

Web Content Mining with Java Are you frustrated by the difficulties involved in extracting nuggets of vital information from the Web, or in presenting it in a way that is meaningful? This book covers building portals, constructing search engines and other knowledge-based application

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Oryx and Crake Snowman may be the only survivor of an unnamed apocalypse. Once he was Jimmy, a member of a scientific elite; now he lives in isolation and loneliness, trawling through the past - the disappearance of his mother and the arrival of his mysterious childhoo

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Marie Antoinette Biography of the extravagant and frivolous queen Marie-Antoinette, examining her influence over King Louis XVI, the accusations and sexual slurs made against her, her imprisonment, death threats, rumours of lesbian affairs, her trial, and eventual execut

Official Driving Test, The The only publication written by the DSA - the people who set the test - and fully updated in line with the latest legislation changes, this text explains the test requirements and official syllabus for car drivers, those towing a trailer and disqualified

Silken Slavery Chris is a 30-year-old transvestite, firmly "in the closet", who yearns for understanding female company. When his inner life is accidentally discovered, he finds his work colleagues to be very accommodating and embarks on an odyssey of willing she-male

Witch Trade, The Abby and Spike are drawn into a world of witches and a quest to find the Ice Dust - the source of magical power. With their comapnions Captian Starlight, Benbow the albatross and Sir Chadwick Street, the Master of the Light Witches, they must fight an en

Rebels and Redcoats This is the story of a vicious struggle between brothers, friends and families which forged a new nation. Using the most up-to-date scholarship, this book tells the history of the passionate, violent and bloody events of America in the the 1770s.

Limousine For months a serial killer has been striking in and around Antwerp. His victims are all porn actresses - he butchers them and displays their corpses in keeping with a scene from one of their films. Meanwhile Ava Palomba, starlet on the way to the premier

Judaism This book assumes no prior knowledge of Judaism. It contains an account of the Jewish people and the main lines of their history, as well as eight chapters examining subjects including the Torah and tradition, worship, the Bible, law, ethics, mysticism,

How to Lose Friends and Alienate People When Toby Young was headhunted from a promising career in London journalism to work for "Vanity Fair" in Manhattan, the world seemed to be at his feet. His account of his career suicide (or euthanasia) shows his painful descent until no job was too small

Sams Teach Yourself Macromedia Fireworks MX in 24 Hours A tutorial on how to create and edit web graphics with Macromedia Fireworks. Readers are shown everything they should need to know in order to use Fireworks in a professional graphics production environment.

CCNA for Dummies Completely revised for exam number 640-607, this guide provides readers with everything they need to get up to speed on basic Cisco networking and to pass the test. The accompanying CD-ROM contains the Dummies Test Engine, a software package containing s

Java Network Programming and Distributed Computing For all beginner-to-intermediate standard Java programmers, as well as network programmers who need to learn to work with Java, this book provides a comprehensive guide to Java networking and distributed component development.

Slimming World Fast Food The "Slimming World" system gives you plenty to eat and no forbidden foods. This successful weight-loss technique encourages you towards a healthier style of eating for life, rather than for short-term weight loss. Each of these 120 recipes takes less th

Data in Three Dimensions A Guide to ArcGIS 3D Analyst

Information Professor von Baeyer shows how information is becoming just as robust, and just as central to physics and biology, as energy is today. It is, he says, poised to replace matter as the primary stuff of the universe - stuff that flows out of a tangible obje

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Foundations of Buddhism, The Rupert Gethin concentrates on the ideas and practices which constitute the common heritage of the different traditions of Buddhism existing in the world today.

Jeannie Of White Peak Farm

Becoming a Social Worker This title about social workers and social work tells the story of the journey into and through social work of 13 social workers living and working in the UK. We hear what has brought them into social work and what has kept them in it since.

Word Processing Using Word 97 or Office 97 Designed to help the complete beginner develop a widerange of word-processing skills, using Word 97 or Office 97. Readers are taken step-by-step through all the basics, such as writing letters and creating letterheads with simple graphics.

Donnie Brasco An account by FBI Special Agent Pistone who, posing as jewel thief Donnie Brasco, penetrated to the heart of "The Mob" and for 6 years posed as an accomplice in order to expose members of the Mafia. When the operation ended, his testimony was used to con

Drawing Pack Drawing is the most popular artistic pursuit in the UK and this pack should appeal to drawing enthusiasts of any age or ability, with tips on techniques and style, as well as easy-to-follow projects for drawing faces, cartoons and animals.

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King Smelly Feet In this re-telling of an Indian folk tale about the invention of shoes, a King is called names by the palace children because of his smelly feet. He tries all sorts of ways of keeping his feet clean, but none of them work. And then he has a brainwave: he

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Ordnance Survey Interactive Atlas of Great Britain Fifth Edition

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Goodnight Mister Tom Young Willie Beech is evacuated to the country as Britain stands on the brink of World War II. A sad, deprived child, he slowly begins to flourish under the care of old Tom Oakley - but his-new found happiness is shattered by a summons from his mother ba

Against the Day The story of two boys who are living in England under the occupation of the Third Reich. They must learn to live with their new neighbours - the German Gestapo - but become drawn into the secret world of the Resistance. All over Britain people are quietl

GCSE PE for OCR This text is for students of OCR PE at Key Stage 4. The book is designed to help pupils prepare for the examinations. It explains key words and phrases to help reinforce what the students have already learnt and provides tasks for exam practice and suppo

GCSE French Instant revision notes, with self-check questions and grade-boosting tutorials in a pocket-sized pack. Written by senior examiners and experienced teachers who know what students need for that final, instant check.

Sex Lives of Cannibals, The

Poetry of the Thirties In this collection, Robin Skelton has arranged the poetry to make a critical essay of the period, and he provides an introduction which probes the moods and mores of an intensely troubled and creative decade.

Ireland With clear maps and practical travel advice, the National Geographic Traveler series offers in-depth descriptions of major cultural, architectural and historical sites, city area maps, specially commissioned walks and drives and an author tour of each de

Frank and the Black Hamster of Narkiz This is the story of the time when Frank the hamster lived in a house at the end of a terrace. Frank dreams of the world outside, he knows about the original wild hamsters of Syria and their legendary leader, the Black Hamster of Narkiz, so he sets out o

Modernisms This volume argues that the distinctive feature of Modernism is its diversity. Providing analytic accounts of each of the main movements, it explores the ways in which the new stylistic developments were closely bound up with a shifting politics of gende

Anatomy of Film This title provides a comprehensive overview of the elements of film in an accessible narrative account that encourages students to develop their critical awareness. New to this edition are: an expanded section on genre; enhanced coverage of "mise en sce

Bonfire of the Vanities, The One night in the Bronx a millionaire, Sherman McCoy, and his mistress have an accident. The next day a young Black is in hospital in a coma as McCoy heads for disaster. His humiliation is at the centre of a satire on the decaying class, racial and politi

Dictionary of Ecology, A This dictionary provides wide-ranging coverage of ecology and the environmental sciences. It provides 5000 entries on subjects including plant and animal physiology, animal behaviour, evolution, environmental pollution and conservation, climatology and m

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Yahoo! For any user of the internet, this easy-to-understand guide teaches the reader to save time and effort in web searching by giving the best sites, complete with screen shots, and a useful set of symbols that classify the contents.

Contemporary Quilts Based on The Contemporary International Quilt Collection which took place at New College, Oxford and at Nostell Priory, Yorkshire in 1993, this book offers advice on a wide range of contemporary quilts. Ideas and inspiration are offered from 25 designers

Time Out Guide to Madrid Full of insider information, this guide offers an in-depth view of Madrid in all its aspects. From monuments to back-street bars, museums, castles and cathedrals to markets and shops, coverage includes critical reviews of hotels, hostels and restaurants

Alva and Irva When reclusive Irva refuses to leave the house, her identical twin Alva brings their home city of Entralla into their shared home by wandering its streets, taking notes and measuring. She reports back to Irva who painstakingly constructs a miniature plas

Pigeon Post The Swallows and Amazons launch a prospecting expedition to find the lost gold mine of the high hills above the lake. But the mining camp runs into all sorts of trouble, such as the danger of fire in the drought ridden countryside and scary encounters wi

Yes Minister This recording features four episodes of machinations and manipulation from the classic BBC political satire: "Open Government"; "Big Brother"; "The Economy Drive"; and "The Writing on the Wall"."

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Final Venture Simon Ayot, rising star at Revere Partners, is devastated when Frank Cook, senior partner at Revere and his father-in-law, kills the funding on his first major deal. But his anger turns to terror when a few days later Frank is found dead at his remote be

Photographic Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe A comprehensive photographic guide to the birds of Britain and Europe.

Crisis of Islam, The President Bush calls it war against terror. But for Usama bin Laden and his followers this is religious war, a war for Islam against infidels. This work shows us where the anger and frustration have come from, and the extent to which most of the Muslim w

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

Road In the course of one wild night, the drunken guide Scullery conducts a tour of Road, his derelict Lancashire street. This play was premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London in 1986 and has won the Samuel Beckett Award and the George Devine Award.

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table Written for young readers, this legend features the characters of heroic King Arthur, the wizard Merlin, the brave Sir Lancelot, the beautiful Guinevere and the evil Morgana le Fey.

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Oxford Book of Humorous Prose, The In this collection, Frank Muir guides the reader on a journey through five centuries of humorous prose in the English language. The extracts are embedded in a commentary that sets the writers in their historical context with items of contemporary gossip

Basquiat This work offers a thorough introduction to the brief, yet eventful life of Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) whose works of grafitti art crossed over into the gallery world.

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Guide to Health Informatics, A This guide provides an overview of the basic concepts of information and communication technologies in healthcare. It explores the complexities and implications of the increasing use of information technology in healthcare and the basic principles of inf

Barnard Castle and Surrounding Area 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

Teaching Literacy Through Drama Based on tried-and-tested units of work, this title provides practical drama activities for children at Key Stages 1 and 2 and focuses on the requirements of the National Curriculum for English and the National Literacy Strategy.

New Fontana Dictionary of Modern Thought, The This reference contains some 4000 entries by 326 expert contributors. Nearly 1000 entries are entirely new; and most of those that survive from the previous (1988) edition have been substantially revised or newly written for this edition.

USA This map of the USA incorporates hillshading and layer colouring and shows key tourist sites, areas of natural beauty, local activity centres and main transport links. Useful features include: detailed city maps; travel connections guide and distance cha

3DS Max 5 for Windows This accessible guide is suitable for beginner to intermediate 3ds Max 5 users and experienced 3-D designers looking for a quick reference to all of the new features in this industry-standard animation program.

Only Fools and Horses Four classic episodes: "The Long Legs of the Law", "The Yellow Peril", "A Losing Streak" and "No Greater Love".

Advanced Geography Through Diagrams The Oxford revision guides have been brought up-to-date for the A-level specifications introduced in September 2000 and should prove effective for both individual revision and classroom summary work. The visual format makes the key concepts and processes

Ethics Discovering Right and Wrong

Darkening Stain, A Bruce Medway does not see the disappearance of schoolgirls as any of his business. That is the domain of his ex-partner. Then an eighth and very important schoolgirl goes missing and Bruce must descend into a morass of police corruption, mafia revenge, s

50 Walks in Warwickshire A variety of mostly mapped walks to suit both the casual walker and the more serious hiker are contained in this illustrated guide. Detailed maps include information on the route - scenery, distance, terrain, places of interest - together with dog-friend

Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML and XHTML in 21 Days This fourth edition of "Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML & XHTML in 21 Days" has been revised to bring the book in-line with web publishing technologies and practices in 2003. Included are step-by-step instructions and practical examples of w

Triumph of Katie Byrne, The As a tall lanky 17-year-old, Katie wanted to be an actress. One day, returning to collect some forgotten books, Katie finds that one of her friends has been raped and murdered. Ten years later, Katie, a struggling actress in New York, is still haunted by

Understanding Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Small Business Providing an accessible guide to the key facts, theories and thinking about enterprise and entrepreneurship, this text considers their relationship to small business and discusses the methods that are taken to promote them.

Well-tended Perennial Garden, The Tracy DiSabato-Aust has devoted years of study to creating showplace gardens with minimal maintenance. Her methods of pruning and shaping perennials, produce more flowers, encourage growth, discourage pests, stagger bloom times, and maintain vigorous hea

Egyptian Tales and Legends Ancient, Christian, Muslim

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Afternoon Tea, The A collection of recipes for savouries, sandwiches, breads, scones and small cakes. They are designed for occasions with a few friends or a large crowd. The book concludes with menu suggestions for various types of tea parties, including picnic teas, summ

Miracle of Flight, The

Jewish Guide to Adultery, The This volume shows that the breathless excitement of an adulterous relationship can be introduced into flagging marriages, making them as sensual and thrilling as any illicit affair. It is a plea for marriage to be about passionate love, not about the sea

Japanese Complete Course

Scotland This guide includes over 200 caravan and camping parks in Scotland, listing details such as room prices and touring/pitching facilities. All entries are graded for quality under the British Graded Holiday Parks Scheme, with particular emphasis on cleanli

From Birth to Five Years This text sets out each stage of normal development in young children. It describes suitable developmental tests for hearing and vision and advises when to refer a child for specialist attention. This second edition has been revised to take account of th

Dartmoor This text describes the flora and fauna, and gives information about the topography, geology and history of Dartmoor. Suitable for all abilities and ages, each walk is described and has a key illustrating features, a route profile indicating altitude and

Grammar and Punctuation Part of a language course for 6-11 year olds, this book provides a straightforward, practical approach to teaching essential grammatical concepts step-by-step.

Lost World, The It is now six years since the disaster at Jurassic Park; six years since the extraordinary dream of science and imagination came to a crashing end - the dinosaurs destroyed, the park dismantled, the island indefinitely closed to the public. There are rum

Thousand Eyes of Night, The A twelve-year old boy and his friends make a grisly discovery whilst rooting about in a disused railway tunnel. They are plunged into a terrifying adventure as the tunnel unfolds its sinister secret.

South East England Including London This map allows a journey to be planned in advance easily, providing colour-coded roads, restricted motorway junctions and mileage guides. It even includes height and steep gradient information, making it ideal not only for motorists but also for long di

One Culture Essays in Science and Literature

English Frameworking This studentbook is part of the "English Frameworking" creative literacy course for 11-14 year olds, designed to deliver the English framework learning objectives.

Therese These four stories, set in Bordeaux and Paris, chart the passionate and tortured life of Therese Desqueyroux. Her story affirms the beauty and vitality of the human spirit in the "eternal radiance of death".

Spider-Man 2 In this title, Spider-Man is back -- the web-slinging hero returns with a new enemy to face and a brand new range of film tie-in books.

Passenger Trains

Introduction to Hinduism, An This title is a comprehensive and up-to-date thematic and historical survey of Hinduism.

Ultimate Fitness Through Martial Arts

I-Spy This counting book has a different fine art painting for each number between one and 20. In each painting there is a number for objects or animals for the reader to identify and count. Paintings from most major galleries and artists such as Lowry, Henri

Castle of Wizardry Now, at last, the Orb was regained and the quest was nearing its end. Of course, the questors still had to escape from this crumbling enemy fortress and flee across a desert filled with Murgo soldiers searching for them, while Grolim Hierarchs strove to

Lanark and Upper Nithsdale 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

Superscale Road Atlas Britain and Ireland This clear, uncluttered extra large scale mapping is in full colour, displaying a high level of detail. It includes route-planning maps, details of limited access motorway junctions and motorway services, a distance chart and full index to place names.

Mining the Web Building on an initial survey of infrastructure issues - including Web crawling and indexing - this text examines low-level machine learning techniques as they relate to Web mining. The final part of the book is devoted to the applications that unite inf

Cowboy Jess Jess Ford is a foundling who dreams of being a cowboy, but he needs a horse. Destiny is the perfect one for him and together they ride the frontiers of the Wild West, making friends with Sweet Rain the Indian girl and finding adventure in every canyon.

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Juggling Christina and Pam are sisters less than a year apart in age. Pam is tall and black-haired, while Christina is small and fair. Brought up in New York, they are sent to an English boarding school where they meet two boys, Peter and Jago. As the years pass,

Card, The This title is part of the "Bookworms Library" - a new edition of the "Oxford Bookworms Black and Green" series. Each title offers activities before, while and after reading, helping students to interact with the text and get the most out of each story.

Perfect Customer Care Everyone in the firm, from the boss to the receptionist, must play a part in converting each new customer into a satisfied client whose future orders will drive your continuing success. This guide provides companies big and small with the answers to impo

Fighters Freddie Mills and Randolph Turpin weretwo boxers who died somewhat mysteriously in the 60s. This is their story - and the story of boxing and society in the years before and after WWII.

Sherlock Holmes

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Essential Caribbean Islands This informative text, complemented by colour photographs and AA maps, provides the traveller with essential travel information and practical advice on accommodation, shopping and eating out. It also provides an extensive "What to See" section.

Criminal Law Statutes Sweet and Maxwell "Statutes" offer accurate and comprehensive coverage of all core and several popular optional subjects on current law courses. Compiled using data from "WestlawUK", each text provides the most up-to-date statutory material. This statute

Messy Baby Messy Baby is in his highchair, enjoying lunch, but it seems to be going everywhere. By the time he has finished his mealtime fun, there is only one place for Messy Baby - the bath!

Doctor for a Day

Just for the Summer Every July the owners of Cornish holiday homes set off from the smartish London suburbs for their annual break, loading their estate cars with dogs, cats, casefuls of wine, difficult adolescents and rebellious infants. This year, unexpected disasters occ

Orkney - Southern Isles 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

Hollow Crown, A Emma of Normandy was married in a strategic alliance to King Aethelred of England who lost both his kingdom and life to the Vikings. Faced with the prospects of the Vikings sacking London, Emma stakes everything on the most dangerous and important gamble

W.H.Auden Reading His Poetry W.H. Auden reads a personal selection of 18 poems from his work, covering almost two decades. The recording features "In Memory of W.B. Yeats", "In Praise of Limestone", "The Capital", "School Children", "As He Is", "Five Lyrics", "Precious Five" and "Bu

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Renaissance, The "The Renaissance" is a rich chronological survey of the splendour and wealth of Renaissance art from the end of the Gothic period to the beginning of the Baroque period (1401-1610). It contains more than 500 colour illustrations, many of them large-scale

Wealth and Poverty of Nations, The As we approach the millennium the gap bewteen rich and poor countries is widening. Historian David Landes explores the complex causes of the wealth and poverty of nations. Analysing the large forces and the sometimes surprising small details that affec

Funeral Handbook, The This book explains the legal and practical issues surrounding a death to ensure that nothing is forgotten. The forms of Christian funeral service that may be used in a church or crematorium are also discussed, with suggestions for music, readings and pra

Time of the Angels, The Carel Fisher is a priest who is experiencing doubt and beginning to feel hate for God. The novel explores the forces of good and evil, and studies a religious man transferring his faith from one force to the other.

Practical TCP/IP and Ethernet Networking for Industry This practical hands-on book covers troubleshooting and maintenance of TCP/IP networks. It provides a solid understanding of the application of TCP/IP from an engineering perspective and gives complete coverage from networking fundamentals to internet-en

Athens

Sacred Language, Ordinary People In this work, Niloofar Haeri looks at the complex interactions of two dialects: Classical Arabic (the language of both religion and the state) and the Egyptian dialect of Arabic. He focuses on the political, cultural, and religious struggles to modernize

Windows XP Killer Tips This is a collection of tips and secrets for the Windows XP user. It includes tips that professionals use every day.

Desiderata of Happiness, The

Canada This series offers detailed and accurate streetfinder maps, information on eating out, hotels, bars, shopping, religious buildings and entertainment. Each volume includes a survival guide for any unforseen problems.

Waters of Birmingham Birmingham Laureate Poems

Crystal Reports 9 This complete reference covers all the major software updates. It also shows the reader how to maximise reports and presentations through coverage on formulas, database connectivity, charts and report wizards.

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Government and Politics of the United States Revised and updated with a new chapter on urban politics and coverage of the Clinton administration, this book provides a broad-ranging and systematic introduction to the contemporary institutions and processes of government in the USA in a historical co

Planets Hold tight as our spaceship flies through space! We go on a journey looking at all the planets in our solar system, including Earth. We see how they differ, and concepts, like gravity, are explained. This is part of a series of illustrated non-fiction te

Locked Inside 16-year-old heiress Marnie would rather take part in an Internet adventure game than join in with her boarding school community. But her inability to communicate with the people around her leads to a terrifying ordeal at the hands of an insane kidnapper.

Language of Conversation, The This accessible textbook in the Routledge "intertext" series offers students hands-on practical experience of textual analysis focused on conversation. Written in a clear, user-friendly style by an experienced teacher, it combines practical activities wi

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W.B.Yeats Poems In this series, a contemporary poet advocates a poet of the past or present whom they have particularly admired. By their selection of verses and by the personal and critical reactions they express, the selectors offer intriguing insight into their own w

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Ultimate Space Sticker Book Approximately 60 colourful photo-stickers about space are included in this book that serves as an album. The stickers are self-adhesive and reusable and are accompanied by text information about each subject.

Ireland This durable laminated map opens almost like a book, giving it the convenience of an atlas with all the benefits of a fold out map. It features clear full colour mapping at 10 miles to 1 inch and city centre plans of Belfast and Dublin.

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Key Stage 1 Science Success Guide This is a learning/revision tool designed to help students remember key information for Key Stage 1 science. Each topic is presented using "handy tips", "quick tests", characters and illustrations and "round-up questions". It also has SATs-style question

Swimming Pool Season, The This novel won the Angel Literary Award.

Problem Knee, The A basic text on knee problems, particularly in the younger patient, for those in orthopaedic surgical practice, physiotherapists, and sports medicine practitioners. This edition expands upon the management of ligament tears and the importance of graduate

David Beckham In this photographic portrait, David Beckham tells his own story and talks of the artistry of his football skills, his personal heroes and influences, his daily life in football and the celebrity world, and his hopes for the future.

Ruby Knight, The Ehlana, queen of Elenia, clings to life by a thread, preserved within a diamond-like block of crystal conjured by a sorceress with the aid of a dozen Pandion knights. For a year, their lives will save hers. However there is a lost jewel which will save h

Essential Hong Kong

Colloquial Italian This is a practical course in modern written and spoken Italian. The lessons contain explanations of the grammar, a range of exercises and some authentic language material.

Global-Investor Book of Investing Rules, The How to make money in the markets from: fund managers of billion-pound equity funds traders in the options and futures markets industry-rated analysts economists from top business schools writers on leading financial newspapers. Each provides rules on

English Harem, The Tracy Pringle is sacked from her supermarket job for watching someone shoplift. Sam, the owner of a Persian restaurant gives her a job as a waitress. The longer she works the more involved she gets with Sam, his two wives and the complicated menu.

Our Posthuman Future The dramatic advances in DNA technology over the last few years are the stuff of science fiction. But what are the moral and political consequences? "Our Posthuman Future" is an analysis of one of the biggest problems ever to face the human race."

Mechanics A syllabus-specific textbook providing worked examples, exam-level questions and many practice exercises, in accordance to the new Edexcel AS and Advanced GCE specification.

Self-determination in East Timor This text is an inside account of events in East Timor from the lead-up to the 1999 elections, to the reluctant acceptance of international intervention to check the violence that wracked the country following the overwhelming vote for independence from

Celtic Designs and Motifs

Farthing Wood Collection, The This collection includes two of the original stories about a group of animals who pledge an allegiance as they realise that their wood is under threat from developers, and that they must find a new place to stay.

Mirror Me! Introduce your child to parts of the face with a novelty mirror on every spread and a peekaboo finale.

Binding Chair, The Beautiful, charismatic, and destructive May escapes an arranged marriage in rural China for life in a Shanghai brothel, where, in 1899, she meets Arthur. Even as a member of the Foot Emancipation Society, he finds himself immediately and helplessly seduc

e-Quals City and Guilds Level 2 Diploma for IT Users This resource provides supporting materials for City and Guilds, e-Quals level 2 presentation graphics. It contains exercises to help master the skills for assessments, and real life scenarios, practice assignments.

Complete Valley of the Kings, The This account of the Valley of the Kings brings together its art, archaelogy and history arranged thematically. The burial place of the great New Kingdom pharaohs, this valley contains some 80 tombs which were dug more than 3000 years ago.

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Sunday Telegraph Book of Quick Crosswords, The A selection of 60 quick crosswords from the puzzle pages of the "Sunday Telegraph", with all the solutions included at the back of the book.

Collins Compact Dictionary This edition of the "Collins Compact Dictionary" includes the latest words to enter the lexicon and a ready-reference supplement which gives a wide range of useful facts and figures. Also included are word features and word tips giving guidance on using

Storm Command Desert Storm was a unique war - fought with sophisticated weapons against a ruthless dictator whose invasion of Kuwait had been universally condemned. This book looks at the war from the experience of General Sir Peter de la Billiere - chronicling the wa

Lady and the Unicorn, The

Photoshop Most Wanted This book is for both the enthusiastic amateur and experienced pro alike - it contains techniques and advice that should help Photoshop users from intermediate to advanced. The focus is on tutorials and how to create effects rather than descriptions of i

Focus on Spelling Written to support National Literacy Framework and Spelling Bank objectives for spelling, this spelling course aims to deliver step-by-step guidance to spelling success. It teaches children aged 6-11 essential spelling rules by investigating how they wor

Adversary, The This is the fourth book in "The Saga of the Exiles" series. The Frivulag are rising, while the children of the metaphysic rebels are to re-open the time gate - sole escape route back to the Galatic Milieu - and Marc Remillard, the adversary, takes up his

National Trust ABC, The An illustrated book featuring each letter of the alphabet set in a National Trust property with a range of hidden additional objects, designed to build word and letter recognition skills.

Access 2002 A coursebook for students learning to use Microsoft Office. It is written to reflect the way students are taught how to use software in colleges and universities. The advanced book does not assume any previous knowledge of Access 2002, but it introduces

Michelin Field Guide to Minerals, Rocks and Fossils

Backup Book, The

Oxford Companion to Military History, The This work should prove useful reading for anyone who wants to understand how our world has been shaped, and continues to be shaped, by conflict. It is a comprehensive A-Z guide to warfare from the classical period to the 21st century.

Last Bachelor, The

Success at AQA Physics B AS Produced in collaboration with the AQA exam board, this text consists of concise content, exactly tailored to and following the sequence of the specification of the first half of the course. It provides information about the exam papers; how to tackle th

Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering This title is a new edition of an undergraduate textbook on mathematical methods.

Ayrton Senna Throughout his two World Championship-winning seasons of 1988 and 1990, and his controversial disputes during the intervening year, racing driver Ayrton Senna regularly made headlines, yet to many he is a shy and introverted personality. This biography a

Inflammation Syndrome, The Written by the author of "Syndrome X", this title draws on research that is being done all over the world. It provides an approach to healing inflammation through nutrition, complete with diet and supplement plans and contains recipes and sources for ant

Superphonics Graded at different levels of complexity, "Superphonics" is a series of books that offer parents a simple, fast way to teach children to read. The books address the alphabet, letters and their shapes, vowels, words and their connection to sounds.

Navigation Log, The Set primarily during World War II, this novel is told through the disparate lives of identical twins; one a fighter pilot, the other a school teacher.

Get Up and Do It! We all have goals but sometimes they seem like unobtainable fantasies, and we may feel we have to settle for second best. In this work readers learn how to make their goals realities in 10 steps, using easy-to-use techniques and the most up-to-date strat

Carb Curfew Joanna Hall introduces her simple "Starch Curfew" plan - no carbohydrates after 5pm - to help you lose weight. The book contains 40 new "Starch Curfew" recipes, tips, case studies and useful snack ideas, making it simple to incorporate this way of eating

Five Get into a Fix Entitled "Five Get Into a Fix", this adventure story is part of a series of "Famous Five" reissues, published to commemorate the birth of Enid Blyton. Original illustrations by Eileen Soper are included.

Secret Life, A Sydney Bristow is recruited into the ranks of SD-6, initially believed to be a covert branch of the CIA but actually an organised-crime cell. So she tackles it from within. Read how she juggles the commitments of friendship, romance and student life with

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English Grammar in Use Supplementary Exercises with Answers This new edition has been thoroughly updated to accompany the third edition of "English Grammar in Use"."

Indoor Pirates on Treasure Island, The The indoor pirates hate the sea, so they move to Dolphin Street. They are well behaved until the household bills arrrive - then they begin to panic ...

Florence and Tuscany From hill-top towns amidst olive groves and sunflower fields to renaissance masterpieces and Florentine ice-cream, this guide reveals all about the region. Listing gallery-side hotels, authentic trattorias and hidden natural treasures, you should be insp

Body in Pieces, The A text taken from the Walter Neurath Memorial Lecture. The origins and developments of what is perhaps the essential characteristic of modern art - the fragmented image - is traced in this book. Works ranging from the Neo-classical movement to the presen

Revolting Rhymes A collection of comic and often gory versions of popular fairy tales. Meet Cinderella, a young woman who wants to marry a nice ordinary man; and Goldilocks, that house-breaker who gobbles up your porridge and then breaks up the Chippendale.

Philosophy of Mind What is your mind? How is it related to your body? What is the effect of artificial intelligence and information technology? These and many other issues are explored in this book. A historical overview spans the earliest traditions of western philosophy

Sun Two-speed Crossword, The The fourth volume in this popular series of "The Sun" two-speed crossword books, featuring 80 two-in-one cryptic and coffee time crosswords. This is an up-to-date collection of 80 puzzles, featuring cryptic and coffee time - or general-knowledge - clues