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Have a flick through our collection of nonfiction eBooks on a wide range of topics. This list updates when we add new titles to our collection.
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In this groundbreaking book, Dr David Schnarch, one of the foremost experts on sexuality and relationships, explains why normal healthy couples in long-term relationships have sexual-desire problems, regardless of how much they love each other or how...
When everything is in place and both teams are ready, someone cries out 'Cross-clamp!' Then it is on for young and old as the clock is ticking. Up to this point, it has been a careful and considered surgery. Now it is all about speed. We move like Ed...
This book chronicles the remarkable transformation of the small screen over the past fifteen years. Focusing on twelve innovative television dramas that changed the medium and the culture at large, including The Sopranos, Oz, The Wire, Deadwood, The ...
The Great War was the first truly global conflict, and it changed the course of world history. Empires fell, others were crippled and new contenders emerged. Economies crashed, and millions would be affected by the Depression that followed. Understanding...
Payback is an intelligent, wide-ranging book that examines the metaphor of debt and the role it takes in our lives. Debt is like air - something we take for granted and never think about until things go wrong. This is not a book about debt management...
In Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way, Bill Bryson guides us through the complicated history of the English language to figure out why it is the way it is. It's an interesting journey, part thesis and part pop science, that explains the m...
While Ngaio Marsh had a larger-than-life public persona, she was fiercely protective of her private life. This fasinating biography of Ngaio Marsh pieces together both the public and private Marsh in a way that is as riveting as a crime novel. Through...
"With tips from the authors of some of the world's most respected and financially successful blogs on fashion, music, film, men's lifestyle and women's lifestyle, this book explains how anyone can start up a blogging business from scratch. ... You'll...
Yoga has been shown to benefit both mind and body in the short and long term; it opens doors to a healthy lifestyle, a supple body and personal peace. 20 Minutes to Master Yoga is a clear introduction to the practice and key postures, showing you how...
Feng Shui is the ancient Oriental system of organising your home and workplace in a way that promotes health, happiness and success. Learning the basic principles can help you transform your environment. With this book you can learn the core ideas an...
Armed only with a Greyhound ticket and enough money for his next beer, Garth Cartwright set out to see whether the American roots music he loved - blues and country, folk and soul - was still alive in the twenty-first century. His journey took him from...
This series of books designed to help ordinary people recognize herbs, understand them in their daily life, then they can scientifically use herbs to preserve life. In order to make our bodies in the balance of yin and Yang, the harmony of five-zang organs...
Is the end of the world really coming? Have the United States military ever caught aliens? Does the Kung Fu "acupoint pressing" exist in the world? Does your blood type decide your character?Be careful! Rumors, pseudoscience, false news and doctrines...
This book describes in details ways of massaging for couples to practice at home, between husbands and wives, with many illustrations, is easy to read and easy to follow.
Upgraded version of the most satisfing works Xiao Wu wrote in the past decade, which has been staying on the bestseller list for a consecutive 4 years. In the book, she introduces case studies as well as possible solutions for common developmental problems...
This books is one of the books from the five-book series—Chinese Culture Series, this series is written in Chinese and English, is one of the National 11th Five Year Key Books in China, presents a vivid picture of China, and this book mainly tells the...
Zhang Ye, a nutritionist and director of Nutrition Division of No. 309 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army. She has been working as a nutritionist for almost 30 years with rich clinic experience. She was invited to host many TV shows in different...
Menopause is an very important period during a woman's life. Knowing the characters and common syndrom of this period helps women to treat it properly. The book provided practical ways to adapt the menopause mentally as well as recipes and medicine based...
Breast Feeding is the first lesson every mom should learn after giving birth to their precious baby. Opportunity knocks but once. The book introduces scientific feeding methods advocated by La Leche League, which could certainly bring happiness and health...
"As a federal prosecutor in Mississippi for over thirty years, John Hailman worked with federal agents, lawyers, judges, and criminals of every stripe. In From Midnight to Guntown, he recounts amazing trials and bad guy antics from the darkly humorous...
Bring loved ones together with this collection of delicious and simple recipes that highlight the best of authentic Irish cooking. Over 100 recipes that offer the best in traditional and modern Irish cooking, from new twists on old classics to tried and...
The official 5:2 diet. Is it possible to eat well, most of the time, and get slimmer and healthier as you do it? The fast diet it is. This revolutionary new approach to weight loss is really is as simple as it sounds: you eat normally five days a week,...
"Fleet Street Fox's anonymity allows her to delve deep into the dark corners of that most guilty of pleasures - the tabloid exposé. Acerbic, funny, and revelatory, her diaries show the heart within the hack as she tries to recover from a betrayal as....
In Love Wins, Rob Bell presents a richer, truer, and more spiritually satisfying way of understanding heaven, hell and Jesus's message. The result is the discovery that the 'good news' is much, much better than we ever imagined. Alongside Love Wins, ...
The Forrester family are slowly winning their fight for survival. But life remains extremely tough for fourteen-year-old Helen. Along with caring for her younger siblings and suffering terrible hardships she is also battling with her parents to persuade...
In 1940 Helen, now twenty, is working long hours at a welfare centre in Bootle, five miles from home. Her wages are pitifully low and her mother claims the whole of them for housekeeping but she is still thrilled to be working and gaining some indepe...
Take this ancient art a step further with Lillian Too's beautiful guide to advanced Feng Shui and learn how to add real depth to your practise. Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese practice that brings ever-growing benefits to those who apply it to their lives....
A fresh new look brings this parenting classic up-to-date for a new generation of mothers and mothers-to-be. Taking an irreverent and humorous look at the trials and tribulations of motherhood, Radio 4’s Libby Purves has created an invaluable survival...
Number 1 best-selling author, Cathy Glass, shares her experience and expertise gained across 25 years as a foster carer in this accessible and practical guide to establishing healthy and happy mealtimes. As well as bringing up three of her own children,...
James Wong is back, putting his ethnobotanical expertise to use once again, with over 100 new, natural, cheap and easy remedies, showing you and those around you how to have a fantastically healthy year. Whether you're fed up with your hormones, worried...
First Time Parent: Forget unrealistic childcare manuals – this is the book you really need to help you cope brilliantly with those first chaotic days and months ahead. As a health journalist and mother-of-three, Lucy Atkins is familiar with both the ...
Sie verkörpert den Traum aller Mädchen - Sophia Amoruso ist hip, sexy und erfolgreiche Unternehmerin. Ihre turbulente und aussergewöhnlich Geschichte liest sich wie ein Märchen: Ihr Leben und Buch waren Vorlage für die gleichnamige Serie "Girlboss". ...
Wilde Tiere folgen ihrem Instinkt. Sie bewegen sich so, wie es die Natur für sie vorgesehen hat. Warum sollte das nicht auch für den Menschen gelten? Unser heutiger Lebensstil ist bewegungsarm und unnatürlich. Dadurch werden wir krank - körperlich und...
This quartet of true stories -- of displacement, of survival and of resistance -- spans the globe and reflects the universal spirit of humanity. A miller in rural China sits silently with the thrum of his waterwheel. A survivor of Pol Pot's killing f...
Four Australian women writing in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- a time when stories of bush heroism and mateship abounded, a time when a writing career might be an elusive thing for a woman. Friends and Rivals is a vivid and eng...
WPF provides a rich set of libraries and APIs for developers to create engaging user experiences, although learning it can sometimes seem like climbing a mountain. This book explains it in a novel way, that makes it more approachable and walks through...
Social media star and bestselling author of Journey to Health, Simone Anderson, serves up her favourite recipes.
There is often a demand for a short, sharp definition of racism, for example as captured in the popular formula Power + Prejudice = Racism. But in reality, racism is a complex, multidimensional phenomenon that cannot be captured by such definitions. In...
Dr. David Levy brings his insights and expertise as a veteran psychologist, baby boomer, and actor on Cheers, Frasier, and One Day at a Time to Life Is a 4-Letter Word and shares a lifetime journey of personal reflections, growth, and wisdom with the...
Prayers for Calm is a collection of quotes, meditations, prayers, and affirmations from many walks of life and all around to world to restore a sense of tranquility, peace, and centeredness to those who need it.
I'd never consider a Frenchman - would I? When Samantha Brick's life started to unravel - her company in liquidation, homeless, penniless and friendless, and on max-strength anti-depressants - it seemed that everything was going wrong. But a chance week...
An impressionistic and exuberant memoir by Australia's best-loved artist. Ken Done has an extraordinary place in the hearts of Australians - we've all worn or decorated our homes with his artwork. His vivid, optimistic images are part of our collecti...
From the moment he embarked on a wisecracking career as a barber, through the halcyon days when he not only enthralled the nation's turf fans with his masterly race calling but owned a speedster called McGinty (an icon in its own right) to being in hot...
Nordic Noir: The Pocket Essential Guide to Scandinavian Crime Fiction, Film and TV by Britain's leading expert on crime fiction, Barry Forshaw, is a compact and authoritative guide to the phenomenally popular genre. The information-packed study examines...
"...[An] account of Bomber Command's 1944 Nuremberg Raid - the RAF's bloodiest night of the Second World War. More men from Royal Air Force Bomber Command died on one single night of the Second World War than the total RAF aircrew losses during the whole...
For a nation with a long and proud military tradition, one token stands above all others as a mark of recognition for the ultimate acts of individual feats of arms: the Victoria Cross. Awarded for one reason alone - to mark extreme acts of great heroism...
Wife, mother, leader, warrior. Caterina Riario Sforza was one of the most prominent women in Renaissance Italy--and one of the most vilified. In this glittering biography, Elizabeth Lev reexamines her extraordinary life and accomplishments. Raised in...
A library is an ever-changing organism. When done the right way, weeding helps a library thrive by focusing its resources on those parts of the collection that are the most useful to its users. This handbook takes the guesswork out of this delicate b...
"We are ripe for a cultural shift toward the okayness of introversion. It's all right for us to stop trying to fit in and to "shape up"." Dr. Marti Olsen Laney started research on introversion after realizing that she was an introvert. In an interview...
"60 vibrant recipes proving that Asian roadside barbecue is just as easy, delicious, and crowd-pleasing as American-style backyard grilling. Sharing beloved barbecue dishes from the Southeast Asian countries of Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Vietna...
Jennifer Saunders is Britain's best-loved comedienne, screenwriter, and actress. For the first time, author Jacky Hyams reveals the story behind Jennifer's rise to fame, her successful career as the Queen of Comedy, and the highs and lows of her rema...
One of Hollywood's hottest properties, Hugh Jackman has become an international superstar as Wolverine in the X-Men series, and is loved by fans worldwide thanks to his extremely varied career as an actor and producer in film, television, and musical...
This is one man's guide to begging for sex, smuggling drugs, and pretending to be rock 'n' roll?just take up what you are worst at, hold on tight, and enjoy the ride! In this offbeat, hilarious, harebrained manual on fame, fortune, and the universe, ...
What can magic tell us about ourselves and our daily lives? If you subtly change the subject during an uncomfortable conversation, did you know you're using attentional 'misdirection', a core technique of magic? This book explains how the magician's art...
Ian Stewart, author of the bestselling Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities, presents a new and magical mix of games, puzzles, paradoxes, brainteasers, and riddles. He mingles these with forays into ancient and modern mathematical ...
Sir Bruce Forsyth, know more affectionately as Brucie, is one of Britain's best-loved stars and a true national treasure. From hosting game shows, such as The Price is Right and You Bet!, to presenting talent competitions and variety shows, he has lit...
In this unique anthology of more than 80 personal stories, subjects ranging from the frivolous to the deadly serious combine to paint a picture of humanity at its most upbeat. A housewife and mother describes her extraordinary achievement in becoming...
From the first birthday to the second, everything you need to know about caring for, nurturing, understanding, and keeping up with your incredible 1 year old.--Provided by publisher.
She was described as the most dangerous woman in Europe by Adolf Hitler; Noel Coward said people who spent any time with her were always reduced to 'gibbering worshippers'; she adored Margaret Thatcher and disliked Germans; she found the French comical...
"It's a cover-to-cover revision of America's bestselling guide to getting pregnant, with updated information about genetic screening, ovulation tracking, fertility treatments, and risks like Zika. What to Expect Before You're Expecting, with over 250...
Collins Easy Learning How to Use English is designed to help learners of all ages use individual words correctly, and choose the right words and structures for the meaning they want to convey. With its clear layout and simple explanations, this book is...
As heard on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week 'There is always in our minds the hope that we may find again those golden unhastening days and wake up and dream' In this beautifully nostalgic memoir, eminent author Angela Thirkell recalls in rich detail the...
Collins Easy Learning English Vocabulary is designed to help learners of all ages build their vocabulary. This easy-to-use, topic-based book is an invaluable resource for students and teachers, and is ideal for use in the classroom and for home study....
"In The Trip to Echo Spring, Olivia Laing examines the link between creativity and alcohol through the work and lives of six of America's finest writers: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Tennessee Williams, John Berryman, John Cheever, and Raym...
In this provocative book, New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Daniel H. Pink offers a fresh look at the art and science of persuasion. Physicians sell patients on a remedy. Lawyers sell juries on a verdict. Teachers sell students...
"When Elisa Segrave uncovered a cache of wartime diaries written by her mother, she had no idea that she would be brought face to face with a character utterly different from the troubled woman who had become so reliant on her. Over the decades, she had...
Actors often say they only really assume the identity of their character when they have donned the costumes painstakingly created for them by the costume designer. In this volume of the FilmCraft series of books, 16 of the world's leading costume des...
Before Jess was the new girl, there was Nick, Winston, Schmidt ... and The Douchebag Jar. Originally devised to do nothing more than alter Schmidt's wardrobe, hairstyle, and personality, the Douchebag Jar has become an apartment-wide phenomenon, fore...
After learning to play guitar at the age of ten, Shawn Colvin was determined to make a life in music'a decision that would send a small-town girl out on the open road for good. In 1997, two decades after she started, she got her big break. Like the t...
The late 1950s was an action-packed, often dramatic time in which the contours of modern Britain began to take shape. These were the 'never had it so good' years, when the Carry On film series and the TV soap Emergency Ward 10 got going, and films like...
The never-before-told story of the journey behind The Bronze Horseman, now in print for the first time. From the author of the celebrated, internationally bestselling Bronze Horseman saga comes a glimpse into the private life of its much loved creator,...
We all have our favourite Murray Mexted moments and this is just one of the many hilarious quotes, cartoons and jokes that make up this great little collection.
"To compete in our rapidly changing global marketplace, critical thinking is the essential tool for ensuring that students fulfill their promise. But, in reality, critical thinking is still a luxury good, and students with the greatest potential are too...
Explains gamification, especially the Octalysis framework, as taking the elements of games that make people want to return and continue playing those games, and applying those elements to other activities, thus increasing productivity and quality in ...
Teenage vampires. UFO sightings. Alien invasions. Ghost stories. The zombie apocalypse. You don't have to look far to see that today's pop culture is becoming increasingly dominated by paranormal beings. Topics that once belonged to the fringes of the...
"For Mallory, as for all of his generation, death was but 'a frail barrier that men crossed, smiling and gallant, every day'. As climbers they accepted a degree of risk unimaginable before the war. What mattered now was how one lived, and the moments...
When the ship hit the iceberg on 14 April 1912 and a thousand men prepared to die, J Bruce Ismay, the ship's owner and inheritor of the White Star fortune, jumped into a lifeboat with the women and children and rowed away to safety.
"From Ryan Daniel Moran, founder of Capitalism.com, this book details the exact steps that new entrepreneurs need to make to identify a winning product idea, launch it quickly and profitably, and bring it to $1 million or more in the first year"--
'Our Gigantic Zoo' tells the story of Bernhard Grzimek, the most important European wildlife conservationist, and his role in creating a permanent sanctuary for innocent animals in Serengeti National Park.
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