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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"Edmund Hillary is a towering figure among adventurers. His conquest of Everest and his dedication to the welfare of the Nepalese people is well known. While much has been written about what Sir Edmund Hillary did, 'Ed', the man behind the legend, is...
In the 1980s and early 1990s, Doris Lessing made several visits to her homeland, Zimbabwe, a country from which she had been banned for twenty-five years for her opposition to the government of what was then white Southern Rhodesia. Vividly mingling...
For over forty years, Troma Studios blazed its own bloody, slime-covered trail, making movies their own way. How did a couple of rebels with almost no cash manage to make a library of a thousand films? This collection tells the story of Troma Enterta...
Kurian John's helplessness in the face of his father's sudden death due to cardiac arrest spurred him on to help those without access to proper medical care, leading to the establishment of the Melam Foundation in 1986. As the number of poor patients...
"The Inspirer's Wisdom" is a collection of stories and myths gathered from the life of the Inspirer. It is an offspring of my novel The Inspirer's Jewels, a story of awakening and of finding one's power from the place of our greatest weakness and suf...
In this deeply engaging oral history, Gidigaa Migizi (Doug Williams), Anishinaabe elder, teacher and mentor to Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, recounts the history of the Michi Saagiig Nisnaabeg, tracing through personal and historical events, and presenting...
It's bad enough being treated as an orphan and having to endure a succession of foster homes, living in an orphanage, or being farmed out to a succession of 'Aunties' and not knowing who your biological parents are. It gets a lot worse when your skin...
"A new kind of Newfoundland cookbook, Some Good is a fusion of healthy food and local traditions. These recipes include appetizers, main meals, sides, desserts, and condiments, all utilizing island ingredients with new twists on Newfoundland classics...
In the bestselling tradition of The Help comes a powerful and moving memoir about a white girl coming of age in the South in the 1960s and the black woman who inspired her to forge her own path. Tena Clark was born in 1953 in a tiny Mississippi town close...
Small changes x lots of people = big change. We want to be part of the solution, not the problem. But the issues facing us, whether local or global often seem too hard to tackle. This book will inspire you to make changes in your everyday life that w...
The fully revised, expanded and updated edition of Bev Aisbett's bestselling guide to overcoming depression, Taming the Black Dog First published in 2000, Bev Aisbett's classic, simple and easy-to-follow guide to overcoming depression Taming the Black...
A simple bowl of soup can be the most comforting meal. With these 60 nourishing recipes, there's something for every season and every appetite. All of them have an emphasis on well-being, with nutritious ingredients that include healthy whole grains,...
Paul Verhoeven's father, John, is a cop. Well, an ex-cop. Long since retired, John spent years embroiled in some of the seediest, scariest intrigue and escapades imaginable. Paul, however, is something of an artsy, sensitive soul who can't understand...
This extended edition offers a comprehensive understanding of music therapy practice for young children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their families. Drawing on recent research and rigorous scientific evidence, it spans topics such as effec...
Elder Americans in their eighties, nineties, and even hundreds, have survived the Holocaust, endured the Great Depression, fought in World War II, lived through the Civil Rights Movement, and endured countless booms and busts. And yet, unlike other parts...
Discover how the Angels' pitching and hitting phenom became 2018's most exciting star!
Ask yourself ... are you truly who you want to be? Is this the life you really want? Are you living each day as your best self? What can you change, today? How would you answer those questions? Think about your daily life. Are you thriving, or going ...
"We all know that the Internet can serve as a hotbed for identity theft. But it isn't the only place where your privacy can be breached. In fact, there are lots of ways you can protect your privacy (or diminish it) that have little or nothing to do with...
"Take the guesswork out of vacation planning. Frommer's hires only seasoned experts, journalists who live in France, which means their advice doesn't have to be second-guessed. It's savvy, dependable, and not based on one or two short trips to France,...
"For all those seeking to reclaim their innate and legal right to care for their own dead, create home funeral vigils, and choose greener after-death care options that are less toxic and more sustainable for the earth More natural after-death care options...
"Popular Pagan blogger Jason Mankey discusses in great length the origins of modern Witchcraft; raising the cone of power; dedications, initiations, and elevations; drawing down the moon; and the great rite"--
"This book is a groundbreaking and comprehensive guide to the art, path,and practice of Modern Traditional Witchcraft"--
Collects ketogenic slow cooker recipes, including such dishes as coconut granola, Italian wedding soup, chicken lettuce wraps, carnitas, balsamic beef, and berry cobbler.
"Teaches math concepts through programming. Begins with a crash course in basic programming concepts and how to use Python's built-in Turtle module, and then explores topics like writing programs to solve equations and matrices, drawing polygons and ...
"This is a book about how global movements build power with Internet memes"--
"Was a monstrous killer brought to justice or an innocent mother condemned? On an April night in 1989, three small children perished in a Los Angeles apartment fire. Their young mother, Jo Ann Parks, escaped unharmed, the sole survivor and only eyewi...
Matt Zoller Seitz and Alan Sepinwall in a conversation with David Chase.
If you were to master the 20 languages discussed in Babel you could chat to more than half the world's population. Actually, you could talk to another quarter of the world, who speak them as second languages. As he did in Lingo, Gaston Dorren delves deep...
Translations of poems by the two Chinese writers.
Repackaged to feature Tolkien's own painting of the Tree of Amalion, this collection includes his famous essay, 'On Fairy-stories' and the story that exemplifies this, 'Leaf by Niggle', together with the poem 'Mythopoeia' and the verse drama, 'The Ho...
Orkney: A Historical Guide is a marvelous companion to the fascinating Orkney islands, offering a broad overview of their history. Starting with the prehistoric period, from which survives the famous settlement of Skara Brae, it goes on to discuss th...
A collection of designs showing ancient mythologies of Hinduism.
Aren't these the cutest' - Sixteen meltingly adorable animals - All the favorites, including cats, dogs, birds, bunnies, more - Easy to make, great as gifts, toys, decorations All together now: Awwwww! In Little Felted Animals, author Marie-Noelle Ho...
Whether you're a baker or a drinker with a baking problem, these pages will provide a series of guideposts for how to put together forty rockin' cookies--collected from celebrated chefs, bakers, and bakeries across the country--with craft beer. The i...
"Filled with easy-to-follow instructions and step-by-step exercises, this comprehensive guide from bestselling author Hazel Soan teaches artists everything they need to know about color. Written in an accessible style, it begins with the basics (what...
Sent to Auschwitz on the first Jewish transport, Rena Kornreich survived the Nazi death camps for over three years. While there she was reunited with her sister Danka. Each day became a struggle to fulfill the promise Rena made to her mother when the...
"A ground-breaking and brave inside reckoning with the nexus of prison and profit in America: in one Louisiana prison and over the course of our country's history. In 2014, Shane Bauer was hired for $9 an hour to work as an entry-level prison guard at...
Glenna's older sister drowned at sea when they were on vacation in Florida ten years ago, and Glenna knew that the man involved had a tattoo of the legendary moon bird on his wrist. Now Glenna is working as a famous photographer's assistant, and she's...
"President Eisenhower's National Security Advisor Robert "Bobby" Cutler shaped US Cold War strategy in far more consequential ways than previously understood. A lifelong Republican, Cutler also served three Democratic presidents. The life of any party,...
"In 1941, when Germany turned against the USSR, tens of thousands of Poles--men, women, and children who were starving, sickly, and impoverished--were released from Soviet prison camps and allowed to join the Polish army being formed in the south of ...
"From the popular, "fresh, funny, and highly readable" (Bustle) dating columnist for New York magazine and the New York Post comes a whirlwind memoir recounting countless failed romances and blackout nights, told with Mandy Stadtmiller's unflinching candor...
Imagine opening a book that told the story of your life-and suddenly you realized that the painful parts held the key to knowing yourself as completely whole, well, and good. As many of Linda Howe's students have found, this is the transformative process...
Writing together with Timothy Wyllie, the angel Georgia details the events of Earth's ancient history from 16,500 BC to 8,000 BC Chronicles the disappearance of Lemuria, the rise of Atlantean technology and piracy, and the first wave of rebel angels....
Volume 2 of a substantial anthology covers Christian apologetics from the Reformation (AD 1500) through the present. Includes excerpts from twenty-six apologists, along with introductions to each and reflection questions.
Weave a little wonder into daily life with these fun and challenging activities - and experience your local area in a whole new way. Invite friends on a social adventure, follow your senses somewhere new and embark on a cultural odyssey. Lonely Planet...
Spanning approximately fifty years beginning with the coronation of the king upon the death of Henry V and concluding with the fall of the House of Lancaster, William Shakespeare's Henry VI trilogy reveals the king's struggles under the pressures of ...
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"In this groundbreaking book, psychologist Daniel Lobel offers essential skills based in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help you understand your daughter's disorder, define appropriate boundaries, put an end...
Offering a practical and historical perspective on socialism this work explains the evolution of socialist ideas from the French Revolution, and examines why past attempts to implement socialism might have failed.
The British have always been concerned about accent, appearance and class, but at no time during the twentieth century was 'keeping up appearances' more important than during the 1920s and 1930s. From the impecunious youth anxious to create a favoura...
The no-bullsh*t guide to all things PR, social media, business and building your brand.
The first edition of W.B. Yeats's The Tower appeared in bookstores in London on Valentine's Day, 1928. His English publisher printed just 2,000 copies of this slender volume of twenty-one poems, priced at six shillings. The book was immediately embraced...
An anthology by a Polish writer. In Bodybuilders' Contest, she writes: "He grunts while showing his poses and paces. / His back alone has twenty different faces. / The mammoth fist he raises as he wins / is tribute to the force of vitamins." By the author...
This informative guide helps readers combine their love of movies with their desire to grow closer to God. Foremost experts on faith and film, all connected with the Reel Spirituality Institute at Fuller Seminary, explore forty leading movies from the...
This is the first comprehensive book ever written on the sacred aspects of indigenous, historical psychotropic and herbal healing beers of the world.
Spanning approximately fifty years beginning with the coronation of the king upon the death of Henry V and concluding with the fall of the House of Lancaster. William Shakespeare's Henry VI trilogy reveals the king's struggles under the pressures of...
Joy Unspeakable focuses on the aspects of the black church that point beyond particular congregational gatherings toward a mystical and communal spirituality not within the exclusive domain of any denomination. This mystical aspect of the black church...
"For years, much of the available curricula for teaching digital citizenship focused on "don'ts." Don't share addresses or phone numbers. Don't give out passwords. Don't bully other students. But the conversation then shifted and had many asking, "Why...
New Life Church pastor Brady Boyd shows readers how to avoid conversational crashes by listening for the loving voice of God.
Overview: Beloved by knitters everywhere and one of the most requested out-of-print books for years, The Principles of Knitting finally gets the revision that fans have been clamoring for! A treasured guide beloved by knitters everywhere, the classic...
Written in a language you can understand, this book provides simple procedures you can follow to set up and configure the right environment, and helps you assess your move to the cloud, explains any quirks in the software, and gets you up and running...
Understand iCloud's capabilities and limitations, and put its key features to good use!iCloud is a simple idea in theory--access to all your data on all your devices, via the cloud--that can become complicated when put into practice. Instead of wasting...
In this personal and practical guide to moral self-improvement and living a good life, the second-century philosopher Epictetus tackles questions of freedom and imprisonment, stubbornness and fear, family, friendship and love, and leaves an intriguing...
Igniting a long-overdue dialogue about how the legacy of racial injustice and white supremacy plays out in society at large and Buddhist communities in particular, this urgent call to action outlines a new dharma that takes into account the ways that...
"Revolutionise your roasts with this sumptuous selection of contemporary roast dinner recipes, with ideas for meat, fish and inspired veggie centrepieces plus rib-sticking desserts and thirst-quenching cocktails. The eternally popular traditional roast...
A dictionary of over 10,000 names with their cultural origin, literal meaning, alternative spellings, and spiritual application.
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