Non Fiction Books
Profile Books Ltd Spell It Out: The singular story of English
Book SynopsisWhy is there an 'h' in ghost? William Caxton, inventor of the printing press and his Flemish employees are to blame: without a dictionary or style guide to hand in fifteenth century Bruges, the typesetters simply spelled it the way it sounded to their foreign ears, and it stuck. Seventy-five per cent of English spelling is regular but twenty-five per cent is complicated, and in Spell It Out our foremost linguistics expert David Crystal extends a helping hand to the confused and curious alike. He unearths the stories behind the rogue words that confound us, and explains why these peculiarities entered the mainstream, in an epic journey taking in sixth century monks, French and Latin upstarts, the Industrial Revolution and the internet. By learning the history and the principles, Crystal shows how the spellings that break all the rules become easier to get right.Trade ReviewEntertaining ... Crystal's many examples show that the development of English spelling is as random, unsystematic and anomalous as the British constitution. English spelling is as rich a mixture of anachronism, privilege and fashion as the House of Lords * Sunday Times *A prolific author ... he can write with authority on trends in the spelling of rhubarb and indeed on the history of the spelling of any tricky word you care to mention. For him, the patterns are clear ... highly entertaining * Observer *A prolific author ... highly entertaining to read * Observer *Spectacular * Readers Digest *This masterly book is a deft guide with a light touch -- Harry Mount * TLS *A spelling book with a difference * Yorkshire Gazette and Herald *Crystal's splendid book, the latest in a long line by this prolific language truffler, proceeds chronologically, deep in learning and characteristically light on its feet. -- Marcus Berkmann * Daily Mail *A Must Read...An entertaining and fascinating study of how English spelling became so wildly inconsistent. * Sunday Times *The chaotic yet enthralling story of British spelling through the ages * Bookseller *
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Titan Books Ltd Simpsons Comics Present: The Big Beefy Book of
Book SynopsisHe's yellow -- but he sure isn't mellow! Everyone's favourite antisocial prankster, Bart Simpson, returns in another collection of hilarious, brain-bending adventures! It's a rumble in the jungle as the mighty Bartzan protects his jungle queen in 'Bartzan and the Ancient Golden Forbidden City of Gold'; Bart takes Ralph Wiggum under his wing in 'Little Buddy Day'; public speaking becomes public leaking in 'Bart's Big Spill'; history may never recover when Professor Frink unwittingly helps Bart become 'The Time Bandit'; and even Maggie and Lisa get a look in on the action when alien kidnappers and saxophone camp cause trouble for the Simpson girls! All these stories and many more can be found in The Big Beefy Book of Bart!
£8.54
Dorling Kindersley Ltd The Architecture Book
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Galison Mudpuppy Kitchen Essentials 500 Piece Puzzle with Shaped
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Tyrannosaur Chronicles
Book SynopsisTyrannosaurs are, by some margin, the most famous dinosaurs in the world. Popular among children and adults alike, it is the only dinosaur many people can name. The Tyrannosaurus was an impressive beast, it topped ten tons, was more than forty feet (fifteen meters) long, and had the largest head and most powerful bite of any land animal, ever. The Tyrannosaurus and other tyrannosaurs are fascinating animals and perhaps the best-studied of all dinosaur groups. They started small, just a couple of yards long, and over the course of 70 million years evolved into giant, meat-slicing bone crushers. New types of tyrannosaurs were discovered every year between 2010 and 2014, greatly revising what we know about how they lived, bred, fed, and died. The Tyrannosaur Chronicles tracks the rise of these dinosaurs, and presents the latest research into their biology, showing off more than just their impressive statistics--tyrannosaurs had feathers, may have hunted in Trade ReviewGripping and wonderfully informative -- Tom Holland * New Statesman *Spectacular * Nature *This book is a useful introduction to some of the most wonderfully terrifying animals ever to walk the Earth. * Wall Street Journal *In a single book Hone has been able to offer an up-to-date and exhaustive look at almost everyone's favourite dinosaur. What emerges ... is a living breathing animal that we are really just beginning to understand. * Spectator *...Detailed and rigorous ... David Hone's enthusiasm for his subjects shines through, whether he's explaining their social lives, their evolution or their unique pelvic anatomy. * BBC Wildlife *If most of what you know about Tyrannosaurs is based on old Japanese movies or the Jurassic Park franchise, there will be many surprises ... a welcome touchstone volume for lovers of the terrible lizards. -- Natural HistoryHone provides a solid meal to feed the popular fascination with these tyrant lizards, easily digestible but made from ingredients that, at least in paleontological terms, are quite fresh. * Publisher's Weekly *This volume is the go-to for tyrant dinosaurs. * Library Journal *This book is easily read and understood. Adults will understand the information provided and ... interested young people will get much from it as well. * Prehistoric Times *This is an awesome dinosaur book. -- Professor Xu Xing, Chinese Academy of SciencesDinosaurs are endlessly fascinating, and the massive, blood-thirsty tyrannosaurs are most popular (and scary) of the lot! Here, renowned dinosaur expert David Hone reveals their story, and how we know what we know about these most amazing of ancient reptiles. -- Professor Mike Benton, University of BristolTyrannosaurs are probably the world’s favourite dinosaurs. But what do we really know about this group? David Hone reviews the biology, history, evolution, and behaviour of the tyrant kings – an excellent read, containing the very latest in our understanding of Tyrannosaurus rex and its closest relatives. -- Dr Tom Holtz, University of MarylandTable of ContentsPreface Note From The Illustrator The Game of The Name A Brief Primer on Tyrannosaur Bony Anatomy PART 1: INTRODUCTION Chapter 1: Introducing the Dinosaurs Chapter 2: What is a Tyrannosaur? Chapter 3: Tyrannosaur Species Chapter 4: Tyrannosaur Relationships Chapter 5: Tyrants in Time and Space PART 2: MORPHOLOGY Chapter 6: Skull Chapter 7: Body Chapter 8: Limbs Chapter 9: Outside Chapter 10: Physiology Chapter 11: Changes PART 3: ECOLOGY Chapter 12: Reproduction and Growth Chapter 13: Prey Chapter 14: Competitors Chapter 15: Obtaining Food Chapter 16: Behaviour and Ecology PART 4: MOVING FORWARDS Chapter 17: Tyrannosaurus Fact and Fiction Chapter 18: The Future Chapter 19: Conclusions References Further Reading Museums and Online Sources Acknowledgements Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Take the Slow Road: Ireland: Inspirational
Book SynopsisForget hurrying. Forget putting your foot down and racing through sweeping bends. Forget the understeer (whatever that is). Forget the blur of a life lived too fast. This is a look at taking life slowly. It’s about taking the time to enjoy journeys and places for their own sake. It’s about stopping and putting the kettle on. Stopping to take a picture. Stopping to enjoy stopping. How are you going to do it? In a camper van or a motorhome, of course. In this book we define the best driving routes around Ireland for camper vans and motorhomes. We show you the coolest places to stay, what to see, what to do and explain why it’s special. We meander around Ireland on the most breathtaking roads, chugging up mountain passes and pootling along the coast. We show you stuff that’s fun; often free. We include the best drives for different kinds of drivers; for surfers, wildlife watchers, climbers and walkers. We include the steepest, the bendiest, the scariest and most interesting. And you don’t even have to own a camper van or motorhome – we’ll tell you the many places you can rent one to take you on the journey. All of this is interspersed with beautiful photos, handy maps and quirky travel writing from the king of camper vans and motorhomes, Martin Dorey. So if all you want to do is flick through it on a cold day and plan your next outing, you’ll be transported (albeit slowly) to pastures, beaches, mountains and highways that make you want to turn the key and go, go, go!Trade ReviewFull of ideas about what to see, where to park, what to bring - and even where to rent a camper van. * The Sun *With hundreds of beautiful photos, handy maps and quirky travel writing, this book allows you to take the slow road and reveals a new way to enjoy the Emerald Isle. * Countryside Magazine *In this, his third book in the bestselling campervan series, author Martin Dorey lets us into the best-kept secrets and driving routes around Ireland. * Countryside Magazine *
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Absolute Press Ivan Ramen
Book SynopsisIn 2007, Ivan Orkin, a middle-aged Jewish guy from Long Island, did something crazy. In the food-zealous, insular megalopolis of Tokyo, Ivan opened a ramen shop. He was a gaijin (foreigner), trying to make his name in a place that is fiercely opinionated about ramen. At first, customers came because they were curious, but word spread quickly about Ivan's handmade noodles, clean and complex broth, and thoughtfully prepared toppings. Soon enough, Ivan became a celebrity a fixture of Japanese TV programmes and the face of his own best-selling brand of instant ramen. Ivan opened a second location in Tokyo and has returned to New York City to open two US branches.Ivan Ramen is essentially two books in one: a memoir and a cookbook. In these pages, Ivan tells the story of his ascent from wayward youth to a star of the Tokyo restaurant scene. He also shares more than forty recipes, including the complete, detailed recipe for his signature Shio Ramen; creative ways to use extra ramen co
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd The Physics Book Big Ideas Simply Explained
Book SynopsisLearn about the Big Bang theory, astrophysics and gravity in The Physics Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Physics in this overview guide to the subject, brilliant for beginners looking to learn and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Physics Book brings a fresh and vibrant take on the topic through eye-catching graphics and diagrams to immerse yourself in. This captivating book will broaden your understanding of physics, with:- More than 100 ground-breaking ideas in this field of science- Packed with facts, charts, timelines and graphs to help explain core concepts- A visual approach to big subjects with striking illustrations and graphics throughout- Easy to follow text makes topics accessible for people at any level of understandingThe Physics Book is the perfect introduction to the sci
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Lonely Planet Global Limited Lonely Planet Vienna
Book SynopsisLonely Planet: The world's number one travel guide publisher Lonely Planet's Vienna is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Visit lavish Schloss Schönbrunn, explore the masterpieces of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, and get a bird's eye view of the Prater from the Riesenrad Ferris wheel - all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Vienna and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet's Vienna: NEW pull-out, passport-size 'Just Landed' card with wi-fi, ATM and transport info - all you need for a smooth journey from airport to hotel Colour maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - history, people, music, landscapes, wildlife, cuisine, politics Covers The Hofburg, Stephansdom & the Historic Centre, Karlsplatz & around Naschmarkt, The Museum District & Neubau, Alsergrund & the University District, Schloss Belvedere, Prater & East of the Danube, Schloss Schönbrunn, and more The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's Vienna is perfect for discovering both popular and off-the-beaten-path experiences. About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, video, 14 languages, nine international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more. 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveler's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia)
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Fox Chapel Publishing Ellsworth on Woodturning: How a Master Creates
Book SynopsisThis is the first complete reference from David Ellsworth, the 'grandfather' of the contemporary wood art movement. And never before has he provided everything woodworkers and artists need to know to replicate his highly evolved techniques and signature style. Step-by-step directions and crisp, absorbing photographs show exactly how Ellsworth creates an open bowl, a natural-edged bowl, and an astounding hollow vessel featuring a tiny opening and coin-thin walls. For anyone new to the lathe, "Ellsworth on Turning" provides expert tips for getting started. Intermediate and advanced turners will appreciate advice on everything from working with green wood to design to tool making and sharpening.Table of ContentsIntroduction - The Creative Process...2 Chapter 1 - Working with Green Wood & Dry Wood...6 Chapter 2 - Managing Materials...12 Chapter 3 - Why Turning Tools Work...22 Chapter 4 - Making Tools & Tools Handles...36 Chapter 5 - Sharpening...48 Chapter 6 - Chucks, Glue Blocks & Faceplates...66 Chapter 7 - Design...78 Chapter 8 - The Body...98 Chapter 9 - Turning an Open Bowl with a Cut Rim...108 Chapter 10 - Turning an Open Bowl with a Natural Edge...136 Chapter 11 - Turning the Exterior of a Hollow Form...144 Chapter 12 - Turning the Interior of a Hollow Form...156 Chapter 13 - Turning Spirit Forms...182 Chapter 14 - Jam Chucks & Vacuum Chucks...190 Chapter 15 - Sanding...204 Chapter 16 - Finishing...218 Chapter 17 - Drying Green Wood Vessels...230 Appendix - Teaching...240 Glossary...244 Resources...246
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Octopus Publishing Group You Will Be Able to Crochet by the End of This
Book SynopsisGrab a crochet hook and go from beginner to pro in no time with this accessible guide.You want to learn to crochet, but somehow you always end up in a tangle of yarn and baffled by complicated advice. This beginner's guide goes back to basics, with clear step-by-step illustrations demonstrating how to tie a slipknot, chain stitch, increase and decrease your rows, and crochet in the round, plus many more skills and techniques. Once you've aced the essentials, move on to 15 clear, stylish and straightforward projects, from colourful plant pot covers to a chic crocheted blanket. As the projects get more complex, you'll practise and perfect the skills you've learned, and build your confidence. By the end of the book, you will be able to crochet a range of projects including a mobile phone case, a cuddly toy, a wall hanging and a bobble hat. So take some time for yourself, learn a new skill, and enjoy crafting gifts for your friends, family and home with this beautiful book by your side.Projects include: - Pompom hat- Storage baskets- Cushions- Cuddly toy- Market bag- Ear warmer- Cup cosy- Sleep mask
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Penguin Books Ltd Zayn The Official Autobiography
Book Synopsis***NOMINATED FOR THE NME BEST BOOK AWARD 2017 *** The first and only OFFICIAL book from ZAYN, for his ultimate fans. Zayn''s autobiography features exclusive, never-before-seen photographs alongside his story. -------------------------------- ''This book is my diary of a period that I would like to share with you all. I hope that there are things in the book that contextualise some of the moments and memories we have all shared together. There are things I address in the book that are very personal to me, things that I have never told anyone, things I still find hard to talk about. It''s a part of a journey I''m still on'' - ZAYN ZAYN opens up with this collection of thoughts, inspiration, and never-before-seen personal photographs. After five years of massive success with One Direction, ZAYN launched his career as a solo artist with Mind of Mine, becoming one of the most successful artists in the world. NowTrade ReviewThe first and only official book from ZAYN. Global superstar ZAYN shares a photographic journey of his life since leaving One Direction. from the publisher's description
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Oxford University Press Philosophy
Book SynopsisHow ought we to live? What really exists? How do we know? This Very Short Introduction discusses some of the key questions philosophy engages with. Edward Craig explores important themes in ethics, and the nature of knowledge and the self, through readings from Plato, Hume, Descartes, Hegel, Darwin, and Buddhist writers. Throughout, he emphasizes why we do phiilosophy, explains how different areas of philosophy are related, and explores the contexts in which philosophy was and is done.This new edition includes a new chapter on free will, discussing determinism and indeterminism in the context of Descartes and Hegel''s work. Craig also covers the Problem of Evil, and Kant''s argument on the source of moral obligation. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Table of Contents1: Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction 2: What should I do? Plato's Crito 3: How do we know? Hume's, Of Miracles 4: What am I? An unknown Buddhist on the Self: King Milinda's chariot 5: Some themes 6: Of 'isms' 7: Some more high spots: a personal selection 8: Freedom of the will 9: What's in it for whom Bibliography Where to go next Index
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Allen & Unwin NeuroTribes: Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize
Book SynopsisWinner of the 2015 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-FictionShortlisted for the Wellcome Book PrizeA Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellerForeword by Oliver SacksWhat is autism: a devastating developmental condition, a lifelong disability, or a naturally occurring form of cognitive difference akin to certain forms of genius? In truth, it is all of these things and more - and the future of our society depends on our understanding it. Following on from his groundbreaking article 'The Geek Syndrome', Wired reporter Steve Silberman unearths the secret history of autism, long suppressed by the same clinicians who became famous for discovering it, and finds surprising answers to the crucial question of why the number of diagnoses has soared in recent years.Going back to the earliest autism research and chronicling the brave and lonely journey of autistic people and their families through the decades, Silberman provides long-sought solutions to the autism puzzle while casting light on the growing movement of 'neurodiversity' and mapping out a path towards a more humane world for people with learning differences.Trade ReviewStunning... Highly original... Outstanding. * Spectator, Best Books of 2015 *A sprawling and fascinating dissection of the role autism has played in shaping human history. * Daily Telegraph, Best Books of 2015 *Whatever the future of autism...Mr Silberman has surely written the definitive book about its past. * The Economist, Best Books of 2015 *A rich amalgam of social history and contemporary reportage. * Financial Times, Best Books of 2015 *[An] epic history of autism. * Sunday Telegraph *Ambitious, meticulous and largehearted... Beautifully told, humanizing, important. * New York Times, Best Books of 2015 *Silberman's phenomenal book goes a long way to uncovering some of the myths about this particular "tribe" and is all for recognising their incredible talents and contributions to society. * The Sun *Brilliant and sparklingly humane. * Guardian, Best Books of 2015 *NeuroTribes is deeply felt. * The Times, Best Books of 2015 *Powerful, authoritative... This is a significant book. * The Sunday Times, Best Books of 2015 *It's not just a book about autism but a journey through the history of cognitive difference and our evolving attitudes towards it. * Metro, Best Books of 2015 *Silberman sheds a sage and humane light on a much-misrepresented aspect of human nature. * Independent, Best Books of the Year *Steve Silberman explores in fascinating, near-encyclopaedic depth how autism has evolved. It's a gripping narrative written with journalistic verve. * Observer *Silberman is a skilled storyteller... [He] researches with scientific rigour... A powerful voice: NeuroTribes offers keen insight. * New Statesman *Silberman's sweeping history is always sensitive and builds a persuasive argument that the ability to think differently is useful, necessary even, for the success of the modern world. * New Scientist *This excellent book is the result of fifteen years of work. As the late Oliver Sacks put it, "I know of no one else who has spent so much time simply listening, trying to understand what it is like to be autistic." -- William Leith * Evening Standard, Best Books of 2015 *A tome that beautifully, compassionately and brutally traces the history of autism from centuries past into the present and possible future... Everyone needs to read this book. Everyone. * Forbes *NeuroTribes is remarkable. Silberman has done something unique: he's taken the dense and detailed history of autism and turned the story into a genuine page-turner. The book is sure to stir considerable discussion. -- John Elder Robison, author of Look Me in the EyeA lively, readable book... To read NeuroTribes is to realize how much autistic people have enriched the scope of human knowledge and diversity, and how impoverished the world would be without them. * San Francisco Chronicle, Best Books of 2015 *A comprehensive history of the science and culture surrounding autism studies... An essential resource. * Nature magazine *Breathtaking... As emotionally resonant as any [book] this year. * The Boston Globe, Best Books of 2015 *It's a readable, engaging story. But it's also a serious political and sociological critique, couched in a 500-page-long piece of original historical scholarship. * Salon *Nothing short of a revelation... Sweeping and lovingly detailed. * Parent.co *The monks who inscribed beautiful manuscripts during the Middle Ages, Cavendish an 18th century scientist who explained electricity, and many of the geeks in Silicon Valley are all on the autism spectrum. Silberman reviews the history of autism treatments from horrible blaming of parents to the modern positive neurodiversity movement. Essential reading for anyone interested in psychology. -- Temple Grandin, author of Thinking in Pictures and The Autistic BrainIt is a beautifully written and thoughtfully crafted book, a historical tour of autism, richly populated with fascinating and engaging characters, and a rallying call to respect difference. * Science magazine *Epic and often shocking... Everyone with an interest in the history of science and medicine - how it has failed us, surprised us and benefited us - should read this book. * Chicago Tribune *The best book you can read to understand autism. * Gizmodo *This is perhaps the most significant history of the discovery, changing conception and public reaction to autism we will see in a generation. * TASH.org *A well-researched, readable report on the treatment of autism that explores its history and proposes significant changes for its future... In the foreword, Oliver Sacks writes that this "sweeping and penetrating history...is fascinating reading" that "will change how you think of autism." No argument with that assessment. * Kirkus Reviews *Stunning...a remarkable narrative...one of the most fascinating accounts of autism I have ever read. -- Simon Baron-Cohen * The Lancet *Essential reading if you have an autistic child; highly recommended for anyone with an interest in the workings of the mind. * The Tablet *The story of autism reads more like a novel, with a vivid cast of characters, power struggles, obsessions - and heroic efforts of insight. * The Psychologist *
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Simon & Schuster Ltd Lancaster
Book Synopsis'The epic story of an iconic aircraft and the breathtaking courage of those who flew her' Andy McNab, bestselling author of Bravo Two Zero 'Compelling, thrilling and rooted in quite extraordinary human drama' James Holland, author of Normandy 44 From John Nichol, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Spitfire, comes a passionate and profoundly moving tribute to the Lancaster bomber, its heroic crews and the men and women who kept her airborne during the country's greatest hour of need. 'The Avro Lancaster is an aviation icon; revered, romanticised, loved. Without her, and the bravery of those who flew her, the freedom we enjoy today would not exist.'Sir Arthur Harris, the controversial chief of Royal Air Force Bomber Command, described the Lancaster as his 'shining sword' and the 'greatest single factor in winning the war'. RAF
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No Starch Press,US The Lego Technic Idea Book: Simple Machines
Book SynopsisThe LEGO® Technic Idea Book: Simple Machines is a collection of hundreds of working examples of simple yet fascinating Technic models that you can build based on their pictures alone. Each project uses color-coded pieces and is photographed from multiple angles, making it easy to see how the models are assembled without the need for step-by-step instructions. Every model illustrates a different principle, concept, or mechanism that will inspire your own original creations. You re encouraged to use these elements as building blocks to create your own masterpieces. The Technic models in Simple Machines demonstrate basic configurations of gears, shafts, pulleys, turntables, connectors, and the like. You'll learn how to create small, elegant machines like cranes, operable doors, motorized cars, a rubber band-powered rocket launcher, a hand-cranked drag racer, and even musical instruments. This visual guide, the first in the three-volume LEGO Technic Idea Book series, is the brainchild ofTable of ContentsPart 1GearsShafts and ConnectorsGear CombinationsGears in a TurntableGears in SeriesAngled GearsWorm DrivesPart 2Chains and TreadsRubber BandsRack-and-Pinion GearsMoving To and FroMoving FreelyGoing the DistancePart 3Motors and GearsBuilding in Any DirectionStrong CombinationsTwo Simple ChassisPart 4DoorsPulley SystemsRubber Band PowerMore Uses for GearsMaking Music
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John Murray Press Managing Transitions
Book SynopsisThe bestselling guide to managing organisational change, with over 650,000 copies sold, is now revised and updated for today''s rapidly changing workplace where change is a constant. In a landscape of big mergers, global teams and evolving technology, it''s more important than ever for employees and managers to be adaptable to change. When restructuring hits the workplace, the actual situational shifts are often not as hard to work through as the psychological components that accompany them. Successful organisational change takes place when employees have a clear purpose, a plan for, and a part to play in their changing surroundings. For 25 years, Managing Transitions has been the go-to resource for managers to navigate tumultuous times. Now, this essential book has been updated to address new trends and challenges in today''s work cultures, including generational differences, inclusivity, cross-functional teams, remote and work-from-home colleagues, and more.Trade ReviewManaging Transitions was timely when it first appeared 25 years ago. It is even more relevant now, at a time of unprecedented change and transition. The Bridges' deep understanding of how we experience the destabilising forces of change - and their well-tested strategies for helping people through it - are more important than ever. -- Marshall Goldsmith, executive coach, business educator, and New York Times best-selling author, ranked top leadership thinker in the world by Thinkers50A very wise book by a very wise man. This new edition is a celebration of William Bridges' original insights and practical guidance. With incisive contemporary cases and immediately useful applications, Susan Bridges masterfully reintroduces his exceptional work to a new generation. -- Jim Kouzes, coauthor of the best-selling 'The Leadership Challenge'Pick up any business book today and you will find words about unending change. What better guide for this unrelenting change than someone who has spent decades studying and reporting on how to survive it? If you need that guide - grab this book! William and Susan Bridges provide a road map to get through the most difficult work and life passages. -- Beverly Kaye, founder, Career Systems International; coauthor, 'Love 'Em or Lose 'Em'This richly updated new edition of the insightful Managing Transitions, filled with fresh and compelling examples, will be indispensable for leaders trying to guide their organizations through a period of unsettling change by managing the pain and uncertainty of the neutral zone. A timely update to a timeless book. -- Sally Helgesen, author, 'The Female Vision' and 'Thriving in 24/7'Managing change is a way of life in today's organisations, yet too often it's handled poorly. That's why Managing Transitions has become the essential guide on how to do it right. This new, revised edition deftly guides the reader through the organisational change process from start to finish, offering practical advice grounded in the authors' vast experience working with every size and type of organisation. This book is must reading for every leader, manager, and employee undergoing a change process. Come to think of it, doesn't that include just about everyone? -- John Alexander, president, Leadership Horizons and former president and CEO of the Center for Creative LeadershipThe most important idea I have encountered about organizational change is this: great change requires human transition. Decades of experience have proven that no magic set of steps, no financial incentive, no clever argument, and no threat can guarantee that a workforce will embrace change. People need real help in psychologically transitioning to a new situation--and that help is available here. In this fourth edition of Managing Transitions, William and Susan Bridges further expand their proven approach for helping people and organizations embrace real change. -- Walter McFarland, coauthor of 'Choosing Change' and board chair emeritus for the Association for TalentManaging Transitions is an essential guide for leaders and Chief People Officers who are navigating transitions and change within any organisation. It is also a handbook in life for dealing with endings, new beginnings, and the disruptive 'neutral zone' in between. This book provides a pathway to human and authentic leadership and a way to gracefully navigate through the changes we all face in life. -- Gabrielle Toledano, EVP and chief talent officer, Electronic Arts, Inc.Susan Bridges has done something generous, courageous, and brilliant with her updating of this classic and treasured book by Bill Bridges. In a collaborative process with the ideas of her late husband and business partner, she has made the language, concepts, and examples fresh again and available to a new audience. Bill's ideas have been fundamental to my own practice, and now they will inspire a new generation of leaders and change-makers to be wise, humane, and strategic, as they move their complex organisations through and increasingly challenging set of realities. -- B. Kim Barnes, CEO, Barnes & Conti Associates; author, 'Exercising Influence'Change is constant in today's global business environment, and yet change management continues to be a challenge for most organisations. That's why Managing Transitions remains an important book; it identifies the critically important role that understanding the human size of transition plays in effective change management. This updated edition is a must-read for anyone who wants to lead change successfully. -- Tony Bingham, president and CEO for the Association for Talent Development
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Penguin Books Ltd The Penguin Book of Historic Speeches
Book SynopsisFrom Moses to Nelson Mandela, speeches have changed the way we see the world and the way the world is shaped.The Penguin Book of Historic Speeches gathers together the world''s greatest speeches, bringing together the words of over one hundred men and women. These brilliant and passionate declarations by Socrates, Robespierre, Lincoln, Queen Elizabeth I, Churchill, Washington, Pankhurst, Gandhi and many others provide a vivid glimpse of history in the making while retaining their power to move and inspire today.''Impeccable. MacArthur prefaces each address with a short but scholarly historical explanation that sets the scene perfectly. An attractive volume'' Andrew Roberts, Sunday Times''Works well not just as an anthology but as a history'' Independent on SundayTrade ReviewImpeccable. MacArthur prefaces each address with a short but scholarly historical explanation that sets the scene perfectly. An attractive volume with a splendidly pithy introducton -- Andrew Roberts * Sunday Times *MacArthur wisely [concentrates] on certain political conflicts - gathering together the oratory of the American Civil War or the campaign for female suffrage. His book works well not just as an anthology but as a history of those episodes * Independent on Sunday *A collection to stir the blood and lift the heart * Daily Mail *
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AND Publishing Teaching For People Who Prefer Not To Teach
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Oneworld Publications What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our
Book SynopsisAS FEATURED IN SEASPIRACY An Observer Book of the Year 2017 A Sunday Times must read A New York Times Bestseller Endorsed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama – ‘Balcombe vividly shows that fish have feelings and deserve consideration and protection like other sentient beings’ What’s the truth behind the old adage that goldfish have a three-second memory? Do fishes think? Can they recognize the humans who peer back at them from above the surface of the water? Myth-busting biologist and animal behaviour expert Jonathan Balcombe takes us under the sea, through streams and estuaries to the other side of the aquarium glass to answer these questions and more. He upends our assumptions, revealing that fish are far from the unfeeling, dead-eyed feeding machines so many of us assume them to be. They are, in fact, sentient, aware, social and even Machiavellian – in other words, rather like us. What a Fish Knows draws on the latest science to present a fresh look at these remarkable creatures in all their breathtaking diversity and beauty. Teeming with insights and exciting discoveries, it offers a thoughtful appraisal of our relationships with fish and inspires us to take a more enlightened view of the planet’s increasingly imperilled marine life. What a Fish Knows will forever change how we see our aquatic cousins – the pet goldfish included.Trade Review‘Many of us have a soft spot for dolphins and whales, but Balcombe makes it embarrassingly clear how absolutely ignorant (and arrogant) we are when it comes to the vast world of our oceans and their inhabitants.’ * Observer, Books of the Year *‘As cogent, salutary and substantial a study of piscine behaviour as I have read in years…This is a book full of wonders.’ * Literary Review *‘Eye-opening…What a Fish Knows is far more than a mass of would-you-believe-it facts, marvellously entertaining though they are...passionate and persuasive.’ * Sunday Times *‘Surprisingly, this compelling book is the first ever published that is devoted to fish behaviour.’ * Forbes, 10 Best Popular Science Books of 2016 *‘Remarkable.’ * Spectator *‘An extended exploration of the world from a piscine perspective...Balcombe makes a persuasive case that what fish know is quite a lot.’ -- Elizabeth Kolbert, New York Review of Books‘...will leave you humbled, thrilled, and floored. Jonathan Balcombe delivers a revelation on every page, presenting jaw-dropping studies and stories that should reshape our understanding of, and compassion for, some of the most diverse and successful animals who have ever lived.’ -- Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus, a National Book Award finalist‘We Buddhists consider all animals, including fish, as sentient beings who have feelings of joy and pain just as we humans do. We also believe that they have all been kind to us as our mothers many times in the past, and are deserving of our compassion. Therefore, we try to help them in whatever way we can and at least avoid doing them harm. In What a Fish Knows, Jonathan Balcombe vividly shows that fish have feelings and deserve consideration and protection like other sentient beings. I hope reading it will help people become more aware of the benefits of vegetarianism and the need to treat animals with respect.’ -- The Dalai Lama‘[A] sparkling exposition on “our underwater cousins”…[and] a compelling pitch for greatly expanding fish conservation.’ * Booklist *‘As ethologist Jonathan Balcombe notes in this engrossing study, breakthroughs are revealing sophisticated piscine behaviours. Balcombe glides from perception and cognition to tool use, pausing at marvels such as ocular migration in flounders and the capacity of the frillfin goby (Bathygobius soporator) to memorize the topography of the intertidal zone.’ * Barbara Kiser, Nature *‘Balcombe covers the waterfront, so to speak, from fish cognition and perception to their social structures and breeding practices, all the while drawing on a dizzying array of experiments and studies. In the hands of a lesser writer, the sheer weight of material could have overburdened the reader. But Balcombe’s prose is lively and clear, showcasing his gift for pithy sentences.’ * Eugene Linden, American Scholar *‘With the vivacious energy of a cracking good storyteller, Balcombe draws deeply from scientific studies and his own experience with fish to introduce readers to them as sentient creatures that live full lives governed by cognition and perception…Balcombe makes a convincing case that fish possess minds and memories, are capable of planning and organizing, and cooperate with one another in webs of social relationships.’ * Publishers Weekly *‘[Balcombe] offers an enjoyable, surprising and sometimes gruesome exploration of the world of fish, written with clarity and humor and grounded in many scientific studies...The breadth and depth of his research and his enthusiastic storytelling may permanently alter how [readers] look at a pet goldfish or a can of sardines.’ * Shelf Awareness *‘I thought I knew a lot about fishes. Then I read What a Fish Knows. And now I know a lot about fishes! Stunning in the way it reveals so many astonishing things about the fishes who populate planet Earth in their trillions, this book is sure to ‘deepen’ your appreciation for our fin-bearing co-voyagers, the bright strangers whose world we share.’ -- Carl Safina, author of Beyond Words‘Our fishy ancestors emerged from the watery depths around 400 million years ago, and this beautiful book connects us back to that time.’ -- David Gruber, Ideas.TED.com, “What Should you read this summer?”‘Based on the latest scientific research, What a Fish Knows offers an eye-opening tour of the social, mental, and emotional lives of fishes. Who knew fishes use tools, appreciate music, fall for the same optical illusions we do, and engage in both cooperative hunting and some very kinky sex? Jonathan Balcombe’s book is popular science writing at its best. It will spin your head around.’ -- Hal Herzog, author of Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat‘Balcombe...wants people to care about fish as individuals, to think of them much as we would a pet cat or dog...This might sound like a fool’s errand. To most people, it probably seems doubtful that a fish has any sort of inner life, much less a rich one. But Mr. Balcombe builds a persuasive argument...through a compendium of fascinating anecdotes and scientific findings that illustrate the complexity and creativity of fish behavior. Dozens of startling revelations emerge, including playful marine fish riding bubbles to the top of an aquarium, elephantfish “singing” courtship duets using electric pulses, and parasite-picking cleaner fish engaging in convoluted “economic” interactions with their “clients.”’ * Alan de Quieroz, Wall Street Journal *‘What a Fish Knows is a delightful and fascinating book that should be read by all who have dismissed fishes, especially the smaller denizens of the ocean, as utterly simple, primitive creatures. Jonathan Balcombe’s lively descriptions of fish behavior are backed by solid science. What Carl Safina’s Beyond Words did for elephants, wolves, and orcas, Balcombe’s book does for fishes. It is a terrific read.’ -- Wendy Benchley, ocean conservationist and co-founder of the Peter Benchley Ocean Awards‘Fishes are greatly misunderstood and grievously maligned. Now, in What a Fish Knows, Jonathan Balcombe uses the latest science to provide a comprehensive picture of just who fishes are. You will learn that fishes have distinct personalities, experience a wide range of emotions, form intricate social relationships, and are wonderful parents. Indeed, this forward-looking and long-overdue book is an integral part of reconnecting with the fascinating animals with whom we share our magnificent planet.’ -- Marc Bekoff, author of The Emotional Lives of Animals and Rewilding Our Hearts‘What a Fish Knows is the best book on fishes I have ever read. Brimming with engrossing anecdotes and humor, Jonathan Balcombe’s inspiring treatise takes the reader on a fascinating and deeply moving journey into the lives of fishes. Balcombe’s eloquent, persuasive, highly readable tour de force has a single, luminous message: Fishes deserve more respect, care, and protection.’ -- Chris Palmer, author of Shooting in the Wild and Confessions of a Wildlife Filmmaker
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The Crowood Press Ltd 147 Snooker Drills and Exercises
Book Synopsis147 Snooker Drills and Exercises will help players of all standards to improve their game. It presents a range of practice routines that covers all aspects of a player's game. Some are more advanced than others, allowing the player working on a particular area of their game to pick out the exercises they feel will help them most. The routines become more difficult as the pages go on, so the beginner can work through them and use them to set targets to make their practice competitive. For coaches, the routines will assist in giving variety in lessons and helping to set targets in lessons.
£12.99
Granta Books Forty-One False Starts: Essays on Artists and
Book SynopsisSelected essays from America's foremost literary journalist and essayist, featuring ruminations on writers and artists as diverse as Edith Wharton, Diane Arbus and the Bloomsbury Group. This charismatic and penetrating collection includes Malcolm's now iconic essay about the painter David Salle.
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Taschen GmbH Aalto
Book SynopsisAlvar Aalto (1898–1976) made a unique modernist mark. Influenced by both the landscape and the political independence of his native Finland, he designed warm, curving, compassionate buildings, wholly set apart from the slick, mechanistic, geometric designs that characterized much contemporary European practice. Whether a church, a villa, a sauna, or a public library, Aalto’s organic structures tended to replace plaster and steel with brick and wood, often incorporating undulating, wave-like forms, which would also appear in his chair, glassware, and lamp designs. An adherent to detail, Aalto insisted upon the humanity of his work stating: “Modern architecture does not mean using immature new materials; the main thing is to work with materials towards a more human line.” Many of Aalto’s public buildings such as Säynätsalo Town Hall, the lecture theatre at Otaniemi Technical University, the Helsinki National Pensions Institute and the Helsinki House of Culture may be seen as psychological as well as physical landmarks in the rebuilding of Finland after the ravages of war.
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Pearson Education Limited Dynamo 2 Rouge Workbook PACK
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John Murray Press Riding the Waves of Culture: Understanding
Book SynopsisFor over 25 years, Riding the Waves of Culture has set the standard for leading effectively in an international business context. Helping leaders to be highly attuned to cultural differences, and to leverage such differences for maximum competitive advantage.Retaining its in-depth exploration of underlying cultural frameworks that have made it a business classic, Riding the Waves of Culture, Fourth Edition provides new, evidence-based information and insights on critical business matters, including:- How to enhance and improve chances of success in M&A deals by expertly handling corporate and cultural differences- Ways of improving and handling competencies, dilemmas, servant leadership, innovation, and remote-team effectiveness in an increasingly diverse business world- New analyses of changes over the past decades that are moving the world closer to a single 'global village'Renowned experts in their field, the authors also include new chapters and updates on:- the meaning of culture- how to assess cultural competence- change management- assessing organisation culture- diversity and ethnicityThe most thoroughly researched and highly respected resource of its kind, Riding the Waves of Culture does more than help you stay afloat in today's diverse work environment; it provides the knowledge you need to seize the advantage and compete for the long run.Trade ReviewIn the global marketplace, Riding the Waves of Culture is the guide to managing effectively in diverse countries and cultures.A must-read for all international/intercultural managers... a powerful pioneering work that has gained the respect of corporate leaders around the world.This book offers the roadmap to solve the dilemmas of cross-cultural management in the 21st century, not only for the West bust also for the East.
£21.24
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Textbook of Endodontology
Book SynopsisThe third edition of Textbook of Endodontology provides lucid scholarship and clear discussion of endodontic principles and treatment to dental students and dental practitioners searching for current information on endodontic theories and techniques. Completely revised and updated new edition Featuressix new chapters Provides pedagogical features to promote understanding Includes clinical case studies to put the information in the clinical context Illustrated in full color throughout with clinical images and detailed diagrams Offers interactive multiple-choice questions on a companion website Table of ContentsList of contributors xiii Foreword xvii Preface xix About the companion website xxi 1 Introduction to endodontology 1John Whitworth, Lise-Lotte Kirkevang, and Lars Bjørndal Endodontology 1 The objective of endodontic treatment 2 Clinical problems and solutions 2 The diagnostic dilemma 6 The outcome dilemma 6 The tools of treatment 6 References 7 Part 1 The Vital Pulp 2 The dentin–pulp complex: structure, functions, threats, and response to external injury 11Lars Bjørndal and Alastair J. Sloan Introduction 11 The odontoblast and the dentin–pulp complex 11 The dental pulp 17 Immune responses in the dentin–pulp complex 22 Responses of the healthy dentin–pulp complex to nondestructive stimuli 25 The dentin–pulp complex and responses to external injuries 25 Summary 29 References 29 3 Dentinal and pulpal pain 33Inge Fristad and Matti N¨arhi Introduction 33 Classification of nerve fibers 33 Morphology of intradental sensory innervation 33 Function of intradental sensory nerves 36 Sensitivity of dentin: hydrodynamic mechanism in pulpal A-fiber activation 38 Responses of intradental nerves to tissue injury and inflammation 40 Local control of pulpal nociceptor activation 44 Dentin hypersensitivity 44 Pain symptoms and pulpal diagnosis 45 References 46 4 Clinical pulp diagnosis and decision-making 49Kerstin Petersson and Claes Reit Introduction 49 Evaluation of diagnostic information 49 Diagnostic accuracy 50 Diagnostic strategy 51 Clinical manifestations of pulpal and periapical inflammation 51 Collecting diagnostic information 52 Diagnostic methodology: assessment of pulp vitality 53 Diagnostic methodology: evaluation of reported pain 55 Diagnostic methodology: provocation/inhibition of pain 56 Diagnostic methodology: evaluation of tooth discolorations 58 Diagnostic classification 58 References 59 5 Caries pathology and management in deep stages of lesion formation 61Lars Bjørndal Enamel lesions without clinical cavitation 63 Progressive stages of enamel–dentin lesions without surface cavitation and exposure of dentin to the oral environment 65 Cavitation of the dentin lesion 67 Concluding remarks on the natural history of dental caries 72 Strategies for the management of deep caries 72 Detailed treatment protocol for deep caries management 74 References 76 6 Treatment of vital pulp conditions 79Lars Bjørndal, Helena Fransson, and St´ephane Simon Introduction 79 Indications and treatment concepts for preserving vital pulp functions 80 Protocols for treatments aiming to preserve the vitality of the exposed pulp 81 Factors of importance in preserving vital pulp functions 87 Capping materials and healing patterns 89 Tissue–biomaterial interaction and pulp healing 91 Pulp-preserving treatments – a controversial treatment? 92 Indications and treatment concepts for treating the irreversibly inflamed vital pulp (pulpectomy) 93 Postoperative considerations 96 Choosing between pulp-preserving vital pulp therapies and pulpectomy 96 Concluding remarks on the avoidance of pulpectomy by vital pulp therapies 97 Revitalization and/or regenerative endodontic procedures 97 References 98 Part 2 The Infected Necrotic Pulp and Apical Periodontitis 7 Apical periodontitis 103Zvi Metzger, Anda Kfir, and Itzhak Abramovitz Introduction 103 The nature of apical periodontitis 103 Interactions with the infecting microbiota 107 Treatment and healing of periapical lesions 114 Persistence of periapical lesions 115 Clinical manifestations and diagnostic terminology 117 References 119 8 Microbiology of the inflamed and necrotic pulp 123Luis E. Ch´avez de Paz Introduction 123 Historical background 123 Clinical evidence 124 Infections in root-filled teeth with persistent apical periodontitis 126 Microbial pathogenesis of apical periodontitis 128 Association of signs and symptoms with specific bacteria 129 Biological evidence 131 Extraradicular biofilms 133 Ecological determinants for microbial growth in root canals 134 Microbial interactions in biofilms 134 Microbial resistance to antimicrobials 136 Antibiofilm strategies 137 Concluding remarks 138 References 138 9 Clinical diagnosis of pulp necrosis and apical periodontitis 143Dag Ørstavik Introduction 143 Clinical features of pulp necrosis and root canal infections 144 Radiographic features of apical periodontitis 147 A strategy for the formulation of a periapical diagnosis 153 Diagnostic challenges during treatment 153 Special cases of endodontic infections 154 An integrated approach to endodontic diagnosis 162 References 165 Part 3 Endodontic Treatment Procedures 10 Endodontic emergencies 171Peter Jonasson, Maria Pigg, and Lars Bjørndal Introduction 171 General diagnostic considerations and emergency principles 171 The etiology and pathogenesis behind emergency scenarios 171 Non-endodontic tooth pain – conditions of differential diagnostic interest 181 Management of patients with acute dental pain 182 References 183 11 Controlling the environment – the aseptic working field 185Merete Markvart and Pia Titterud Sunde Background 185 Preparing teeth for rubber dam isolation and the development of an aseptic working field 186 Rubber dam isolation 187 Application of the rubber dam 189 Disinfection of the working field 189 Aseptic working procedures 190 References 192 12 Access and canal negotiation: the first key procedural steps for successful endodontic treatment 195Ove A. Peters and Ana Arias Introduction 195 Principles of tooth development and tooth anatomy 195 Individual analysis of the tooth, preoperative radiographs, and additional CBCT scans in complex cases 196 Rubber dam isolation 196 Access cavity preparation 197 Canal negotiation 202 References 203 13 Root canal instrumentation 205Lars Bergmans and Paul Lambrechts Introduction 205 Principles of root canal instrumentation 205 Root canal system anatomy 206 Anatomical variations in teeth 211 Procedural steps 213 Endodontic instruments 217 Instrumentation techniques 221 Limitations of root canal instrumentation 223 Preventing procedural mishaps 225 References 228 14 Irrigation and disinfection 231Markus Haapasalo and Ya Shen Introduction 231 Eradication of microorganisms from the root canal system 231 Microbial reduction by instrumentation 232 Root canal irrigation 232 The apical root canal – a special challenge for irrigation 236 Activation of irrigant flow 237 Use of lasers in irrigation 238 Wide-spectrum sound energy for cleaning the root canal system 239 Intracanal medicaments 240 Concluding remarks 241 References 241 15 Root canal filling 247 15.1 Root canal filling materials 248Gottfried Schmalz and Birger Thonemann Introduction 248 Requirements 249 Evaluation of specific materials 253 References 272 15.2 Root canal filling techniques 277Amir-Taymour Moinzadeh and Hagay Shemesh Introduction 277 Clinical objectives and in vitro investigations 277 The root canal filling–dentin interface 277 Root canal filling techniques 281 Concluding remarks 289 References 289 Part 4 The Endodontically Treated Tooth 16 The root canal-treated tooth in prosthodontic reconstruction 295Kishor Gulabivala and Yuan-Ling Ng Introduction 295 Fracture predilection of root-treated teeth 295 Occlusal loading 298 Root canal-treated teeth as abutments 299 Distribution of remaining tooth structure and restorability 299 Principles of restoration of root-treated teeth 300 Timing of restoration after endodontic treatment 301 Approach to restoration of anterior teeth 302 Characteristics of posts 303 Preparation of the post space 307 Approach to restoration of posterior teeth 308 Core materials 310 Modes of restoration failure in root canal-treated teeth 310 Conclusions 311 References 312 17 Clinical epidemiology: measuring endodontic disease and treatment outcome 315Lise-Lotte Kirkevang Introduction 315 Defining a “successful” outcome 315 Study designs commonly used in endodontic research 317 Treatment outcome and risk factors 319 Concluding remarks 323 References 323 18 Endodontic retreatment – the decision-making process 327Frank Setzer and Bekir Karabucak Introduction 327 Why might the initial treatment be unsuccessful? 327 When may further intervention be considered? 329 Decision-making – the dentist’s perspective 330 Decision-making – the patient’s perspective 338 References 339 19 Nonsurgical retreatment 343Thomas Kvist and Luc van der Sluis Introduction 343 Indications 343 Instrumentation of the root canal 350 Prognosis 357 Summary 357 References 358 20 Surgical endodontics 361Lise-Lotte Kirkevang, Vibe Rud, and Thomas Kvist Introduction 361 General outline of the procedure 361 Local anesthesia 363 Flap design, incision, and raising the flap – general considerations 363 Access to the root tip 368 Root-end resection 369 Curettage of the soft-tissue lesion 369 Management of bleeding 370 Root-end preparation 371 Root-end filling 372 Repositioning and suturing of the flap 373 Postoperative measures 374 Follow-up after surgery 375 References 376 Part 5 Additional Considerations 21 Local anesthetic considerations 381Nigel Foot and John Whitworth Introduction 381 Fundamentals of local anesthetic action 381 Common local anesthetic agents in endodontics 382 Standard methods of local anesthesia for endodontics 383 Failure to secure anesthesia 385 Why may teeth be difficult to anesthetize? 386 Measures to preempt or overcome challenging local anesthesia 387 Supplementary injections 388 Sedation 390 Complications of local anesthesia 391 References 392 22 Complex orofacial pain conditions 393Lene Baad-Hansen and Peter Svensson Introduction 393 Overview of pain mechanisms 393 Diagnostic process 395 Complex orofacial pain conditions 397 Painful posttraumatic trigeminal neuropathy 397 Persistent idiopathic facial pain 398 Atypical odontalgia/persistent dentoalveolar pain 399 Trigeminal neuralgia 399 Trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias 401 Migraine/neurovascular orofacial pain 401 Temporomandibular disorder pain – referred pain 401 Summary 402 References 402 23 Endodontic complications after trauma 405John Whitworth Introduction 405 Common dental injuries 405 Dental trauma and its consequences 405 Consequences of pulp breakdown and infection after trauma 411 General considerations in the management of dental trauma 416 Diagnostic quandaries: to remove or review the pulp after trauma? 422 References 424 24 Medicolegal considerations 427Lars Bjørndal, Shiv Pabary, and John Whitworth Introduction 427 Ethical considerations – the concepts of beneficence and nonmaleficence 427 Defining best practice 427 Endodontic procedures as complex interventions with scope for imperfection, oversight and error 428 Examples of errors and accidents 428 Do errors always lead to legal action? 430 Professional indemnity/malpractice insurance 430 Managing risks 431 Conclusion 433 References 434 25 Emergencies in need of urgent referral 435Tara Renton Introduction 435 Neurological injuries resulting from endodontic procedures and materials 435 Neurological injuries resulting from periapical inflammation 440 Chemical tissue trauma 441 Severe odontogenic infections that may compromise systemic health 443 Suspicion of locally aggressive or neoplastic lesions 444 Severe or persistent pain 445 Inhalation or aspiration of dental instruments or materials 445 Allergic responses that may compromise systemic health 445 Reporting adverse events 446 Summary 446 References 446 26 The transition to independent practice 451Peter Musaeus Introduction 451 The challenge of transition 452 Learning: explanations and strategies 454 Conclusion 460 Acknowledgment 461 References 461 Index 463
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Penguin Books Ltd Inglorious Empire
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewTharoor convincingly demolishes some of the more persistent myths about Britain's supposedly civilising mission in India ... [he] charts the destruction of pre-colonial systems of government by the British and their ubiquitous ledgers and rule books ... The statistics are worth repeating. -- Victor Mallet * Financial Times *Inglorious Empire is a timely reminder of the need to start teaching unromanticised colonial history in British schools. A welcome antidote to the nauseating righteousness and condescension pedalled by Niall Ferguson in his 2003 book Empire * Irish Times *His writing is a delight and he seldom misses his target ... Tharoor should be applauded for tackling an impossibly contentious subject ... he deserves to be read. Indians are not the only ones who need reminding that empire has a lot to answer for. * Literary Review *Remarkable ... The book is savagely critical of 200 years of the British in India. It makes very uncomfortable reading for Brits -- Matt Ridley * The Times *Tharoor's impassioned polemic slices straight to the heart of the darkness that drives all empires. Forceful, persuasive and blunt, he demolishes Raj nostalgia, laying bare the grim, and high, cost of the British Empire for its former subjects. An essential read -- Niljana Roy * Financial Times *Ferocious and astonishing. Essential for a Britain lost in sepia fantasies about its past, Inglorious Empire is history at its clearest and cutting best -- Ben JudahThose Brits who speak confidently about how Britain's "historical and cultural ties" to India will make it easy to strike a great new trade deal should read Mr Tharoor's book. It would help them to see the world through the eyes of the ... countries once colonised or defeated by Britain -- Gideon Rachman * Financial Times *Rare indeed is it to come across history that is so readable and so persuasive -- Amitav GhoshEloquent ... a well-written riposte to those texts that celebrate empire as a supposed "force for good" * BBC World Histories *Tharoor's book - arising from a contentious Oxford Union debate in 2015 where he proposed the motion "Britain owes reparations to her former colonies" - should keep the home fires burning, so to speak, both in India and in Britain. ... He makes a persuasive case, with telling examples * History Today *Brilliant ... A searing indictment of the Raj and its impact on India. ... Required reading for all Anglophiles in former British colonies, and needs to be a textbook in Britain -- Salil Tripathi, Chair of the Writers in Prison Committee, PEN International, and author of The Colonel Who Would Not RepentPersuasive and well-founded ... the book convincingly demolishes the nostalgic, self-serving arguments voiced by imperial apologists * Time Literary Supplement *
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John Murray Press Rebel Ideas: The Power of Thinking Differently
Book Synopsis'I like listening to people who know things that I don't,' Gareth Southgate told me. 'That's how you learn.' Former Olympian and best-selling author Matthew Syed is one of the advisors Gareth Southgate engaged from outside football in order to find new ways of working as a team. In Rebel Ideas, discover how Southgate 'the man with the plan' replaced 50 years of hurt with two major tournament semi-finals in three years.' Matthew Syed's phenomenal bestseller will change the way you think about success - for ever. 'Syed is a superb storyteller. I couldn't put the book down, and I learned so much. A stunning achievement' Tim Harford, author of The Undercover EconomistRebel Ideas examines the power of 'cognitive diversity' - the ability to think differently about the world around us.It explains how to harness our unique perspectives, pool our collective intelligence and tackle the greatest challenges of our age - from climate change to terrorism. It draws on a dazzling range of case studies, including the catastrophic failings of the CIA before 9/11, a fatal communication breakdown on top of Mount Everest and a moving tale of deradicalisation in America's Deep South.Rebel Ideas will strengthen any team or organisation, but has dozens of individual applications, too: from the art of reinvention to the remarkable benefits of personalised nutrition. It shows us how to become more creative, how to collaborate in a world becoming more interconnected, and how to break free of echo chambers that surround us all.Now updated with a new chapter on the Covid-19 crisis'A gripping read, full of intelligence and perspective' James Dyson'Will change the way you think about success and even about life' Judy Murray'A master of the genre' The TimesTrade ReviewOn a vital and still-overlooked topic, Matthew Syed has assembled a compelling base of evidence from a wide range of scientists. If that sounds intimidating, don't worry: Syed is a superb storyteller. I couldn't put the book down, and I learned so much. A stunning achievement * The Undercover Economist *A gripping read, full of intelligence and perspectiveWill change the way you think about success and even about life A master of the genre * The Times *Entertainingly weaves together stories from business and politics to argue persuasively that cognitive diversity boosts collective intelligence * The Times *Syed excels in drawing together disparate stories and examples, and weaving them together into an interesting narrative * TES *
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Headline Publishing Group Fake History: Ten Great Lies and How They Shaped
Book Synopsis'A brilliant and important book ... Five Stars!' Mark Dolan, talkRADIO'An important new book' Daily Express An alternative history of the world that exposes some of the biggest lies ever told and how they've been used over time.Lincoln did not believe all men were created equal.The Aztecs were not slaughtered by the Spanish Conquistadors.And Churchill was not the man that people love to remember.In this fascinating new book, journalist and author Otto English takes ten great lies from history and shows how our present continues to be manipulated by the fabrications of the past.He looks at how so much of what we take to be historical fact is, in fact, fiction. From the myths of WW2 to the adventures of Columbus, and from the self-serving legends of 'great men' to the origins of curry – fake history is everywhere and used ever more to impact our modern world.Setting out to redress the balance, English tears apart the lies propagated by politicians and think tanks, the grand narratives spun by populists and the media, the stories on your friend's Facebook feed and the tales you were told in childhood. And, in doing so, reclaims the truth from those who have perverted it.Fake History exposes everything you weren't told in school and why you weren't taught it.Trade Review'A brilliant and important book ... Five Stars!' -- Mark Dolan, talkRADIO'An important new book' * Daily Express *'A wonderful dissection of some of history's heroes and villains who are unfairly castigated or wrongly glorified' * Scotsman *
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BRF (The Bible Reading Fellowship) Celtic Lent
Book SynopsisA 40 day devotional book based on Celtic Lent spirituality
£8.54
Lonely Planet Global Limited Lonely Planet Iceland's Ring Road
Book SynopsisDiscover the freedom of the open road with Lonely Planet’s Iceland’s Ring Road. This trusted travel companion features 5 amazing road trips, from 1-day escapes to 5-day adventures. Marvel at majestic glaciers, discover Reykjavik, and swim in the Blue Lagoon. Get to Iceland, rent a car, and hit the road! Inside Lonely Planet’s Iceland’s Ring Road: Lavish colour and gorgeous photography throughout Itineraries and planning advice to pick the right tailored routes for your needs and interests Get around easily - easy-to-read, full-colour route maps, detailed directions Insider tips to get around like a local, avoid trouble spots and be safe on the road - local driving rules, parking, toll roads Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sightseeing, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Useful features - including Stretch Your Legs, Detours, Link Your Trip Covers Reykjavik, The Golden Circle, Hvolsvollur & Around, Skogar, Vik, Lomagnupur & Around, Skaftafell, Hali, Hofn, Djupivogur, Myvatn & Around, Akureyri and more The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Iceland’s Ring Road Road Trips is perfect for exploring via the road and discovering sights that are more accessible by car. Planning an Iceland trip sans a car? Lonely Planet’s Iceland guide, our most comprehensive guide to Iceland, is perfect for exploring both top sights and lesser-known gems. Looking for a guide focused on a specific Icelandic city? Check out Pocket Reykjavik & Southwest Iceland, a handy-sized guide focused on the can't-miss sights for a quick trip. There's More in Store for You: For more road-tripping ideas, check out Lonely Planet’s USA’s Best Trips guides to California’s Best Trips and Pacific Northwest’s Best Trips or Road Trips guides to New England Fall Foliage and Civil War Trails. Also, check out Lonely Planet's US Best Trips guides to Southwest USA and Florida & the South or Road Trips guides to Route 66 and Pacific Coast Highways.About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, videos, 14 languages, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day. 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' – New York Times'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' – Fairfax Media (Australia)
£999.99
SPCK Publishing Advent for Everyone 2018 A Journey through Luke
Book SynopsisTom Wright takes the reader on an Advent journey through the Gospel of Luke, linking his reflections to the Sunday readings for Year B in the Revised Common Lectionary.Trade Review'Brilliant devotional theology for the everyday Christian.' Christianity;'A wonderful devotional study or possible group stuudy for the Advent season.', Together Magazine;'Tom Wright is one of the great biblical commentators of our day, whose writing on the Bible will stand the test of time.', Amy Boucher Pye, in Woman Alive
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Adams Media Corporation Women of Myth: From Deer Woman and Mami Wata to
Book SynopsisUncover the fascinating and complex women from mythology and folklore with this collection of stories profiling powerful goddesses, mighty queens, and legendary creatures. Get inspired with 50 fascinating stories of powerful female figures from mythologies around the world. From heroines and deities to leaders and mythical creatures, this collection explores figures of myth who can inspire modern readers with their ability to shape our culture with the stories of their power, wisdom,compassion, and cunning. Featured characters include: -Atalanta: Greek heroine and huntress who killed the Caledonia Boar and joined the Argonauts -Sky-Woman: The first woman in Iroquois myth who fell through a hole in the sky and into our world -Pele: Hawaiian volcano goddess -Clídna: Queen of the Banshees in Irish legend -La Llorona: A ghostly woman in Mexican folklore who wanders the waterfront Celebrate these game-changing, attention-worthy female characters with this collection of engaging tales.Trade Review"McMenemy and Williamson's book helps debunk such archetypal stereotypes while shedding crucial light on the glory of women in mythology." —The Teen Mag"A must-have for your collection." —The Frumious Consortium“This is a treasure trove of a book; beautifully illustrated and packed with rich and fascinating knowledge. It's an absolute must for fans of all mythology; a joyful and diverse celebration of brilliant and formidable women.” —Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne
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Lannoo Publishers 150 golf courses you need to visit before you die
Book SynopsisFollowing 150 Bars, 150 Restaurants, 150 Hotels, 150 Houses and 150 Gardens, 150 Golf Courses You Need to Visit Before You Die is the newest addition to the successful 150 series. Here are the most beautiful golf courses in the world presented in a handy and handsomely illustrated guide. The golf courses bundled in this book are located all over the world and can be found along coastlines, in the mountains, in deserts, and along lakes, and they are all accessible to the public. "When great golf courses meet the world's most stunning land forms, it makes for the most epic experience in the game." - GolfPassTrade Review"Here's hoping for time to visit them all!" - Good Housekeeping UK
£27.00
Hay House UK Ltd Whole Brain Living: The Anatomy of Choice and the
Book SynopsisThe New York Times best-selling author of My Stroke of Insight blends neuroanatomy with psychology to show how we can short-circuit emotional reactivity and find our way to peace.For half a century we have been trained to believe that our right brain hemisphere is our emotional brain, while our left brain houses our rational thinking. Now neuroscience shows that it’s not that simple: in fact, our emotional limbic tissue is evenly divided between our two hemispheres. Consequently, each hemisphere has both an emotional brain and a thinking brain. In this groundbreaking new book, Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor—author of the New York Times bestseller My Stroke of Insight—presents these four distinct modules of cells as four characters that make up who we are: Character 1, Left Thinking; Character 2, Left Emotion; Character 3, Right Emotion; and Character 4, Right Thinking.Everything we think, feel, or do is dependent upon brain cells to perform that function. Since each of the Four Characters stems from specific groups of cells that feel unique inside of our body, they each display particular skills, feel specific emotions, or think distinctive thoughts. In Whole Brain Living, available in paperback for the first time, Dr. Taylor blends neuroanatomy with psychology to help us:Get acquainted with our own Four Characters, observe how they show up in our daily life, and learn to identify and relate to them in others as wellApply the wisdom of the Four Characters to every area of life—from work to relationships to healthUse a powerful practice called the Brain Huddle—a tool for bringing our Four Characters into conversation with one another—to short-circuit emotional reactivity, tap our characters’ respective strengths, and choose which one to embody in any situationThe more we become familiar with each of the characters in ourselves and others, the more power we gain over our thoughts, our feelings, our relationships, and our lives. Indeed, we discover that we have the power to choose who and how we want to be in every moment. And when our Four Characters work together and balance one another as a whole brain, we gain a radical new road map to deep inner peace.
£14.24
Octopus Publishing Group Can You Make That GlutenFree
Book Synopsis''Yes, I''m gluten and wheat free. Yes, it''s an allergy. Yes, coeliac disease... No, I don''t want a salad! If that sounds familiar, and you too want to munch into breaded chicken or enjoy gooey Mac & cheese, then I''m here to show you that, yes, you can make ANYTHING gluten free.''Megan McKenna, Celebrity MasterChef finalist, singer-songwriter, highly engaged influencer, coeliac and home cook, invites you into her gluten-free kitchen. Regularly sharing her cooking videos with over 4 million viewers, Megan is often messaged to ask: ''Can you make that gluten-free?'' And now Megan is inviting you into her gluten-free kitchen with her first cookbook, which proves that anyone, regardless of dietary requirements can eat delicious, mouthwatering meals, just like everybody else - simply by swapping a few ingredients along the way.With more than 80 gluten-free recipes to explore, and chapters cove
£18.00
Harriman House Publishing Systematic Trading
Book SynopsisThis is not just another book with yet another trading system. This is a complete guide to developing your own systems to help you make and execute trading and investing decisions. It is intended for everyone who wishes to systematise their financial decision making, either completely or to some degree. Author Robert Carver draws on financial theory, his experience managing systematic hedge fund strategies and his own in-depth research to explain why systematic trading makes sense and demonstrates how it can be done safely and profitably. Every aspect, from creating trading rules to position sizing, is thoroughly explained. The framework described here can be used with all assets, including equities, bonds, forex and commodities. There is no magic formula that will guarantee success, but cutting out simple mistakes will improve your performance. You'll learn how to avoid common pitfalls such as over-complicating your strategy, being too optimistic about likely returns, taking excessive risks and trading too frequently. Important features include: - The theory behind systematic trading: why and when it works, and when it doesn't.- Simple and effective ways to design effective strategies.- A complete position management framework which can be adapted for your needs.- How fully systematic traders can create or adapt trading rules to forecast prices.- Making discretionary trading decisions within a systematic framework for position management.- Why traditional long only investors should use systems to ensure proper diversification, and avoid costly and unnecessary portfolio churn.- Adapting strategies depending on the cost of trading and how much capital is being used.- Practical examples from UK, US and international markets showing how the framework can be used.Systematic Trading is detailed, comprehensive and full of practical advice. It provides a unique new approach to system development and a must for anyone considering using systems to make some, or all, of their investment decisions.Trade Review"A remarkable look inside systematic trading never seen before, spanning the range from small to institutional traders. This isn't only for algorithmic traders, it's valuable for anyone needing a structure - which is all of us. Carver explains how to properly test, apply constant risk, size positions and portfolios, and my favorite, his "no rule" trading rule, all explained with scenarios. Reading this will benefit all traders." - Perry Kaufman, author of Trading Systems and Methods, 5th Edition (Wiley, 2013);Table of ContentsPreamble Preface - Systematic trading and investing - Who should read this book - Overview - what is coming Introduction - September 2008: The Billion Dollar Day - January 2009: Why (most) humans make poor traders - The black box is simpler than you think - An open source revolution - An open source systematic framework PART ONE: THEORY The good, the bad and the ugly of systematic trading - Humans should be great traders - in theory -- The death of rational economic man -- Why we run losses and stop out profits - Introducing a systematic rule for trading -- Stick to the rules and don't meddle -- Overcoming instinct - why 'contra' instinctive behaviour works -- Why subjective 'systems' don't work - Commitment mechanisms - how do we stop ourselves 'meddling'? -- Automation - the use of dogs in finance and engineering - Systematic trading in financial institutions The commitment problem does not go away... -- . but there are benefits - The ideal systematic trading shop - Two more tricks to reduce meddling -- Abstraction -- Ignorance - Designing systems to discourage meddling - the three virtues -- Trust your system -- Understand the limits of your ignorance -- Sleep at night: Position size is as important than position sign - When is meddling acceptable? -- Unacceptable meddling -- Acceptable meddling - Irrationality in trading system development - the three sins -- Overfitting -- Overtrading -- Overbetting Systematic strategies - Why do strategies 'work'? -- Risk premia -- Frictions and barriers to entry -- Information less trading -- Returns to effort and cost -- Behavioural effects -- Pure alpha:skill - What makes a good strategy? -- Intuitive -- Well motivated -- As simple as possible -- Can be systematised - Categorising the strategy universe -- Static versus Dynamic -- Buying and selling insurance -- Technical vs fundamental -- Fast vs Slow -- Directional vs cross sectional -- Low versus high leverage -- Many positions vs few positions -- Crowd following vs contrarian PART TWO: THE TOOLBOX - Model selection, calibration and fitting -- The perils of overfitting -- Distinguishing dud models from good models -- Fitting and overfitting - Four rules for effective fitting -- Start with a small number of ideas, not with data -- Save real data for a rainy day; use artificial data -- Don't fit unless there is a gun to your head -- If you must fit to real data, be very, very careful - Portfolio allocation -- Anecdote: When smart people make stupid decisions -- The bad news: Portfolio optimisation is hard -- A simple fix: bootstrapping -- 'Handcrafting' the weights: The heuristic method -- Some problems -- The good news PART THREE: THE FRAMEWORK An 'open source' framework for systematic trading and investing - Why an open source framework? -- Parallels with open source software -- Flexibility -- Individual seperable components with well defined interface -- Underlying logic exposed a+' easily modified - The elements of the framework -- Instruments to trade -- One or more signals -- Forecasts - combinations of signals -- Scaled positions -- Portfolios of positions -- Total capital scaling - money management -- Risk measurement and control - Modifying and extending the 'open source' framework Instruments - the building blocks - Asset classes: Stocks, bonds, ETF's, futures, CFD's ... - The character of different instruments - Portfolios as instruments - Spreads - a special kind of portfolio instrument - Summary - key points Signals - looking under the hood - What is a signal? - What properties should signals have? -- A signal is a scaled quantity -- But what scale -- Why it makes sense to have a unit variance signal -- Are jumpy signals okay? -- Should we allow signals to be as large as possible? -- Three signals in detail -- Summary From signals to forecast - Combination -- Linear versus non linear -- Choosing the weights - we need portfolio optimisation -- The diversification multiplier - Mapping function -- Binary -- Linear -- Linear with cutoffs (recommended) -- Linear with flat spot - Summary - the default system does... Position scaling - The magic number - Position is signal over standard deviation - Expected volatility -- How do we measure expected volatility? -- Dangers of low volatility -- A rule for low volatility - Summary - the default system position scaling is... Instrument weights - more portfolio allocation - Linear weighting for portfolios - Portfolio optimisation amongst instruments -- Which grouping for the heuristic? -- Multiple dimensions -- Portfolios of spreads - The diversification multiplier, part two - Summary Total capital scaling: Risk appetite and money management - How much can you lose? - A brief primer on the Kelly Criteria - From Sharpe to Kelly - The total capital scaling rule -- Low risk target, high worst loss; or high risk target, low worst loss? -- Upside ratcheting and downside adjustment - Special cases: Interest paying, living off the proceeds and principal protection - Summary Risk measurement and risk control - Some risk management issues -- What is risk and how do we measure it? -- Risk that's hard to measure -- Two key flavours of system for risk management - Built in risk management -- Risk managing at a signal level -- Risk managing at an instrument level - System level risk management -- Maximum estimated risk -- Correlation risk - the perfect storm -- Jump risk redux - low volatility -- Combining them - the worst case scenario multiplier -- The clipping problem - Outside the system - the risk envelope -- The risk envelope exists to avoid meddling -- Measuring the envelope -- Applying the envelope - Buying an insurance against poor performance - Summary Tailoring - Speed of trading -- Calculating the damage from trading too quickly -- Decomposing and calculating the cost of trading -- Applying the brakes - how to slow down -- Costs and calibration -- Some subtleties - Trading with more or less capital -- Trading with more capital -- Trading with less capital PART FOUR: PRACTICE Example one: Systematic trading for discretionary traders - Why use a systematic framework with discretionary decisions? -- Instruments -- Signals -- Forecasts -- Position scaling -- A 'portfolio' of trades - Total capital scaling - Risk control - Worked portfolio example - Extensions Example two: Systematic asset allocation; a long only risk parity portfolio - A risk parity system - Instruments to trade - World's dullest signal and forecast - Position scaling - Portfolio construction - the difficult part -- Bootstrap method -- Heuristic method - Total capital scaling - Risk control - Worked portfolio example - Extensions Example three: Fully systematic futures trading system - A futures system - Instruments - Signals -- Momentum -- Carry - Combining signals to get forecasts -- Cost estimation -- Heuristic -- Bootstrapping - Position scaling - A portfolio of instruments -- Heuristic -- Bootstrap - Total capital scaling - the dangers of easy leverage - Risk measurement and control - Worked portfolio example - Extensions Appendices Appendix A: Resources Further reading Data sources Brokers and platforms Coding Appendix B: Formulas Backtesting - Accounting - Costs - Judging the results -- Sharpe ratio -- T- test -- Skew Fitting Iterative binary grid search Portfolio construction - Markowitz portfolio optimisation - Bootstrapped portfolio optimisation - By hand portfolio optimisation -- Means -- Costs - specific case of means - Linear portfolio weighting and calculating the diversification effect - Nearest portfolio Signals - Random entry stop loss - Flip flop stop loss - Basic moving average crossover - Exponetial moving average crossover - Raw carry signal for generic asset - Raw carry signal futures contracts - Smoothed carry signal From signal to forecast - Individual signal scaling - Linear signal combination and calculating the diversification effect - Forecast mapping functions - Linear with cap -- Binary -- Cutoff - Position scaling -- Volatility estimation - Minimum volatility rule - Final position calculation - Portfolios of instruments - Total capital scaling -- Establishing the initial scalar -- The auto ratchet down -- The manual ratchet up - Risk measurement and control -- Natural risk scalar -- Vol shock risk scalar - Correlation shock scalar - Total risk scalar - System performance envelope
£36.00
WW Norton & Co Frankenstein
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A wonderful critical edition. I’m impressed with the quality of the essays. I will use this book in my Brit Lit II survey course." -- Mary Thompson, University of Sussex"This is a magnificent edition of Frankenstein! The articles selected are really relevant... The notes are also significant and informative, and the materials are equally interesting. Very good indeed!" -- Dr. Antonio Gonzales, Filologia Moderna, University of Castilla–La Mancha, Spain
£13.97
Watkins Media Limited k-punk: The Collected and Unpublished Writings of
Book SynopsisEdited by Darren Ambrose and with a foreword by Simon Reynolds, this comprehensive collection brings together the work of acclaimed blogger, writer, political activist and lecturer Mark Fisher (aka k-punk). Covering the period 2004 - 2016, the collection will include some of the best writings from his seminal blog k-punk; a selection of his brilliantly insightful film, television and music reviews; his key writings on politics, activism, precarity, hauntology, mental health and popular modernism for numerous websites and magazines; his final unfinished introduction to his planned work on "Acid Communism"; and a number of important interviews from the last decade.Trade Review“Mark Fisher’s k-punk blogs were required reading for a generation” - The Guardian“An essential guide to inventing a new world that makes sense for everyone” - Holly Herndon“Fisher is the most trusted navigator of these times out of joint.”- David Peace“A thrillingly creative critic.” - Sight & Sound"A more interesting British writer has not appeared in this century." — Irish Times"A primer in how to write cultural criticism in the 21st century." - LA Review of Books
£22.50
John Murray Press The Wolf of Wall Street
Book SynopsisStock market multimillionaire at 26. Federal convict at 36. The iconic true story of greed, power and excess.THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER AND MAJOR MOVIE SENSATION, DIRECTED BY MARTIN SCORSESE AND STARRING LEONARDO DICAPRIO''What separates Jordan''s story from others like it, is the brutal honesty'' Leonardo DiCaprioBy day he made thousands of dollars a minute. By night he spent it as fast as he could. From the binge that sunk a 170-foot motor yacht and ran up a $700,000 hotel tab, to the wife and kids who waited for him for at home, and the fast-talking, hard-partying young stockbrokers who called him king and did his bidding, here, in Jordan Belfort''s own words, is the story of the ill-fated genius they called THE WOLF OF WALL STREET.In the 1990s Jordan Belfort became one of the most infamous names in American finance: a brilliant, conniving stock-chopper who led his merry mob on a wild ride out of the canyons of Trade ReviewWhat separates Jordan's story from others like it, is the brutal honesty. * Leonardo DiCaprio *Raw and frequently hilarious. * The New York Times *Reads like a cross between Tom Wolfe's Bonfire of the Vanities and Scorsese's Goodfellas ... Laugh-out-loud funny. * The Sunday Times *an incredible - and strangely compelling - story of shocking greed and power. * The Sunday Telegraph *The wicked Wolf of Wall Street ... Cocaine. Girls. James Bond cars. Billion-dollar deals and jail for fraud ... the outrageous memoirs of the real Gordon Gekko. * The Daily Mail *This book reads like The Financial World presented by Ozzy Osbourne ... One reads a book like this for tales of excess, and Belfort certainly delivers, to the point where you long for a night in with Dad's Army and something eggy on a plate. * The Mail on Sunday *A truly fascinating read. * Daily Express *Gleefully crass and terribly sad [but] you actually feel for the guy. * Rolling Stone *A rollicking tale of [Jordan Belfort's] rise to riches as head of the infamous boiler room Stratton Oakmont ... Proof that there are indeed second acts in American lives. * Forbes *A cocky bad boy of finance recalls ... [his] career as a master of his own universe ... A hell of a read. * Kirkus *A memoir that reads like fiction ... [about a] vast amount of sex, drugs and risky physical behavior Belfort managed to survive. * Publishers Weekly *For those not completely familiar with Wall Street, this is an important read. Think of it as a tour of the sort of underbelly of the financial market scene, the dark side of which, in some form, is always out there. For those more experienced, this can be, plain and simple, a fun read. * TheStreet.com *
£9.74
Dorling Kindersley Ltd Help Your Kids with English Ages 1016 Key Stages
Book SynopsisCarol Vorderman, one of Britain's best known and loved TV personalities, feels passionately about the value of education. Carol joined forces with DK in 1999 to become DK's Education Champion and has helped them to build the bestselling "Made Easy" series, which includes topics in maths, English, and science and technology. She has also encouraged parents and their teenage children to work together in the "Help Your Kids" series, which includes Help Your Kids With Maths and Help Your Kids With Music. Versatile as ever, Carol has also provided an accessible and fun entry into the world of computer programming with Computer Coding Projects For Kids.Trade ReviewThe queen of numbers has turned her attention to words. Combining colourful diagrams and illustrations with step-by-step instructions, this makes English easier to fathom. -- Natasha Harding * The Sun *Table of Contents 1: Foreword 2: Why learn the rules? 3: Spoken and written language 4: English around the world 5: Grammar 1: The purpose of grammar 2: Parts of speech 3: Nouns 4: Plurals 5: Adjectives 6: Comparatives and superlatives 7: Articles 8: Determiners 9: Pronouns 10: Number and gender 11: Verbs 12: Adverbs 13: Simple tenses 14: Perfect and continuous tenses 15: Participles 16: Auxiliary verbs 17: Irregular verbs 18: Verb agreement 19: Voices and moods 20: Phrasal verbs 21: Conjunctions 22: Prepositions 23: Interjections 24: Phrases 25: Clauses 26: Sentences 27: Compound sentences 28: Complex sentences 29: Using clauses correctly 30: Managing modifiers 31: Commonly misused words 32: Negatives 33: Relative clauses 34: Idioms, analogies and figures of speech 35: Colloquialisms and slang 36: Direct and indirect speech 6: Punctuation 1: What is punctuation? 2: Full stops and ellipses 3: Commas 4: Other uses of commas 5: Semi-colons 6: Colons 7: Apostrophes 8: Hyphens 9: Inverted commas 10: Question marks 11: Exclamation marks 12: Brackets and dashes 13: Bullet points 14: Numbers, dates and time 15: Other punctuation 16: Italics 7: Spelling 1: Why learn to spell? 2: Alphabetical order 3: Vowel sounds 4: Consonant sounds 5: Syllables 6: Morphemes 7: Understanding English irregularities 8: Roots 9: Prefixes and suffixes 10: Hard and soft letter sounds 11: Words ending in -e or -y 12: Words ending in -tion, -sion or -ssion 13: Words ending in -able or -ible 14: Words ending in -le, -el, -al or -ol 15: Single and double consonant words 16: The “i before e except after c” rule 17: Capital letters 18: Silent letters 19: Compound words 20: Irregular word spellings 21: Homonyms, homophones and homographs 22: Confusing words 23: Other confusing words 24: Abbreviations 25: British and American spellings 26: More British and American spellings 8: Communication skills 1: Effective communication 2: Picking the right words 3: Making sentences interesting 4: Planning and research 5: Paragraphing 6: Genre, purpose and audience 7: Reading and commenting on texts 8: Layout and presentational features 9: Writing to inform 10: Newspaper articles 11: Letters and e-mails 12: Writing to influence 13: Writing to explain or advise 14: Writing to analyse or review 15: Writing to describe 16: Writing from personal experience 17: Writing a narrative 18: Writing for the Web 19: Writing a script 20: Re-creations 21: Checking and editing 22: The spoken word 23: Debates and role plays 24: Writing a speech 25: Presentation skills 8: Reference 1: Reference - Grammar 2: Reference - Punctuation 3: Reference - Spelling 4: Reference - Communication skills 5: Glossary 6: Index 7: Acknowledgements
£13.49
Abrams Star Wars Storyboards
Book SynopsisIn 1997, as George Lucas worked to complete early drafts for Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, he enlisted the talents of some of the greatest storyboard artists of the modern era to illustrate conceptual storyboards that would inform the development of the final shooting script, as well as the finished film. Working from Lucas's ideas for scenes and sequences, these artists produced beautiful drawings that helped lay the foundations for the worlds, characters, and shots of the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy. Together, these conceptual storyboards show early takes on favorite scenes; alternate, unused approaches to character designs and environments; and entirely different approaches to key moments. Like wordless comic books, they have an energy and rhythm all their own that is fascinating to explore.Now, for the first time, Lucasfilm has opened its archives to present the best of the conceptual storyboards for Episodes I, II, and III. Star Wars Story
£28.00
Scholastic Unicorn and the Rainbow Poop
Book SynopsisMeet Unicorn. With a beautiful mane,a glittering horn and perfectly pink hooves,Unicorn is just like every other unicorn out there. Except for her rainbow poop, of course. Wait - haven't you heard about her rainbow poop?FEATURING:Unicorns, rainbows, dragons, princesses, fairies, silliness, mischiefand RAINBOW POOP!
£6.99
British Library Publishing From the Depths
Book SynopsisThe supernatural is set alongside the grim affairs of sailors scorned in the salt-soaked tales of this anthology, recovered from obscurity for the 21st century.Table of ContentsFrom the Depths - F. Britten Austin The Ship of Silence - Albert R. Wetjen From the Darkness and the Depths - Morgan Robertson Sargasso - Ward Muir Held by the Sargasso Sea - Frank H. Shaw The Floating Forest - Herman Scheffauer Tracked: A Mystery of the Sea - C. N. Barham The Mystery of the Water-Logged Ship - William Hope Hodgson The Murdered Ships - James Francis Dwyer The Ship that Died - John Gilbert Devereux's Last Smoke - Izola Forrester The Black Bell Buoy - Rupert Chesterton The High Seas - Elinor Mordaunt The Soul-Saver - Morgan Burke No Ships Pass - Lady Eleanor Smith
£9.49
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Right It
Book SynopsisThe Law of Market Failure: Most new products will fail in the market, even if competently executed.Using his experience at Google, his remarkable success as an entrepreneur and consultant, and insights from his lectures at Stanford University and Google, Alberto Savoia’s The Right It offers an unparalleled approach to beating the beast that is market failure.Millions of people around the world are working hard to bring to life new ideas. Some of these ideas will turn out to be stunning successes that will have a major impact on our world and our culture: The next Google, the next Polio vaccine, the next Harry Potter, the next Red Cross, the next Ford Mustang. Others will be smaller, more personal but no less meaningful, successes: A little restaurant that becomes a neighborhood favorite, a biography that does not make the best-seller list but tells an important story, a local nonprofit to care for abandoned pets. At this very same moment, another group of people is working equally hard to develop new ideas that, when launched, will fail. Some of them will fail spectacularly and publicly: like New Coke, the movie “John Carter”, or the Ford Edsel. Others will be smaller, more private, but no less painful failures: A home-based business that never takes off, a children’s book that neither publishers nor children have any interest in, a charity for a cause that too few people care enough about. If you are currently working to develop a new idea, whether on your own or as part of a team, which group are you in? Most people believe that they either are, or will be, in the first group—the group whose ideas will be successful. All they have to do is work hard and execute well. Unfortunately, we know that this cannot be the case. The law of market failure tells us that up to 90 percent of most new products, services, businesses, and initiatives will fail soon after they are launched—regardless of how promising they sound, how much we commit to them, or how well we execute them. This is a hard fact to accept. We believe that other people fail because they don’t know what they are doing. Somehow, we believe that this does not apply to us and to our idea—especially if we’ve experienced victories in the past.Filled with detailed case studies, a lesson on creating your own hard data, a strategy for market engagement, and an introduction to the concept of a pretotype (not a prototype), The Right It is a groundbreaking, entertaining, and highly practical book delivers a proven formula for turning ideas, products, services, and businesses into successful endeavors. As Alberto writes, “make sure you are building The Right It before you build It right”.
£17.00
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Easy Riders Raging Bulls How the Sexdrugsand Rock
Book SynopsisThe definitive look at how the 70s movie makers changed the face of cinema
£15.29
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC About Looking Paperback
Book SynopsisThe follow-up to the seminal Ways of Seeing, one of the most influential books on artTrade Review'Polemical, meditative, radical, always original, Berger's essays are extremely wide-ranging' Geoff Dyer 'One of the most influential intellectuals of our time' Sean O'Hagan, Observer 'A wonderful artist and thinker' Susan Sontag 'Berger is a writer one demands to know more about ... an intriguing and powerful mind and talent' New York Times
£13.49
Dorling Kindersley Ltd Great Paintings
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£18.70
