Non Fiction Books
Transworld Publishers Ltd Shaman Healer Sage
Book SynopsisThe author has studied the shamanic healing techniques of the descendants of the Incas for more than 20 years. In this manual, Villoldo explains the luminous energy field that he maintains surrounds living beings and shows how to use it in healing.Trade ReviewA step-by-step manual set against a bewitching backdrop of hair-raising, Castaneda-esque tales... Villoldo's writing is smart, lucid and lyrical * New Age *
£10.44
David & Charles The Little Wild Library Nettle
Book SynopsisIn The Little Wild Library: Nettle, discover how to make the most of this useful plant, with recipes and makes to try throughout the year. Once you've found your favourite nettle patch, come back as the seasons change and find new things to do with your foraged treasure from edible treats to useful tinctures.
£8.54
Conker Editions Ltd Head For The Floodlights
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£15.20
Beacon Press An Indigenous Peoples History of the United
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£15.29
Chartwell Books Wildflowers in Bloom Coloring Book
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£10.44
Thames & Hudson Ltd 17thCentury Mens Dress Patterns 1600 1630
Book SynopsisPresenting a wealth of new, bespoke imagery and building on the authorsâ unrivalled level of expertise, 17th-Century Menâs Dress Patterns is a definitive resource for costume designers, fashion historians and students.Table of ContentsForeword • Men’s wardrobes, 1600–30 • Clothing terms • Dressing men, c. 1600–30 • Tailoring the doublet • Sewing stitches • Embroidery stitches • How to use this book • The patterns • 1. Green silk velvet doublet • 2a. Doublet of slashed silk satin • 2b. Slashed silk satin trunk hose with canions • 3. Sword girdle and hangers • 4. Crimson silk grosgrain doublet • 5. Slashed doublet of stamped ivory silk satin • 6. Embroidered silk damask cloak • 7. Felt hat • 8. Silk satin picadil • 9. Embroidered linen nightcap • 10. Linen nightcap liner • 11. Crimson silk velvet mittens with embroidered tops • 12. Embroidered linen stocking • Select bibliography • Acknowledgments
£32.00
Pearson Education Psychology Express Sport Psychology
Book Synopsis Mark Allen, London South Bank University Paul McCarthy, Glasgow Caledonian University Table of Contents Personality Motivation Emotion Self-confidence Concentration Coping Group processes Judgement and decision making Mental toughness Sport psychology in practice
£17.56
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Indian Kitchens
Book SynopsisThe recipes are pure gold.' Diana Henry A thoroughly modern classic.' Tom Parker-BowlesRoopa's masterpiece I want to make and eat every single thing in it.' Bee WilsonIn this joyful new book, Roopa Gulati travels through India and celebrates the wonderfully varied food that makes up a nation, making pitstops at the homes of the people who cook it every day, and the result is over 100 delicious, fresh and vibrant recipes that you'll want to cook from time and again. From dals to masalas, and quick and easy suppers to feasts for a crowd, the easy-to-follow recipes are bursting with authentic flavours using ingredients found in your local supermarket. Recipes include aubergine pakoras with onion and tamarind relish, potato and paneer tikki, sweetcorn bhajis, Tandoori sea bass, home-style Punjabi chicken curry, Kashmiri lamb with saffron, cardamom and red chillies, cumin potatoes, Bengali-style butternut squash with tamarind and jaggery, channa dal with spinach, black eye beans in garlic tomato masala, phirni with honey, orange and saffron syrup and pistachio and cardamom biscuits. From the monsoon-washed backwaters of Kerala to the crowded markets of Mumbai, and from remote kitchens in Gujarat, with shelves stacked high with pickle jars, to the old French quarter of Ponducherry, where lunch is served on banana leaves picked fresh from the garden, this celebration of regional cooking will bring the sights, sounds and flavours of India to your table.
£22.10
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Cypria
Book SynopsisA brilliant exploration of Cyprus's long history of cultural resilience. Superbly composed. -- GuardianPoetic...Compelling -- New StatesmanOne of National Geographic''s Summer Reads 2024Think of a place where you can stand at the intersection of Christian and Arab cultures, at the crossroads of the British, Ottoman, Byzantine, Roman and Egyptian empires; a place marked by the struggle between fascism and communism and where the capital city is divided in half as a result of bloody conflict; where the ancient olive trees of Homer''s time exist alongside the undersea cables which link up the world''s internet.In Cypria, British Cypriot writer Alex Christofi writes a deeply personal, lyrical history of the island of Cyprus, from the era of goddesses and mythical beasts to the present day.This sprawling, evocative and poetic book begins with the legend of the cyclops and the storytelling at the heart of the Medit
£9.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Broken Verses
Book Synopsis_______________'A richly woven novel The voice that guides us around this world darts with wit and lightness in a way that is unique and often lovely' - Rana Dasgupta, Guardian'The plot gallops along, ensuring a gripping read thought-provoking' - Independent'A highly accomplished novel A multi-layered but shrewdly simple tale' - New Statesman, Books of the Year_______________BY THE ACCLAIMED WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONWhen I can bear no more of separation, when I have learnt all that absence can teach me of desire, the walls will shimmer and I will step out of the mirage, into your arms. Fourteen years after the disappearance of her fearless, beautiful mother, Samina, Aasmaani clings onto the dream of her return, refusing to believe she is dead. Now grown up and living in the bustling chaos and rich culture of modern-day Karachi, she receives longed-for proof that her mother is still alive, and the seed of her hope germinates. In her search for the truth of what really happened all those years ago, an unexpected romance will flower and the questions that have plagued her for years will be answered. Broken Verses is a deeply moving account of love, loss and motherhood, asking us to reconcile all that we believe about our families. _______________'An elegant, challenging novel about love, loss and deception vibrant' - Daily Mail'Sparkling prose and formidable wit' - Daily Telegraph
£9.49
Cornerstone Every Monument Will Fall
Book SynopsisThe culture war is over. If you want it to be. It wasn't even a culture war; it was a war on culture. A sustained attack, Dan Hicks argues, in the form of the weaponisation of civic museums, public art, and even universities and one that has a deeper history than you might think. Tracing the origins of contemporary conflicts over art, heritage, memory, and colonialism, Every Monument Will Fall joins the dots between the building of statues, the founding of academic disciplines like archaeology and anthropology, and the warehousing of stolen art and human skulls in museums including the one in which he is a curator. Part history, part biography, part excavation, the story runs from the Yorkshire wolds to the Crimean War, from southern Ireland to the frontline of the American Civil War, from the City of London to the University of Oxford revealing enduring legacies of militarism, slavery, racism and white supremacy hardwired into the heart of our cultural institutions. Every Monument Will Fall offers an urgent reappraisal of how we think about culture, and how to find hope, remembrance and reconciliation in the fragments of an unfinished violent past. Refusing to choose between pulling down every statue, or living in a past that we can never change, the book makes the case for allowing monuments to fall once in a while, even those that are hard to see as monuments, rebuilding a memory culture that is in step with our times.
£21.25
Sage Publications Ltd Communication and Language in Early Childhood
Book SynopsisA text for Early Years students enabling them to build the knowledge and skills needed to support children's communication and language development.
£22.79
Bonnier Books Ltd The Hunger Habit
Book SynopsisA neuroscience-based programme proven to heal our relationship with food and our bodies, from the world-renowned addiction psychiatrist and New York Times bestselling author of Unwinding Anxiety.
£10.44
Ebury Publishing The Salad Project
Book SynopsisClem Haxby is a qualified nutritional advisor, personal trainer and chef. She has designed and innovated all of the Salad Project's menus since their opening. The Salad Project are all about bringing a curated and creative experience to eating well. They produce healthy and low-waste salads, with a build-your-own concept that brings customers prepared to wait in round-the-block queues.
£999.99
HarperCollins Publishers Shoeless Joe
Book SynopsisThe book that inspired the movie Field of Dreams.The voice of a baseball announcer tells the Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella: If you build it, he will come.He is Shoeless Joe Jackson, Ray''s hero.It is a baseball stadium which Ray carves out of his cornfield.Like the movie FIELD OF DREAMS that was made from this novel, SHOELESS JOE is about baseball. But it''s also about love and the power of dreams to make people come alive.Trade Review‘The movie only captured half the magic of the book. This is a masterpiece.’ Andrew Kaufman ‘Not so much about baseball as it is about dreams, magic, life and what is quintessentially American.’ The Philadelphia Enquirer.
£9.49
Notion Press, Inc. The 39th Mersenne prime
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£23.74
Fairfield Books One Hell of a Life
Book SynopsisA biography of the Yorkshire and England cricketer Brian Close, one of the game's greatest characters.
£20.25
Little, Brown Book Group Johnstone I Bad Seed
Book SynopsisA widely acclaimed biography of one of rock''s most compelling, uncompromising and influential singer-songwriters, Ian Johnston''s BAD SEED offers a superb overview of Nick Cave''s career to date. Through Cave''s fronting of the incendiary bands The Birthday Party and The Bad Seeds, producing music of unfettered expression and explosive intensity, to his creative collaborations outside of the rock industry in film and literature, BAD SEED illustrates a life lived in barely controlled chaos: and unravels the motivation and unique appeal of a reluctant icon whose songs, according to the Rolling Stones, possess the authority of the most primal kind of myth.
£10.44
Greystone Books,Canada My Friend May
Book SynopsisFrom the winner of the New York Times Best Illustrated Book Prize and the American Indian Youth Literature AwardI'd like to tell you a rather true story about a big black cat who started out gray. Her name was May. Margaux and her cat May became friends when Margaux was just six years old. They grew up together, sharing countless memories along the way. But one day, May is late coming home. Where is May? Is she under the porch? Maybe on the roof?Margaux's nitôsis (the Cree word for auntie) helps search for May in the tall grass. But soon nitôsis needs to leave: she's moving away to the big city, and has to pack her things into boxes. Margaux helps nitôsis, but she can't take her mind off May. Will she ever return? nitôsis is worried, too. But little do they know, May has a surprise in store for both of them!This fun and heartwarming story with a surprise happy ending invites readers to share their own cat stories. My Friend May is a tribute to love and the balance between all beings, and the experiences and emotions that connect us all. My Friend May features:A glossary of Cree words used throughout the bookBackmatter content that includes a pronunciation guide
£12.34
Hay House UK Ltd The Truth about Cancer: What You Need to Know
Book SynopsisWhen it comes to cancer, what you don't know may heal you. After losing seven members of his family to cancer over the course of a decade, Ty Bollinger set out on a global quest to learn as much as he possibly could about cancer treatments and the medical industry that surrounds the disease. He has written this book to share what he's uncovered - some of which may shock you - and to give you new resources for coping with cancer in your life or the life of someone you love.In this book, Ty reveals eye-opening facts he's uncovered about:- the politics of cancer research and treatment- the takeover of medical education by special interests with for-profit agendas- how some life-saving treatments have been kept from the public and why- tests that your doctor may not know to order and how to get themYou'll also discover protocols for alternative treatment, including detox, nutrition and herbal remedies, enzyme and metabolic/mitochondrial therapies, bio-oxidative therapies and alternative therapies, such as healing with sound, light and electricity. Whether you're facing a cancer diagnosis right now, undergoing conventional treatment or treating a patient with cancer, this book will open your eyes.
£18.99
Vintage Publishing Peak For Fans of Atomic Habits
Book Synopsis''Anyone who wants to get better at anything should read Peak.'' Fortune Do you want to stand out at work, improve your athletic or musical performance, or help your child achieve academic goals? Anders Ericsson has made a career studying chess champions, violin virtuosos, star athletes, and memory mavens. Peak distils three decades of myth-shattering research into a powerful learning strategy that is fundamentally different from the way people traditionally think about acquiring new abilities. Ericsson''s revolutionary methods will show you how to improve at almost any skill that matters to you, and that you don''t have to be a genius to achieve extraordinary things. ''Remarkable...who among us doesn''t want to learn how to get better at life?'' Stephen J. Dubner, co-author of Freakonomics ''This book...could truly change the world'' Joshua Foer, author of Moonwalking with EinsteinTrade ReviewMost “important” books aren’t much fun to read. Most fun books aren’t very important. But with Peak, Anders Ericsson (with great work from Robert Pool) has hit the daily double. After all, who among us doesn’t want to learn how to get better at life? A remarkable distillation of a remarkable lifetime of work -- Stephen J. Dubner, bestselling author of FREAKONOMICSOffer[s] an optimistic anti-determinism that ought to influence how people educate children, manage employees and spend their time. * The Economist *This book is a breakthrough, a lyrical, powerful, science-based narrative that actually shows us how to get better (much better) at the things we care about. -- Seth Godin, author of LINCHPINThe science of excellence can be divided into two eras: before Ericsson and after Ericsson. His groundbreaking work, captured in this brilliantly useful book, provides us with a blueprint for achieving the most important and life-changing work a person can achieve: to become a little bit better each day. -- Daniel Coyle, bestselling author of THE TALENT CODEEricsson's research has revolutionized how we think about human achievement. He has found that what separates the best of us from the rest is not innate talent but simply the right kind of training and practice. If everyone would take the lessons of this book to heart, it could truly change the world. -- Joshua Foer, bestselling author of MOONWALKING WITH EINSTEIN
£10.99
Random House The Drowned Places
Book SynopsisDamian Le Bas is a writer, filmmaker and visual artist. His first book The Stopping Places won the Somerset Maugham Award, a Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Award, and was shortlisted for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year. Damian is widely published as a journalist and poet and has taught for the Arvon foundation. A recipient of a Society of Authors Travelling Scholarship, he is a member of the European Film Academy, holds a First Class degree in Theology from the University of Oxford, and was awarded an honorary Master of Education by the University of Chichester. Besides getting in the sea he loves music, walking and spending time in the woods and hills with his family and friends. The Drowned Places is his second book.
£17.00
Oxford University Press Ethan Frome
Book Synopsis`It was not so much his great height that marked him ... it was the careless powerful look that he had, in spite of a lameness checking each step like the jerk of a chain.'' Set against the bleak winter landscape of New England, Ethan Frome tells the story of a poor farmer, lonely and downtrodden, his wife Zeena, and her cousin, the enchanting Mattie Silver. In the playing out of this short novel''s powerful and engrossing drama, Edith Wharton constructed her least characteristic and most celebrated book. In its unyielding and shocking pessimism, its bleak demonstration of tragic waste, it is a masterpiece of psychological and emotional realism. In her introduction the distinguished critic Elaine Showalter discusses the background to the novel''s composition and the reasons for its enduring success. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World''s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford''s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.Trade Reviewwith each volume having an introduction by an acknowledged expert, and exhaustive notes, the World's Classics are surely the most desirable series and, all-round, the best value for money * Oxford Times *This love story has an emotional intensity made all the more poignant by the inarticulate reticence of Wharton's characters - a ménage à trois consisting of Frome, his querulous wife and her young girl cousin. With quiet assurance, Wharton conveys passion, malaise and tragedy with memorable impact. * Sophia Sackville-West, Evening Standard (London) *Ethan Frome is one of Edith Wharton's most famous novels and rightly so. It is exquisitely written by an author with remarkable observation and imagination. Ethan Frome is a novel which extinguishes hope and blows away happiness but it is so powerful as an analysis of waste that it is nothing short of a masterpiece. * Madeleine Burton, Herts Advertiser *
£6.99
Lonely Planet Global Limited Lonely Planet Venice the Veneto
Book SynopsisLonely Planet''s Venice and the Veneto is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the city has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Tour the city and its canals in a gondola, marvel at the Basilica di San Marco and feast on the finest, freshest seafood; all with your trusted travel companion.Inside Lonely Planet''s Venice and the Veneto Travel Guide: Lonely Planet''s Top Picks - a visually inspiring collection of the destination''s best experiences and where to have themItineraries help you build the ultimate trip based on your personal needs and interestsLocal insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - whether it''s history, people, music, landscapes, wildlife, politicsEating and drinking - get the most out of your gastronomic experience as we reveal the regional dishes and drinks you have to tryToolkit - all of the planning tools for solo travellers, LGBTQIA+ travellers, family travellers and accessible travelColour maps and images throughoutLanguage - essential phrases and language tipsInsider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spotsCovers San Marco, Dorsoduro, San Polo and Santa Croce, Cannaregio, Castello, Giudecca, Lido, Murano, Burano, and moreAbout Lonely Planet:Lonely Planet, a Red Ventures Company, is the world''s number one travel guidebook brand. Providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973, Lonely Planet reaches hundreds of millions of travellers each year online and in print and helps them unlock amazing experiences. Visit us at lonelyplanet.com and join our community of followers on Facebook (facebook.com/lonelyplanet), Twitter (@lonelyplanet), Instagram (instagram.com/lonelyplanet), and TikTok (@lonelyplanet).''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)
£15.29
Reaktion Books The Year
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£14.39
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Durrells
Book SynopsisUncovering the fascinating and moving story of a famously unconventional family.
£19.00
Canongate Books Your Wild and Precious Life
Book SynopsisA beautiful, honest and ultimately uplifting memoir about family grief and ecological breakdown
£10.44
HarperCollins Publishers Orlando Collins Classics
Book SynopsisHarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.The flower bloomed and faded. The sun rose and sank. The lover loved and went. And what the poets said in rhyme, the young translated into practice.'Written for her lover Vita Sackville-West, Orlando' is Woolf's playfully subversive take on a biography, here tracing the fantastical life of Orlando. As the novel spans centuries and continents, gender and identity, we follow Orlando's adventures in love from being a lord in the Elizabethan court to a lady in 1920s London.First published in 1928, this tale of unrivalled imagination and wit quickly became the most famous work of women's fiction. Sexuality, destiny, independence and desire all come to the fore in this highly influential novel that heralded a new era in women's writing.Trade Review‘Undoubtedly one of the most singular novels of our era’Jorge Luis Borges
£5.62
Amber Books Abandoned Palaces
Book SynopsisBuilt to last, built to impress, built with style and grandeur ? it is all the more remarkable when the most ostentatious of buildings fall into disrepair and become ruins. From imperial residences and aristocratic estates to hotels and urban mansions, Abandoned Palaces tells the stories behind dilapidated structures from all around the world. From ancient Roman villas to the French colonial hill station in Cambodia that was one of the final refuges of the Khmer Rouge, the book charts the fascinating decline of what were once the homes and holiday resorts of the most wealthy. Ranging from crumbling hotels in the Catskill Mountains or in Mozambique to grand mansions in Taiwan, and from an unfinished Elizabethan summerhouse to a modern megalomaniac?s estate too expensive ever to be completed, the reasons for the abandonment of these buildings include politics, bankruptcy, personal tragedies, natural and man-made disasters, as well as changing tastes and fashions. With 150 outstanding colour photographs exploring more than 100 hauntingly beautiful locations, Abandoned Palaces is a brilliant and moving pictorial examination of worlds we have left behind. Over 150 superb colour photographs Expert text explains the stories behind 100 palaces, hotels, estates and mansions Wide selection of grand buildings from all around the world
£16.99
Vintage Publishing Going Nuclear
Book SynopsisDr Tim Gregory is a nuclear chemist at the National Nuclear Laboratory at Sellafield, public speaker, broadcaster and author of Meteorite: How Stones from Outer Space Made our World. In 2017, he was a finalist in BBC2's Astronauts: Do You Have What it Takes and has also presented on BBC's The Sky at Night and Channel 4's Steph's Packed Lunch. He has a PhD from the University of Bristol and lives in the North of England. His website is www.tim-gregory.co.uk.
£21.25
Cornerstone Eric Clapton The Autobiography
Book SynopsisNow for the first time, Eric tells the story of his personal and professional journeys in this pungent, witty and painfully honest autobiography.These are the memoirs of a survivor, someone who has reached the pinnacle of success, who has had it all, but whose demons have never left him.Trade ReviewEric Clapton has produced a gem of a rock memoir, in which he lays bare the painful roots of his music. Clapton speaks honestly and touchingly not only about the external course of his life but of what music has meant to him. That makes it much the best of this season's rock memoirs. Clapton delivers himself profoundly. It's extremely moving. * Evening Standard *Clapton relates what happened with painful honesty. In other rock stars, such plump contentment might seem hypocritical, even vulgar. But with Eric Clapton, you feel that a little comfort is the least he deserves. * Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday (4 star review) *This is an essential read * Observer *It's a raw and remarkable piece of self-exposure * Daily Telegraph *It is a pity more autobiograophers don't have Clapton's grounding in the blues. * Sunday Times *
£10.44
Quadrille Publishing Ltd The Knowledge Opera
Book SynopsisDennis Marks showcases this most thrilling of art forms with his knowledge of opera's history, structure and singers.
£9.50
Little, Brown Book Group The Undercover Economist
Book SynopsisWho makes most money from the demand for cappuccinos early in the morning at Waterloo Station? Why is it impossible to get a foot on the property ladder? How does the Mafia make money from laundries when street gangs pushing drugs don''t? Who really benefits from immigration? How can China, in just fifty years, go from the world''s worst famine to one of the greatest economic revolutions of all time, lifting a million people out of poverty a month?Looking at familiar situations in unfamiliar ways, THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST is a fresh explanation of the fundamental principles of the modern economy, illuminated by examples from the streets of London to the booming skyscrapers of Shanghai to the sleepy canals of Bruges. Leaving behind textbook jargon and equations, Tim Harford will reveal the games of signals and negotiations, contests of strength and battles of wit that drive not only the economy at large but the everyday choices we make.
£9.99
Little Toller Books Angels in the Cellar
Book SynopsisAngels in the Cellar is a year spent on Peter Hahn's small batch organic vineyard in the Loire Valley, reflecting on his life, the land and the lives of those who work with him.
£17.60
Omnibus Press Diary of a Rock n Roll Star
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£11.69
Dover Publications Inc. Self Reliance
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£6.23
Square Enix Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail The Art of
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£26.99
Holey Jumper Press Don't Break My Rice Bowl: A beautiful and
Book SynopsisFeeling life is slipping him by, an American agriculturalist heads to Vietnam to try and make a difference in the lives of the people as part of President Johnson's 'Hearts and Minds' campaign. There is just one big problem - there's a war going on. ---- Eddie joins a small group of civilian advisors chosen to work with local farmers to help make Vietnam once again self-sufficient in rice. He is drawn to the adventure, the challenge, and the opportunity to make a difference, but he is leaving some problems behind. ---- His story follows the ups and downs of cultural and tropical agriculture training in Washington DC and the Philippines, and then his assignment in the Gia Dinh province just outside Saigon. The stakes increase as the war intensifies and Eddie's connections in the country deepen, providing the backdrop for the cultural, political and personal struggles that unfold. ---- This fictional memoir shines a light on a relatively unknown part of Vietnam War history as elements of Asian history and culture, including the introduction of 'miracle rice', are woven into the challenges of being a civilian trying to work - and live - in a war zone. ---- The poignant Foreword by his daughter, the Afterword by his second wife, the Appendix, and 25 hand painted illustrations by his granddaughter provide added layers to the story. The fragility of life was the late author's parting lesson; however, these words left behind were his ultimate gift.Trade ReviewWhat a brilliant, moving and vivid "through the looking glass" book this is. An irresistible read; beautiful, cover to cover. -Gareth J. Mitchell, Presenter, BBC World Service ---- Don't Break My Rice Bowl is an inspiring story - showing one man's dedication to helping others - at considerable personal cost. It is also instructive - revealing the limits of such dedication. I can only imagine what it meant to Robert Dodd's daughter to find this "hidden treasure". -Dr Kenneth Greene, Retired Chair of Social Sciences and History Department, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ, USA ---- From the fundamentals of getting food on the table, to the role and impact of fathers, from ambitions to benevolence, not to mention a "Godless" war, there is something for everyone. If I were back in the classroom, I'd teach this book in a heartbeat. It would encourage a plethora of classroom conversation! -Nicholas M. Guarracino, Editor and former English Teacher ---- To the thousands of histories, memoirs, and novels of America's Vietnam Experience, this is a laudable addition, a descriptive, fast-paced story told from the point of view, not of a combatant, journalist or citizen, but by a civilian agricultural expert inspired by the miracle of rice. Eddie represents the America and the Americans who really wanted to make life better for the Vietnamese. This thought-provoking book deserves a place in the light (not in a dark drawer from where it came!). It is about survival, and so much more than a story of war. -Dr Peter J. Woolley, American Political Scientist. ---- The making of Don't Break My Rice Bowl brought Dad back to me, one more time. I never expected this. It feels like we have had one last conversation, one I thought we would never have. -Patricia RykielTable of ContentsForeword * Prologue: The Jog * PART ONE * Hearts and Minds * RICE * Davinia and Rosita * PART TWO * Saigon, 'the Pearl of the Far East' * The Docks * Colonel Horst * The Orphanage * The Cooperative * Ted * Dynamo Will * Very Big Luck * Zoom * The VIPs * Carl * Village Piglets * Marshmallow and Cricket * House Party * PART THREE * Lunar New Year, 1968 * Deadly Believers * The Weed Killers * Evil Machine * Broken Rice Bowls * Face-Off * Love Song * Afterword * APPENDIX * A Vietnam Vet's Book Review * Character List * Writer Inspiration * Robert H. Dodd, Overseas Assignment Life * Acknowledgement and Thanks * Book Club Questions * The Team DBMRB Bios
£12.34
Quercus Publishing The Little Book of Ikigai: The secret Japanese
Book Synopsis'FORGET HYGGE. IT'S ALL ABOUT IKIGAI (THAT'S JAPANESE FOR A HAPPY LIFE)' The Times'WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSATLANTIC ASPIRATIONAL LIVING, IT'S NOW ALL ABOUT IKIGAI' ELLE'THE NEW LIFESTYLE MANTRA' Sunday TimesFind out how to live a long and happy life thanks to the ikigai miracle, a Japanese philosophy that helps you find fulfilment, joy and mindfulness in everything you do.It is extraordinary that Japanese men's longevity ranks 4th in the world, while Japanese women's ranks 2nd. But perhaps this comes as no surprise when you know that the Japanese understanding of ikigai is embedded in their daily life and in absolutely everything that they do. In their professional careers, in their relationships with family members, in the hobbies they cultivate so meticulously. Ken Mogi identifies five key pillars to ikigai:Pillar 1: Starting smallPillar 2: Releasing yourselfPillar 3:Harmony and sustainabilityPillar 4:The joy of little thingsPillar 5:Being in the here and nowThe Japanese talk about ikigai as 'a reason to get up in the morning'. It is something that keeps one's enthusiasm for life going, whether you are a cleaner of the famous Shinkansen bullet train, the mother of a newborn child or a Michelin-starred sushi chef. The Five Pillars at the heart of everything they do.But how do you find your own ikigai? How does ikigai contribute to happiness? Neuroscientist and bestselling Japanese writer Ken Mogi provides an absorbing insight into this way of life, incorporating scientific research and first-hand experience, and providing a colourful narrative of Japanese culture and history along the way.
£9.49
Coordination Group Publications Ltd (CGP) English as an Additional Language (EAL) for Ages
Book SynopsisThis brilliant CGP Workbook is perfect for helping secondary students with English as an Additional Language to learn English. It's tailor-made for learners who are 'Developing Competence' (DfE English proficiency level 'C'). It’s packed full of all the crucial vocabulary EAL students need to master, as well as activities to develop their understanding of English grammar including the perfect tense, the passive voice and phrasal verbs. Each topic provides opportunities to practise the four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing — just follow the QR codes throughout the book to access the free Online Audio tracks. • If you're teaching English outside of the UK, this book is equivalent to CEFR Level A2+, and can be used with all learners of English aged 11-16. • For EAL students who are newer to English, don't miss our EAL Book 1 (for pupils working at DFE level A: 'New to English') and EAL Book 2 (for pupils working at DfE level 'B: Early Acquisition). This book can also be bought as a standalone Online Edition - we'll send you a code to redeem immediately. There is a separate version of this book for younger pupils aged 6-11 working at the same proficiency level (9781789088014).
£8.57
HarperCollins Publishers Inc To Have and to Hold
Book SynopsisTrade Review“To Have and to Hold speaks to so many women’s experiences of motherhood and marriage. Molly’s expertise shines on every page, and she writes beautifully. This book is exactly what I would be looking for if I were a new mother.” — Dr. Sue Johnson, bestselling author of Hold Me Tight “A love note to mothers everywhere, movingly written, To Have and to Hold shines a powerful light on aspects of motherhood too long shrouded in shame. Millwood’s refrain— you are not alone, and what you’re feeling is normal—is as empowering as it is healing.” — Dr. Craig Malkin, lecturer, Harvard Medical School, author of Rethinking Narcissism “In To Have and to Hold, Molly Millwood has rendered an affecting portrait of the complexities of modern motherhood with compassion and empathy. While the mundanities of caring for young children can obscure the beauty of the act—as well as disorient us from ourselves—her gentle guidance will help readers find meaning, connection, and joy amid the chaos.” — Leah Weiss, PhD, author of How We Work, Lecturer at Stanford Business School, and founding faculty member of Stanford’s Compassion Cultivation Program “A compassionate book that affirms that emotional difficulties for new mothers are not anomalous but universal and can extend well past the immediate postpartum period, with profound effects on their relationships with their spouses.” — Publishers Weekly “Although there are books on what to expect during pregnancy, there are few resources that address the major shifts that happen once a family welcomes a new baby. Drawing from research, her clinical practice, and her own life, [psychologist] Millwood explores attachment, marital strife, gender roles, and other essential topics.” — Booklist (starred review) “As a culture, we largely ignore the emotional health and wellbeing of new mothers. To Have and to Hold provides an insightful and nuanced perspective from which to view the challenges facing so many women. Dr. Millwood’s writing is highly readable and her tone deeply kind. Thank you for pulling us out of the shame cave and into the light.” — Amy Mandeville O’Meara, WHNP, DrNP, AGNP, author of Maternity, Newborn, and Women’s Health Nursing “Informative, entertaining, and enlightening research and personal reflections on the multifaceted ways children change a person forever.” — Kirkus Reviews
£17.00
NICEIC Niceic Learners Guide 1
Book SynopsisThe Learning Guide has been produced by the NICEIC to assist learners working towards a qualification that demonstrates awareness of the requirements and content of the UK national standards for the safety of electrical installations - BS 7671:2018+A2:2022 Requirements for the Electrical Installations. IET Wiring Regulations Eighteenth Edition and is aimed at those already working in the electrical contracting industry or those in associated role where a sound knowledge of the requirements of BS 7671 is required.
£34.42
Brown Dog Books I Am A Wolf Tonight
Book SynopsisI Am a Wolf Tonight by Thelma Ainsworth is an intimate and unflinching memoir of love, loss, and the raw reality of grief. When cancer takes someone you love, it leaves behind more than sorrow it reshapes the very core of who you are.
£10.44
Quarto Publishing PLC Charles Dowdings Veg Journal
Book SynopsisThe book uses the seasonal checklists, advice and hard-won experience of the UK’ s best-known no-dig gardener to plan a year’ s veg growing.Trade Review‘Charles’ journal is a good aide memoire, peppered with tidbits of useful information and a blank, lined page per month encourages you to use the book as a diary. We always assume it’s our fault when we have a failure, but this might not always be the case. Keeping records is vital, especially if you are a progressive gardener, who is always trying different spacings, varieties and techniques.’'A useful addition to your bookshelf'‘Charles’ journal is a good aide memoire, peppered with tidbits of useful information and a blank, lined page per month encourages you to use the book as a diary. We always assume it’s our fault when we have a failure, but this might not always be the case. Keeping records is vital, especially if you are a progressive gardener, who is always trying different spacings, varieties and techniques.’'A useful addition to your bookshelf'‘This is a sensible and very clearly presented book for those who want to tackle the art of no-dig gardening without being bamboozled by jargon. You will definitely have a clear understanding of the technique after following this guide through the year’'This is such a lovely, lovely gardening book.'
£13.49
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Race in the Marketplace: Crossing Critical
Book SynopsisThis volume offers a critical, cross-disciplinary, and international overview of emerging scholarship addressing the dynamic relationship between race and markets. Chapters are engaging and accessible, with timely and thought-provoking insights that different audiences can engage with and learn from. Each chapter provides a unique journey into a specific marketplace setting and its sociopolitical particularities including, among others, corner stores in the United States, whitening cream in Nigeria and India, video blogs in Great Britain, and hospitals in France. By providing a cohesive collection of cutting-edge work, Race in the Marketplace contributes to the creation of a robust stream of research that directly informs critical scholarship, business practices, activism, and public policy in promoting racial equity.Table of ContentsTable of Content Chapter 1: Introduction Co-Editors Section 1 - Space and Time Chapter 2: Making the mass white: how racial segregation shaped consumer segmentation Marcel Rosa-Salas Chapter 3: Race, markets, and digital technologies: historical and conceptual frameworks W. Trevor Jamerson Chapter 4: (Re)visiting the corner store: black youth, gentrification, and food sovereignty Naya Jones Chapter 5: Beyond whiteness: perspectives on the rise of the pan-asian beauty ideal. Jeaney Yip et al. Section 2– Racialization and Intersectionality Chapter 6: Shopping while veiled: an exploration of the experiences of veiled muslim consumers in france Ranam Alkayyli Chapter 7: Constructing and critiquing interracial couples on youtube Francesca Sobande Chapter 8: Marketing marriage and colorism in india Komal Dhillon-Jamerson Chapter 9: ‘Dirty braids’: how hair is disrupting dominant racial narratives in puerto rico post-hurricane maria Jess Vega-Centeno Section 3 – Voices and Modes of Understanding Chapter 10: Are black consumers a bellwether for the nation?: how research on blacks can foreground our understanding of race in the marketplace Cassi Pittman Claytor Chapter 11: A loan at last? Race and racism in mortgage lending Vanessa Gail Perry Chapter 12: Crowd-based markets: technical progress, civil and social regression Lauren Rhue Section 4 – Neoliberalism, Markets and Marketization Chapter 13: Cultural justice and collecting: challenging the underrecognition of african american artists Patricia A. Banks Chapter 14: The new economics of colorism in the skin whitening industry: case of india and nigeria Ramya M. Vijaya Chapter 15: Race as a currency? Profitability and racialization in french healthcare institutions Dorothée Prud’homme Chapter 16: Development by markets: an essay on the continuities of colonial development and racism in africa Samuel Kwaku Bonsu Chapter 17: Afterword Rokhaya Diallo (Journalist – France)
£23.74
Plata Publishing Rich Dad's Conspiracy of the Rich: The 8 New
Book SynopsisIn Rich Dad's Conspiracy of the Rich, Robert Kiyosaki explores why many people are waiting for the political and financial systems of the world to change. He shares his opinion that it's easier to change yourself than to wait for our leaders and systems to change. Is it time for you to take control of your money and your financial future? Is it time to find out what those who control the financial world don't want you to know? Do you want complex and confusing financial concepts to be made simple? If you answered "yes" to these questions, then this book is for you. In 1971, after President Nixon took the U.S. dollar off the gold standard, the rules of money changed. And today, money is no longer money. That is why the first new rule of money is Money is knowledge. Robert Kiyosaki wrote this book for those who want to increase their financial knowledge and take control of their lives. According to Kiyosaki: We cannot see the world of the future with our eyes. "The world of the future is invisible, and we have to see it with our minds." Kiyosaki sees a new economy and new definitions of wealth. He believes that there will be new millionaires and billionaires. Money will be made at ultrahigh speed. The question is: Will you be among the new rich, or the new poor? The old economy, the economy as we knew it, is not coming back. A new economy is being born, an economy that will be led by kids born after 1990, young people who only know the invisible, high-speed world of the future.
£9.49
Gemini Adult The Pocket Lana Del Rey
Book SynopsisA glimpse inside the sadcore world of Lana Del Rey.From the breakthrough success of ?Video Games? to her environmental activism and fashion looks, The Pocket Lana Del Rey is the unofficial and unauthorized perfect gift for all Lanatics.A poet disguised as a pop star, Lana Del Rey is as misunderstood as she is mysterious. Since her arrival in the mainstream in 2011, she has consistently confounded her fan?s? expectations and confused her critics by releasing a relentless string of genre-bending, melodically mesmerizing songs that both defy ? and define ? modern pop music.Gemini PocketsFrom little guides to soothe your soul to all-access passes to the lives of pop icons, and from quizzes and puzzles for literature lovers to books on food, nature, fashion, and more, Gemini Pockets are the perfect fit for your life and interests.
£7.59
Verso The Next Crisis
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