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| "Aquaponic Gardening: A Step-by-Step Guide to Raising Vegetables and Fish Together by Sylvia Bernstein (Paperback, 2013)" |
| "Aquaponics is a revolutionary system for growing plants by fertilising them with the waste water from fish in a sustainable closed system A combination of the best of aquaculture and hydroponics aquaponic gardening is an amazingly productive way to grow organic vegetables greens herbs and fruits while providing the added benefits of fresh fish as a safe healthy source of protein On a larger scale it is a key solution to mitigating food insecurity climate change groundwater pollution and the impacts of overfishing on our oceans This is the definitive do-it-yourself home manual with an introduction by Charlie Price head of Aquaponics UK It focuses on giving you all the tools you need to create your own aquaponic system and enjoy healthy safe fresh and delicious food all year round Starting with an overview of the theory benefits and potential of aquaponics this book goes on to explain system location considerations and hardware components; the living elements - fish plants bacteria and worms; and putting it all together - starting and maintaining a healthy system Aquaponics systems are completely organic They are four to six times more productive and use 90 percent less water than conventional gardens Other advantages include no weeds fewer pests and no watering fertilising bending digging or heavy lifting - in fact there really is no down side! Anyone interested in taking the next step towards self-sufficiency will be fascinated by this practical accessible and well-illustrated guide"
Price: 12.99 |
| River |
| "'After many years I had excised myself from the life I had led in town just as one might cut a figure out of a landscape or group photo Abashed by the harm I had wreaked on the picture left behind and unsure where the cut-out might end up next I lived a provisional existence I did so in a place where I knew none of my neighbours where the street names views smells and faces were all unfamiliar to me in a cheaply appointed flat where I would be able to lay my life aside'In RIVER a woman moves to a London suburb for reasons that are unclear She takes long solitary walks by the River Lea observing and describing her surroundings and the unusual characters she encounters Over the course of these wanderings she amasses a collection of found objects and photographs and is drawn into reminiscences of the different rivers which haunted the various stages of her life from the Rhine where she grew up to the Saint Lawrence the Hooghly and the banks of the Oder Written in language that is as precise as it is limpid RIVER is a remarkable novel full of poignant images and poetic observations an ode to nature edgelands and the transience of all things human"
Price: 8.99 |
| "This Little Art" |
| "An essay with the reach and momentum of a novel Kate Briggs's THIS LITTLE ART is a genre-bending song for the practice of literary translation offering fresh fierce and timely thinking on reading writing and living with the works of others Taking her own experience of translating Roland Barthes's lecture notes as a starting point the author threads various stories together to give us this portrait of translation as a compelling complex and intensely relational activity She recounts the story of Helen Lowe-Porter's translations of Thomas Mann and their posthumous vilification She writes about the loving relationship between Andre Gide and his translator Dorothy Bussy She recalls how Robinson Crusoe laboriously made a table for him for the first time on an undeserted island With THIS LITTLE ART a beautifully layered account of a subjective translating experience Kate Briggs emerges as a truly remarkable writer distinctive wise frank funny and utterly original"
Price: 8.99 |
| "You Could Do Something Amazing with Your Life [You are Raoul Moat]" |
| "Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction A letter arrives You've got an appointment with a trainee clinical psychologist on April 29 2008 You don't attend Another letter arrives It says they don't normally reschedule appointments but they know this is hard for you so they're offering you another appointment It's on May 13 2008 You don't attend Two years later you shoot three people and shoot yourself You will be called a monster You will be called evil The prime minister David Cameron will stand up in Parliament and say you were a callous murderer end of story You have nine days and your whole life to prove you are more than a callous murderer Go Raoul Moat became notorious one hot July week when after killing his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend shooting her in the stomach and blinding a policeman he disappeared into the woods of Northumberland evading discovery for seven days Eventually cornered by the police Moat shot himself Here Andrew Hankinson re-tells Moat's story using Moat's words and those of the state services which engaged with him bringing the reader disarmingly close at all times to the mind of Moat"
Price: 6.49 |
| "The Negotiation Book : Practical Steps to Becoming a Master Negotiator" |
| "This book will help you develop your emotional intelligence so you can become a highly skilled negotiator in all areas of your life - whether you're negotiating with customers colleagues family or friends It will equip you with the tools and techniques to put negotiation theory into practice Learn how to develop a winning mind-set prepare successfully for any negotiation recognise and respond to different negotiation situations deal effectively with gameplay manage the negotiation conversation and understand how to draw the negotiations to a successful close The Negotiation Book is an inspiring and engaging handbook packed with Nicole Soames' expert advice practical tools and exercises to help you master the art of negotiation"
Price: 7.49 |
| Lying |
| "As it was in Anna Karenina Madame Bovary and Othello so it is in life Most forms of private vice and public evil are kindled and sustained by lies Acts of adultery and other personal betrayals financial fraud government corruption--even murder and genocide--generally require an additional moral defect a willingness to lie In Lying best-selling author and neuroscientist Sam Harris argues that we can radically simplify our lives and improve society by merely telling the truth in situations where others often lie He focuses on white lies--those lies we tell for the purpose of sparing people discomfort--for these are the lies that most often tempt us And they tend to be the only lies that good people tell while imagining that they are being good in the process"
Price: 9.99 |
| "The Bang-Bang Club: Snapshots from a Hidden War by Joao Silva, Greg Marinovich (Paperback, 2001)" |
| "The Bang-Bang Club was a group of four young war photographers friends and colleagues Ken Oosterbroek Kevin Carter Greg Marinovich and Joao Silva war correspondants during the last years of apartheid who took many of the photographs that encapsulate the final violent years of racist white South Africa Two of them won Pulitzer Prizes for individual photos Ken the oldest and a mentor to the others died accidentally shot while working; Kevin the most troubled of the four committed suicide weeks after winning his Pulitzer for a photograph of a starving baby in the Sudanese famine Written by Greg and Joao The Bang-Bang Club tells their uniquely powerful war stories It tells the story of four remarkable young men the stresses tensions and moral dilemmas of working in situations of extreme violence pain and suffering the relationships between the four and the story of the end of apartheid An immensely powerful riveting and harrowing book and an invakuable contribution to the literary genre of war photography An eye-opening book for readers of Susan Sontag"
Price: 7.99 |
| "The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse (Paperback, 2000)" |
| "In the remote Kingdom of Castalia the scholars of the Twenty Third century play the Glass Bead Game The elaborately coded game is a fusion of all human knowledge - of maths music philosophy science and art Intrigued as a school boy Joseph Knecht becomes consumed with mastering the game as an adult As Knecht fulfils his life-long quest he must contend with unexpected dilemmas and the longing for a life beyond the ivory tower"
Price: 8.99 |
| "Lord John And The Private Matter by Diana Gabaldon (Paperback, 2004)" |
| "The year is 1757 On a bright June day Lord John Grey emerges from his club his mind in turmoil A nobleman and a high-ranking officer in His Majesty's Army Grey has just witnessed something shocking But his efforts to avoid a scandal that might destroy his family are interrupted by something still more urgent the Crown appoints him to investigate the brutal murder of a comrade-in-arms who might well have been a traitor Obliged to pursue two inquiries at once Major Grey finds himself ensnared in a web of treachery and betrayal that touches every level of society - and threatens all he holds dear From the bawdy-houses of London's night world to the drawing rooms of the nobility from the blood of a murdered corpse to the thundering seas of the East India Company Lord John follows the elusive trail of the woman in green who may hold the key to everything - or to nothing at all The early days of the Seven Years War come brilliantly to life in this historical adventure mystery by the acclaimed author whose unique and compelling storytelling has engrossed millions of readers worldwide"
Price: 7.99 |
| "How We Die by Sherwin B. Nuland (Paperback, 1997)" |
| "There are many books intended to help people deal with the trauma of bereavement but few which explore the reality of death itself How We Die sets out to explain exactly what happens to each of us when we die Sherwin B Nuland - with over 30 years' experience as a surgeon - explains in detail the processes which take place in the body and strips away many illusions about death The result is a unique and compelling book addressing the one final fact that all of us must confront"
Price: 7.99 |
| "In the Wet by Nevil Shute Norway (Paperback, 2009)" |
| "It is the rainy season Drunk and delirious an old man lies dying in the Queensland bush In his opium-hazed last hours a priest finds his deserted shack and listens to his last words Half-awake and half-dreaming the old man tells the story of an adventure set decades in the future in a very different world"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Before The Frost by Henning Mankell (Paperback, 2013)" |
| "The leader of a religious cult in Guyana instigates a mass suicide He succeeds in killing himself and his whole flock of worshippers save one In a wood outside Ystad the police make an horrific discovery a severed head and hands locked together in an attitude of prayer A Bible lies at the victim's side handwritten corrections and amendments on every page A string of incidents including attacks on domestic animals has been taking place and Inspector Wallander fears that these events could be the prelude to attacks on humans on a much greater scale Meanwhile Linda Wallander preparing to join the Ystad police force arrives at the station Showing all the hallmarks of her father - the maverick approach the flaring temper - she becomes involved in the case and in the process is forced to confront a group of extremists bent on punishing the world's sinners"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Reached by Ally Condie (Paperback, 2013)" |
| "The final thrilling part of the New York Times bestselling trilogy REACHED is the sequel to MATCHED and CROSSED by Ally Condie After leaving the Society and desperately searching for each other - and the Rising - Cassia and Ky have found what they were looking for but at the cost of losing each other yet again But nothing is as predicted and all too soon the veil lifts and things shift once again In the gripping conclusion to the bestselling MATCHED trilogy Cassia Ky and Xander return to the Society to save the one thing they have been denied for so long the power to choose"
Price: 7.49 |
| "The Opal Deception : The Graphic Novel" |
| "The adaptation of his genre-busting award-winning Artemis Fowl series has been a labour of love for lifelong graphic novel fan Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin Art by Giovanni Rigano and colour by Paolo LamannaEvil pixie Opal Koboi is back and she's more dangerous than ever This time she doesn't just want power over the fairy People - this time she wants the humans too Captain Holly Short is the only fairy with a hope of stopping her but as Holly knows it takes one genius criminal mastermind to fight another But the 14-year-old genius that Holly is thinking of doesn't even remember that fairies exist How is she going to convince Artemis Fowl to help her stop Opal? Gold usually does the trick and this time is should be no different Or is Artemis changing?"
Price: 9.49 |
| "Amazon by DK (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "Engaging and entertaining reference guide about the Amazon river and rainforest - perfect for younger readersDiscover the beauty and diversity of the Amazon rainforest river and more Eyewitness Amazon explores the largest and most biodiverse tract of tropical rainforest in the world and the vast river that winds its way through it Find out everything about the Amazon from the birds and animals that live their to the nine South American countries it extends across Eyewitness Amazon also includes a giant fold-out wall chart full of facts perfect for bedrooms or classroomsPacked with all the essential information from the previous edition Eyewitness Amazon is now more interactive and colourful than ever with new infographics statistics facts and timelines making the book more engaging and educational for your child"
Price: 6.49 |
| "A Prison Diary Volume II: Purgatory by Jeffrey Archer (Paperback, 2004)" |
| "On 9th August 2001 twenty-two days after Jeffrey Archer was sentenced to four years in prison for perjury he was transferred from HMP Belmarsh a double-A Category high-security prison in south London to HMP Wayland a Category C establishment in Norfolk He served sixty-seven days in Wayland and during that time as this account testifies encountered not only the daily degradations of a dangerously over-stretched prison service but the spirit and courage of his fellow inmates Prison Diary Volume II Purgatory is an extraordinary work of non-fiction where Jeffrey Archer reveals what life is like inside the walls of Britain's prisons"
Price: 6.49 |
| "The Game" |
| "New Year 1924 Mary Russell is drawn into a new intrigue when she and her husband Sherlock Holmes pay a visit to Holmes' gravely ill brother Mycroft Mycroft has received a strange package that contains the papers of a missing English spy named Kimball O'Hara the hero of Rudyard Kipling's Kim who is feared to have been taken hostage - or even killed Mary and Sherlock embark on a search for the missing operative which takes them on a perilous journey through sun-drenched India But when a twist of fate forces the couple to part ways Russell learns that in this faraway place it's often impossible to tell friend from foe and that some games must be played out until their deadly end"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Show Your Work! : 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered" |
| "In his New York Times bestseller Steal Like an Artist Austin Kleon showed readers how to unlock their creativity by stealing from the community of other movers and shakers Now in an even more forward-thinking and necessary book he shows how to take that critical next step on a creative journey getting known Show Your Work! is about why generosity trumps genius It s about getting findable about using the network instead of wasting time networking It s not self-promotion it s self-discovery let others into your process then let them steal from you Filled with illustrations quotes stories and examples Show Your Work! offers ten transformative rules for being open generous brave productive In chapters such as You Don t Have to Be a Genius; Share Something Small Every Day; and Stick Around Kleon creates a user s manual for embracing the communal nature of creativity what he calls the ecology of talent From broader life lessons about work (you can t find your voice if you don t use it) to the etiquette of sharing and the dangers of oversharing to the practicalities of Internet life (build a good domain name; give credit when credit is due) it s an inspiring manifesto for succeeding as any kind of artist or entrepreneur in the digital age"
Price: 7.49 |
| "How to Bake by Paul Hollywood (Hardback, 2012)" |
| "At last the star of BBC2's The Great British Bake Off reveals all the secrets of his craft in How to Bake The son of a baker Paul Hollywood is passionate about busting the myths that surround baking sharing his finely honed skills and showing that with the right guidance anybody can achieve success time after time With this in mind he has filled this book with easy-to-follow clearly explained utterly delicious recipes Having taken you through the basic techniques Paul explains how to make an abundance of breads pastries cakes and biscuits including wholemeal loaf soda bread ciabatta focaccia chapatis Cheddar and apple bread fruit loaf fresh croissants scones classic Victoria sponge lemon drizzle cake baklava buttery shortbread and triple layer chocolate cake Time to get baking"
Price: 17.49 |
| "Ladybird lift-the-flap book: Busy Building Site" |
| "Follow Builder Barney as he works on the busy building site From checking the plans and laying foundations to mixing cement and building walls there is always so much for a busy builder to do All busy toddlers will love exploring this bright lift-the-flap board book from Ladybird With simple rhyming text robust flaps to lift labelled pictures and a ladybird to spot on every page there is plenty to keep young children entertained"
Price: 5.99 |
| "Whittling the Old Sea Captain, Rev Edn" |
| "Come aboard with carver Mike Shipley as he shows you how to carve a sea-worthy old sailor and his crew More than 100 step-by-step photos guide you in carving painting and staining the salty Old Sea Captain and his first and second mates Patterns are also included for making buoys lobster traps and wooden crates to set an entire sea-faring scene Includes step-by-step carving & painting demonstrations patterns and colour photos of the finished crew"
Price: 6.99 |
| "In the Labyrinth of Drakes : A Memoir by Lady Trent : 4" |
| "Lady Trent's discoveries in Akhia are the stuff of romantic legend catapulting her from scholarly obscurity to worldwide fame The details of her personal life during that time are hardly less private having provided fodder for gossips in several countries But as is so often the case in the career of this illustrious woman the public story is far from complete In this the fourth volume of her memoirs the Lady Trent relates how she acquired her position with the Scirling Royal Army; how foreign saboteurs imperiled both her work and her well-being; and how her determined pursuit of knowledge took her into the deepest reaches of the Labyrinth of Drakes where the chance action of a dragon set the stage for her greatest achievement yet"
Price: 5.99 |
| "Storm in a Teacup : The Physics of Everyday Life" |
| "Just as Freakonomics brought economics to life so Storm in a Teacup brings physics into our daily lives and makes it fascinating Our world is full of patterns If you pour milk into your tea and give it a stir you'll see a swirl a spiral of two fluids before the two liquids mix completely The same pattern is found elsewhere too Look down on the Earth from space and you'll find similar swirls in the clouds made where warm air and cold air waltz In Storm in a Teacup Helen Czerski links the little things we see every day with the big world we live in Each chapter begins with something small - popcorn coffee stains and refrigerator magnets - and uses it to explain some of the most important science and technology of our time This is physics as the toolbox of science - a toolbox we need in order to make sense of what is around us and arrive at decisions about the future from medical advances to solving our future energy needs It is also physics as the toy box of science physics as fun as never before"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Mr Nice : 21st Anniversary Edition" |
| "21ST ANNIVERSARY EDITION WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY IRVINE WELSHHe was Britain's most wanted man He spent seven years in America's toughest penitentiary You'll like him During the mid 1980s Howard Marks had forty three aliases eighty nine phone lines and owned twenty five companies throughout the world At the height of his career he was smuggling consignments of up to thirty tons of marijuana and had contact with organisations as diverse as MI6 the CIA the IRA and the Mafia Following a worldwide operation by the Drug Enforcement Agency he was arrested and sentenced to twenty-five years in prison at the Terre Haute Penitentiary Indiana He was released in April 1995 after serving seven years of his sentence Told with humour charm and candour Mr Nice is his own extraordinary story 'The story of a remarkable life lived by the very brilliant and exceptionally wonderful Mr Nice'Irvine Welsh'Frequently hilarious occasionally sad and often surreal'GQ'A man who makes Peter Pan look like a geriatric'Loaded'A folk legend'Daily Mail"
Price: 8.99 |
| "Wedding Stories" |
| "The stories collected here--including such gems as Stephen Crane's The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky O Henry's The Marry Month of May F Scott Fitzgerald's The Bridal Party Joy Williams's The Wedding and Lorrie Moore's Thank You For Having Me encompass comic wedding mishaps engagements broken and mended honeymoon adventures and scenes both heartwarming and heartbreaking There are glamorous weddings in Paris and New York and more eccentric ones in the Wild West and on a remote island beach There are nervous brides forgetful grooms meddling guests interrupted nuptials second thoughts and second chances Above all there are all kinds of people - young and old rich and poor divorced and widowed with or without children - joining together in the age-old quest for matrimonial happiness"
Price: 9.49 |
| "Dubliners (Everyman's Library Classics) Hardcover" |
| "His stories are fillled with the rich detail of Dublin life portraying ordinary often defeated lives with unflinching realism He writes of social decline sexual desire and exploitation corruption and personal failure yet creates a brilliantly compelling unique vision of the world and of human experience The stories all centre around the city of Dublin and its inhabitants at the beginning of the twentieth century They offer a moving portrait of an entire world and era long since disappeared"
Price: 9.49 |
| "Amsterdam : A brief life of the city" |
| "A magnet for trade and travellers from all over the world stylish cosmopolitan Amsterdam is a city of dreams and nightmares of grand civic architecture and legendary beauty but also of civil wars bloody religious purges and the tragedy of Anne Frank In this fascinating examination of the city's soul part history part travel guide Geert Mak imaginatively recreates the lives of the early Amsterdammers and traces Amsterdam's progress from waterlogged settlement to a major financial centre and thriving modern metropolis"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Preacher Book 6 TP Paperback" |
| "In this final Preacher volume Jesse Custer makes amends with his girlfriend Tulip then seeks revenge against his former friend and compatriot Cassidy for the things the Irish vampire did to her when they both believed Jesse to be dead As the Preacher&39;s crusade draws to an end all of the players converge at the Alamo for a final show-down With the love of his life Tulip by his side Jesse makes his last stand against all of his enemies But as the dust settles in the Texas desert you won&39;t believe how this epic battle of good versus evil will end"
Price: 10.99 |
| "Dark Blade : Whispers of the Gods Book 1 : 1" |
| "A sweeping epic fantasy perfect for fans of the Summoner trilogy by Taran Matharu and Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo WHEN GODS FAIL WHO WILL KEEP THE DARKNESS OUT?Lann knows nothing of his mysterious past but by his fifteenth birthday he will come face to face with destiny For Lann must wield the Dreadblade an ancient sword forged to defeat terrible monsters Across the mountains a King has been murdered His daughter Astrid is a warrior with no desire to bear the crown Only she can uncover her father's killer before her brother is framed for the crime Evil is stirring Lann and Astrid are the kingdom's last defence Together they must face the greatest darkness their world has ever known"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Hellboy Library Edition Volume 2: The Chained Coffin, The Right Hand of Doom, and Others" |
| "Since Mike Mignola's Hellboy first hit the stands in 1993 it has become a cultural sensation racking up a dozen Eisner Awards and inspiring numerous spinoffs - from a novel line to video games to feature films Now Dark Horse is pleased to present the comics that started it all collected in deluxe hardcover editions Sized at a generous 9' x 12' and handsomely bound to match The Art of Hellboy each volume contains the equivalent of two full trade paperbacks"
Price: 27.49 |
