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| "Rejected Princesses : Tales of History's Boldest Heroines, Hellions, and Heretics" |
| "Blending the iconoclastic feminism of The Notorious RBG and the confident irreverence of Go the Fck to Sleep a brazen and empowering illustrated collection that celebrates inspirational badass women throughout history based on the popular Tumblr blog Well-behaved women seldom make history Good thing these women are far from well behaved Illustrated in a contemporary animation style Rejected Princesses turns the ubiquitous pretty pink princess stereotype portrayed in movies and on endless toys books and tutus on its head paying homage instead to an awesome collection of strong fierce and yes sometimes weird women warrior queens soldiers villains spies revolutionaries and more who refused to behave and meekly accept their place An entertaining mix of biography imagery and humor written in a fresh young and riotous voice this thoroughly researched exploration salutes these awesome women drawn from both historical and fantastical realms including real life literature mythology and folklore Each profile features an eye-catching image of both heroic and villainous women in command from across history and around the world from a princess-cum-pirate in fifth century Denmark to a rebel preacher in 1630s Boston to a bloodthirsty Hungarian countess and a former prostitute who commanded a fleet of more than 70000 men on China's seas"
Price: 13.49 |
| "Cartoon Guide to Statistics" |
| "Updated version featuring all new materialIf you have ever looked for P-values by shopping at P mart tried to watch the Bernoulli Trails on People's Court or think that the standard deviation is a criminal offense in six states then you need The Cartoon Guide to Statistics to put you on the road to statistical literacyThe Cartoon Guide to Statistics covers all the central ideas of modern statistics the summary and display of data probability in gambling and medicine random variables Bernoulli Trails the Central Limit Theorem hypothesis testing confidence interval estimation and much more-all explained in simple clear and yes funny illustrations Never again will you order the Poisson Distribution in a French restaurant!"
Price: 8.99 |
| "Stabilizing an Unstable Economy by Hyman P. Minsky (Hardback, 2008)" |
| "Mr Minsky long argued markets were crisis prone His 'moment' has arrived -The Wall Street JournalIn his seminal work Minsky presents his groundbreaking financial theory of investment one that is startlingly relevant today He explains why the American economy has experienced periods of debilitating inflation rising unemployment and marked slowdowns-and why the economy is now undergoing a credit crisis that he foresaw Stabilizing an Unstable Economy coversThe natural inclination of complex capitalist economies toward instabilityBooms and busts as unavoidable results of high-risk lending practices Speculative finance and its effect on investment and asset prices Government's role in bolstering consumption during times of high unemploymentThe need to increase Federal Reserve oversight of banksHenry Kaufman president Henry Kaufman & Company Inc places Minsky's prescient ideas in the context of today's financial markets and institutions in a fascinating new preface Two of Minsky's colleagues Dimitri B Papadimitriou PhD and president The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College and L Randall Wray PhD and a senior scholar at the Institute also weigh in on Minsky's present relevance in today's economic scene in a new introduction A surge of interest in and respect for Hyman Minsky's ideas pervades Wall Street as top economic thinkers and financial writers have started using the phrase Minsky moment to describe America's turbulent economy There has never been a more appropriate time to read this classic of economic theory"
Price: 21.49 |
| "How To Have A Beautiful Mind by Edward De Bono (Paperback, 2004)" |
| "People spend a fortune on their bodies their faces their hair their clothes Cosmetics plastic surgery diets gym membership - everyone's trying to be more attractive But there's an easier way to become a beautiful person It doesn't have to be physical No matter how you look if you have a mind that's fascinating creative exciting - if you're a good thinker - you can be beautiful And being attractive doesn't necessarily come from being intelligent or highly-educated It isn't about having a great personality It's about using your imagination and expanding your creativity And it's when talking with people that we make the greatest impact A person may be physically beautiful but when speaking to others a dull or ugly or uncreative mind will definitely turn them off In clear practical language de Bono shows how by applying lateral and parallel thinking skills to your conversation you can improve your mind By learning how to listen make a point and manoeuvre a discussion you can become creative and more appealing - more beautiful"
Price: 7.49 |
| "101 Things To Do In A Shed by Rob Beattie (Hardback, 2005)" |
| "This funny and charming book opens the door to the many possibilities of the garden shed - just about the last male bastion left in the modern household It is packed with 101 tasks tools simple projects science experiments and ideas of all sorts for having hours of uninterrupted fun Whether you want to rediscover the lost art of 'make do and mend' create some useful knick-knacks explore model-making opportunities from little yachts made from matchsticks wooden toy tractors or exquisite toothbrush stands dabble with some simple experiments with optical illusions static electricity vibrating glasses or just enjoy a spot of peace and quiet with the radio and a glass of beer this book is a treasure trove of great ideas Beautifully illustrated with good old fashioned line drawings and brimming with bright ideas to keep men entertained for hours it is set to become a cult classic Welcome to the sanctuary of the shed!"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Baby-led Weaning: Helping Your Baby to Love Good Food by Tracey Murkett, Gill Rapley (Paperback, 2008)" |
| "Contrary to popular belief there is no research that supports the current mainstream view that babies should be weaned by being spoon-fed purees Self-feeding allows babies to use their natural abilities to explore taste texture colour and smell It encourages independence and confidence by allowing them to experiment with foods at their own pace and helps to develop hand-eye coordination and chewing Baby-led Weaning is a practical and authoritative guide to introducing solid food enabling your child to grow up a happy and confident eater It shows parents why baby-led weaning makes sense and gives them the confidence to trust their baby's natural skills and instincts With practical tips for getting started and the low-down on what to expect Baby-led Weaning explodes the myth that babies need to be spoon-fed and shows why self-feeding from the start is the healthiest way for your child to develop Your baby is allowed to decide how much he wants to eat how to eat it and to experiment with everything at his own pace Baby-led weaning is a common-sense safe easy and enjoyable approach to feeding your baby No more purees and weaning spoons and no more mealtime battles Simply let your baby feed himself healthy family food"
Price: 8.99 |
| "The Last Girl: (Maeve Kerrigan 3) by Jane Casey (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "The teenage girl was the first victim Her throat cut to the bone she didn't stand a chance Her mother was the second She at least had time to fight back Briefly Called to the South London crime scene Maeve Kerrigan's first thought is that this is a domestic dispute gone bad But the husband - found bloody and unconscious in an upstairs room - insists he's the third victim not the killer However the only witness is his young daughter And she's not talking"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Triumphs and Turbulence : My Autobiography" |
| "Chris Boardman is the 2017 winner of the Cross Sports Cycling Book of the Year for his autobiography Triumphs and Turbulence The true inspiration was that Olympic gold won by Chris Boardman in Barcelona I was so in awe of Chris Boardman' Sir Bradley WigginsYou may know him as the much-loved co-presenter of ITV's Tour de France coverage or enjoyed his BBC Olympic coverage but beyond the easy charm Chris Boardman is one of our greatest most inspiring cyclists Boardman's lone achievements in the 80s and 90s - Olympic track gold the world hour record repeatedly claiming the yellow jersey in the Tour de France - were the spark that started the modern era for British cycling His endeavours both on and off the bike have made him the founding father of current golden generation - without him there would simply be no Hoy Wiggins or Cavendish It is a story full of intrigue from Olympic success to the famous duels with Graeme Obree and the insanity of the Tour de France Chris became a legend for his combination of physical ability and technical preparation almost single-handedly taking British cycling from wool shirts and cloth caps into the era of marginal gains Indeed after his career on the bike ended a new chapter began as the backroom genius behind GB cycling As head of the R&D team known as The Secret Squirrel Club Chris has been responsible for the technical innovations that made the difference in 2012 and developed Boardman Bikes which has become the country's bestselling premium bike range"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Lateral Thinking : An Introduction" |
| "Why do some people always seem to have new ideas while others of equal intelligence never do? Lateral Thinking is Edward de Bono's original portrayal of what lateral thinking is how it works and how to use it to develop your own potential for thinking and problem solving First published in 1967 as The Use of Lateral Thinking this classic international bestseller remains as relevant to learning problem solving and creative thinking today as when it was first published De Bono argues that conventional vertical thinking often inhibits our ability to solve problems and come up with new ideas He then shows that lateral thinking is a far easier and more natural way to generate simple sound and effective ideas and offers guidance on how to develop your own ability to think laterally Lateral thinking is a technique that anyone can learn and benefit from"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Black Boy by Richard Wright (Paperback, 2000)" |
| "'In Black Boy I found expressed for the first time in my life the sorrow the rage and the murderous bitterness which was eating up my life and lives of those around me Richard Wright's work was an immense liberation and revelation for me He became my ally and my witness and alas! my father' - James BaldwinAt four years of age Richard Wright set fire to his home; at five his father deserted the family; by six Richard was - - temporarily - an alcoholic Moved from home to home from brick tenement to orphanage he had had by the age of twelve only one year's formal education It was in saloons railroad yards and streets that he learned the facts about life under white subjection about fear hunger and hatred Gradually he learned to play Jim Crow in order to survive in a world of white hostility secretly satisfying his craving for books and knowledge until the time came when he could follow his dream of justice and opportunity in the north"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Glory Gardens 7 - Down The Wicket by Bob Cattell (Paperback, 2001)" |
| "When the Glory Gardens team discover that their ground has been sold to build a new hotel they decide to return to their roots and play the season's league games on Glory Gardens recreation ground But the pitch is far from ideal and several players are hurt batting on such a terrible wicket With the team losing matches Hooker losing his form and the injuries mounting Clive Matthew and Azzie are threatening to leave Glory Gardens to play for another team Can Jo convince them to stay and can the new captain Erica put together a side capable of beating their old enemy Wyckham Wanderers and maintaining their league title?"
Price: 5.99 |
| "London: The Biography by Peter Ackroyd (Paperback, 2001)" |
| "Much of Peter Ackroyd&39;s work has been concerned with the life and past of London but here as a culmination is his definitive account of the city For him it is a living organism with its own laws of growth and change so London is a biography rather than a history It differs from other histories too in the range and diversity of its contents Ackroyd portrays London from the time of the Druids to the beginning of the twenty-first century noting magnificence in both epochs but this is not a simple chronological record There are chapters on the history of silence and the history of light the history of childhood and the history of suicide the history of Cockney speech and the history of drink London is perhaps the most important study of the city ever written and confirms Ackroyd&39;s status as what one critic has called &39;our age&39;s greatest London imagination&39;"
Price: 17.49 |
| "Pigeon Post by Arthur Ransome (Paperback, 2001)" |
| "Reunited for the summer the Swallows and Amazons with Dick and Dorothea launch a prospecting expedition to find the lost gold mine of the high hills above the lake But the mining camp runs into all sorts of trouble not only the danger of fire in the drought ridden countryside but also scary encounters with unsafe tunnels Worst of all is the sinister Squashy Hat who appears to be a rival prospector and who's certainly a spy - how can they keep working without him discovering what they've found?"
Price: 6.99 |
| "A Distant Shore by Caryl Phillips (Paperback, 2004)" |
| "The English village is a place where people come to lick their wounds Dorothy has walked away from a bad thirty-year marriage an affair gone sour and a dangerous obsession Between her visits to the doctor and the music lessons she gives to bored teenagers she is trying to rebuild a life It's not immediately clear why her neighbour Solomon is living in the village but his African origin suggests a complex history that is at odds with his dull routine of washing the car and making short trips to the supermarket Though all he has in common with the English is a shared language it soon becomes clear that Solomon hopes that his new country will provide him with a safe haven Gradually they establish a form of comfort in each other's presence that alleviates the isolation they both feel"
Price: 7.49 |
| "The Pea And The Princess by Mini Grey (Paperback, 2004)" |
| "Once upon a time there was an enchanting fairytale about a prince who was looking for a real princess to be his bride The only way to tell whether the many princesses who applied for the post were really royal legend had it was to see if they would be able to feel a tiny little pea through dozens of luxurious mattresses as they slept Only the princess who emerged the next morning complaining of the extreme discomfort in which she had passed the night could possibly be good enough to be the prince's bride All well and enchanting but has anyone stopped to think about how all this might have felt for the pea in question? No So here for the first time straight from the pea is the truth about this much-loved oft-repeated fairytale"
Price: 5.99 |
| "The Good Women Of China: Hidden Voices by Xinran (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "For eight groundbreaking years Xinran presented a radio programme in China during which she invited women to call in and talk about themselves Broadcast every evening Words on the Night Breeze became famous through the country for its unflinching portrayal of what it meant to be a woman in modern China Centuries of obedience to their fathers husbands and sons followed by years of political turmoil had made women terrified of talking openly about their feelings Xinran won their trust and through her compassion and ability to listen became the first woman to hear their true stories This unforgettable book is the story of how Xinran negotiated the minefield of restrictions imposed on Chinese journalists to reach out to women across the country Through the vivid intimacy of her writing the women's voices confide in the reader sharing their deepest secrets for the first time Their stories changed Xinran's understanding of China forever Her book will reveal the lives of Chinese women to the West as never before"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Night Birds On Nantucket by Joan Aiken (Paperback, 2004)" |
| "Shipwrecked Dido Twite picked up by a whaling ship finds herself many miles from home and facing deep troubles Sinister Miss Slighcarp the governess from Willoughby Chase makes a reappearance this time is cahoots with Hanoverian plotters who have a dastardly plan in mind"
Price: 5.99 |
| Straight |
| "From his days as a club face alongside Philip Sallon Marilyn and Steve Strange through the years of global pop superstardom with Culture Club his rebirth as a world-class DJ as a leading light of musical theatre with the award-winning Taboo a cutting edge photographer and a confrontational and acclaimed fashion designer one of the many things you can say about George is he's never stood still It's been one hell of a trip A decade and a half ago George was coming to terms with the fall-out from serious drug addiction the failure of his relationship with Jon Moss and the collapse of Culture ClubFor lesser men this would have been the end but for George it became the start of a period of remarkable reinvention Told with George's trademark biting wit brutal honesty and sparkling insight this book reveals the whole story reappraising his rise to stardom and all the madness that followedHe talks about his solo singing career his initiation into the dance music scene and his role as the driving force behind theatrical sensation TabooGeorge also discusses the achievement of the apparently impossible task of reuniting the famously fractious Culture Club It is only now many years on from the glittering glossy Eighties that George makes an insightful and often hilarious assessment of the impact of that extraordinary era"
Price: 9.99 |
| "Regency Buck" |
| "It is in regrettable circumstances that beautiful Judith Taverner and her brother Peregrine first encounter Julian St John Audley The man they both agree is an insufferably arrogant dandy But unfortunately for them he is also the Fifth Earl of Worth a friend of the Regent and quite by chance their legal guardian Delightfully witty and romantic Regency Buck shows all the skills which made Georgette Heyer the most widely read and loved author of historical romances in the world and which have made another generation fall in love with her all over again"
Price: 6.49 |
| "The Talisman Ring" |
| "The legend of the Headless Horseman and a proposed marriage de convenance both have their impact on the mystery of a golden talisman ring and Lord Lavenham's young heir Ludovic Neither Sir Tristram Shield nor Eustacie his young French cousin share the slightest inclination to marry one another yet it is Lord Lavenham's dying wish For there is no one else to provide for the old man's granddaughter while Ludovic remains a fugitive from justice Yet again Georgette Heyer shows the qualities that made her one of the most successful and best-loved romantic novelists of her age and why her popularity endures to this day"
Price: 6.49 |
| "The Folding Star : Historical Fiction" |
| "Edward Manners - thirty three and disaffected - escapes to a Flemish city in search of a new life Almost at once he falls in love with seventeen-year-old Luc and is introduced to the twilight world of the 1890s Belgian painter Edgard Orst"
Price: 8.49 |
| "The Comedians by Graham Greene (Paperback, 2004)" |
| "WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY PAUL THEROUXThree men meet on a ship bound for Haiti a world in the grip of the corrupt 'Papa Doc' and the Tontons Macoute his sinister secret police Brown the hotelier Smith the innocent American and Jones the confidence man - these are the 'comedians' of Graham Greene's title Hiding behind their actors' masks they hesitate on the edge of life And to begin with they are men afraid of love afraid of pain afraid of fear itself"
Price: 7.49 |
| "The Honorary Consul by Graham Greene (Paperback, 2004)" |
| "WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NICHOLAS SHAKESPEARECharley Fortnum is the 'Honorary Consul' a whisky-sodden figure of dubious authority taken by a group of rebels As Eduardo Plarr a local doctor negotiates with revolutionaries and the authorities for Fortnum's release the corruption of both becomes evident In this spare tense novel Graham Greene explores the morality of a political system that turns priests into killers"
Price: 7.49 |
| "The Road Home by Rose Tremain (Paperback, 2008)" |
| "From the author of The Gustav SonataLev is on his way from Eastern Europe to Britain seeking work Behind him loom the figures of his dead wife his beloved young daugher and his outrageous friend Rudi who - dreaming of the wealthy West - lives largely for his battered Chevrolet Ahead of Lev lies the deep strangeness of the British their hostile streets their clannish pubs their obsession with celebrity London holds out the alluring possibility of friendship sex money and a new career and if Lev is lucky a new sense of belonging Over a million Rose Tremain books soldA writer of exceptional talent Tremain is a writer who understands every emotion' Independent IThere are few writers out there with the dexterity or emotional intelligence to rival that of the great Rose Tremain' Irish TimesTremain has the painterly genius of an Old Master and she uses it to stunning effect' The TimesRose Tremain is one of the very finest British novelists' Salman RushdieTremain is a writer of exemplary vision and particularity The fictional world is rendered with extraordinary vividness' Marcel Theroux Guardian"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Loving, Living, Party Going by Henry Green (Paperback, 2005)" |
| "WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SEBASTIAN FAULKSHenry Green whom W H Auden called 'the finest living English novelist' is the most neglected writer of the last century and the one most deserving of rediscovery by a new generation This volume brings together three of Henry Green's intensely original novels Loving explored class distinctions through the medium of love and brilliantly contrasts the lives of servants and masters in an Irish castle during World War Two Living of workers and owners in a Birmingham iron foundry Party Going is a brilliant comedy of manners presenting a party of wealthy travellers stranded by fog in a London railway hotel while throngs of workers await trains in the station below"
Price: 9.99 |
| "Enchantment: The Life of Audrey Hepburn by Donald Spoto (Paperback, 2007)" |
| "Born in Brussels in 1929 Audrey Hepburn was the daughter of a British father and a Dutch Baroness But when she was five her father deserted the family With the outbreak of war in 1939 her mother thought they would be safer in Holland than Holland Park but although they survived the German Occupation the experience left its physical and emotional scars Back in England again Audrey studied ballet with Marie Rambert After a few West End musicals and minor film parts she was spotted by the author Colette to star in a stage version of her novel Gigi And then Audrey's career took off Her debut screen role was the Princess in the enchanting Roman Holiday It won her an Oscar She went on to bring her unique grace and high spirits to a number of highly acclaimed films - from Funny Face and The Nun's Story to My Fair Lady Breakfast at Tiffany's and Robin and Marian For a while it looked as though her personal life would follow the Hollywood dream But her marriage to Mel Ferrer was not to last She married and divorced a second time and there were other passionate but short-lived affairs some revealed for the first time in this book but her relationships were never entirely successful With all the insight background knowledge and innate sympathy for his subject qualities that have made his biographies of Hitchcock Dietrich Monroe and Bergman such international successes Donald Spoto truly captures the spirit of an elusive beautiful talented and vulnerable woman"
Price: 8.99 |
| "The Gathering" |
| "Winner of the Man Booker PrizeThe nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan gather in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother Liam It wasn't the drink that killed him - although that certainly helped - it was what happened to him as a boy in his grandmother's house in the winter of 1968 The Gathering is a novel about love and disappointment about thwarted lust and limitless desire and how our fate is written in the body not in the stars"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Wedding Season" |
| "All you need is love A wonderfully romantic novel from the No 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Recipe for Love A French Affair and The Perfect Match Sarah Stratford is a wedding planner hiding a rather inconvenient truth - she doesn't believe in love Or not for herself anyway But as the confetti flutters away on the June breeze of yet another successful wedding she somehow finds herself agreeing to organise two more on the same day and only two months away Luckily Sarah has two tried and tested friends on hand to help her Elsa an accomplished dress designer who likes to keep a very low profile and Bron a multi-talented hairdresser who lives with her unreconstructed boyfriend and who'd like to go solo in more ways than one As the big day draws near all three women find that patience is definitely a virtue in the marriage game And as all their working hours are spent preparing for the weddings of the year they certainly haven't got any time to even think about love Or have they?"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Ulysses by James Joyce (Paperback, 2008)" |
| "Set entirely on one day 16 June 1904 Ulysses follows Leopold Bloom and Stephen Daedalus as they go about their daily business in Dublin From this starting point James Joyce constructs a novel of extraordinary imaginative richness and depth Unique in the history of literature Ulysses is one of the most important and enjoyable works of the twentieth century After its first publication in Paris in 1922 Ulysses was published in Great Britain by The Bodley Head in 1936 These editions as well as the subsequent resettings of 1960 in Great britain and of 1961 in the US included an increasing number of transmission and printing errors In 1977 a team of scholars led by Professor Hans Walter Gabler began to study manuscript evidence typescripts and proofs in an attempt to reconstruct Joyce's creative process in order to come up with a more accurate text This edition uses the revised 1993 text of Gabler's version"
Price: 8.99 |
| "Bleak House by Charles Dickens (Paperback, 2008)" |
| "&39;The one great principle of the English law is to make business for itself&39; &39;Jarndyce and Jardyce&39; is an infamous lawsuit that has been in process for generations Nobody can remember exactly how the case started but many different individuals have found their fortunes caught up in it Esther Summerson watches as her friends and neighbours are consumed by their hopes and disappointments with the proceedings But while the intricate puzzles of the lawsuit are being debated by lawyers other more dramatic mysteries are unfolding that involve heartbreak lost children blackmail and murder"
Price: 6.99 |
