Michael imprint: 765 books
Darn It!
Traditional Female Skills That Every Man Should Know
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
Have you ever wondered how you'd survive without your wife or girlfriend (or mum!) attending to those little tasks - such as mending, sewing and cleaning - that you should, rather embarrassingly, be able to do yourself? Have you ever wished you knew these skills so that you can finally sew on a button...
Screenwriting Behind Enemy Lines
Lessons from Inside the Studio Gates
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
A very pragmatic look at what “they” are looking for combined with techniques for delivering that. Includes “Tales from the Trenches,” lessons from various sets and development situations to illustrate the points being made, from one of the legendary production and development executives.
The Little Book of Big History
The Story of Life, the Universe and Everything
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2016
From the Big Bang to the future of our planet, The Little Book of Big History divides history into manageable but comprehensive time frames, encompassing the cosmos, the stars, life and everything in between. Big History is the attempt to understand and condense the entire story of the cosmos, from the...
It's About Time
From Calendars and Clocks to Moon Cycles and Light Years - A History
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2013
From the ice-age recordings of moon cycles and the earliest calendars, to modern wristwatches and quantum clocks, time and its effects have always enthralled mankind. We've spent centuries developing new ways of measuring time, describing it and quantifying it, and such methods have given rise to some...
I Used to Know That
Geography
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2012
Discover the physical world of rivers, glaciers and coasts; the human world of population changes and migration; agriculture, including farming, GM foods and the green revolution; and industry, from tourism to ports and old industry. I Used To Know That: Geography is an accessible yet fun way to revisit all the stuff you have forgotten from your school days.
The Science of Food
An Exploration of What We Eat and How We Cook
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
In this fascinating and easily digestible book, The One Show’s resident scientist Marty Jopson takes us on a mouth-watering tour of the twenty-first century kitchen and the everyday food miracles that we all take for granted. Ever wondered what modified starch is and why it’s in so much of the...
Forensic Speak
How to Write Realistic Crime Dramas
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2012
Crime stories have always intrigued viewers and storytellers. Today, crime shows rule the airwaves and there is truly a procedural drama out there for every personality — and every writer. Born out of the author’s real-life experiences growing up around death investigation, Forensic Speak unlocks...
Angel of Death
Killer Nurse Beverly Allitt
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
It made national headlines: the true story of how state enrolled nurse Beverley Allitt murdered four children on her ward and attempted to take the lives of many others. Liam Taylor's death, on 21 February 1991, was to become the first in a string of infanticides carried out by the soon-to-be-notorious...
Spanish to go
A weekend's worth of essential words and phrases
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
Getting to grips with a foreign language is never easy, and most phrase books are too convoluted to help you when you really need it. Spanish to go is here to help. Using everyday Spanish for everyday scenarios, this book is your passport to survival at the airport, in bars and restaurants, hotels...
Bizarre England
Discover the Country's Secrets and Surprises
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2015
An alternative journey around England, visiting the sights that are definitely not on the average tourist trail. In this charming book, David Long introduces the reader to some of the oddest and most interesting sights in England, such as: * Devon's Gnome Reserve * Britain's smallest pub * A church for...
by Mark Leigh
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2012
It doesn't take much to get an Old Fart complaining - whether it's about the price of electricity, reality TV, muesli, the metric system, self-checkouts or smoothies. It seems the whole world has it in for him and it's no wonder that he finds himself beginning most sentences with 'I remember when...'...
How to Be a Cat
Kitty Pusskin's Guide to Living with Humans and Getting the Upper Paw
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2016
Written by a cat, and with helpful insights by other cats, How to Be a Cat is essential reading not just for all felines but also for their owners and cat lovers alike … if only to get an insight into their pet’s sometimes curious behaviour. As you'd expect from a book written by a cat about humans,...
The Tale of Onora
The Girl with the Solar Eyes
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
In Book Two, a man struggles to convince his wife to allow his misbegotten son to stay in their home long enough to learn the truth of why he was absent from the boy’s life. At the western edge of the Caliphian Steppe, where fertile land gave way to a desert that married an ocean, a Queen despairs...
Notes to Screenwriters
Advancing Your Story, Screenplay, and Career With Whatever Hollywood Throws at You
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
Screen storytelling is an essentially collaborative process. Writers need feedback but too often the notes they receive stall them and even demoralize them. This book unpacks the whys and what-fors of all the most commonly given notes on scripts, stories, and writers themselves. Coming from the perspective...