Amolibros: 74 books

This book hopes it will pose some critical questions of method for the study of the arts. These essays reveal a Nicolas Poussin that has rarely been noticed before. Is that because he has been so honoured as a great classical master – serious painter of serious histories and neo-stoic philosopher...

This book has an unusual structure. It begins with a review of the first concert given by the Amadeus Quartet and ends over fifty years later in 1999. What lies in between is a review of the post-war period in music mostly in London as seen and heard through the eyes and ears of one person. It is...

Aroon Ajmera, author of the international best seller Feng Shui & your Home shows you how to create an office environment that is supportive, congenial and successful. ‘This book provides an excellent mix of common sense, Feng Shui basics and humorous cartoons to bring to life the text....

In 1952 Susan and her brother were given away by their mother and subsequently sent to Australia under the Child Migrant Scheme. Susan’s first book Goodbye, Mummy Darling described her journey through life and her constant search for reasons why. Does a return trip to Australia, compensation...

This Indian adventure is intrinsically linked to World War II: after the deportations to the Soviet Union a group of Poles found safe refuge in India, where they would stay until the end of the War , hoping to return to their own country. Unfortunately the Yalta Agreements made that impossible. Very...

‘Ah yes, I remember it well.’This is a book of adventures written by an eighty-five-year-old and dedicated to his two-year old grandson, containing drama, tragedy, comedy, not to mention history in its most exciting yet moving form. How can one not be enthralled by the extraordinary real life...

“This sensitive and compassionate book…concentrates on the patient rather than the illness. It is immensely readable and interesting because it is illustrated with many personal stories. Gill Pharaoh gives us hope and brings out the best in human nature which sometimes happens when people are...

This book was written for the man or woman who is thinking of working as a carer, having had little or no experience of caring as a job. Many will never have thought of caring as a profession. They simply want a job. They may be filling in time, or wanting to make some money as the children are less...

Strange, unbelievable incidents that happen in every life, but how do we view them? Do we say ‘imagination’, ‘coincidence’, ‘just one of those things’, or is there perhaps something more? In this thought-provoking, self-help book of the so called ‘paranormal’, we seek to find...

“I must say I was gripped. It has the sweet-and-bitter tang of reality and in my view it will find an eager readership.” John Carey, Merton Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford ‘I had no real idea how I would get there. I just knew I would go, somehow.’ Chris...

This is Alasdair Barcroft’s third book on the subject of aloe vera and he believes the aloe vera topic will run and run as more and more people, both lay people and professional healthcare specialists and therapists alike, begin fully to understand the powerful healing and health-giving properties...

Wordweaving presents a radical new approach to the use of hypnotic suggestion. For years hypnotherapists have used scripts which are aimed at a particular problem, like smoking or weight loss, rather than aiming at the client who smokes or has weight issues. This book suggests that it is not the problem...

“…a rare glimpse into our recent history, far too rarely plundered by modern novelists, and deftly done.” Andrew Marr“A novel as intriguing as the house at its heart. I loved it.” Julian FellowesWhen Jessica Tate finds an old country house guide in a box after her grandmother’s...

Sherry Slade, folk singer and song writer, hears that club owner, Kendal Black, is about to launch a new recording company. When she manages to meet him, hoping he’ll listen to one of her demo discs, she is dismayed at his reaction. Angrily, he demands to know where she heard of his plans and dismisses...