Michael O Mara: 334 books
The Weather Book: Why It Happens And Where It Comes From
Why It Happens and Where It Comes From
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2012
The Weather Book is a delightful miscellany of everything remotely meteorological. It is jam-packed with enlightening facts, practical diagrams, and clear explanations about weather phenomena and why they form.
The Good Samaritan Bites the Dust
The Amazing Way the Bible Influences Our Everyday Language
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011
Ever claimed that there is 'no rest for the wicked', judged something as 'sour grapes', or rallied friends by shouting 'eat, drink and be merry'? Knowingly or not, you have been quoting from the Bible. The English language features countless biblically-derived phrases that are used by people on a day-to-day...
To Be Or Not To Be
And everything else you should know from Shakespeare
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
The works of William Shakespeare have been a permanent feature on school curricula for years, and almost everbody can boast even a basic knowledge of his life and craft. But, with thirty-eight plays, over 150 sonnets and numerous other poems, there's such a wealth of material it's no wonder we sometimes...
11 Explorations into Life on Earth
Christmas Lectures from the Royal Institution
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
The second in a series of books in association with the Royal Institution on their world-renowned Christmas Lectures, this time exploring the secrets of the natural world – with a foreword by Sir David Attenborough. Following on from the success of 13 Journeys Through Space and Time, which took us...
The History of the World Quiz Book
1,000 Questions and Answers to Test Your Knowledge
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
Taking the history of the world as its basis might seem a mammoth task but this fascinating book does just that, breaking the whole lot down into ten enthralling chapters that cover the ages and the world, from the Bronze Age up until the end of the Second World War. With over 5,500 years to choose...
The Nature Book
What It Is and How It Lives
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
There is so much to know about the ever changing natural world, but it's impossible to remember everything we have ever learnt about the range of subjects encompassed by the term 'nature'. The Nature Book is a great guide to the natural world, both for the beginner and those who want to relearn the most...
Opening Pandora's Box
Phrases We Borrowed From the Classics and the Stories Behind Them
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2011
It has been one of those days. You've worked like a Trojan, displaying titanic strength and stoic endurance to overcome the Herculean labours that have faced you in order to meet that deadline. We regularly employ classically-derived expressions in our everyday language, yet many of us have little understanding...
A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi
Words We Pinched From Other Languages
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009
English as we know it today is enriched with many borrowings and influences from other languages. Aficionado, chutzpah, pro bono, hoi polloi, ketchup, nous, zeitgeist - we use these foreign words every day without thinking of their origins, but what do they actually mean? And just how and why did...
by Bryony Evens
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2012
Gathered from offices, hotels, shops and roadsides, this collection of seemingly ridiculous signs offers such examples as: "Elephants please stay in your car"; "If you cannot read this, this leaflet will tell you how to get lessons"; and "Bargain basement upstairs", as well as - On a cruise ship: Please...
Wordsworth
'Daffodils' and Other Poems
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
William Wordsworth is chiefly remembered as one of the ‘Lake Poets’. Yet he was also one of the founders of English Romanticism, a writer whose early revolutionary fervor imbued his verse and his ideals. Much of Wordsworth’s work was inspired by nature, but to a style rich in lyrical imagery he...
Breaking the Chain
Abuse, Revenge, Redemption - The True Story of a Damaged Childhood
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2011
Beaten, battered and subjected to terrifying psychological cruelty at the hands of his sadistic, alcoholic father, by the age of twelve Andy McQuade realized that he and his family had suffered enough. Afraid for the lives of himself and his mother and brothers, tortured by painful memories of years...
How to Think Like Sherlock
Improve your powers of observation, memory and deduction
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
'You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear'. Such were the words of the master detective Sherlock Holmes to Dr Watson, as he noted how his friend failed to implement Holmes' techniques. In "How to think like Sherlock" you will learn how to increase your powers of observation,...
The Adventures of the Crumpsall Kid
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015
Mike Harding was born into a working-class Irish-Catholic family in Crumpsall, Manchester, in 1944. His father, a navigator in the RAF, was killed returning from a bombing mission four weeks before Mike was born, so it was Mike’s mother – along with her mother and sisters – who were the dominant...
How Britain Kept Calm and Carried On
True stories from the Home Front
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2014
The British are well known for their unique sense of humour - for the ability to see the funny side even in the most dire situation - and it was that humour that helped the nation through the dark days of the Second World War. In this heartwarming, often amusing and sometimes heartbreakingly sad book,...