Profile: 418 books
Nemo's Almanac
A Quiz for Book Lovers
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
Which bestselling novelist wrote about a tumble at the seaside? Do you know the poet who penned lines in praise of frogs? And who had strong opinions on April?
A well-kept secret of the literary world for over a hundred years, the fiendishly addictive Nemo's Almanac quiz is now available in book form...
Risk Wise
Nine Everyday Adventures
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2015
Risk often gets a bad press. From the seemingly unnecessary actions of extreme sportspeople to the excessive risk appetites of serial entrepreneurs, the term 'risky' is often seen as synonymous with 'reckless', 'foolhardy' or even downright dangerous.
But could any of us live in a world without...
by Simon Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2013
England's views are remarkable for their beauty and variety. In this illustrated, first-of-its-kind guide, bestselling author Simon Jenkins picks the very best views from the heart of England, including Broadway Tower, Chipping Campden, Clee Hill, Ironbridge Gorge, Malverns, Tyndale Monument, Chatsworth,...
by Simon Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2013
England's views are remarkable for their beauty and variety. In this illustrated, first-of-its-kind guide, bestselling author Simon Jenkins picks the very best views from North West England, including the Lake District and Hartside, High Cup Nick and Liverpool Pierhead - and explains the fascinating...
Hellfire And Herring
A childhood remembered
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2011
'The scent of God...the air was impregnated with him and his mint-sweet and moth-ball evangelists. Just as it was with herring, as you might expect in a fossilised fishing-village on Scotland's repressed east coast where fishing was an act of faith and not yet a computer-science industry designed...
Rules Are Not Enough
The art of governance in the real world
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Governance is receiving a lot of attention at the moment. In every recession and after every corporate collapse there's a determination to learn the lesson this time, so it's not surprising that corporate governance is again in the spotlight, and the usual questions are being asked. What is the role...
The Rhythms Of Life
The Biological Clocks That Control the Daily Lives of Every Living Thing
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011
Popular science at its most exciting: the breaking new world of chronobiology - understanding the rhythm of life in humans and all plants and animals. The entire natural world is full of rhythms. The early bird catches the worm -and migrates to an internal calendar. Dormice hibernate away the winter....
Managing Strategy
Your guide to getting it right
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Managing Strategy provides a series of checklists designed to help managers get to grips with analysing their organisations and developing and implementing strategic plans and options.
It covers a range of topics, including:
Understanding organisational culture
Performing SWOT and PEST analyses
Researching...
A Serious Endeavour
Gender, Education and Community at St Hugh's, 1886-2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2011
Neither a cosy anecdotal inside story, nor a straightforward account of women's struggle to enter the university, this history of St Hugh's College, Oxford looks both upstairs and downstairs, at dons and undergraduates but also at domestic staff. What did it mean for the would-be school teacher, the...
Hungary
A Short History
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2019
The victors of the First World War created Hungary from the ruins of the Austro-Hungarian empire, but, in the centuries before, many called for its creation. Norman Stone traces the country's roots from the traditional representative councils of land-owning nobles to the Magyar nationalists of the...
Infamy
The Crimes of Ancient Rome
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2019
Rome is an empire with a bad reputation. From its brutal games to its depraved emperors, its violent mobs to its ruthless wars, its name resounds down the centuries like a scream in an alley. But was it as bad as all that? Join the historian Jerry Toner on a detective's hunt to discover the extent...
Illiam Dhone: Patriot or Traitor?
The Life, Death and Legacy of William Christian
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2012
In the Isle of Man, the name of William Christian of Ronaldsway (known as 'Illiam Dhone' by his fellow countrymen even today) still resonates with drama and controversy 350 years after his hurried execution. The fate of this seemingly obscure 17th century Manx official sent shock waves far beyond...
Calories and Corsets
A history of dieting over two thousand years
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2012
Today we are urged from all sides to slim down and shape up, to shed a few pounds or lose life-threatening stones. The media's relentless obsession with size may be perceived as a twenty-first-century phenomenon, but as award-winning historian Louise Foxcroft shows, we have been struggling with what...
A Secret Madness
The Story of a Marriage
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2010
In post-war London two girls are relieved to find husbands. One lands the 1950s dream of wealth and security. The other, Elaine, endures fourteen years married to a man with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. At first Elaine finds Gerald's activities curious but manageable. But he grows increasingly withdrawn,...