Profile: 418 books
by Jean Monnet
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
Jean Monnet's memoirs cover a breath-taking sweep of time which witnessed some of history's greatest upheavals - through two World Wars and formidable economic hardship to slow, painstaking recovery and the founding of a new and necessary political unity among states which had been enemies for centuries....
Eat Up
Food, Appetite and Eating What You Want
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
Think about that first tickle of hunger in your stomach. A moment ago, you could have been thinking about anything, but now it's thickly buttered marmite toast, a frosty scoop of ice cream straight from the tub, some creamy, cheesy scrambled eggs or a fuzzy,...
How to Succeed with Specific Learning Difficulties at College and University
A Guide for Students, Educators and Parents
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
For any adult with specific learning difficulties, going to college or university can be a challenge. From study skills to budgeting, from cooking to relationships, Amanda Kirby identifies routes to success in both education and socially. At the heart of How To Succeed with Specific Learning Difficulties...
Scars of Evolution
What Our Bodies Tell Us About Human Origins
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
In this lively and controversial book Elaine Morgan presents a challenging interpretation to the question of human evolution. With brilliant logic she argues that our hominid ancestors began to evolve in response to an aquatic environment. Millions of years ago something happened that caused our ancestors...
The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis
The Most Credible Theory of Human Evolution
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Why do humans differ from other primates? What do those differences tell us about human evolution? Elaine Morgan gives a revolutionary hypothesis that explains our anatomic anomalies--why we walk on two legs, why we are covered in fat, why we can control our rate of breathing? The answers point to...
Lavender
Nature's Way to Relaxation and Health
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Lavender is one of the most versatile and beneficial plants known to herbalists. It is one of the most ancient herbal remedies known, packed with medicinal and therapeutic properties that can benefit every aspect of life.
This informative and practical book describes the plant's manifold uses--medicinal,...
To Live Outside the Law
Caught by Operation Julie, Britain's Biggest Drugs Bust
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2011
'Listen, Leaf,' Pritchard said, 'the hash is neither here nor there. You're in a lot more trouble than possession of a bit of dope. You've got big problems, man... big problems.'
He looked at me with something akin to sympathy. 'How did you get into such a fix?'
I'd been asking myself...
All the King's Cooks
The Tudor Kitchens of King Henry VIII at Hampton Court Palace
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
The massive kitchens at Hampton Court were built to supply the entire household of Henry VIII. They were the first professional kitchens organised on such a scale. Brears provides a practical guide to their running, dispelling many of the misconceptions about the cooking and eating of meals in Tudor...
by Gavin Mortimer
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
Once the preserve of the English, now, for nations the world over, summertime means cricket bats to be oiled, rain forecasts analysed and tea in the pavilion.
Cricket has enthralled us since the seventeenth century. But what is it about the game that provokes such fervour?
Award-winning...
Anquetil, Alone
The legend of the controversial Tour de France champion
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
Shortlisted for the Sports Book Awards 2018 for Biography of the Year and Cycling Book of the Year
There are things he does alone, and things that he alone does.
Jacques Anquetil was a cyclist with an aristocratic demeanor and a relaxed attitude to rules and morals. His womanising and...
by Stella Duffy
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2012
Siobhan Forrester, lead singer of Beneath the Blonde, has everything a girl could want - stunning body, great voice, brilliant career, loving boyfriend.
Now she has a stalker too. She can cope with the midnight flower deliveries and nasty phone calls, but things really turn sour when intimidation...
by Neville Cardus
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Fifty years of the essays, newspaper articles and press reports from Neville Cardus, the great cricket writer. Sir Neville Cardus urges that the game itself is more important than winning, players should fully express themselves in the game and he writes about those players who delight the senses:...
by John Soper
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
The gardening technique that works with nature and the cosmic forces to make your garden a flourishing paradise of fruitfulness. Bio-dynamics developed from a course of lectures on agriculture given by Rudolf Steiner in 1924 after a group of farmers were alarmed by the deterioration of food crops....
Live, Love, Work, Prosper
A fresh approach to integrating life and work
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2018
Charismatic, philanthropic and multi-award-winning entrepreneur Michael Tobin has led an inspirational life �- from growing up in poverty in East London, moving to conflict-ridden Rhodesia to taking TelecityGroup from near bankruptcy to a billion-dollar company in under a decade - and in Live, Love,...