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0007141785 | The Hungry Tide | Starred Review.One of the great delights of reading a novel by the likes of Ghosh or Salman Rushdie is imagining their dialogue emerging in the mellifluous tones of the Indian-accented English spoken by their characters. In this audiobook, narrator Bamji accomplishes that task with skill, credibly rendering the lilting flavor of subcontinental English and reveling in the musicality of Ghosh's tale, set in a remote sector of India. Bamji invests most of his resources into the rich, ringing cadences of Kanai, the translator and intellectual at the heart of the book. Kanai, a striver looking to pull himself up by his bootstraps, possesses a certain comic charm, and Bamji embraces the role with panache. He also alternates smoothly between Kanai's dulcet tones and the flatness of Indian-American scientist Piyali, who encounters Kanai by chance when traveling to investigate Indian marine life. Ghosh's book evocatively imagines an India poised between past and present, and Bamji brings out the enormous range of voices clamoring for attention in this unfamiliar setting.Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. |
0007146841 | How to Mind Map: The Thinking Tool That Will Change Your Life | 'The whole world should Mind Map.'THE EXPRESS'Tony Buzan will do for the brain what Stephen Hawking did for the universe.'THE TIMES'If you put Buzan's theories to the test, you could find yourself memorizing pages from a phone book or becoming the brainiest person in the world.'PC WORLD MAGAZINE'More than a few serious minds out there are paying attention.'INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE |
0007147406 | Lose Wheat, Lose Weight: The New Allergy-free Diet Plan with 60 Easy Recipes | 'Most diet books are written by nutritionists who know very little about cooking. The great thing about Antoinette Savill is that she is a cookery writer who got into writing about food intolerance after discovering that she herself was a sufferer. You can confidently recommend any of her books' The Bookseller 'positive proof that food intolerances do not mean you have to miss out on delicious treats.' Susan Clark, The Sunday Times Style magazine 'may just change your life.' The Irish Times |
0007145381 | The Bloodstained Pavement: Complete & Unabridged (The Agatha Christie Collection: Marple) | "The plots are so good that one marvels... most of them would have made a full-length thriller." Daily Mirror--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. |
0007133855 | Illustrated Elements of Alexander Technique (The Illustrated Elements of...) | Glynn Macdonald teaches at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, the Central School of Speech and Drama, and Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. She is associated with the Ferens Voice Clinic at Middlesex Hospital and is a member of and lectures at the British Voice Association for Performing Arts Medicine and the British Voice Association. She is in constant deamnd to present the Alexander Technique on national television and radio and to lecutre nationally and internationally. Glynn MacDonald is the past Chairwoman of the Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique and has run a private practice for 25 years. |
0007148089 | Blood and Roses: One Family's Struggle and Triumph During the Tumultuous Wars of the Roses | Starred Review.Referring to publication of the Paston letters, the "literary sensation" of 1787, Horace Walpole said, "I cannot bear to be writing when I am so eager to be reading." The letters are a collection of roughly 1,000 documents written by four generations over the course of some 70 years that provide astonishingly intimate insight into late medieval English life during the tumultuous War of the Roses. The Pastons began as peasant farmers, rose to the status of minor Norfolk gentry and strove mightily to improve their lot through the courts, business and marriage. In this multigenerational biography, Castor tells their story as a sweeping whole and allows readers to understand these people's mental world, one so alien to us and yet strikingly familiar in the most unexpected of ways. Much of their story revolves around the acquisition of land and how they tried (not always successfully) to keep it out of the hands of their sometimes violent neighbors. Castor, a history fellow at Cambridge University, nicely summarizes the complexities of 15th-century politics and culture without losing her momentum. Beautifully paced and splendidly retold, Castor's tale of one family trying to survive and thrive against the odds is popular history at its best. 8 pages of color photos, 1 map.(Apr. 11)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
0007145705 | The Practical Dog Listener: The 30-day Path to a Lifelong Understanding of Your Dog | 'British dog owner Jan Fennell has devised a revolutionary method of training. It's gentle, simple and remarkably effective.' Mail on Sunday 'Jan Fennell may not have danced with wolves, but she's stood nose to nose with them - and if she was given half a chance, I'm sure she could make lions lie down with lambs.' Daily Record |
0007152647 | Gemini | Praise for Chameleon: 'Chameleon is a Casablanca for the 21st century' Boris Starling 'Bigger and slicker in every way than his first novel. If you buy no other thriller this holiday season, buy this one' The Economist |
0007150342 | How to Catch a Star | PreSchool-K–In this whimsical picture book, a young stargazer decides he wants to catch a star. He ventures out at sunrise since he believes the stars will be "tired from being up in the sky all night." He waits all day, only to see one at sunset. The many schemes he concocts prove ineffective, and the sad child heads home along the beach. When he sees a sea star washed up on the sand, he is happy at last to have a star of his own. While the boy's original plan is counterintuitive, the rest of his schemes hold true for what a young child might dream up. The stylized watercolor cartoons are droll and lighthearted, resonating well with the tone of the story. Pair this with Kevin Henkes'sKitten's First Full Moon(Greenwillow, 2004) to share some nighttime adventures at storytime.–Rachel G. Payne, Brooklyn Public Library, NYCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.--This text refers to theHardcoveredition. |
0007131895 | The Victorian House: Domestic Life from Childbirth to Deathbed | 'Judith Flanders is the Mary Poppins of academic toil. "Spit spot", she says, and suddenly you have...amusing information...the delight of this book is the intelligence and freshness of its inferences.' Lynne Truss, Sunday Times 'A God-among-loo-books...here, the past is not so much a foreign country as another planet...there is not a single piece of trivia here that I don't feel better for knowing.' Time Out 'An enthralling, entertaining and thought-provoking revelation of the realities of life in the tall, thin, Victorian town house.' Evening Standard 'This book is a splendidly entertaining read, and it also breaks new ground. No one has ever written so interestingly or wittily about housework.' Spectator 'Rich and well ordered, this study casts brilliant light...Curious facts tumble from the pages.' Economist |
0007143443 | Moonshine | Praise for Victoria Clayton and her novels: 'A sharp-eyed social comedy to curl up with.' Woman and Home 'A high-class romantic production.' Marie Claire 'Victoria Clayton is unafraid to take a story by the scruff of the neck.' Independent 'Victoria Clayton has a glinting wit and intelligence.' Mail on Sunday 'Delightful humour which overlays a beady observation and perception.' Mail on Sunday 'The charm and vivacity with which the author presents her scenario and the precision with which she describes character and setting make this a very enjoyable read. Social comedy is a difficult thing to do, but Clayton shows herself an adept practitioner.' Times |
0007150253 | Joseph Knight | 'Robertson is a moralist whose deftness of touch and gift for narrative clarity disguises the sheer heft of his sermon. His belief in the power of books to alter things glows at the centre of what he writes.' Ali Smith, Guardian "A book of such quality as to persuade you that historical novels are the true business of the writer, that it's through the past that we might understand ourselves best, that it's in the past that the imagination can be most free, but also most authentic.' Daily Telegraph 'A brilliant achievement and a great read.' Scotland on Sunday |
0007148976 | The Witch of Blackbird Pond (Collins Modern Classics) | Forced to leave her sunny Caribbean home for the bleak Connecticut Colony, Kit Tyler is filled with trepidation. As they sail up the river to Kit's new home, the teasing and moodiness of a young sailor named Nat doesn't help. Still, her unsinkable spirit soon bobs back up. What this spirited teenager doesn't count on, however, is how her aunt and uncle's stern Puritan community will view her. In the colonies of 1687, a girl who swims, wears silk and satin gowns, and talks back to her elders is not only headstrong, she is in grave danger of being regarded as a witch. When Kit befriends an old Quaker woman known as the Witch of Blackbird Pond, it is more than the ascetics can take: soon Kit is defending her life. Who can she count on as she confronts these angry and suspicious townspeople?A thoroughly exciting and rewarding Newbery Medal winner and ALA Notable Children's Book, Elizabeth George Speare'sThe Witch of Blackbird Pondbrings this frightening period of witch hysteria to life. Readers will wonder at the power of the mob mentality, and the need for communities in desperate times--even current times--to find a scapegoat. (Ages 9 and older)--Emilie Coulter--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. |
0007145896 | Bread and Chocolate | 'To those that have feasted on Joanne Harris's delightful novel Chocolat, the title of this collection of short stories should give ample hint as to their themes...All of these modern morality tales are well observed and tastily enjoyable' The Times 'This stunning collection of short stories (is) about modern relationships - and modern women. Every twist and turn, nuance and delicacy of the mating game is portrayed...Throughout, Gregory's grasp of the female psyche never errs...It is a significant accomplishment' Daily Mail |
0007152531 | The Solace of Leaving Early | A romance evolves in the wake of a domestic shooting in Kimmel's intelligent and compassionate debut novel, which brings two friends of one of the victims together in a small Indiana town. Amos Townsend is the male protagonist, a 40-ish preacher who counseled the late Alice Baker-Maloney as her frayed marriage degenerated into a fatal confrontation with her controlling husband, Jack. Amos remains tormented by his attraction to Alice and his inability to have prevented the tragedy. Meanwhile, bookish Langston Braverman has returned home after dropping out of her Ph.D. program following an affair with an academic colleague and subsequent nervous breakdown. The two clash after Langston's mother, AnnaLee, orders her to abandon her literary projects to care for Alice's two orphaned daughters; Amos accuses Langston of being unfit for the job when both girls continue to exhibit a bizarre variety of compulsive, religiously oriented behaviors. The girls' crisis continues to escalate, leading to a series of melodramatic scenes in which Amos and Langston are forced to confront their own demons. There are some winning moments as the protagonists move toward a romance, although things are hindered somewhat by the sluggish pace in the early going, as Kimmel (A Girl Named Zippy) meanders through scenes detailing smalltown Midwestern life and as she delves into the pasts of the two leads. Still, she proves a wise, compassionate and often very witty storyteller whose affection for her characters is contagious.Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an alternatePaperbackedition. |
0007149832 | The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel (P.S.) | [Signature]Reviewed byJess WalterThey are the "frozen Chosen," two million people living, dying and kvetching in Sitka, Alaska, the temporary homeland established for displaced World War II Jews in Chabon's ambitious and entertaining new novel. It is—deep breath now—a murder-mystery speculative-history Jewish-identity noir chess thriller, so perhaps it's no surprise that, in the back half of the book, the moving parts become unwieldy; Chabon is juggling narrative chainsaws here.The novel begins—the same way that Philip Roth launchedThe Plot Against America—with a fascinating historical footnote: what if, as Franklin Roosevelt proposed on the eve of World War II, a temporary Jewish settlement had been established on the Alaska panhandle? Roosevelt's plan went nowhere, but Chabon runs the idea into the present, back-loading his tale with a haunting history. Israel failed to get a foothold in the Middle East, and since the Sitka solution was only temporary, Alaskan Jews are about to lose their cold homeland. The book's timeless refrain: "It's a strange time to be a Jew."Into this world arrives Chabon's Chandler-ready hero, Meyer Landsman, a drunken rogue cop who wakes in a flophouse to find that one of his neighbors has been murdered. With his half-Tlingit, half-Jewish partner and his sexy-tough boss, who happens also to be his ex-wife, Landsman investigates a fascinating underworld of Orthodox black-hat gangs and crime-lord rabbis. Chabon's "Alyeska" is an act of fearless imagination, more evidence of the soaring talent of his previous genre-blender, the Pulitzer Prize–winningThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay.Eventually, however, Chabon's homage to noir feels heavy-handed, with too many scenes of snappy tough-guy banter and too much of the kind of elaborate thriller plotting that requires long explanations and offscreen conspiracies.Chabon can certainly write noir—or whatever else he wants; his recent Sherlock Holmes novel,The Final Solution, was lovely, even if theNew York Times Book Reviewsniffed its surprise that the mystery novel would "appeal to the real writer." Should any other snobs mistake Chabon for anything less than a real writer, this book offers new evidence of his peerless storytelling and style. Characters have skin "as pale as a page of commentary" and rough voices "like an onion rolling in a bucket." It's a solid performance that would have been even better with a little more Yiddish and a little less police.(May)Jess Walter was a finalist for the 2006 National Book Award forThe Zeroand the winner of the 2006 Edgar Award for best novel forCitizen Vince.Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.--This text refers to theHardcoveredition. |
0007155387 | Side Effects | This collection proves [Phillips’s] mastery of the literary essay. (The Times (London))“These essays...are vintage Phillips: enlightening and intelligent; dynamic and delectably interdisciplinary.” (Time Out) |
0007155263 | The Journey for Kids: Liberating Your Child's Shining Potential | 'A masterstroke...beautiful idea, nicely executed.' Wave magazine 'An inspiring book.' Natural Health and Well Being magazine |
0007156588 | Evening in the Palace of Reason | In his lively history,Evening in the Palace of Reason, James R. Gaines sets two remarkable--and remarkably different--historical figures on a collision course toward a single night in Potsdam in 1747: the composer Johann Sebastian Bach--"old Bach," as he was called then at the age of 62--and the still-young Prussian king, Frederick II, already known as Frederick the Great after less than a decade on the throne. Having long employed old Bach's son Carl--a more celebrated composer at the time--Frederick summoned the father from Leipzig and challenged him, with an offhanded cruelty, to a public compositional puzzle designed to humiliate the great wizard of the waning art of counterpoint.Gaines is a pleasant guide through the incestuous patchwork monarchies of middle Europe, with a breezy tone fitting for a former editor ofPeople. ("The Hohenzollerns were a funny bunch," he writes at one point.) But he is also a passionately learned student of the intricacies of the era's musical theories and the secret languages of its coded compositions. (One is thankful that he and his publisher resisted calling the bookThe Bach Code.) Gaines leads up to his pivotal encounter with a double biography of his two principals, told in alternating chapters. Bach's mostly homebound life, which left few documents for historians, is often no match for the grotesque dramas of Frederick's parallel story, which climaxes when his father the king forces Frederick to witness the execution of his best friend (and perhaps lover). The weight that keeps the two stories in balance is the genius of Bach's work, particularly the masterfulMusical Offeringthat he composes in response to the king's challenge. The encounter itself may not bear the full burden that Gaines wants to give it, as a clash between two epochal worldviews, the faith of the Reformation versus the rationalism of the Enlightenment, but the two life stories he so vividly describes make the journey there more than worthwhile.--Tom Nissley |
000714685X | The Dalai Lama's Book of Awakening | His Holiness the Dalai Lama is the exiled spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. He was awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1989. He is the author of many books on Buddhism including Transforming the Mind, The Art of Living, The Art of Happiness and A Simple Path. |
0007149824 | The Yiddish Policemen's Union | [Signature]Reviewed byJess WalterThey are the "frozen Chosen," two million people living, dying and kvetching in Sitka, Alaska, the temporary homeland established for displaced World War II Jews in Chabon's ambitious and entertaining new novel. It is—deep breath now—a murder-mystery speculative-history Jewish-identity noir chess thriller, so perhaps it's no surprise that, in the back half of the book, the moving parts become unwieldy; Chabon is juggling narrative chainsaws here.The novel begins—the same way that Philip Roth launchedThe Plot Against America—with a fascinating historical footnote: what if, as Franklin Roosevelt proposed on the eve of World War II, a temporary Jewish settlement had been established on the Alaska panhandle? Roosevelt's plan went nowhere, but Chabon runs the idea into the present, back-loading his tale with a haunting history. Israel failed to get a foothold in the Middle East, and since the Sitka solution was only temporary, Alaskan Jews are about to lose their cold homeland. The book's timeless refrain: "It's a strange time to be a Jew."Into this world arrives Chabon's Chandler-ready hero, Meyer Landsman, a drunken rogue cop who wakes in a flophouse to find that one of his neighbors has been murdered. With his half-Tlingit, half-Jewish partner and his sexy-tough boss, who happens also to be his ex-wife, Landsman investigates a fascinating underworld of Orthodox black-hat gangs and crime-lord rabbis. Chabon's "Alyeska" is an act of fearless imagination, more evidence of the soaring talent of his previous genre-blender, the Pulitzer Prize–winningThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay.Eventually, however, Chabon's homage to noir feels heavy-handed, with too many scenes of snappy tough-guy banter and too much of the kind of elaborate thriller plotting that requires long explanations and offscreen conspiracies.Chabon can certainly write noir—or whatever else he wants; his recent Sherlock Holmes novel,The Final Solution, was lovely, even if theNew York Times Book Reviewsniffed its surprise that the mystery novel would "appeal to the real writer." Should any other snobs mistake Chabon for anything less than a real writer, this book offers new evidence of his peerless storytelling and style. Characters have skin "as pale as a page of commentary" and rough voices "like an onion rolling in a bucket." It's a solid performance that would have been even better with a little more Yiddish and a little less police.(May)Jess Walter was a finalist for the 2006 National Book Award forThe Zeroand the winner of the 2006 Edgar Award for best novel forCitizen Vince.Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
0007159013 | Where Have All the Boys Gone? | PRAISE FOR WHERE HAVE ALL THE BOYS GONE: 'Funny, touching and a little bit rude, Jenny Colgan's talents are well showcased as she tries to answer the age-old questions: sheep or shopping?' She 'Colgan's witty and original style...makes it a stand-out read.' Heat 'full of warmth and humour' Marie Claire PRAISE FOR JENNY COLGAN: 'Full of laughs and lipgloss - brilliant.' Company 'Snappy and wickedly entertaining.' You 'Funny stuff.' Heat 'Funny, magical and moving.' Time Out 'A sharp, witty love story.' Observer 'Colgan is on top form with her latest outrageous romp' Cosmopolitan 'Jenny Colgan is one of the leaders of the pack... Fast-paced, funny, poignant and well-observed' Daily Mail |
0007156618 | Evening in the Palace of Reason: Bach Meets Frederick the Great in the Age of Enlightenment | “James Gaines writes with great beauty and intelligence…an exciting saga that brings the turmoil of the Enlightenment alive.” (Walter Isaacson, author of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN)“History winningly told , with the immediacy of a great novel...Gaines paints a whole age with the skill of Tuchman.” (Mary Karr, author of THE LIARS CLUB and CHERRY)“Evening in the Palace of Reason has given me enormous pleasure and instruction.” (Jan Morris, author of A Writer’s House in Wales)“First rate...[Gaines] writes superbly and makes us feel at home with things that would have sounded arcane otherwise.” (Daily Telegraph (London))“A moving portrait...Gaines has a deep understanding of music and an infectious zeal for narrative history.” (People (four stars))“Gaines maps sweeping cultural history with dazzling virtuosity…You won’t find a more lucid and engaging guide.” (Entertainment Weekly)“A book-length romp that is less like a B-Minor Mass than an Italian opera…Wonderful.” (Harper's Magazine)“Gaines writes very accessibly…A marvelous story that will captivate the classical music audience.” (Booklist)“Highly entertaining… Lovers of music, European history, and Western philosophy will find this book an enormous pleasure.” (Library Journal (starred review))“An eloquent and fascinating study, highly debatable at points yet all the more stimulating for that…Accessible and entertaining.” (Time magazine)“Gaines elegantly sketches parallel biographies of the two protagonists....His enthusiasm is infectious.” (New York Sun)“Intelligent, stylish, wryly witty, serious yet never solemn, and above all passionate in its celebration of a great composer.” (The Guardian)“Articulate, well-informed and rigorous…Gaines makes this dauntingly technical subject accessible.” (Sunday Telegraph)“Impossible to put down when one is dancing, swerving, stumbling through [the] extraordinary brilliance…a wonderfully engaging tale.” (The Independent (Sunday))“Lively…with a delicious cast of characters…Gaines shows himself a deft writer.” (Denver Post)“Filled with sensible speculation and insights, Gaines’ books is a model for humanities writing.” (San Antonio Express-News)“Gaines writes with admirable erudition…No author could want a more promising pair of antagonists.” (New York Times Book Review) |
0007155182 | The Secret Path (Tales From Percy's Park) | PreSchool-Grade 2?Percy the park keeper is back, and this time he plans to spend the day tidying up the maze. Taking a ball of string to leave as a trail, he sets off with his squirrel friend, unaware that his other animal pals plan to surprise him by getting to the center first. Percy takes so long to complete his tasks, however, that the creatures fall asleep on a lion-shaped bench, and Percy plays a trick on them instead. It turns out that the joke is on all of them, though?the well-meaning squirrel has collected all the string, and they will have a difficult time finding their way out. The poem that preceeds the story foreshadows such a dilemma, and at the conclusion, readers are invited to help by choosing the right path on the large, fold-out maze attached to the back of the book. (It will be disappointing, of course, if previous readers have navigated their way out with crayon or pencil.) Butterworth's bright, watercolor cartoons depict mischievous, fun-loving animals set for a springtime caper. While this pleasant tale of friendship doesn't contain the drama of Percy's previous adventures, his fans will enjoy it. Suitable for reading aloud or lap time.?Marianne Saccardi, Norwalk Community-Technical College, CTCopyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. |
0007147201 | William Pitt the Younger: A Biography | Late-eighteenth-century politician William Pitt the Younger was the youngest (at 24) and longest-serving British prime minister. Beyond those facts, historical opinion varies--some scholars regard him as a reformer, and others as a reactionary, a debate that inspirits Michael Turner'sPittthe Younger (2003). Hague's biography differs from Turner's by muting interpretive issues and amplifying the day-to-day events in a life permeated by politics. Pitt's personal life remains enigmatic, and Hague acknowledges Pitt's elusiveness even as he attempts to ascertain whether he was an alcoholic or a homosexual. More certain is Pitt's ability as a leader and orator of the House of Commons, an institution the author himself knows well; he was the Conservative Party's former debating antagonist of Labour leader Tony Blair. Hague's experience adds convincing power to his account of Pitt's career, explaining how he remained ascendant for so long. A thorough biography, Hague's work is also an able contribution to British parliamentary history.Gilbert TaylorCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved--This text refers to theHardcoveredition. |
0007155395 | Going Sane: Maps of Happiness | In classic psychoanalytic style, Phillips strips our lives down to the fundamentals to illustrate the delicate balance between sanity and insanity. Sanity, he notes, "has never been a popular word, or indeed... a condition one might write a book about." Madness, on the other hand, is dramatic and all too visible. We have psychiatrists, neurologists and researchers dedicated to studying and treating madness, but not even a quantifiable definition of saneness. Deftly guiding readers through historical and literary uses of "sane" and "mad," Phillips, a British psychoanalyst (On Flirtation), cites Thomas Carlyle, R.D. Laing, Melanie Klein, D.W. Winnicott and Richard Dawkins, among others, to illustrate the stark absence of a definitive definition of sanity. InHamlet, for instance, Polonius uses the word "madness" to describe Hamlet's inventiveness and eloquent intelligence: he admires Hamlet's madness. Phillips examines the presence and essence of madness in all aspects of modern life in intriguing and disturbingly frank chapters on the chaos of raising children, the turmoil of adolescence, sexual appetites and the pursuit of wealth. His arguments, both thought provoking and provocative, may affect future definitions of sanity and madness, and readers are left with a fresh awareness of what it really means to be sane.Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
0007160011 | Head First!: 10 Ways to Tap into Your Natural Genius | 'If you put Buzan's theories to the test, you could find yourself memorising pages from a phone book, or becoming the brainiest person in the world' Personal Computer World Magazine 'Tony didn't invent the brain -- he did invent the instructions!' John Husbands, MD, Institute of Management |
000715500X | Mind Maps at Work: How to be the Best at Work and Still Have Time to Play | 'Tony Buzan has done it again. Don't miss Mind Maps at Work. It will make your mind work better.' Ken Blanchard, co-author of The One Minute Manager(R) and The On-Time, On-Target Manager 'One of the world's leading thinkers...his brain-storming techniques have boosted the confidence and ability of his followers around the world.' DAILY MAIL 'Tony Buzan is Mr Memory...endorsed by government ministers, Mensa brainiacs and MDs alike.' METRO 'The radical technique that will blow your mind ... discover the real meaning of freedom of mind.' EXECUTIVE WORLD 'Tony Buzan will do for the brain what Stephen Hawking did for the universe.' THE TIMES |
0007114370 | Paulo Coelho: Confessions of a Pilgrim | Paulo Coelho's books have won numerous awards and are permanent fixtures on bestseller lists in the UK and around the world. He and his wife Christina, live in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
0007156650 | The Rebirth of Druidry: Ancient Earth Wisdom for Today | Philip Carr-Gomm is a writer, psychologist, and Druid of world renown. He is the author of The Druid Way, The Elements of the Druid Tradition, Druidcraft, co-author of The Druid Animal Oracle, and editor of The Book of Druidry. He is the chief Druid of The Order of Bards Ovates and Druids, one of the largest international Druid groups, and he combines his role as Chief Druid with a private practice in psychotherapy, writing and giving workshops world-wide. |
0007156545 | Ring Road | 'The tone is part elegy, part satire, part howl and very, very funny. I laughed more times than I can remember over a novel for years ... Ring Road is well-observed and endlessly inventive, with all the messiness of a real place. Sansom's deadpan voice throws up jokes on every page.' Observer 'Sansom has a talent for demonstrating how the fantastic can grown quite naturally out of the familiar .. Few books published these days can fairly be described as charming and fewer still are the product of so generous an intelligence ... It's mellow, intelligent and very funny, a perfect antidote for melancholy.' Michael Moorcock, Guardian 'There is something fearless in the gaze Sansom turns on banality, and this novel is, in the end, a surprisingly gripping feat of coming to terms with what ordinary life is like.' TLS 'A wonderfully comic novel.' Daily Mail |
0007154615 | Unless: A Novel | "A life is full of isolated events," writes Carol Shields near the end ofUnless, "but these events, if they are to form a coherent narrative, require odd pieces of language to link them together, little chips of grammar (mostly adverbs or prepositions) that are hard to define... words liketherefore,else,other,also,thereof,therefore,instead,otherwise,despite,already, andnot yet." Shield's explanation for her novel's title lends meaning to this multilayered narrative in which a mother's grief over a daughter's break with the family revises her feminist outlook and pushes her craft as a writer in a new direction.The oldest daughter of 44-year-old Reta Winters suddenly, inexplicably, drops out of college and ends up on a Toronto street corner panhandling, with a cardboard sign around her neck that reads "goodness." The quiet comforts of Reta's small-town life and the constancy of her feminist perspective sustain her hope that her daughter will snap out of this, whatever "this" is. Threaded into her family's crisis is her ongoing internal elegy on the exclusion of women from the literary canon, which she transposes to mean her daughter's exclusion from humanity. Reta wonders if her daughter has discovered, as she herself did years before, that the world is "an endless series of obstacles, an alignment of locked doors," and has chosen to pursue the one thing that doesn't require power or a voice: goodness.In her own writing, Reta reaffirms her own sense of self, as well as her sense of humor. As her theoretical reflections on modern womanhood play counterpoint to her unwavering sense of creating a home and keeping her family together, Reta's smarts and fears form a wonderfully coherent narrative--a life worth reading about. WithUnless, the inaugural title in HarperCollins's Fourth Estate imprint, Shields (author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelThe Stone Diaries) once again asserts her place in the canon.--Emily Russin--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. |
0007146914 | Dave Pelzer's Life Lessons: From a Man Who Knows | 'Pelzer's unyielding determination inspires us all. He is a living example that all of us have the capability to better ourselves no matter what the odds.' JACK CANFIELD, CO-AUTHOR OF CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL 'What has made Dave Pelzer's story a bestseller is that it is a story of redemption. It is a story where love, kindness, patience and endurance triumph.' DAILY MAIL |
0007161492 | Empowering Your Soul Through Meditation | "A Powerful, deep, clearly written book about practical spirituality that helps us let go of the self-made blacks that interfere with the awareness that we are one with God and each other, there is no separation, and that our soul is present and fully alive forever". Gerald G.Jampolsky, M.D. author of Love is Letting Go of Fear "This outstanding handbook reflects Singh's deep wisdom and realizations emerging from divine love and inner fulfillment." - Deepak Chopra |
000715612X | Man About Town: A Novel | Joel Lingeman, the protagonist of the third novel by Washington insider-cum-novelist Merlis (American Studies), is, at 45, a man in full, with a high-profile job as a health policy adviser to Congress, a long-term lover and a tightly knit circle of like-minded friends. Still, he is unable to avoid the eternal question of "what if?" His mind wanders off medicare and HMOs, drifting back to his high school years, yearning for another chance to correct his juvenile mistakes, to chart a different course in life. Change, however, is thrust upon him when Sam, his lover of 15 years, leaves him for a younger man. Lingeman's world implodes, and he is thrown back into the scene of Washington's gay bars, seeking reaffirmation and companionship. His sudden change of status propels him into an obsession with one of his boyhood fantasies, a model in an ad he saw in a magazine as a child. Lingeman is so engrossed by this ephemeral man that he misses a more obvious and tangible potential lover. Cleverly, Lingeman's career echoes his romantic life, as he finds himself disgusted with the opportunism and cynicism of Washington politics. Merlis's staccato style, stinging and insightful, puts the reader inside Lingeman's head as he treads the fine line between fantasy and reality, between the superficial and the meaningful. Merlis is able to move from describing a certain assistant's dress as one "an organ grinder might have chosen for his monkey" to the deepest contemplations of commitment, couplehood and the importance of candor. He creates a protagonist with broad appeal, proving beyond doubt that the personal is political and vice versa.Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. |
0007149166 | History of Middle-Earth: Pt. 2 | 'One marvels anew at the depth, breadth and persistence of J.R.R. Tolkien's labour. No one sympathetic to his aims - the invention of a secondary universe - will want to miss this chance to be present at the creation.' Publishers Weekly |
0007155166 | The Rescue Party (Tales From Percy's Park) | PreSchool-Grade 1-Special, sweet, and funny, this book will delight young children. Percy the park keeper spends his day off relaxing with his animal friends. The first illustration depicts the man lounging against an old tree trunk, chewing on a long stem of grass; his anthropomorphized friends recline in identical positions. Everything is fine until a jumping game gets out of hand and a young rabbit falls into an abandoned well. Percy rushes to help, throwing her a long rope and instructing her to tie it tight. Not understanding what she is supposed to do, she ties it to the log she's sitting on and proceeds to find her own way out. The man and his helpers strain and pull until finally out pops the log-but no bunny. The following page folds out and out again, revealing a long line of befuddled animals-and a little rabbit holding onto the end. This fold-out page is clever but will not hold up well in a library. The bright watercolor illustrations depict the likable and humorous characters perfectly. A great read-aloud.Jan Shephard Ross, Dixie Elementary Magnet School, Lexington, KYCopyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. |
0007158505 | The Sneetches and Other Stories: Yellow Back Book (Dr Seuss - Yellow Back Book) (Dr. Seuss: Yellow Back Books) | "Now, the Star-Belly Sneetches / Had bellies with stars. / The Plain-Belly Sneetches / Had none upon thars." This collection of four of Dr. Seuss's most winning stories begins with that unforgettable tale of the unfortunate Sneetches, bamboozled by one Sylvester McMonkey McBean ("the Fix-it-up Chappie"), who teaches them that pointless prejudice can be costly. Following the Sneetches, a South-Going Zax and a North-Going Zax seem determined to butt heads on the prairie of Prax. Then there's the tongue-twisting story of Mrs. McCave--you know, the one who had 23 sons and named them all Dave. (She realizes that she'd be far less confused had she given them different names, like Marvin O'Gravel Balloon Face or Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate.) A slightly spooky adventure involving a pair of haunted trousers--"What was I scared of?"--closes out the collection.Sneetches and Other Storiesis Seuss at his best, with distinctively wacky illustrations and ingeniously weird prose. (Ages 4 to 8)--Paul Hughes--This text refers to theLibrary Bindingedition. |
0007161484 | An ABC of Enlightenment: A Spiritual Dictionary for the Here and Now | In the 1970s, Osho captured the attention of young people in the West who wanted to experience meditation and spiritual transformation. He went on to become one of the famous, most provocative spiritual teachers of the Twentieth Century. Even after his death in 1990, the influence of his teachings continues to grow, reaching seekers of all ages in virtually every country in the world. His works include the Osho Zen Tarot (St. Martins, 0312117337,1995) and Awareness: the Key to Living in Balance (Griffin, 0312275633, 2001). |
0007159862 | Coral Reef Guide Red Sea | “The quality of the underwater photographs for identifying specimens is excellent, exceeding all similar texts that this reviewer has seen.” --CHOICE |
0007162863 | A Dog's Best Friend: The Secrets That Make Good Dog Owners Great | 'British dog owner Jan Fennell has devised a revolutionary method of training. It's gentle, simple and remarkably effective.' Mail on Sunday 'Jan Fennell may not have danced with wolves, but she's stood nose to nose with them -- and if she was given half a chance, I'm sure she could make lions lie down with lambs.' Daily Record |
0007161778 | The Secret History of the South Sea Bubble: The World's First Great Financial Scandal | “A great ripping yarn.” (Chicago Tribune)“Brilliant.” (John Snow)“Balen displays both understanding and incredulity in his account of the infamous 18th century trading scandal…a remarkable story.” (Kirkus Reviews)“Balen reminds us that the murky tale of the first bubble stands as a cautionary tale for our time.” (Lisa Jardine, London Times)“Bristles with contemporary resonance...Balen has a felicitous turn of phrase and the pace never flags.” (Financial Times) |
0007157169 | Perelandra (Cosmic Trilogy) | 'Thrilling.' Sir Hugh Walpole 'Remarkable ... a rare power of inventive imagination.' Times Literary Supplement |
0007163584 | 365 Nirvana Here and Now: Living Every Moment in Enlightenment | "Everyday Nirvana. At last: A seeker's guide to the end of seeking..." --Tricycle, The Buddhist Review"If you loved The Power of Now, this book is for you." --Raphael Cushnir, author of Setting Your Heart on Fire"In this non-sectarian, wake-up now spirit, Baran presents us with readings from traditions and non-traditions." --Shambhala Sun"In this stunning collection, Baran has gathered 365 ways to live in the present moment with peace and awareness." --Spirituality and Health"Read this - Now. A daily wake-up call from the world's great thinkers, celebrated and obscure." --O The Oprah Magazine |
0007164653 | The Element Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells: The Ultimate Reference Book for the Magical Arts | Previous publications: Earth Mother Magic: Ancient Spells for Modern Belles (Fair Winds Press, 2001) Emergency Magic! 150 Spells for Surviving the Worst-Case Scenario (Fair Winds Press, 2002) Spells: The Anthology (Seventh House Publications, 2002) |
0007163169 | What Happy People Know: You're Only 6 Steps Away from Happiness | Dr. Dan Baker is director of the Life Enhancement Program at the Canyon Ranch, a position he has held for 15 years. He was one of the first doctors to hold a diploma in medical psychology. He is an active leader in the positive psychology movement. Cameron Stauth is a highly talented and best-selling health writer. He is the author of 14 books. |
0007161786 | The King, the Crook, and the Gambler: The True Story of the South Sea Bubble and the Greatest Financial Scandal in History | “A great ripping yarn.” (Chicago Tribune)“Brilliant.” (John Snow)“Balen displays both understanding and incredulity in his account of the infamous 18th century trading scandal…a remarkable story.” (Kirkus Reviews)“Balen reminds us that the murky tale of the first bubble stands as a cautionary tale for our time.” (Lisa Jardine, London Times)“Bristles with contemporary resonance...Balen has a felicitous turn of phrase and the pace never flags.” (Financial Times) |
0007156944 | A Cuppa Tea and an Aspirin | 'Records of hardship during the Thirties or earlier are not rare; but this has features that make it stand apart' Observer 'Remarkable that from so bleak and unloving a background came a writer of such affectionate understanding and unsettling honesty' Sunday Telegraph '...should be long and widely read as an extraordinary human story and social document' Observer |
0007164971 | Third Girl: Complete & Unabridged | 'First Class Christie' Sunday Telegraph 'Mesmerising ingenuity' Financial Times |
0007166435 | The Mantra Book: Chant Your Way to Health, Wealth and Serenity | Lillian Too is a longtime Buddhist practitioner and bestselling author of books on Feng Shui. She lives in Kuala Lumpur where she devotes time to her Buddhist practice, her daughter Jennifer, writing her books, contributing to numerous magazines and running her own publishing company, all of which she does with marked success. She is the author of Illustrated Encyclopedia of Feng Shui and Complete Illustrated Guide to Feng Shui, among others. |
0007165854 | A Christmas Wish (Lettice) | Praise for 'Lettice -- A Christmas Wish': "A pink, sparkly must-have for all girly-girls!" Mother & Baby Praise for 'Lettice -- The Dancing Rabbit': "This engaging debut!shows a considerable flair for observation and characterisation. There is a great feeling of vibrancy and joy in this little story." Books for Keeps "A delight for girls aged three to six." Evening Express |
0007166079 | Brain Child: How Smart Parents Make Smart Kids | 'This lively, heartening book radiates enthusiasm and will give parents - and teachers - the confidence to believe that, yes, they really can make a difference.' TES (Times Educational Supplement) 'Tony Buzan deserves a medal for coming up with the sanity-saving concept of Mind Maps, which make difficult mental tasks possible, even pleasurable, by engaging the right side of the brain, where colour and creativity reign...The system can be a lifesaver for children with dyslexia-type difficulties.' TIME OUT 'Tony Buzan comes to the rescue with this inspiring, fun and practical book, which helps parents help their children become intelligent in every sense of the word.' EVENING ECHO 'In his desperately needed and paradigm-shifting book Brain Child, Tony Buzan, among many other timely and pertinent observations for the development of the intelligence of your child, identifies that learning Mind Sports and chess in particular, stimulates dendritic growth early in life and provides synaptic protection as you get older! Protect your child and yourself - buy this book! Brain Child should be nominated as the "Brain Book" of the year!' THE SPECTATOR |
0007166427 | Dear Echo: Answers to Your Questions about Ghosts, Hauntings, and Things That Go Bump in the Night | Praise for Relax, It's Only a Ghost: "Echo Bodine is the most genuine psychic I have ever worked with, and her book is a wonderful and awesome excursion into the spirit world that is filled with practical wisdom from someone who has really been there." Dennis William Hauck, author of Haunted Places "Anyone can have an encounter with a ghost, so you need to learn all you can about what ghosts are and aren't. I highly recommend this terrific book by a real life ghostbuster. Relax and read Echo Bodine's exciting and fascinating ghostbusting experiences, expertise, and advice. This isn't just another book about ghosts. It's everything you need to know about ghosts from an expert. You'll love it." Joel Martin, co-author of Love Beyond Life and We Don't Die |
0007156642 | The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde: The First Uncensored Transcript of The Trial of Oscar Wilde vs. John Douglas (Marquess of Queensberry), 1895 | In 1895, Oscar Wilde was sentenced to two years of hard labor for "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons." Wilde's story became a cautionary tale for homosexuals in Victorian England; in the century since, he has come to be celebrated as a martyr of the gay struggle for recognition. This volume, with an introduction and commentary by Wilde's grandson, Holland, publishes for the first time the unabridged transcript of the first of the three infamous trials that resulted in Wilde's destruction. The irony, as Holland's introduction makes abundantly clear, is that Wilde courted his imprisonment, suing his inamorata's father, the Marquess Queensberry, John Douglass, for libel when Queensberry left a card for him at the Albemarle Club that read, "For Oscar Wilde, posing sodomite." Wilde might have been best served by tearing up the card and forgetting it; instead, he pressed charges. But Wilde's riskiest step was treating the witness stand as a theatrical stage. When a prosecutor asked him if he had kissed a certain young man, Wilde joked, "Oh no, never in my life. He was a peculiarly plain boy." With that one flippant comment, Holland's text suggests, the die was cast. But the transcript and Holland's judicious notes also reveal how ill-served Wilde was by his counsel. Some of the same letters that were later used to convict Wilde were introduced by his own lawyers in this first trial as evidence. The general reader might find a work that condenses all three trial transcripts into one narrative, such as Moises Kaufman's stage adaptation, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, more accessible, but this volume is invaluable for the Wilde enthusiast, the legal scholar, the champion of human rights and the student of English literature.Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. |
0007156081 | The Gerson Therapy: The Amazing Juicing Programme for Cancer and Other Illnesses | Charlotte Gerson is the daughter of the pioneer of the Gerson Therapy, Max Gerson, and for many years worked alongside her father on his research into the effects of nutrition on health. Since his death in 1959 she has continued to build upon his work, training staff at the Gerson Institute in San Diego and giving lectures around the world. A vibrant 70 year old, she is living proof that the Gerson Therapy works. Morton Walker is a respected medical journalist with 74 bestselling books to his name and 23 journalism awards for his work. |
0007162219 | Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe (P.S.) | A baffling array of science books claim to reveal how the mysteries of the universe have been discovered, but Simon Singh'sBig Bangactually delivers on that promise. General readers will find it to be among the very best books dealing with cosmology, because Singh follows the same plan he used in his brilliantCode Book: he puts people--not equations--first in the story. By linking the progression of the Big Bang theory with the scientists who built it up bit by bit, Singh also uncovers an important truth about how such ideas grow.Death is an essential element in the progress of science, since it takes care of conservative scientists of a previous generation reluctant to let go of an old, fallacious theory and embrace a new and accurate one.As harsh as this statement seems, even Einstein defended an outmoded idea about the universe when an unknown interloper published equations challenging the great man. Einstein didn't have to die for cosmology to move forward (he reluctantly apologized for being wrong), but stories like this one show how difficult it can sometimes be for new theories to take root. Fred Hoyle, who coined the term "big bang" as a way to ridicule the idea of a universe expanding from some tiny origin point, strongly believed that the cosmos was in a steady state. But Singh shows how Hoyle's research, meant to prove the contrary, added evidence to the expansion model.Big Bangis also a history of astronomical observation, describing the development of new telescopes that were crucial to the development of cosmology. Handwritten summary notes at the end of each long chapter add a charming, classroom feel to this revealing and very readable book.--Therese Littleton--This text refers to theHardcoveredition. |
0007157339 | David Beckham: My Side | 'The confrontations between Beckham and Ferguson have the acid marks of authenticity' Mail on Sunday 'Utterly fascinating' Heat magazine 'A sensational story' The Sun 'This book sings' Daily Telegraph |
0007163649 | Eating the Sun: How Plants Power the Planet | Starred Review. The cycle of photosynthesis is the cycle of life, says science journalist Morton (Mapping Mars). Green leaves trap sunlight and use it to absorb carbon dioxide from the air and emit life-giving oxygen in its place. Indeed, plants likely created Earth's life-friendly oxygen- and nitrogen-rich biosphere. In the first part, Morton, chief news and features editor of the leading science journal,Nature, traces scientists' quest to understand how photosynthesis works at the molecular level. In part two, Morton addresses evidence of how plants may have kick-started the complex life cycle on Earth. The book's final part considers photosynthesis in relation to global warming, for, he says, the Earth's plant-based balance of carbon dioxide and oxygen is broken: in burning vast amounts of fossil fuels, we are emitting more carbon dioxide than the plants can absorb. But Morton also explores the possibility that our understanding of photosynthesis might be harnessed to regain that balance. Readers should persevere through (or skim) the more technical discussions in the first part, for what follows is a vast, elegant synthesis of biology, physics and environmental science that can inform our discussions of urgent issues.(Nov. 4)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
0007147295 | The Queen's Fool | Praise for Philppa Gregory: 'Gregory's research is impeccable which makes her imaginative fiction all the more convincing' Daily Mail 'Gregory is great at conjuring a Tudor film-set of gorgeous gowns and golden-lattered dining. She invokes some swoonsome images...while the politics are personal enough to remain pertinent' Daily Telegraph 'Subtle and exciting' Daily Express 'Written from instinct, not out of calculation, and it shows' Peter Ackroyd, The Times 'For sheer pace and percussive drama it will take a lot of beating' Sunday Times |
0007163932 | The Highly Sensitive Child: Helping Our Children Thrive When the World Overwhelms Them | As a highly sensitive person (HSP) herself and a psychotherapist, Aron is in a strong position to provide guidance to parents who are raising highly sensitive children (HSCs), and provides here a wealth of useful suggestions and case studies. The author, who has studied and written about what she calls "high sensitivity" (The Highly Sensitive Person), states that this is a personality trait that occurs in 15% to 20% of the population. Although HSCs tend to be "empathetic, smart, intuitive, careful and conscientious," they are also easily overstimulated and require informed parenting in order to prevent temper tantrums, stress illnesses and the avoidance of pleasurable group activities. Aron offers helpful advice that will assist both nonsensitive and highly sensitive parents through all stages of their child's development from infancy to adolescence. For example, since HSCs have great difficulty with change, it is necessary to prepare them gently so that they do not feel powerless during transitions. According to the author, there are four basic strategies that will help an HSC to become a happy adult: parents should foster their child's self-esteem, try to reduce the feelings of shame HSCs may develop because they are different, employ only mild positive discipline and learn how to talk positively to teachers and friends about their HSC so that interactions will be productive.Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an alternatePaperbackedition. |
0007171285 | Mog and the V.E.T. (Mog the Cat Books) | Praise for Mog the Forgetful Cat:‘Grandparents are likely to get as much fun out of seeing it again as the new generation of fans just learning to read!’ Choice Magazine‘A lovely book for all Mog-fanciers’ The ObserverPraise for Goodbye Mog:‘Kerr’s warmth, humour and honesty make this an engaging introduction to a difficult topic’ Financial Times‘Believable, amusing and moving’ Nursery World‘A supremely sensitive story’ The Times‘The best, most consoling book for children on the subject or bereavement…a joy to read’ The Independent on Sunday |
0007170343 | Landscapes in Oils (Collins Learn to Paint Series) | Melanie Cambridge, author of Success with Oils and You Can Paint Acrylics, has run a number of oil and acrylics painting courses in the UK, and regularly holds demonstrations and workshops for art societies. She has also had several exhibitions of her work, and is a regular contributor to Artists & Illustrators and Leisure Painter magazines. |
0007166796 | The Big Little Book of Tarot: The Only Book You'll Ever Need | Rachel Pollack is an established author and an internationally acclaimed authority on the Tarot. She was born in Brooklyn and has taught at New York State University. She has been a winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction for Unquenchable Fire and has published her own version of the Tarot deck, The Shining Woman. |
0007171331 | Mog in the Dark | Praise for Mog the Forgetful Cat:‘Grandparents are likely to get as much fun out of seeing it again as the new generation of fans just learning to read!’ Choice Magazine‘A lovely book for all Mog-fanciers’ The ObserverPraise for Goodbye Mog:‘Kerr’s warmth, humour and honesty make this an engaging introduction to a difficult topic’ Financial Times‘Believable, amusing and moving’ Nursery World‘A supremely sensitive story’ The Times‘The best, most consoling book for children on the subject or bereavement…a joy to read’ The Independent on Sunday |
0007166419 | Anna and Mister God | 'Here is a book which is a pearl of great price. It will mean everything. Truth, beauty, and goodness, to those who understand! a heavenly book, rooted in earth.' The Guardian 'Do not be deceived by the simplicity: these stories and insights were matured for decades through Fynn's own thinking, imagining and suffering to give us this superb, intoxicating spirit.' Professor David F. Ford, Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge |
0007157398 | The Impartial Recorder: A Novel | “A humane, big-hearted and sometimes devastatingly funny book.” (LA Weekly) |
0007165641 | Sun Sign, Moon Sign, 2nd Edition: Discover the Personality Secrets of the 144 Sun-Moon Combinations | Take the wisdom of the zodiac one step further and learn how moon signs combine with sun signs to reveal far more accurate pictures of personality traits.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. |
0007171684 | Ella Enchanted | Every child longs for the day when he or she will be free from meddling parents and bossy grownups. For young Ella, the heroine of Gail Carson Levine's Newbury Honor-winning debutnovel, this is more than a fanciful wish; it could be a matter of life or death. Placed under the spell of a blundering fairy, she has no choice but to go through life obeying each and every order--no matter what the consequences may be. "If you commanded me to cut off my own head, I'd have to do it."Eden Riegel (As the World Turns,Les Miserables) uses her youthful, energetic voice to lead the listener into a familiar world of fairy godmothers, wicked stepsisters, and handsome princes. But this imaginative retelling of the Cinderella story comes with a welcome twist. Instead of a demure heroine patiently awaiting a prince who will carry her off, this Ella is a feisty ball of fire with the courage and ambition to take matters into her own hands.Riegel narrates in a youthful, energetic tone that is perfectly suited to Ella's character. Her voice adds charm and immediacy to a wonderful story already rich with excitement, adventure, romance, and mystery. (Running time: 5.5 hours, 4 cassettes)--George Laney--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. |
0007157150 | Out of the Silent Planet (Cosmic Trilogy) | 'Adventure beyond our Earth - beautifully coloured and shaped.' The Times 'This book has real splendour, compelling moments and a flowing narrative.' New York Times |
0007167059 | Mog's Christmas | Praise for Goodbye Mog: 'Kerr's warmth, humour and honesty make this an engaging introduction to a difficult topic' Financial Times 'Believable, amusing and moving' Nursery World 'A supremely sensitive story' The Times 'The best, most consoling book for children on the subject or bereavement!a joy to read' The Independent on Sunday Praise for Mog the Forgetful Cat: 'Grandparents are likely to get as much fun out of seeing it again as the new generation of fans just learning to read!' Choice Magazine'A lovely book for all Mog-fanciers' The Observer |
0007151330 | Mind Maps For Kids: An Introduction | ‘Mind Maps are fun for all ages.’ The Independent (Top 10 Best Revision Guides)The whole world should Mind Map.'THE EXPRESS'The biggest name in memory.'THE NEW YORKER'Tony Buzan deserves a medal for coming up with the sanity-saving concept of Mind Maps, which make difficult mental tasks possible, even pleasurable, by engaging the right side of the brain, where colour and creativity reign…The system can be a lifesaver for children with dyslexia-type difficulties.’ Time Out |
0007166761 | Preparing for Birth with Yoga, Updated Edition: Empowering and Effective Exercise for Pregnancy and Childbirth | Janet Balaskas is a pioneer and innovator in the field of childbirth and maternity care. She is the founder of the well-known and influential Active Birth Movement and is the preeminent pregnancy and childbirth writer and expert of our time; Janet is internationally recognised by mothers and midwives alike as THE name in yoga for pregnancy and natural, self-empowering approaches to the birth experience. Janet now runs the International Active Birth Centre in London, lectures internationally and is a well-known campaigner for women's rights in childbirth. She is the author of several books, including Water Birth, New Active Birth, Natural Pregnancy and The Encyclopedia of Pregnancy and Birth. |
0007175264 | An Introduction to Nlp: Psychological Skills for Understanding and Influencing People | Joseph O'Connor is an internationally recognised author, trainer and consultant. He is a leading trainer and author in the field of Leadership and Systems thinking. He is also a leading author in the field of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) - the relationship of language to thought, and the study of outstanding individuals in many fields and has written 'The NLP Workbook'. Ian McDermott is a certified teacher with the Society of Neuro-Linguistic Programming. He is the Director of Training for International Teaching Seminars, a leading NLP training organisation in the UK. |
0007163886 | David Bellamy's Developing Your Watercolours: Techniques to Improve Your Painting | “Highly recommended.” --Library Journal |
0007178921 | The Kit-Cat Club: Friends Who Imagined a Nation | 'In a general book such as this, with such broad general themes, the details matter. Here Field has succeeded admirably. She has a native gift for historical retrieval so that we see the past in close-up, as it were, as well as in wide view.' The Times 'After reading this stimulating book, it is shocking to realise that the Kit-Cat Club has had to wait so long for its influence to be recognised. Field offers rich compensation , in a book that is both instructive and engrossingly readable.' The Guardian (Book of the Week) 'What particularly distinguishes this book is the humane perspective in which the writer places her protagonists... As an essay in group biography her book presents an authoritative portrait of a genuinely revolutionary era.' The Sunday Telegraph 'bold and hugely entertaining book" written "with wit and verve! Field's identification with the Whigs gives rise to some startling and maybe salutary rearrangements of the cultural furniture.' Standpoint 'highly intelligent! Field argues persuasively that the club transformed both politics and English cultural identity!' The Observer 'It is testament to Field's skill that the members of the Club come to life in such vivid and dynamic ways. There is a great deal of panache and pungency alongside the unfussy explication of the finer points of Georgian political intrigue.' Scotland on Sunday 'The sort of brainy, literate history that most publishers have forsworn. It reminds you of an England where values were not determined by retailers.' New Statesman Praise for: 'The Favourite: Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough': 'Scholarly, highly articulate, and above all never dull.' John Adamson, Sunday Telegraph 'The particular strengths of Field's book lie in areas unexplored by others, in particular the discussion of contemporary writing.' Carola Hicks, The Times Literary Supplement 'A profile of society's fear of forceful women.' Image Magazine "Ophelia Field has written an often engaging book, with plenty to say about the emergence of the Whig hegemony, and about the part played in this emergence by various members of the Kit-Cat Club. It offers interesting insights into the lives of some great individuals.' Henry Power, TLS "This enterprising club required an enterprising commentator, and in Ophelia Field it has found one. Her extensive -- indeed, exhaustive -- study covers everything from politics, wars, and international relations to literary, architectural, theoretical and social history, right down to the Kit-Cat diet of mutton pies, cheese-cakes, golden custards, puff pastry apple tarts, rose-water codling and so on (explaining the stoutness of some of it's members), and prodigious quantities of alcohol including Vanburgh's special punch.' Patricia Craig. The Irish Times |
0007178735 | The Spoils of War | Kent knows his subject at first hand and the expertise shows on the page: high stakes, pounding tension and the best dogfights put on paper. A lot of thrillers these days, you come away feeling like you've been in a simulator. Gordon Kent straps you into the real thing. Enjoy the ride!' IAN RANKIN, on Night Trap 'Flying, spying and dying - Night Trap is the real straight Navy stuff. Better strap yourself to the chair. I loved it.' STEPHEN COONTS 'Tom Clancy used to have the high-tech military thriller stakes all to himself but now Gordon Kent has entered the field, and how. There's action on all fronts with Alan Craik at the heart of it, whether it's a carrier group in the Med confronting a rogue Russian sub commander, mounting a rescue mission for a captured CIA agent in Africa, or helping combat a high-level conspiracy in Washington. Non-stop ... a smoking gun of a story.' Northern Echo, on Peacemaker 'Told with all the authority of inside knowledge ... an absorbing tale of international skulduggery.' Irish News, on Peacemaker 'Consistently excellent ... loaded with gunfights, snappy dialogue and the aerial hijinks of supersonic jet fighters. The high testosterone doses satisfy, but best is the complex and clever web of motive Kent weaves for the mole.' Publishers Weekly, on Top Hook |
000717828X | A Question of Love | Acclaim for Isabel Wolff: 'A charming comedy that'll reel you in from the first page.' Company 'Funny, charming, upbeat and unputdownable.' Marian Keyes 'She'll make you laugh out loud and tug your heartstrings.' Hello |
0007173520 | Sun at Midnight | 'A compelling story juxtaposed with breathtaking descriptions of the landscape.' Woman and Home 'Gripping romance.' Eve 'The majesty and hostility of the landscape leap off the page.' Daily Mail 'A good read.' New Books Praise for Rosie Thomas: 'Rosie Thomas writes with beautiful, effortless prose, and shows a rare compassion and a real understanding of the nature of love.' The Times 'Honest and absorbing, Rosie Thomas mixes the bitter and the hopeful with the knowledge that the human heart is far more complicated than any rule suggests.' Mail on Sunday 'A story full of passion... will keep you reading long after bedtime.' New Woman 'Thomas's novels are beautifully written. This one is a treat.' Marie Claire |
0007178751 | The Falconer's Tale | Starred Review. Brilliantly developed characters and intense suspense power this riveting tale of international espionage. Former CIA agent Jerry Piat, now an antiques dealer and a wanted criminal, would rather be fishing. Instead he gets recruited by the DIA to search for a Saudi prince with a penchant for falconry and terrorism. Piat and his favorite fellow ex-agent, falconer Eddie Hackbutt, travel from the wilds of Scotland to the casinos of Monaco and the hunting grounds of Mombasa, their efforts complicated by illegal dealings within American government agencies. Kent (Night Trap) embellishes the exciting covert operations with detailed descriptions of various settings and the falcons' beautiful strength, building a richly nuanced world of half-truths and power struggles. Unlike most espionage page-turners, this tale repays careful reading.(Mar.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
0007176171 | Irish Babies Names (Collins Gem) | Julia Cresswell is an expert on First Names and the author of the best-selling Gem Babies Names. |
0007182171 | The Naqib's Daughter | Using impressive research, Egyptian author Serageldin (The Cairo House, 2003) posits a happier story for the actual Zeinab, daughter of Naqib Shaykh Bakri, who was briefly Napoleon’s mistress during the French occupation of Egypt from 1798 to 1801, disavowed by her father despite his instigating her consorting with the French, and killed for her “horizontal” collaboration. Here 12-year-old Zeinab is given by her father to Napoleon in a Muslim marriage that is never consummated and later finds brief happiness in a marriage with chief engineer Nicolas Conte of the French Scientific Commission. Disavowed by her father, she is saved from being executed for treason by her pregnancy, then sheltered by the aristocratic philanthropist Sitt Nafisa the White. Serageldin recounts the devastation wrought on her home country by its successively more abusive occupiers—the French, followed by the Turks and Albanians, who executed the leaders of the long-prominent Mamluke military caste—in the context of the politics of the times. Through this plausible account of what Zeinab’s life might have been, Serageldin opens a window on a tumultuous period in Egyptian history. --Michele Leber |
0007183291 | Jane's Special Forces Recognition Guide | Retired Lt.Colonel Southby-Tailyour (OBE) served with the British Royal Marines for thirty two years. Currently Ewen works as an amphibious consultant for international companies and defence organisations and skippers naval explorations to the Arctic.Ewen is also the acclaimed Editor of Jane's Amphibious and Special Forces. |
0007182791 | Duck to the Rescue | Duck in the Truck With a nod to Dr. Seuss and a wink to John Burningham, Jez Alborough deals an irresistible lesson in rhyme and analogy, as well as storytelling, which is hugely entertaining. 'Child Education' Alborough's pictures are addictive, combining graphic simplicity with painterly qualities! Duck in the Truck is a picture book where rhyme, illustration, wit and inventiveness combine to produce outstanding quality. 'TES Primary' Fix-It Duck Alborough's text is perfect for reading out loud and the mix of close-up and panoramic illustrations give an animated, live-action feel. 'Junior' Colourful, arresting and bursting with action. 'Child Education' Alborough's illustrations are big and bold! the rhythmic text is a jaunty delight and brilliant for reading aloud. 'The Guardian' |
0007127669 | The Astrological Oracle: Divining Your Future and Resolving Your Past (Do-it-yourself) | Critical acclaim for her earlier titles: "Perhaps the best astrology book to date, beautifully done." - Prediction Magazine "With artful skill and the most pleasant presentation, the author offers a glimpse of the powerful complexities of modern astrology within an easy to grasp format" - Astrological Journal |
0007171366 | Mog on Fox Night | Praise for Mog the Forgetful Cat:‘Grandparents are likely to get as much fun out of seeing it again as the new generation of fans just learning to read!’ Choice Magazine‘A lovely book for all Mog-fanciers’ The ObserverPraise for Goodbye Mog:‘Kerr’s warmth, humour and honesty make this an engaging introduction to a difficult topic’ Financial Times‘Believable, amusing and moving’ Nursery World‘A supremely sensitive story’ The Times‘The best, most consoling book for children on the subject of bereavement…a joy to read’ The Independent on Sunday |
0007179286 | Gluten-free, Sugar-free Cooking: Over 200 Delicious and Easy Allergy-free Recipes | 'In the past twenty years of medical practice I have seen hundreds of patients with an apparently simple problem -- they are intolerant of common foods, particularly wheat and sugar. It is a difficult, if not impossible task, for people with food allergies to find tasty, alternative recipes. This book will be a godsend. It is accessible, well-organised and enticing. I give it my highest stamp of approval.' Dr Robert Rountree 'I highly recommend these recipes to my patients, and not only to anyone with food allergies or diabetes, but also to those who are health-conscious and are looking to use less refined sweeteners and better quality grains in their diet.' Barb Schiltz, RN, MS, Nutrition Consultant |
0007163630 | Judge Sewall's Apology: The Salem Witch Trials and the Forming of an American Conscience | In this lively chronicle, historian Francis (Transcendental Utopias) offers a compelling portrait of the decline of Puritan ways in the late 17th century and the ascent of a secular spirit in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Although devout, Samuel Sewall (1652–1730) turned away from an early religious vocation to pursue a career in public office and married into the colony's aristocracy. He found himself catapulted into the limelight as one of nine judges who condemned the alleged witches of Salem in 1692. Francis calls this the turning point in Sewall's life and work. Never convinced that the condemned women were guilty, Sewall felt remorse; in 1697 he walked into a Boston church and offered a public apology, the only one of the three judges to do so. As a result, he was rebuffed by his social circle. Yet, according to Francis, Sewall's courage is magnified by his taking a stand he knew would result in ostracism. In his later years, Sewall wrote tracts opposing the colonists' treatment of Indians and slaves. Francis beautifully captures not only Sewall's personality and significance but also the shifting times in which he lived, when it was becoming no longer possible to "see the world as a simple allegorical struggle between... good and evil." B&w illus.Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. |
0007183267 | Jane's Tanks Recognition Guide | Chris F Foss has been writing on armoured fighting vehicles and artillery systems since 1970 and has written and edited well over 60 books on this and allied subjects including air defence systems. He has also edited a major defence magazine and contributed on a wide range of land based weapon systems to countless magazines world wide. Besides lecturing on AFVs around the world Foss has also driven well over 40 tracked and wheeled armoured vehicles and chaired a number of major defence conferences on armoured fighting vehicles and artillery systems. He is married with 3 grown up children. |
0007181639 | Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire | Those who fear the dry and impenetrable prose of many political essays need have no such reservations with this selection. Indian author Roy (The God of Small Things) brings a novelistic readability and immediacy to her impassioned critiques of imperialism, the corporate media and their "neo-liberal project"—what she describes as "the medium of those who have power and money." Her unequivocally critical look at the Bush administration’s policy in Iraq will likely lead American readers to label her as either brilliantly astute or strongly anti-American. Still, she carefully differentiates between governments and their people. In "Instant Mix Imperial Democracy," she congratulates Americans for standing up to their government: "Hundreds of thousands of you have survived the relentless propaganda you have been subjected to, and are actively fighting your own government. In the ultra-patriotic climate that prevails in the United States, that’s as brave as any Iraqi or Afghan or Palestinian fighting for his or her Homeland." In the same talk, Roy delivers a scathing critique of the current state of democracy: "The project of corporate globalization has cracked the code of democracy. Free elections, a free press and an independent judiciary mean little when the free market has reduced them to commodities on sale to the highest bidder." In addition to observing problems; Roy suggests non-violent solutions—boycotts, protests and open discussion. Regardless of whether one agrees with her ideas, Roy crafts articulate and convincing arguments that deserve their place in any debate on globalization, democracy or Iraq.Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.--This text refers to theHardcoveredition. |
0007190360 | Talisman: Gnostics, Freemasons, Revolutionaries, and the 2000-Year-Old Conspiracy at Work in the World Today | This sprawling conspiracy theory traces the influence of ancient Egyptian and gnostic ideologies concerning a dualistic, Manichean cosmos prefiguring the earthly order, knowable only through secret, magical lore from medieval Catharism to the French vogue for pharaonic monuments and deities, the astrologically suggestive layouts of Paris and Washington, and the Statue of Liberty (the "Isis of New York"). The conventional explanation for the historical recurrence of gnostic themes and Egyptian iconography—that people peruse old texts and art works and adapt their ideas and symbols to new purposes—strikes Hancock and Bauval (coauthors ofKeeper of Genesis) as inadequate. They discern the millennia-long plot of a shadowy gnostic "Organization" working through usual suspects like the Freemasons, whose hidden hand they see influencing everything from the French Revolution to the founding of Israel. The authors draw eye-glazing webs of connections between historical coincidences—some intriguing, others tenuous and forced—to insinuate a "not altogether impossible" master plan. But their proposed conspiracy never gels. Its guiding philosophies, Christian gnosticism and pagan occultism, don't really mesh, and its agenda seems no more coherent than a perennial opposition to the alleged intolerance and obscurantism of the Catholic Church. The book's crude anticlericalism and conviction that culture propagates by conspiratorial, not intellectual, processes make it a distortion of the gnostic mindset.Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
0007183240 | Loosen Up Your Watercolours (Collins Artist's Studio) | Judi Whitton has been a professional artist since the late eighties and is a popular teacher both in the UK and abroad. She has had many solo exhibitions and is a passionate 'en plein air' painter. Her free watercolours have appeared in her first book, Reflections, as well as in The Artist's Watercolour Problem Solver (published by HarperCollins) and in International Artist magazine. She is also a regular contributor to The Artist magazine. |
0007191308 | The Secret Language of Birthdays: Unique Personality Guides for Every Day of the Year | Gary Goldschneider became fascinated with astrology during his time studying psychiatry at Yale. Now a composer and lecturer, he writes regular astrology columns. Joost Ellfers has created and produced numerous illustrated book projects over the past twenty years. |
0007182449 | Beside the Sea (Melrose and Croc) | PreSchool-Grade 2—Melrose the dog and his crocodile buddy are inseparable. InBeside the Sea, Croc is in a grouchy mood and his friend tries to cheer him up with a guessing game that leads them to the beach. Melrose is down in the dumps inFind a Smile,and this time Croc lifts his spirits by taking him to the countryside. After a day of hopping over streams and playing in the flowers, all worries are forgotten. InFriends for Life,the two reflect upon each other's best (and worst) qualities and conclude, "I like us just the way we are." When they set off on a shopping trip inGo to Town, they vow to stick together, but Croc gets lost and then found at the mall. Clark's winsome watercolor illustrations show the pals in a variety of settings, from bustling British streetscapes to the seaside. The simple, elegant texts gently relate slice-of-life adventures.—Linda Ludke, London Public Library, Ontario, CanadaCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
0007189842 | Abramovich: The Billionaire from Nowhere | 'An explosive book' Mail on Sunday '!essentially a book about what makes Abramovich tick!well worth a peek.' Sunday Times 'A rags-to-riches tale of enormous proportions and is definitely worth a look' Scotland on Sunday |
0007176848 | The Gentle Birth Method: The Month-by-month Jeyarani Way Programme | There is an intelligence behind her advice that fills me with confidence.' Gabby Logan, The Times |
0007189486 | Funniest Storybook Ever | "Richard Scarry's brilliant books are full of wonder and mayhem, and have been a favourite with children for generations." - Junior magazine Praise for the Busytown series: "If there was ever a primary school library must-have, it is the late Richard Scarry's Busytown series." - TES--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. |
0007191170 | Dumb Witness: Complete & Unabridged | "One of Poirot's most brilliant achievements" Glasgow Herald |
0007183038 | Food For Free (Collins Gem) | 'Thirty years after its initial publication, the forager's bible continues to inspire and enthral., Scottish Field 'Still a classic, The Financial Times 'Armed with this guide, this month you could be sampling the simple pleasures of eating a fleshy Hottentot fig straight from a Devon clifftop, making elderflower fritters gathered from the hedgerows, or frying fairy-ring champignons picked off your lawn. With its charming painted illustrations, it is a book to savour in itself., Devon Life--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. |
0007194161 | The Contortionist's Handbook | Clevenger's debut novel is a well-crafted but underplotted character study of a brilliant, damaged man who struggles with mental illness and substance abuse as he bounces in and out of prison and a series of hospitals around Los Angeles. Most of the novel takes place in the latter setting; some tense early scenes pit protagonist John Dolan Vincent against a psychiatrist known as "The Evaluator," who probes Vincent's psyche to see if his recent overdose of muscle relaxants was really a botched attempt to cure his migraine, as Vincent claims, or a suicide attempt. The twist is that Vincent has checked into the hospital under an assumed name; after each of his previous overdoses he has changed his identity to avoid being placed in a mental hospital. The psychiatric interview provides a decent vehicle for telling the story of Vincent's difficult family life and his decision to use his mathematical talent to assist a murky criminal network. The trouble is that Clevenger has little to offer to push his story forward besides Vincent's efforts to protect Keadra, the woman he falls in love with during a hospital stint, from the thugs who are trying to track him down. Clevenger is a solid writer who does some good work when it comes to creating a noirish atmosphere and smart, compelling characters, but the pace is uneven at best. The quality of the writing warrants a follow-up effort; hopefully, Clevenger will know what to do with his characters the next time around.Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. |
0007189885 | Purple Hibiscus (P.S.) | Purple Hibiscus, Nigerian-born writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's debut, begins like many novels set in regions considered exotic by the western reader: the politics, climate, social customs, and, above all, food of Nigeria (balls of fufu rolled between the fingers, okpa bought from roadside vendors) unfold like the purple hibiscus of the title, rare and fascinating. But within a few pages, these details, however vividly rendered, melt into the background of a larger, more compelling story of a joyless family. Fifteen-year-old Kambili is the dutiful and self-effacing daughter of a rich man, a religious fanatic and domestic tyrant whose public image is of a politically courageous newspaper publisher and philanthropist. No one in Papa's ancestral village, where he is titled "Omelora" (One Who Does For the Community), knows why Kambili¹s brother cannot move one of his fingers, nor why her mother keeps losing her pregnancies. When a widowed aunt takes an interest in Kambili, her family begins to unravel and re-form itself in unpredictable ways.--Regina Marler--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. |
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