Davies: 1593 books
The $1,000 Genome
The Revolution in DNA Sequencing and the New Era of Personalized Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
In 2000, President Bill Clinton signaled the completion of the Human Genome Project at a cost in excess of $2 billion. A decade later, the price for any of us to order our own personal genome sequence—a comprehensive map of the 3 billion letters in our DNA—is rapidly and inevitably dropping to...
Be Your Own Fairy Tale
Working with Storytelling for Positive Life Change
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
An inspiring and practical exploration of how we can tap into the deep-rooted and powerful symbolism of fairytales to bring about positive change in every aspect of our lives.
In this practical and inspiring book, writer and professional storyteller Alison Davies shows how to use fairy tales...
by Paul Davies
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2012
My name is Paul, and Ive suffered with Crohns Disease for thirty years. This is my story of how Ive survived. It includes the agony I went through for eighteen months before being diagnosed with CD, what drove me over the edge to try and take my own life one cold and bleak December night, and why...
The Eerie Silence
Renewing Our Search for Alien Intelligence
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
One of the world’s leading scientists explains why—and how—the search for intelligent life beyond Earth should be expanded.
Fifty years ago, a young astronomer named Frank Drake first pointed a radio telescope at nearby stars in the hope of picking up a signal from an alien civilization....
by Nigel Davies
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
The Catalan is a sophisticated opening system which is popular at all levels of chess. In recent years it has been catapulted into the limelight by Vladimir Kramnik, who has revitalized it with many new ideas and has utilized it with great success against the world's strongest players - on occasion...
Vanished Kingdoms
The Rise and Fall of States and Nations
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2012
An evocative account of fourteen European kingdoms-their rise, maturity, and eventual disappearance.
There is something profoundly romantic about lost civilizations. Europe's past is littered with states and kingdoms, large and small, that are scarcely remembered today, and while their names...
by J. D. Davies
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2018
Secret missions on the cold North Seas…
Winter, 1666. England is again at war with the Dutch, and Matthew Quinton is once more called to serve his King.
On a mission to the Swedish court, he must secure crucial support in the war against Sweden’s old enemy, the Dutch Republic. He is accompanied...
The Catholic Sanctuary
And the Second Vatican Council
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1997
In this very important little pocket booklet, Michael Davies sets forth the amazing thesis that Vatican II and the Post Vatican II legislation did not mandate any changes in the Catholic sanctuary: that is, they did not mandate moving the Tabernacle from the central point in the altar, nor placing...
Hunting People
Thirty Years of Interviews with the Famous
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2011
Hunter Davies's first major interview was with John Masefield for The Sunday Times in 1963. In the years since, he has interviewed many of the most famous people that the late twentieth century has to offer, from James Baldwin and Orson Welles to Jack Nicholson and Salman Rushdie. in an eclectic and...
White Eagle, Red Star
The Polish-Soviet War 1919-20
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2011
Surprisingly little known, the Polish-Soviet War of 1919-20 was to change the course of twentieth-century history.
In White Eagle, Red Star, Norman Davies gives a full account of the War, with its dramatic climax in August 1920 when the Red Army - sure of victory and pledged to carry the Revolution...
No Simple Victory
World War II in Europe, 1939-1945
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2008
One of the world's leading historians re-examines World War II and its outcome
A clear-eyed reappraisal of World War II that offers new insight by reevaluating well-established facts and pointing out lesser-known ones, No Simple Victory asks readers to reconsider what they know about the war,...
by Andrew Davies
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
What is a project? How are projects organized to deal with a complex, rapidly changing, and uncertain world? Why are projects the organization of the future? A project is a temporary organization and one-time process established to achieve a desired outcome. Projects range in size from small teams...
by Kevill Davies
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2014
The 'SPIRITUAL MAN' is written as an introduction to the idea that NEGATIVE DIMENSIONS exist in our universe and affect the lives of humans on both a micro and macro level. It serves to illustrate the DAVIES HYPOTHESIS which states: The universe, its creation and evolution are ordered in the way they...
by Ziauddin Sardar, Merryl Wyn Davies
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
This guide explains Islamic history, the Qur’an, sharia law, and Islam’s relationship with the West. It analyzes the struggle within the faith for a more humane interpretation of the religion, issues surrounding women, democracy, and economic development, and the outlook post-9/11 and the Iraq...