Profile: 418 books
by Fabrice Humbert
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013
Paris, June 1995. In a restaurant, a waiter is violently attacked by a guest. No-one moves. Neither the Russian couple, nor the wife of the aggressor, nor the two young traders come to celebrate their first jobs on the floor. An event not worth lingering over?
All actions have consequences....
by Martin Kohan
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2012
A school assistant in Buenos Aires' most prestigious state school, Maria Teresa Cornejo's job is to keep the students in line. Suspecting that some of them are smoking in the school toilets, Maria Teresa takes to spying on them urinate - an activity she gets pleasure from listening to. Found out by...
by N Quentin Woolf
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
John Knox falls passionately and irrevocably in love with Rachel McAllistair the first time they meet. He interviews her for his radio show, and afterwards, when he tells her how impressive she was, she hits him, square on the jaw. Undeterred, he pursues her, promising to love her and never to leave...
Sex by Numbers
What Statistics Can Tell Us About Sexual Behaviour
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2015
Whatever society we live in, and however open-minded we like to think we are, when it comes to our sex lives we all like to keep a few secrets. But this makes the jobs of sexologists -- professionals who study sexual behaviour -- pretty difficult.
Luckily, David Spiegelhalter, Professor of...
It Gets Easier
Surviving Twins During Their First Year
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
As a proud mum of twins, Tracey Egan knows first-hand just how overwhelming and exhausting having two babies at once can be.
No one prepares parents for the moment when they leave hospital, but what about when they have not just one, but TWO newborn babies?
Drawing on her own personal experience as...
Down Syndrome
An Introduction for Parents and Carers
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Already established as the author of the standard work for parents of Down Syndrome children, Cliff Cunningham has now produced the definitive study in this field. Practical and helpful, its sympathetic and understanding approach covers all the questions parents ask about the causes, characteristics...
Wheat-Free Cooking
Practical Help for the Home Cook
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2011
Based on decades of practical experience, Rita Greer's husband has been on a wheat-free diet for many years, this reassuring and imaginative book tackles the growing problem of wheat allergy, and provides a guide to the new skills and knowledge that will help people cope easily with their new diet....
A Heavy Reckoning
War, Medicine and Survival in Afghanistan and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2017
What happens when you reach the threshold of life and death - and come back?
As long as humans have lived on the planet, there have been wars, and injured soldiers and civilians. But today, as we engage in wars with increasingly sophisticated technology, we are able to bring people back from...
The Sex Lives of English Women
Intimate Questions and Unexpected Answers
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2016
'There's a lot of stigma attached to sex. Particularly with women, you have a big dichotomy between: Do you have sex? Do you not? Do you be a slut? Do you be a virgin? Do you be a prude? Do you be a man-whore? You can't really win.'
Women are always being told how to be sexy, but are rarely...
by Alec Maclellan
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
One of the world's great mysteries is: do we live on a hollow earth? In the first detailed investigation of a legendary belief that can be traced back to the dawn of time, the bestselling author of The Lost World of Agharti examines the possibility of an inner world, a hollow Earth which could explain...
Tired But Wired
How to Overcome Your Sleep Problems: The Essential Toolkit
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
A groundbreaking book about getting good sleep and having the energy to deal with the pressures of life in the 21st century. Delivering its message in a practical and accessible way and based on the author's experience of insomnia, her academic background and experience of working with thousands of...
by Henry Blake
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
The first book of its kind, Talking with Horses has become an indispensable source of information for all riders and horse owners.
Learn to communicate with your horse in his own language-using telepathy and extrasensory perception-and you will learn to work together with your horse, moving and thinking...
The Art and Science of Clicker Training for Horses
A Positive Approach to Training Equines and Understanding Them
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Everything you have wanted to know, but have never had the opportunity to ask, can be found in this book. Ben Hart aims to provide each trainer with a working understanding of clicker training science and technique, empowering you with the skills and knowledge to enable you to adapt these techniques...
by Rosemary Low
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Parrots are sensitive creatures whose intelligence is often grossly underrated and, as a result, frequently exhibit behavior that is misunderstood by their owners. This reference guide to owning a parrot answers questions about problems and tensions between these feathered creatures and their owners....