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The Chaos Point: The world at the crossroads
Ervin Laszlo
We have a choice: Breakdown or Breakthrough.
Self-Harming Parrots and Exploding Toads: A marvellous compendium of bizarre, gross and stupid animal antics
Francesca Gould and David Haviland
SELF-HARMING PARROTS AND EXPLODING TOADS is a marvellous compendium of the world’s most unpleasant creatures and animal facts. Entries cover everything from the disgusting to the informative...
The Treasure Hunter's Handbook: Britain's buried treasure - and how to find it
Brian Grove
Who hasn't dreamed of discovering some immensely valuable piece of buried treasure in a field - and thereby perhaps making a fortune? Brian Grove describes the many different types of treasure that...
The Lives of the English Rakes
Fergus Linnane
Rake (n) 'a dissolute man, esp. one in fashionable society; rou' The English rake strides through the pages of romantic fiction, impossibly handsome, cynical and dangerous, a gambler, a deadly...
How To Write For Children and Get Published
Louise Jordan
Huge numbers of people want to write for children, but it is notoriously difficult to find a publisher in this increasingly comeptitive area. This inspiring and practical guide from acknowledged...
The Converging World: How one community's path to zero waste is helping save our planet
John Pontin
THE CONVERGING WORLD tells the incredible story of one community's attempt to change their world for the better. Faced with the challenge of making the English village of Chew Magna a 'zero waste'...
Zombie: An Anthology of the Undead
Ed. Christopher Golden
RESURRECTION! The hungry dead have risen. They shamble down the street. They hide in backyards, car parks, shopping centres. They devour our neighbours, dogs and policemen. And they are here to...
No Impact Man: Saving the planet one family at a time
Colin Beavan
In the growing debate over eco-friendly living, it seems that everything is as bad as everything else. Do you do more harm by living in the country or the city? Is it better to drive a thousand...
It's Not Rocket Science: And other irritating modern cliches
Clive Whichelow and Hugh Murray
Over last thirty years, new technology, fashion, and social set-ups have spawned new cliches galore. Everything on the Internet is available at the 'click of a mouse', TV presenters ask the...
The Hornet's Sting: The amazing untold story of Britain’s Second World War spy Thomas Sneum
Mark Ryan
The exploits of Tommy Sneum, the Danish-born spy who died in 2007, made him a legend in espionage circles. But until now, the full extraordinary story of Sneum’s action-packed career as a...
The Great Crash: How the Stock Market Crash of 1929 Plunged the World into Depression
Selwyn Parker
This is the story of the financial cataclysm that started with the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929, and set in motion a series of economic, political and social events that affected many...
Horny Lizards and Headless Chickens: Everything you need to know about our weird, wonderful and downright disgusting world
Francesca Gould
HORNY LIZARDS AND HEADLESS CHICKENS is a vile and disgusting compendium of the world’s most unpleasant creatures, diseases, hideous tortures and every other type of horrifying, nauseating fact...
The Search
Nora Roberts