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The Artist’s Manual
3,500 LDiscover everything you need to help you release the artist within! This essential art book includes.
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Egyptian Hieroglyphs for complete Beginners
2,250 LAn entirely fresh and accessible approach to reading ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs by a proven expert, this step-by-step introduction assumes no previous knowledge of grammar or ancient languages, but guides readers through the inscriptions, from simple to more complex, supported by full explanations and translations. Readers’ will see their knowledge and skills grow as Bill Manley clearly explains the mysteries of hieroglyphs without jargon or technical terms, guiding the reader step by step through 27 real-life, unaltered texts from stelae, tombs and portable objects.
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The Story Of The Car
3,400 LA stunning visual celebration of cars over a century of progress!
Introducing The Story of the Car – a historical and visual exploration of awe-inspiring automobiles over a period of one hundred years, from the first horseless carriage to driverless vehicles, this all-encompassing car book takes you on a journey to explore the ways in which this once rare and luxurious status symbol has become a fundamental part of everyday life.
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Secrets of a happy marriage
1,500 LNumber One bestseller Cathy Kelly returns with a sparkling tale of family, friends, and marriages in trouble, told with her trademark Irish wit, warmth and wisdom.
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The Inferno (Classics of World Literature)
850 LThe comedy tells the story of the journey of a character who is at one and the same time both Dante himself and everyman. In the inferno, Dante’s protagonist – and his reader – is presented with a graphic vision of the dreadful consequences of sin, and encounters an all-too-human array of noble, grotesque, beguiling, ridiculous and horrific characters.
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Key Philosophical Writings (Classics of World Literature)
850 LRene Descartes (1569-1650), the ‘father’ of modern philosophy, is without doubt one of the greatest thinkers in history: his genius lies at the core of our contemporary intellectual identity. Breaking with the conventions of his own time and suffering persecution by the church as a consequence, Descartes in his writings – most of which are philosophical classics – attempted to answer the central questions surrounding the self, God, free-will and knowledge, using the science of thought as oppsed to received wisdom based on the tenets of faith. The edition, the most comprehensive one-volume selection of Descartes’ works available in English, includeshis great essay, Discourse on Method.
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Histories
850 LHerodotus ( c480-c425 BC) ‘The father of history’ and his Histories are the first piece of Western historical writing. They are also the most entertainig. Why did Pheidippides run the 26 miles and 385 yards (or 42.195 kilometres) from Marathon to Athens?
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Everything i know about love
1,900 LTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER & MAJOR BBC ONE TV SERIES’The book we will thrust into our friends’ hands. Alderton feels like a best friend and your older sister all rolled into one and her pages …
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Women who run with the wolves
2,650 LChosen by Emma Watson for her feminist book club ‘Our Shared Shelf’ ‘Women Who Run With The Wolves is a gift of profound insight, wisdom and love. An oracle from one who knows’ Alice Walker In the …
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When things don’t go your way (HC)
2,450 LModern life doesn’t always go our way. Loss, rejection, uncertainty and loneliness are unavoidable parts of the human experience — but there is solace to be found.
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What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
1,650 LAmerica’s most sought-after executive coach shows how to climb the last few rungs of the ladder The corporate world is filled with executives, men and women who have worked hard for years to reach the upper levels of management.
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The Happiest Man on Earth
1,500 LEddie Jaku always considered himself a German first, a Jew second. He was proud of his country. But all of that changed in November 1938, when he was beaten, arrested and taken to a concentration camp.
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All That Remains: A Life in Death
1,650 LSue Black confronts death every day. As Professor of Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology, she focuses on mortal remains in her lab, at burial sites, at scenes of violence, murder and criminal dismemberment, and when investigating mass fatalities due to war, accident or natural disaster. In All that Remains she reveals the many faces of death she has come to know, using key cases to explore how forensic science has developed, and what her work has taught her.
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Happy Money: The Japanese Art of Making Peace with Your Money
1,800 LToo often, money is a source of fear, stress, and anger, often breaking apart relationships and even ruining lives. We like to think money is just a number or a piece of paper, but it is so much more than that. Money has the ability to smile, it changes when it is given with a certain feeling, and the energy with which it imbues us impacts not only ourselves, but others as well.
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The World’s Most Beautiful Libraries Hardcover
4,050 LFrom the mighty halls of ancient Alexandria to the coffered ceilings of the Morgan Library in New York, human beings have had a long, enraptured relationship with libraries. Like no other concept and like no other space, the collection of knowledge, learning, and imagination offers a sense of infinite possibility. It’s the unrivaled realm of discovery, where every faded manuscript or mighty clothbound tome might reveal a provocative new idea, a far-flung fantasy, an ancient belief, a religious conviction, or a whole new way of being in the world.
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