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All you will need for setting your own pub quizzes, or for brushing up on your general knowledge before you try your next competition. More than 10,000 questions and answers.

Rhetoric gives our words the power to inspire. But it's not just for politicians: it's all around us, whether you're buttering up a key client or persuading your children to eat their greens. You have been using rhetoric yourself, all your life. After all, you know what a rhetorical question is, don't ...

In this title, a leading psychologist introduces and interprets Irish myths and legends as a means of providing insights into and understanding of contemporary life.

A 2021 'BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR' - THE INDEPENDENT In Millennial Love journalist Olivia Petter explores the questions, quirks and anxieties that consume the contemporary dating landscape. Olivia scrutinises the myths surrounding modern romance and asks why, despite having endless technology designed to ...

Covering various joys of motherhood, this title delivers belly laughs and offers pearls of maternal wisdom on such topics as morning sickness and stretch marks, playground politics and raising hormonal teenagers, frenzied mealtimes and dreary household chores.

Plunge into the diversity of the animal kingdom in this Encyclopaedia of Animals. Packed with over 500 creatures, every one is looked at in detail by a natural history expert. From the tiniest sponge to the largest elephant, all entries are gloriously illustrated in this spectacular celebration of life ...

For as long as the British monarchy has existed, royal children have been brought up in ways that seem bizarre and eccentric to the rest of us. Interweaving exclusive testimonies from palace staff with historical sources, Tom Quinn also uncovers outrageous tales of royal children misbehaving, often hilariously.

"Building on the scientific link Dossey has established between prayer and healing, Be Careful What You Pray For offers a fascinating look into human consciousness, intent, emotions, and psychology. With remarkable true stories, case histories, and solid scientific evidence, it takes the logical next ...

'Electrifying ... A user manual for our polarized world' Adam Grant, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Think Again
'Important, compelling and wise' Johann Hari, Sunday Times-bestselling author of Stolen Focus

The myths and legends of the Norsemen have entertained young and old alike for hundreds of years.
This fascinating collection contains stories retold from the Icelandic Eddas, the principal source of knowledge on Norse mythology, and the Sagas of the ancient world of Vikings.
Following the deeds of ...

Featuring case studies of the working lives of people across the autism spectrum, this book provides constructive solutions for employers seeking to improve their workplaces and for individuals with autism considering their employment options.

'Grand job, that last job was. I gave the lady no time to squeal. I love my work and want to start again. You will soon hear from me, with my funny little game. Next time I shall clip the ears off and send them to the police just for jolly.'- Jack the Ripper. So ran a note written by the most notorious ...

"Written for civilians from all walks of life, this book analyses [sic] the cause and effect of drugs on our communities and dissects the processes of the criminal mind to give everyone a working knowledge of how to succeed in any confrontational situation. This book will not only give you lifelong street ...

After an idyllic provincial 70s childhood, the 80s took Andrew Collins to London, art school and the classic student experience. Crimping his hair, casting aside his socks and sporting fingerless gloves, he became Andy Kollins, purveyor of awful poetry, disciple of moany music and wannabe political activist.

The story of a strange experiment - a journey into the oddest corners of 60s Britain and the outer edges of science and reason.

How Amazon has changed literature

This final volume of Goytisolo's trilogy, written in the year of Franco's death, reveals his sentiments on his exile from Spain.

Family researcher Lucy Blake pulls apart our expectations about family and shows us how to embrace the messy, beautiful reality.

What leads us to believe in monsters? What happens when we meet the brutal creatures of our nightmares?