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Millers' World Encyclopedia of Antiques, Large Hardcover

by Judith and Martin Miller.

 

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Dictionary of Antiques Large Hardcover by George Savage.

 

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Motley Crue; The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band,by Tommy Lee

 

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Kemal Ataturk: A Biography 1937 by Hanns Froembgen.

The story of the man who created modern Turkey...

*****Collectable*****

 

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Hindus And Buddhists (Myths & Legends)

by Ananda K Nivedita Sisiter And Coomaraswamy.

 

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Gathered together in a single volume, here are the most important stories of Indian mythology, taken mainly from the epic poems the Mahabharata & the Ramayana, with additional tales from the purana & vedas from assorted narratives of Krishna, Buddha & Shiva.

The stories range from the initial stages of mythos to the final, mature state.

Includes 32 illustrations by Abanindro Nath Tagore & others.

Preface

Illustrations

Mythology of the Indo-Aryan races

The Ramayana

The Mahabharata

Krishna

Buddha

Shiva

Other stories from the Puranas, epics & vedas

Conclusion

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Living With Back Pain by Helen Parker & Chris J. Main.

 

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Addressing both the physical and psychological components of low back pain, this book presents a review of the major types of treatment.

It focuses on recent approaches to the management of low back pain and offers coping strategies that are easy to learn and are designed to minimize impact of pain, enabling sufferers to live with the problem.

The authors first highlight the widespread effects of low back pain and attempt to correct some common misconceptions about its nature and treatment.

They then consider a range of self-help strategies including increasing fitness and mobility, reducing levels of stress and minimizing disability, concluding with advice on how to maintain and develop successful coping strategies.

The book has evolved over the last five years from patients' responses to the Salford Low Back Pain Programme and it will be appropriate for use by sufferers themselves, as well as for hospital specialists, GPs, occupational and physiotherapists and clinical psychologists.

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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex: But Were Afraid to Ask by David R. Reuben M.D.

 

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With more 30 million copies in print in over fifty countries, this bestselling classic is the most popular book on human sexuality of all time-and with good reason.

Dr. David Reuben's frank, compassionate, often humorous language backed with solid, up to the minute medical and scientific research puts readers at ease, allowing them to explore and improve their own sexuality in amazing new ways. In this extraordinary new edition, presented in an accessible Q&A format and revised to include today's hottest topics, Dr. Reuben sheds astounding new light on:

 

* Sexual intercourse, masturbation and other sexual acts

* Impotence, frigidity, and other sexual dysfunctions - their various causes and how they're treated

* Birth control - all the forms on the market and how well they work

* Sexually transmitted diseases - what they are and how to avoid them

* Menopause - hot flashes, hormones, and how to thrive during this change of life

* "September sex" - why we need it more as we age and how to enjoy sex despite certain physical constraints

* Alternative lifestyles, infidelity, plastic surgery for the genitalia, and much more.

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Asimov on Numbers by Isaac Asimov.

 

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In his clear, informal, engaging style, Isaac Asimov explains historic brainteasers and numerical oddities in the fascinating universe of numbers.

From man's first act of counting to higher mathematics, from the smallest living creature to the dazzling reaches of outer space, Asimov is a master at "explaining complex material better than any other living person." You'll learn: HOW to make a trillion seem small; WHY imaginary numbers are real; THE real size of the universe, in photons; WHY the zero isn't "good for nothing;" AND many other marvelous discoveries, in ASIMOV ON NUMBERS.

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The Wrong Enemy: America in Afghanistan 2001 - 2014

by Carlotta Gall.

 

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THIS IS THE STORY OF AMERICA’S GRAVEST MISTAKE OF HOW ITS MOST TRUSTED ALLY TURNED OUT TO BE THE VERY REASON IT WAS FIGHTING THE AFGHAN WAR

Carlotta Gall has reported from Afghanistan and Pakistan for almost the entire duration of the American invasion and occupation, beginning shortly after 9/11.

In The Wrong Enemy she chronicles just how much this war has cost the Afghan people, and how much damage can be traced to Pakistan and its duplicitous government and intelligence forces.

She reveals shocking evidence which details the extent of Pakistan’s involvement in protecting Osama bin Laden and in training militants who operated in the region.

Her first-hand accounts of Pakistani intelligence thugs, Taliban warlords, American generals, Afghani politicians, and the many innocents who were caught up in this long war are riveting.

Pakistan, not Afghanistan, has been the real enemy all along.

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City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi by William Dalrymple.

 

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Sparkling with irrepressible wit, City of Djinns peels back the layers of Delhi's centuries-old history, revealing an extraordinary array of characters along the way from eunuchs to descendants of great Moguls.

With refreshingly open minded curiosity, William Dalrymple explores the seven "dead" cities of Delhi as well as the eighth city today's Delhi.

Underlying his quest is the legend of the djinns, fire-formed spirits that are said to assure the city's Phoenix-like regeneration no matter how many times it is destroyed. Entertaining, fascinating, and informative, City of Djinns is an irresistible blend of research and adventure.

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Mao: The Unknown Story by Jon Halliday & Jung Chang.

 

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Jung Chang's Wild Swans was an extraordinary bestseller throughout the world, selling more than 10 million copies and reaching a wider readership than any other book about China. Now she and her husband Jon Halliday have written a groundbreaking biography of Mao Tse-tung.

 

Based on a decade of research, and on interviews with many of Mao's close circle in China who have never talked before and with virtually everyone outside China who had significant dealings with him, this is the most authoritative life of Mao ever written.

It is full of startling revelations, exploding the myth of the Long March, and showing a completely unknown Mao: he was not driven by idealism or ideology; his intimate and intricate relationship with Stalin went back to the 1920's, ultimately bringing him to power; he welcomed Japanese occupation of much of China; and he schemed, poisoned and blackmailed to get his way.

After Mao conquered China in 1949, his secret goal was to dominate the world.

In chasing this dream he caused the deaths of 38 million people in the greatest famine in history.

In all, well over 70 million Chinese perished under Mao's rule

in peacetime.

 

Combining meticulous history with the story-telling style of Wild Swans, this biography makes immediate Mao's roller-coaster life, as he intrigued and fought every step of the way to force through his unpopular decisions.

The reader enters the shadowy chambers of Mao's court, and eavesdrops on the drama in its hidden recesses.

Mao's character and the enormity of his behaviour towards his wives, mistresses and children are unveiled for the first time.

 

This is an entirely fresh look at Mao in both content and approach.

It will astonish historians and the general reader alike.

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Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China by Jung Chang.

 

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In this groundbreaking biography, Jung Chang vividly describes how Empress Dowager Cixi, the most important woman in Chinese history, brought a medieval empire into the modern age.

Under her, the ancient country attained virtually all the attributes of a modern state and it was she who abolished gruesome punishments like ‘death by a thousand cuts’ and put an end to foot-binding.

Jung Chang comprehensively overturns the conventional view of Cixi as a diehard conservative and cruel despot and also takes the reader into the depths of her splendid Summer Palace and the harem of Beijing’s Forbidden City, where she lived surrounded by eunuchs, with one of whom she fell in love, with tragic consequences.

 

Packed with drama, fast paced and gripping, it is both a panoramic depiction of the birth of modern China and an intimate portrait of a woman: as the concubine to a monarch, as the absolute ruler of a third of the world’s population, and as a unique stateswoman.

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Billy by Pamela Stephenson.

 

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The inside story of the one of the most successful British stand up comedians, as told by the person best qualified to reveal all about the man behind the comic, his wife of over 20 years; Pamela Stephenson.

 

Once in a lifetime, there strides upon the stage someone who can truly be called a legend.

Such a person is the inimitable, timeless genius who is Billy Connolly.

His effortlessly wicked whimsy has entranced, enthralled and split the sides of thousands upon thousands of adoring audiences.

 

And when he isn't doing that…he's turning in award-winning performances on film and television.

 

He's the man who needs no introduction, and yet he is the ultimate enigma.

From a troubled and desperately poor childhood in the docklands of Glasgow he is now the intimacy of household names the world over.

 

How did this happen, who is the real Billy Connolly?

Only one person can answer that question: his wife, Pamela Stephenson.

Pamela’s writing combines the very personal with a frank objectivity that makes for a compelling, moving and hugely entertaining biography.

This is the real Billy Connolly.

 

This genre defining book is now re released for a new generation of comedy fans, with a stunning package and a new Foreword from the author.

Pamela’s vision of Billy is as true now as it ever was as groundbreaking, as moving and as laugh-out-loud funny and here she brings the book fully into its context, as one of the most influential biographies ever written.

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Reader's Digest Condensed Books : The Day Lincoln Was Shot, by Jim Bishop; Dunkirk to Alamein, from the memoirs of Lord Ismay; The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck; A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C Clarke.

 

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The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home, by Dan Ariely.

 

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The provocative follow-up to the bestseller Predictably Irrational.

 

Why can large bonuses make CEOs less productive?

How can confusing directions actually help us?

Why is revenge so important to us?

Why is there such a big difference between what we think will make us happy and what really makes us happy?

 

In his groundbreaking book Predictably Irrational, social scientist Dan Ariely revealed the multiple biases that lead us into making unwise decisions.

Now, in The Upside of Irrationality, he exposes the surprising negative and positive effects irrationality can have on our lives.

Focusing on our behaviors at work and in relationships, he offers new insights and eye opening truths about what really motivates us on the job, how one unwise action can become a long term habit, how we learn to love the ones we're with, and more.

 

Drawing on the same experimental methods that made Predictably Irrational one of the most talked about bestsellers of the past few years, Ariely uses data from his own original and entertaining experiments to draw arresting conclusions about how and why we behave the way we do.

From our office attitudes, to our romantic relationships, to our search for purpose in life, Ariely explains how to break through our negative patterns of thought and behavior to make better decisions.

The Upside of Irrationality will change the way we see ourselves at work and at home and cast our irrational behaviors in a more nuanced light.

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Pocket Encyclopaedia of Herbs (DK Pocket Encyclopedia)

by Lesley Bremness.

 

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A reference book on herb growing providing step by step instructions for every technique.

Included are key hints and tips, charts, directories and diagrams.

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Colloquial Thai by John Moore & Saowalak Rodchue.

 

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Colloquial Thai:

The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step by step course to Thai as it is written and spoken today.

 

Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Thai in a broad range of situations.

No prior knowledge of the language is required.

Colloquial Thai is exceptional; each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice.

A full answer key, a grammar summary, bilingual glossaries and English translations of dialogues can be found at the back as well as useful vocabulary lists throughout.

 

Key features include:

 

A clear, user friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills

 

Jargon free, succinct and clearly structured explanations of grammar

 

An extensive range of focused and dynamic supportive exercises

 

Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of narrative situations

 

Helpful cultural points explaining the customs and features of life in Thailand.

 

An overview of the sounds of Thai

 

Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Thai is an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Thai.

 

Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

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The Book of General Ignorance

by John Lloyd, John Mitchinson & Stephen Fry

 

Camels store water in their humps and Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, right?

Wrong and wrong, according to the authors of The Book of General Ignorance, a witty and humorous tone that gives common misconceptions, misunderstandings and flawed facts the heave ho.

The Book of General Ignorance will activate the memory centers of your brain as you try to recall the information you learned.

After all, you’ll need to remember these fascinating tidbits to in order to impress everyone at dinner parties. Makes a great gift for trivia buffs, know-it-alls and aspiring game show contestants.

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Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian.

 

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Set sail for the read of your life …

 

Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written.

 

Master and Commander is the first of Patrick O’Brian’s now famous Aubrey/Maturin novels, regarded by many as the greatest series of historical novels ever written.

It establishes the friendship between Captain Jack Aubrey RN and Stephen Maturin, who becomes his secretive ship’s surgeon and an intelligence agent.

It contains all the action and excitement which could possibly be hoped for in a historical novel, but it also displays the qualities which have put O’Brian far ahead of any of his competitors: his depiction of the detail of life aboard a Nelsonic man-of-war, of weapons, food, conversation and ambience, of the landscape and of the sea.

O’Brian’s portrayal of each of these is faultless and the sense of period throughout is acute.

His power of characterisation is above all masterly.

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Fit For Life: Reach Your Personal Best and Stay There

by Ranulph Fiennes.

 

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At last comes a book which stands out from the welter of fitness advice offered by improbably shaped models and musclemen.

For Ranulph Fiennes, described by the GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS as 'the world's greatest living explorer', physical fitness is no fad: it has enabled him to withstand the rigours of desert and glacier alike.

The book includes research into body types and environmental effects; advice on self-motivation, diet and basic food control and guidance on avoiding stress, illness and injury.

Beginning with basic exercises designed to help you maintain a minimum level of fitness and progressing through to training regimes tailored to those who are aiming for greater heights in sport, adventure or everyday life, FIT FOR LIFE provides practical help and encouragement to take you as far as you wish to go.

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Living Dangerously: The Autobiography of Ranulph Fiennes

by Sir Ranulph Fiennes.

 

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This book takes Ranulph Fiennes from his South African boyhood and army career to the series of breathtaking expeditions which have justly earned him the title of "the world's greatest living explorer".

Since then, however, his determination to seek new challenges and, more importantly, to conquer them has led him to attempt to reach the North Pole without dogs or motorized equipment, to find the lost city of Ubar, hidden in the Arabian desert, and most recently, his extraordinary journey across the Antarctic to the South Pole.

Writing with honesty and good humour, Ranulph Fiennes gives us a taste of the excitement, the hardship, the vital teamwork and the sheer courage that is the life of the modern explorer.

He is an English hero in the classic mould, a man of whom it can be said that he has been everywhere and done everything.

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Taking on the World by Ellen MacArthur.

 

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When Ellen finished the Vendee Globe, yachting's toughest race aged just 24 the nation took her to it's heart.

The depth of the affection for Ellen is extraordinary, she makes people feel like they can do anything?

 

This is her story, written intrue Ellen style, in her own words, without the help of a ghost writer.

 

Passionate, dramatic and and deeply affecting, her story will move and inspire all who read it.

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The Academie Du Vin Wine Cellar Book: A Practical Guide to Creating and Maintaining Your Own Cellar by Steven Spurrier.

 

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Arts and Crafts of India by Nicholas Barnard.

 

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Describes the tradition of arts and crafts in India, portraying in detail the lives, skills and creations of the present day artists who continue the traditions of ancient times.

The book provides an insight into an exotic culture for the traveller, or for the collector.

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Everyone's Book of Sailing and Boardsailing

by Bob Mathias.

 

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