Science & Technical

Effective fitness instruction and training programme design require an exercise specialist trainer to combine professional experience with strategies underpinned by scientific evidence. This book allows readers to develop their understanding of the...

This is a golden treasury of over one hundred English folktales captured in the form they were first collected in past centuries. Read these classic tales as they would have been told when storytelling was a living art - when the audience believed in...

We are experiencing the greatest global shift in the world of work for a century. So, how do we make the most of this unique opportunity and radically redesign the way we work - forever?Professor Lynda Gratton is the global thought-leader on the future...

This brilliant CGP Complete Revision & Practice book is a clear and concise guide to AS & A-Level AQA Further Maths. It's packed with essential revision notes and worked examples for the Compulsory Content topics, as well as the Mechanics, Statistics and...

Even in one session a therapist can make a difference. The second edition of Single-Session Therapy enables therapists to work with clients for one session and achieve possible and realistic results.This book presents the 100 main features of the...

'Gonzo brilliance ... unique and highly entertaining' Financial Times'Revelatory reading' Adam Tooze, author of Crashed'After reading Quinn Slobodian's new book, you are not likely to think about capitalism the same way' JacobinLook at a map of the world...

From the bestselling author of Authentic HappinessKnown as the father of the science of positive psychology, Martin E.P. Seligman draws on more than twenty years of clinical research to demonstrate how optimism enhances the quality of life, and how...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683735489Author Kate TruittFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint PESI Publishing, Inc.Publisher PESI Publishing, Inc.Weight(grams) 440gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735217966Author Chuck KlostermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Prentice Hall PressPublisher Prentice Hall Press

'A really beautiful and useful book.' Alex Jones'Relatable, simple and completely accessible' Daily Mail Weekend'Really good, proper advice.' Lorraine Kelly''A beautiful book, and really informative too.' Sophie Ellis-BextorWith over 40 delicious,...

In this new kind of introduction to ethical theory, Daniel Muñoz and Sarah Stroud present 50 of the field’s most exciting puzzles, paradoxes, and thought experiments. Over the course of 11 chapters, the authors cover a huge variety of topics, starting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780761501862Author Win WengerFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Crown PublicationsPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 329gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

'The world's leading expert on habits' - Matthew Syed, The Sunday Times'Wendy Wood is the world's foremost expert in the field, and this book is essential' - Angela Duckworth, bestselling author of Grit.What if you could harness the extraordinary power...

Android phones continue to be the most popular smartphones around the world, combining power, efficiency and the comprehensive Android operating system and interface. However, with the constantly expanding range of functions and features, it can be a...

Taking the form of a discussion between the hedonist Philebus, his naive disciple Protarchus and Socrates, Philebus is a compelling consideration of the popular belief that pleasure is the greatest attainable good. Here, Socrates speculates on the...

An Irish Times book of the year 2022 A powerful, probing book about PTSD. As a journalist Keane has covered conflict and brutality across the world for more than thirty years, from Rwanda,...

While humanists have pondered the subject of love to the point of obsessiveness, philosophers have steadfastly ignored it. The word philosophy means "love of wisdom," but the absence of love from philosophical discourse is curiously glaring. In "The...

20 years later The Music of the Primes is still a groundbreaking popular science book. This new edition features updates from the author and a foreword by actor and director, Simon McBurney. In 1859, the German mathematician Bernhard Riemann...

This new illustrated edition of Evelyn Rose's classic book has been completely revised and updated by Evelyn's daughter Judi, ensuring it continues to be the culinary bible of Jewish cuisine. Packed with mouth-watering ideas for both family meals and...

A New York Times bestseller and a Book of the Year for the Evening Standard and The Times. Is getting a little less comfortable the key to living a happier, healthier life? When journalist Scott Carney came across a picture of a man in his fifties...

A challenge to the conventional wisdom surrounding financial risk, providing insight into why easy solutions to control the financial system are doomed to fail Finance plays a key role in the prosperity of the modern world, but it also brings grave...

Winner of the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award'A masterclass in navigating, and even seeking out, the inevitable failures that pave the way to success . . . A must-read.' Angela Duckworth, author of GritForget 'fail fast, fail often'. This...

This is a book about fear. Fear of a virus. Fear of death. Fear of losing our jobs, our democracy, our human connections, our health and our minds. It's also about how the government weaponised our fear against us - supposedly in our best interests -...

CARL JUNG MADE EASYJung - the Key Ideas is designed to quickly familiarize you with the revolutionary thinking of Carl Jung, the founder of analytical psychology. Explaining Jung's complex ideas in simple terms, and backing it up with references to his...

Fortnum & Mason Food Book of the Year 2016 We are not born knowing what to eat; we each have to figure it out for ourselves. From childhood onwards, we learn how big a portion is and how sweet is too sweet. The way we learn to eat holds the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905104185Author Chris SladeFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Royal Yachting AssociationPublisher Royal Yachting AssociationDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

Quantum physicist, New York Times bestselling author, and BBC host Jim Al-Khalili offers a fascinating and illuminating look at what physics reveals about the worldShining a light on the most profound insights revealed by modern physics, Jim Al-Khalili...

Friendly, accessible guidance for parents of autistic children and people caring for autistic adultsAutism affects more than 1 million children and adults in the United States, and parents may be confused by the behavior of autistic children. This book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307381132Author Bill SchuttFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Three Rivers PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm) 204mm *...

This is the revised and expanded edition of the problem book Linear Algebra: Challenging Problems for Students, now entitled Problems in Linear Algebra and Matrix Theory. This new edition contains about fifty-five examples and many new problems, based on...

*WINNER OF THE 2017 PULITZER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION* 'Beautifully written, thought-provoking, and unforgettable ... If you want a good understanding of how the issues that cause poverty are intertwined, you should read this book' Bill Gates, Best Books of...

With a Haynes Manual, you can do it yourself, from simple maintenance to full repairs. Every Manual is based on a complete stripdown of the bike. Our authors and technicians work out the best methods to do a job and present this with the home mechanic in...

This book covers all the content needed for AS and Year 1 of the Edexcel Statistics and Mechanics A-Level course and is fully up to date for the latest specifications. It has the clearest notes on all the theory for every topic, including annotated...

'Raw, elemental and beautiful.' Telegraph'This is quite simply the best book about motherhood I have ever read.' - Eleanor Mills in the Sunday Times Mother to five children, Clover Stroud has navigated family life across two decades, both losing and...

This short treatise looks at how we construct a social reality from our sense impressions; at how, for example, we construct a "five-pound note" with all that implies in terms of value and social meaning, from the printed piece of paper we see and touch...

Reach for the stars Stargazing is the practice of observing the night sky and its contents - from constellations through to planets and galaxies. Stars and other night sky objects can be seen with the naked eye, or seen in greater numbers and in more...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957432215Author Matthew WatkinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 337Imprint Vivum Intelligent MediaPublisher Vivum Intelligent MediaWeight(grams) 229g

'A tender appreciation of life's beauty' - Matt Haig, The GuardianIn How to Feel Better, bestselling author Cathy Rentzenbrink shares the advice that has seen her through life's ups and downs. From her etiquette for bad news to the words of wisdom she...

Quadratic equations, Pythagoras' theorem, imaginary numbers, and pi - you may remember studying these at school, but did anyone ever explain why? Never fear - bestselling science writer, and your new favourite maths teacher, Michael Brooks is here to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262048019Author Marc G. BellemareFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd