Most of us lack the nerve to be entrepreneurs, but award-winning finance writer Mary Holm shows how you can get richer - slowly but surely - and still sleep soundly. What's more, you can do it simply.
Just after 10.00 on the night of February 7th 2004, Ellen MacArthur crossed an imaginary line in the sea off Brittany to become the fastest person ever to sail solo round the world. The record was hel
The authors approached about eighty journalists and writers based in Johannesburg and asked them to write short pieces about the city in which they work and live. They did not specify form or style-t
This is a title about Soweto from inside and out. It is an effort to mark a century since the first forced removals of black Africans from central Johannesburg to the banks of the Klipspruit River. It
Feeling stressed? Need some help to regain balance in your life? The Little Book of Calm is full of advice to follow and thoughts to inspire. Open it at any page and you will find a path to inner peac
From the time when, as an eight-year-old girl, she saw the movie Fame, Victoria wanted to be a star. There was a line from the title song that stayed with her-'I'm gonna live forever, I'm gonna learn
This book is for you if you want to know why your 18-year-old son isn't interested in being a doctor-he wants to save the whales, or why your grandfather gives you Big Band CDs for your birthday. Thi
In Leslie Beck's 10 Steps to Healthy Eating, Beck tells you in no-nonsense terms how to get organized, choose the right foods, and know when to eat them. Drawing readers in with examples from her cli
Explores the many notions of 'truth', and what it really means Riding to work in the morning has become commonplace. The author argues that our transportation technologies are not merely transient phe
Beethoven’s music is the most frequently played of a classical composer in China today. First introduced to China in 1906, he inspired intellectuals like Lu Xun, who considered him a role model for de
Following the phenomenal success of her bestselling first book, Eat. Nourish. Glow, Amelia Freer returns with her much-awaited cookbook Cook. Nourish. Glow. Containing over 100 delicious and easy-to-p
In a career that has spanned six decades, Sir Tom Jones has performed with almost every major recording artist, from Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis and Sinatra, to Robbie Williams, Van Morrison and Jessie J,
Geopolitical thought leader Ian Bremmer issues a clarion call to America: redefine your place in the world, or the world will define it for you America's identity abroad has long been defined by the s
By sea and on the airwaves, by dollar and yuan, a contest has begun that will shape the next century. China's rise has now entered a critical new phase, as it seeks to translate its considerable econo
Naomi Klein, author of the #1 international bestsellers, The Shock Doctrine and No Logo, returns with This Changes Everything, a must-read on how the climate crisis needs to spur transformational poli
Forget everything you think you know about global warming. It's not about carbon – it's about capitalism. The good news is that we can seize this crisis to transform our failed economic system and bui
Tells the story of how the author came through the agony and humiliation of being sexually abused by her father, how she found the strength to seek justice, and how she coped when, at the final hurdle
Sinead's writing mixes the worldly wit of Jane Green with the down-to-earth warmth and insight of Marian Keyes and will remind people just how important their sisters - and their friends-who-are-like-
Presents an approach to Britain's imperial past through the cities that epitomised it. This book examines the stories and defining ideas of ten of the important: Boston, Bridgetown, Dublin, Cape Town,
Some days I tell myself that my mission is to say something about the art and sometimes the bliss of limitation. And the legibility of landscape. Other days are more dismal. As if I were standing on q
Setting out a framework for a new public philosophy founded on civic conscience and cooperation, the author seeks to spring the trap into which our culture has stumbled.
From Alexandria to York, this unique illustrated guide shows us the great centers of classical civilization afresh. The book's key feature is 120 specially-drawn maps tracing each city's thoroughfares
The author returns, twenty years after the genoicide, to Rwanda and the eastern Congo April 2014 marks the twentieth anniversary of perhaps the most terrible single event in many of our lifetimes. Thi
Travellers have always been thrilled by the sight of citrus in Italy, where dark leaves and bright fruit seem to charge the landscape, making the trees symbols of a sun-soaked, poetic vision of the co
Nearly seventy years ago, the author started to do her bit for vulnerable children, one child at a time. While she was still in school, she thought nothing of bringing home a schoolmate who needed ref
Curation is the art of choosing. This title suggests that curation is finding ever-wider application because of a feature of modern life impossible to ignore: the incredible proliferation of ideas, in
Arguably our brain's greatest sense is the ability to understand the minds of others - our real sixth sense. This book takes us on a tour of our incredible capacity for mind reading.
Decoded tells the story of Rong Jinzhwen, one of the great code-breakers in the world.A semi-autistic mathematical genius, Jinzhen is recruited to the cryptography department of China's secret service
Tells the story of human endeavour that laid out in all its grandeur and folly, drama and pain. This book reflects what now seems to be the inexorable rise of Asia and the increasingly troubled situat
It's hard to be patient when you're only a very little bear, and Little Pip cannot wait until Christmas! Every day he wakes up and thinks the day has finally come - it's driving Daddy Grizzle nuts! Po
Ken Segall put the 'i' in iPad. Now he explains why simplicity is the secret of Apple's success in Insanely Simple. To Steve Jobs, Simplicity wasn't just a design principle. It was a religion and a we
Contains 100 recipes that are easy to make and enjoy with family and friends in the comfort of home. This title includes recipes such as a pizza with fontina and white truffle, gnocchi with gorgonzola
Shiva: Destroyer and Protector, Supreme Ascetic and Lord of the Universe. He is Ardhanarishwara, half-man and half-woman; he is Neelakantha, who drank poison to save the three worlds-and yet, when cra
Is there a more comforting and enticing smell than that of home baking wafting through a home?In this sumptuous baking book, Allyson Gofton shares her years of baking experience to create over 150 de
Except in the United States of America, this book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publ
Delicious gluten-free foodTasty and adventurous meals are back on the menu. Inside the Gluten Free Bible, you will find more than 130 recipes to enjoy – whether gluten intolerant or not. Favourite fo
No company has ever succeeded simply because it has brilliant individuals in its ranks - in fact many have failed because they have not succeeded in getting great talent to work together as a team. E
How do you contain the money in your life? Do you have a container? is it big enough, sturdy enough? Does it leak? Can it withstand the test of timeHow you contain money is reflected in how you conta
Detective Constable Sam Shepard knows first-hand the desperation of the scavengers- she's got the scars to prove it. Plus a skull in the sand. And a body pulled from the ocean. The undercurrents fr
