101 Facts You Should Know About Food

One-third of all fruit and vegetables we eat contain pesticide residues 80% of 10-year-old American girls diet Blueberries may be more effective than drugs in protecting against heart disease The way fast food changes brain chemistry can make it as addictive as heroin Eating less could be the best way to stop growing old 75% of the salt in our diet comes from processed foods A typical fami…

101 Facts You Should Know About Food (EBOOK: PDF)

One-third of all fruit and vegetables we eat contain pesticide residues 80% of 10-year-old American girls diet Blueberries may be more effective than drugs in protecting against heart disease The way fast food changes brain chemistry can make it as addictive as heroin Eating less could be the best way to stop growing old 75% of the salt in our diet comes from processed foods A typical fami…

A Carpet Ride to Khiva: Seven Years on the Silk Road (EBOOK: PDF)

Chris Alexander originally travelled to Khiva, a remote walled city in Uzbekistan on the route of the ancient Silk Road, to write a guidebook. But he stayed, mesmerized by a world of silk and forgotten 15th-century carpet designs – discovering indigo blue, madder red, pomegranate gold and the subtle shades of life in a desert oasis.  Alexander’s entrancing travelogue sees him s…

A Carpet Ride to Khiva: Seven Years on the Silk Road (EPUB)

Chris Alexander originally travelled to Khiva, a remote walled city in Uzbekistan on the route of the ancient Silk Road, to write a guidebook. But he stayed, mesmerized by a world of silk and forgotten 15th-century carpet designs – discovering indigo blue, madder red, pomegranate gold and the subtle shades of life in a desert oasis.  Alexander’s entrancing travelogue sees him s…

A Carpet Ride to Khiva: Seven Years on the Silk Road (HARDBACK)

A unique, beautiful and moving account of seven years living in the remote Uzbek desert. The Silk Road conjures images of the exotic and the unknown. Most travellers simply pass along it. Brit Chris Alexander chose to live there. Ostensibly writing a guidebook, Alexander found life at the heart of the glittering madrassahs, mosques and minarets of the walled city of Khiva, a remote desert oasis…

A Carpet Ride to Khiva: Seven Years on the Silk Road (PAPERBACK)

Chris Alexander originally travelled to Khiva, a remote walled city in Uzbekistan on the route of the ancient Silk Road, to write a guidebook. But he stayed, mesmerized by a world of silk and forgotten 15th-century carpet designs – discovering indigo blue, madder red, pomegranate gold and the subtle shades of life in a desert oasis.  Alexander’s entrancing travelogue sees him str…

Beyond Coincidence (HARDBACK)

Laura Buxton, aged ten, releases a balloon from her garden in Staffordshire. It lands 140 miles away in Wiltshire, in the garden of another Laura Buxton, aged ten. Coincidence? Or something beyond coincidence? Two sisters in Alabama decide, independently, to visit the other. En route, their identical jeeps collide and both are killed. Is someone playing snap with our lives? Could it be the hand…

Beyond Coincidence - new extended edition (PAPERBACK)

Now with 40 NEW stories, including Alicia Keys' phone number, Michael J Fox's cure for Parkinson's disease and the meaning of life according to Douglas Adams! Laura Buxton, aged ten, releases a balloon from her garden in Staffordshire. It lands 140 miles away in Wiltshire, in the garden of another Laura Buxton, aged ten. Coincidence? Or something beyond coincidence? Two sisters in Alabama decid…

Improve Your Memory Today

Are you increasingly beset by 'tip-of-the-tongue' moments? Do you forget names, dates and other vital information? Are you concerned that your memory is getting worse as you get older? Forgetting is a natural part of how the brain functions, but for some people it can still be a maddening or distressing experience. In this book, Dr Hilary Jones and Rob Eastaway explain how memory works,…

In the Red: The Diary of a Recovering Shopaholic (HARDBACK)

When your debt is more than your share of the mortgage and your partner's threatening to not only leave, but to tell your mother how out of control your spending is, then you know it's time to face reality and take drastic action. But for Alexis, a self-confessed shopaholic, just making it through your lunch hour without buying the latest accessory becomes a life-altering act... Join Alexis on h…