Britain and Ireland's Top 100 Racehorses of All Time (HARDBACK)

Former FT racing correspondent and spectator Turf columnist Robin Oakley presents his top 100 British racehorses of all time. Kauto Star, Nijinsky, Arkle, Desert Orchid, Frankel, Red Rum … how do you rank the best British and Irish horses from both Flat racing and jumping? How do you compare a fleet-footed sprinter with the robust staying power of a steeplechaser?Robin Oakley’s hi…

Family: Life, Death and Football: A Year on the Frontline with a Proper Club (PAPERBACK)

  No one likes Millwall. They don’t care. But what does it really take to be a part of this team, or a supporter?   A self-published bestseller and British Sports Books Awards 2011 nominee, Michael Calvin’s Family provides a unique glimpse into the soul of a real football club. Award-winning sports writer Calvin follows Millwall through an emotional promot…

Inflight Science: A Guide to the World from Your Airplane Window (EBOOK:PDF)

The perfect companion to any flight – a guide to the science on view from your window seat. There are few times when science is as immediate as when you’re in a plane. Your life is in the hands of the scientists and engineers who enable tons of metal and plastic to hurtle through the sky at hundreds of miles an hour. Inflight Science shows how you stay alive up there – bu…

Inflight Science: A Guide to the World from Your Airplane Window (EPUB)

There are few times that science is so immediate as when you're in a plane. Acclaimed science writer Brian Clegg shows how you stay up there – but that’s only the beginning. Inflight Science explains the ever-changing view, whether it’s crop circles or clouds, mountains or river deltas, and describes easy-to-do experiments, from showing how a wing provides lift to calculating t…

Inflight Science: A Guide to the World from Your Airplane Window (PAPERBACK)

There are few times that science is so immediate as when you're in a plane. Acclaimed science writer Brian Clegg shows how you stay up there – but that’s only the beginning. Inflight Science explains the ever-changing view, whether it’s crop circles or clouds, mountains or river deltas, and describes easy-to-do experiments, from showing how a wing provides lift to calculating t…

Introducing Ethics for Everyday Life-A Practical Guide

  Ethical philosophy has a long and distinguished history, but how can you apply it to your life? This Practical Guide explores the alternative ethical philosophies and how we can all use these to aid us with everyday dilemmas. Introducing Ethics for Everyday Life provides advice on whether human beings really are selfish and greedy, why you might want to be a good person, and how to pick a…

Introducing Happiness-A Practical Guide (PAPERBACK)

  An INTRODUCING PRACTICAL GUIDE to happiness By looking at the history of thought, this Practical Guide will help you to do things to improve your well-being; to free yourself from the various disturbances of life; to overcome irrational expectations that cause us distress and to understand the causes of suffering. Full of straightforward advice and examples and written by an expert on th…

Introducing Mindfulness-A Practical Guide (PAPERBACK)

  An INTRODUCING PRACTICAL GUIDE to learning to enjoy the moment Mindfulness is growing in popularity as a technique which teaches us to appreciate our life. This Practical Guide explores how to listen to your body to reduce stress and anxiety in all areas of your life; how to focus better at work by becoming more aware of what is happening in the present, and how to enjoy life more by bri…

Introducing Positive Psychology-A Practical Guide (PAPERBACK)

  An INTRODUCING PRACTICAL GUIDE to improving your outlook on life Positive psychologists seek to find and nurture genius and talent, and to make normal life more fulfilling, rather than treat mental illness. This Practical Guide explores how we can all have a "life of enjoyment", in which we savour the positive emotions that are part of healthy living; a "life of engagement" where we feel…

Mark Forsyth's Gemel Edition: A Box Set Containing the Etymologicon and the Horologicon (HARDBACK)

  ‘Gemel’ is an old English word meaning ‘twin’ – Mark Forsyth’s Gemel Edition brings together a Sunday Times Number One bestseller and its highly anticipated sequel in a beautiful, stylish box set which is ideal as a gift.   The Etymologicon springs from Mark Forsyth’s Inky Fool blog about the strange connections between words. The Horologico…

Messi (REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION)

A fully updated edition of Luca Caioli’s popular biography of possibly the best footballer ever. Still only 24, Lionel Messi is on course to become the greatest footballer of all time. The 2009 and 2010 FIFA Player of the Year, he is fast, elusive, and mesmerising. Luca Caioli draws on numerous exclusive testimonies to tell Messi's story including his parents and extended family, his…

Slavery by Another Name: The Re-enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War Two

A Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the mistreatment of black Americans. In this 'precise and eloquent work' - as described in its Pulitzer Prize citation - Douglas A. Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in American history - an 'Age of Neoslavery' that thrived in the aftermath of the Civil War through the dawn of World War II. Using a vast record of original documents and…

The First 20 Minutes (PAPERBACK)

Discover the amazing restorative powers of chocolate milk on tired muscles, how running can actually be good for your knees and how even just 20 minutes of regular exercise can transform your health and well-being.Right now, modern science is revolutionizing the traditional workout. More is known about exercise, health and fitness than ever before, from how (and how much) we should be exercising, …

The Universe Inside You: The Extreme Science of the Human Body from Quantum Physics to the Mysteries of the Human Brain (PAPERBACK)

Fascinating facts and mind-boggling science of the human body.Built from the debris of exploding stars that floated through space for billions of years, home to a zoo of tiny aliens, and controlled by a brain with more possible connections than there are atoms in the universe, the human body is the most incredible thing in existence.In the sequel to his bestselling Inflight Science, Brian Clegg ex…