Other Non Fiction

This title offers complete coverage of the 2009 International Code Council (ICC) and International Building Code (IBC). This is a visual guide for understanding and applying the international code and achieving full compliance with every aspect of the International Code Council (ICC) and International Building Code (IBC). Practical case studies for solving both non-standard and routine problems are included.

1/12/08

"Improve Your Memory Pack" contains everything you need to supercharge your memory. Written by a former World Memory Champion, it looks into all aspects of improving your memory, and contains everything you need to help maximise your powers of recall.

9/7/09

In spring 1956, Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire - youngest of the six legendary Mitford sisters - invited the writer and war hero Patrick Leigh Fermor to visit Lismore Castle, the Devonshires' house in Ireland. This halcyon visit sparked off a deep friendship and a lifelong exchange of sporadic but highly entertaining letters. There can rarely have been such contrasting styles: Debo, unashamed philistine and self-professed illiterate (though suspected by her friends of being a secret reader), darts from subject to subject while Paddy, polyglot, widely read prose virtuoso, replies in the fluent, polished manner that has earned him recognition as one of the finest writers in the English language.

Garden visiting is an ever popular pastime. With superb images captured by leading specialist plant photographers and informative text by expert gardening author Pamela Westland, "Inspirational Gardens" introduces the reader to some of the most remarkable gardens from around the world - tiny town courtyards and colourful exotic spaces, rambling landscape estates, and quaint cottage gardens.