A concise and practical aide-memoire, this is all your essential sailing knowledge consolidated into handy checklists. When you learn how to skipper a yacht the practical courses cover a whole range of activities, from passage planning to pilotage...
The City of London is a special place; presently associated with business and high-level finance in particular. It is a frenetic, changing cityscape but despite the bluster it retains evidence of a fascinating history and a wealth of sumptuous arc...
This volume is the companion book to Rush On Track 1973 - 1982 . Fans who hoped that 1982's keyboard heavy Signals had been a one off were to be disappointed. In line with their desire never to make the same album twice the infamous 'synth era' be...
An economist challenges an emerging orthodoxy: the idea that the best way to alleviate poverty is simply to give people money. A simple notion has become increasingly widespread in recent years: to lift people out of poverty, just give them money....
A unique practical guide to engineering geomorphology. This book combines the experience and case studies of a 40-year career in engineering geomorphology into a guide aimed at today’s early career practitioners. The Author’s role during these 40 ...
Safarnameh—an Urdu word meaning an account of a journey—is the story of Trevor Harrison's overland trip from Turkey to India, a route taken by somewhere between 2 million and 6 million young people from Western countries during the 1960s and 1970s...
We only ever get glimpses of Ian Dury; nothing is as it seems. From irascible rogue to national treasure, pop star to social commentator, cockney geezer to artist, he was a man greater than the sum of his parts. Part teddy boy, part punk, part vau...
One part photo essay, one part urban archeology adventure, and one part rally cry for historic preservation, this grand tour showcases 20th-century architectural treasures in cities around the world. Join photographer Geoffrey Goddard on a road tr...
Each chapter guides you succinctly through the full range of curriculum topics in the MLA syllabus, integrating clinical considerations with the relevant basic science and avoiding unnecessary or confusing detail. Text boxes help you get to the hi...
This handbook covers British species of the family Dolichopodidae, popularly called long-legged flies. These are often attractive both visually and in their behaviour so the larger species will be familiar to most naturalists. The sexes are often ...
The Dream of Magnus Maximus follows the family of the usurping Emperor Magnus Maximus and his British wife, Elen, in a tale of Britain’s emergence from Roman rule. In AD 386, Britain stands on the brink of transformation. The familiar rhythms of l...
A packed volume that documents 28 extraordinary and previously uncharted surf locations worldwide, featuring photography and unique travel narratives from the expeditions of John Seaton Callahan and the surfEXPLORE® Group. Readers embark on a glob...
1930s Warsaw. Two privileged sisters: Ida — glamorous and self-assured — and Luiza, the spirited tomboy striving to fulfil the ambitions their German-born father once held for the son he never had. At just seventeen, Luiza's world is upended when ...
Let Secret Strasbourg guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Strasbourg guide book. Let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures and hidden places of this amazing city. Featuring...
Letterpress is an exciting and beautiful guide to this age-old craft. It celebrates the traditional process of printing moveable type on old historical presses, and gives it a contemporary blast with the latest designs and ideas. With over 200 pho...
Demystify the Tarot through real-world practices and commonsense card meanings that are equal parts insight and sequined sass! Stella Boheme, a.k.a. "the Queen of Glam Tarot," is here to help you glow up your Tarot practice with practical exercise...
Dignity is humanity's most prized possession. We experience the loss of dignity as a terrible humiliation: when we lose our dignity we feel deprived of something without which life no longer seems worth living. But what exactly is this trait that ...
An interior-design book by renowned interior designer Penny Drue Baird that features 12 distinctive residential projects across the United States, with a focus on full-page images and in-depth designer insights. PowerHouse: Interior Designs for Se...
In this book, the renowned philosopher and polymath Alain Badiou tells the story of the first five decades of his life, from 1937 to 1985, setting it within the political history of the twentieth century. Born in Morocco on the eve of catastrophic...
Fun Python GUI Projects in easy steps contains mostly outrageous projects and a few sensible ones. Get ready to embark on a thrilling adventure into the world of graphical user interfaces (GUIs) with guizero – an easy way to build GUIs with Python...
