Can anyone get a perfect memory? The author used to be like most of us, forgetting phone numbers & mislaying keys. Then he learnt the art of memory training, & a year later found himself in the finals of the US Memory Championship. In this book, he takes us on a journey through the mind, from ancient 'memory palace' techniques to neuroscience. ...

Taking the reader into the complex & frightening world of modern day cults, this work describes the harrowing brainwashing techniques & the terrifying power of the Unification Church, & reveals the growing political & financial empire of Reverend Sun Myung. ...

Does scepticism threaten our common sense picture of the world? Does it really undermine our deep-rooted certainties? Answers to these questions are offered through a comparative study of the epistemological work of two key figures in the history of analytic philosophy, G. E. Moore & Ludwig Wittgenstein. ...

Leading astronomer, Patrick Moore presents this look at how the moon has evolved from being remote & mysterious to something that is now very familiar, although there is still the age old question: was there ever life on the moon? He uses exclusive NASA footage of the Apollo landing, illustrations, diagrams & rare film archive to look at the 10 most important scientific discoveries that have come out of lunar study & also looks at the day the last solar eclipse hit Britain, August 11th 1999. ...

Chef & television personality, the author takes you into his restaurant & into his home to show you his unique & stunning ...

Moored Man is a shape-changer, passionate & dangerous. Here, we see him moulding dykes, sorting gravel, infilling creeks, tricking the unwary, drowning the innocent, howling & dancing, & all the while worrying away at his own contradictory identity & relationship to human beings. ...