The Elements: An Interactive Guide to the Building Blocks of our Universe is an illustrated reference book to the elements that make up everything in our universe. General information about the properties, behaviour & occurrence of the elements, their main compounds & their principal uses is given. It is authoritative & accessible, with a sense of wonder about the way the material world works, thanks to the protons, neutrons & electrons that make up the atoms of the elements. ...

Delve into this fantastic Understanding the Stars Box Set to see the sky like you never have before!

Including a planisphere

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While many people deal effectively with traumatic events, a minority have severe problems, often manifested as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The book is aimed at those with PTSD & those who are caring for them. It

Includes:: a strong focus on wounded military personnel.

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A multimedia guide for parents on childcare & development from newborn through one year of age. Written & produced by a pediatrician, the book offers parents the basic information that they need in a well-organized format. Each book comes with a DVD that complements the book's chapters on infant ...

Jamie Bell plays Chris, a troubled teenager with a bizarre eating disorder, in this dark & lyrical thriller. Chris has moved with his little brother to his father John's (Dermot Mulroney) cabin in backwoods Georgia following their mother's death. Lookin ...

Alexander Shannon escaped a shady past to enjoy a glittering career in the army, only to end up back in the thick of criminal activity. This title explains how Shannon managed to combine a successful army career with dangerous gangland dealings for so long & how he finally broke free for good. ...

Beginning with an atmospheric account of Tyburn, we are set up for a grisly excursion through London as a city of ne'er do wells, taking in beheadings & brutality at the Tower, Elizabethan street crime, cutpurses & con-men, through to the Gordon Riots & Highway robbery of the 18th century & the rise of prisons, the police & the Victorian era of incarceration. As well as the crimes, Arnold also looks at the grotesque punishments meted out to those who transgressed the law throughout London's history
- from the hangings, drawings & quarterings at Tyburn over 500 years to being boiled in oil at Smithfield. This popular historian also investigates the influence of London's criminal classes on the literature of the 19th & 20th centuries, & ends up with our old favourites, the Krays & Soho gangs of the 50s & 60s. London's crimes have changed over the centuries, both in method & execution. Underworld London traces these developments, from the highway robberies of the eighteenth century, made possible by the constant traffic of wealthy merchants in & out of the city, to the beatings, slashings & poisonings of the Victorian era.
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Drama about young struggling hopefuls trying to make a name in showbiz. A successful young New York model, Brier (Pell James) has moved to LA to try & launch herself as an actress. She enlists in acting classes & befriends Clea (Ashlee Simpson), a gir ...

History in Dundee is not a visible thing as it is in other cities such as Edinburgh or York. This title presents an anthology of this lost civic inheritance. It tells the story of forgotten disasters & buried heritage, of harmless eccentrics & brutal murderers, of heroes & villains, of strange events & everyday landmarks. ...

Love him or loathe him, ? Iron? Mike Tyson is an icon & one of the most fascinating sporting figures of our time. In this no-holds-barred autobiography, Tyson lays bare his demons & tells his story: from poverty to stardom to hell & back again In this, his first, autobiography, ? Iron? Mike Tyson pulls no punches & lays bare the story of his remarkable life & career. Co-written with Larry Sloman, author of Antony Keidiss best-selling memoir scar Tissue?, this is a visceral, & unputdown-able story of a man born & raised to brutality, who reached the heights of stardom before falling to crime, substance abuse & infamy. Full of all the controversy & complexity that you would expect from a man who delighted as much as he shocked, this is a book that will surprise people & reveal a fascinating character beneath the exterior of violence. If you think you know all about Mike Tyson, read this book & think again. ...