Pompeii is the best known & probably the most important archaeological site in the world. This book now available in paperback is the most up-to-date authoritative & comprehensive account for the general reader of its rise splendour & fall. The drama of Pompeii's end has been handed down by Roman writers its paintings & mosaics have astonished visitors since their discovery & its houses & public buildings still present a vivid picture of life disaster & death in a Roman town. ...

This definitive guide takes you through all the processes from clay to kiln: from designing your own pieces to making decorating & firing them. The book is clearly laid out & packed with factual information that creative ceramists will want to have to hand including descriptions of the very latest materials & instructions on how to use them effectively in your work. Step-by-step instructions for traditional methods & new products such as paper-clay & print-on-clay are combined with examples of work by some of the worlds top ceramicists & details of how they achieve their results. ...

Everything you need to know about cycling for fitness & leisure & training for sport & competition. The perfect introduction to a hugely popular & stimulating activity packed with training tips & advice on safety essential equipment maintenance & motivation ...

This accessible book explains clearly how to assess your current level of fitness & how & why you should set goals that will help you get the most from your workouts. The main part of the book focuses on how to improve the strength & efficiency of your heart & lungs through all the most popular exercises sports & pastimes. Then learn how to strengthen your body & develop the core muscle groups with the best & most effective resistance training exercises. The book goes on to show you how to maintain flexibility & avoid injury as well as how best to fuel your body through the right nutrition. Lastly the book brings together all this valuable information into personal training plans. ...

Who was Nostradamus & what faith should we place in his predictions? This book gives objective answers. It reveals that Michel de Nostredame a 16th-century French doctor was more Renaissance man than arcane magician
- & that his prognostications can be compellingly astute. In this edition all of the cryptic short verses of Nostradamuss Centuries appear in the original French with new translations. Uncanny prophecies such as those of the French Revolution & the rise of Hitler are examined in detail. Here too are interpretations of the many verses believed to augur future events. Editor Ned Halley works in fields of journalism as diverse as medicine wine & business. He takes a Plain English approach to a subject far too often wreathed in language that seems calculated to obscure rather than to demonstrate the truth.
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Two Case Histories: Little Hans & the Rat Man (1909). This collection of twenty-four volumes is the first full paperback publication of the standard edition of The Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud in English.
Includes:: Analysis of a Phobia in a Five-Year-Old Boy (1909). Notes Upon a Case of Obsessional Neurosis (1909).
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The Psychopathology of Everyday Life (1901). This collection of twenty-four volumes is the first full paperback publication of the standard edition of The Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud in English. Covers: Forgetting. Slips of the Tongue. Bungled Actions. Superstitions. Errors. ...

The Ego & the Id & Other Works (1923
- 1925). This collection of twenty-four volumes is the first full paperback publication of
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The Future of an Illusion Civilization & its Discontents & Other Works (1927
- 1931). This collection of twenty-four volumes is
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Moses & Monotheism & Other Works (1937
- 1939). This collection of twenty-four volumes is the first full paperback publication
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