Investing in property remains one of the safest & most profitable financial decisions you can make. The rental market is stable & demand for rental properties continues to grow. If you are looking either to increase your short-term income or to develop a long-term investment plan then letting property could be a wise option. But being an unprepared landlord is not advisable. This straightforward guide will help you to become familiar with the property letting process & to be a successful landlord. ...

Larousse Gastronomique is the world's classic culinary reference book with over 35 000 copies sold in the UK alone. Larousse is known & loved for its authoritative & comprehensive collection of recipes. Here it is brought up to date for 2009 in an attractive edition containing over 900 new colour & black & white photographs. All chapters have been read & edited by field specialists & 85 biographies of chefs have been added. Entries have also been regrouped for increased accessibility. Originally created by Prosper Montagne & published in 1938 this essential addition to any kitchen has withstood the test of time & become an invaluable source of information for every enthusiastic cook. Without the exaggeration & extravagant distractions of many of today's cookery titles New Larousse Gastronomique contains recipes tips cooking styles & origins for almost every dish in history. ...

As business reinvents itself at broadband speed what makes leaders effective has inevitably been transformed. Old assumptions & old modes no longer hold; a new style of leadership that works has emerged amidst the chaos of change. This new leader excels in the art of relationship the singular expertise which the changing business climate renders indispensable. Excellence is being defined in interpersonal terms as companies have stripped out layers of managers as corporations merge across national boundaries & as customers & suppliers redefine the web of connection. Bestselling author Daniel Goleman argues that emotionally intelligent leaders are now must-haves for business today. But many readers have been left with So now what do I do? The New Leaders answers that question by laying out the map for transforming leadership in individuals in teams & organisations. ...

The Good News Bible was the first truly easy-to-read Bible translation & it is still the UK's most popular. With a brand new colour helps & notes section the New Life Bible is an ideal companion for anyone setting out to explore the Bible for the first time. Particularly for anyone new to Christianity & the Bible the New Life Good News Bible

Includes:: a 64-page section of colourful & engaging articles which offer clear & understandable information about the Bible & how to start reading it. Alongside the tried & trusted easy-to-read text of the Good News Bible & Annie Vallotton's famous line drawings these helps bring out the best of this readable & reliable translation. Widely used by churches & youth groups as well as secondary schools for those new to the Bible & how it works the new GNB New Life Bible is ideal. This new edition

Includes:: completely revised maps & a new guide to finding your way around the Bible including characters events & prayers from the Bible a timeline of Bible history & an expanded section on how to read the Bible. There are also extended lists of passages showing what the Bible has to say about real life issues like loneliness stress guidance & many more as well as a list of Bible passages for special occasions.



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A personal view of the natural world Life Stories 2 is the second installment of Sir Davids look back at the wildlife that has captured his imagination & enthusiasm over his distinguished career. It is a fascinating trip around the world in search of extraordinary plants animals & people in the company of this wonderful communicator. Sir David shares his thoughts on a whole range of topics from animals like the Kiwi the Cuckoo & the Chameleon to flora like Charnia & the canopy & even other famous British naturalists like the evolutionary biologist Alfred Russel Wallace. The real magic of the book though is Sir Davids interaction with the natural world. The excitement of lying in wait to catch a glimpse of a Kiwi or the unexpected childhood discovery of Charnia in the most unlikely place. In Life Stories 2 readers will be able to enjoy all the enthusiasm & wonder about the natural world that Sir David has so uniquely conveyed throughout his remarkable career. Chapters: Canopy Kiwi Charnia Foreign Fare Cicada Earthworms Alfred Russel Wallace Hummers Identities Rats Monsters Butterflies Cuckoo Quetzalcoatlus Chameleon Nectar Waterton Fireflies Elsa Chimps. ...

The New Machiavelli is a gripping account of life inside 'the bunker' of Number 10. In his twenty-first century reworking of Niccolo Machiavelli's influential masterpiece The Prince Jonathan Powell
- Tony Blair's Chief of Staff from 1994
- 2007
- recounts the inside story of that period drawing on his own unpublished diaries. Taking the lessons of Machiavelli derived from his experience as an official in fifteenth-century Florence Powell shows how these lessons can still apply today. Illustrating each of Machiavelli's maxims with a description of events that occurred during Tony Blair's time as Prime Minister The New Machiavelli is designed to be The Prince for modern times.


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New Malden is situated between the much better known Kingston & Wimbledon. Its history is fairly recent & came about because The London & South Western Railway Company sited a station halfway between the wealthy residents of Coombe & the small village of Malden (now Old Malden). Property speculators immediately started building houses in the fields around Malden & Coombe (now New Malden) Station & thus was New Malden born in the 1860s. New Malden grew steadily becoming an Urban District Council in 1895 when it absorbed Coombe & Old Malden then a Borough in 1936. In 1965 it was itself absorbed along with Surbiton into the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. Despite this New Malden continues to thrive as a local community with its own local paper the Village Voice its High Street & its festival of Malden Fortnight. ...

Learn everything you need to know about photography from the world's bestselling photography author John Hedgecoe. Top photographer John Hedgecoe brings over 35 years experience & an inspiring collection of his own images to update this essential sourcebook for photographers of all levels. Learn everything you need to know about cameras; from the theory of how they work to choosing the right digital or film camera for your specific needs. Pick up tips on the technicalities of taking photos from choosing exposure & shutter speeds to studio lighting film processing & digital imaging. Plus get advice on composition & learn to capture the mood & spirit of your subjects. ...

The third edition of Terry Flews New Media has been thoroughly revised & updated. Combining a rigorous overview of academic theory with contemporary case studies the book provides students with the skills for scholarly engagement with the dynamic fast- paced world of new media. Based on an historic understanding of new media developments the book explores the role of new media in a globally-networked society. It examines the cultural political & economic impact of new technologies on creativity & industry from a cross-disciplinary perspective. Various theories drawn from media studies sociology politics & policy & economics & business illustrate key concepts around the study of & practice in new media. ...

This popular & practical best-selling manual now revised to make it more accessible to the general reader allows us to discover for ourselves the inner peace & lightness of mind that come from meditation. The author explains twenty-one step-by-step meditations leading to increasingly peaceful & beneficial states of mind & that together form the entire Buddhist path to enlightenment. By practising these meditations we can transform our daily lives fulfil our spiritual potentials & find lasting happiness. ...