A guide for aspiring women football fans by a popular television actress and the wife of NFL quarterback Rodney Peete explains each component of the game of football, describes the role of each position player, outlines common plays, and more, in a volume complemented by descriptions of some of the [...]

From the exquisite title page to the playful two-page spread that closes the book, this volume will surprise and delight the eye. There are 12 full-page color plates, but it is the sumptuous variety of W. Heath Robinson's black-and-white illustrations -- 32 full-page, along with plentiful vignettes [...]

Pocket Guide to Rhododendron Species is a user friendly, practical guidebook designed for use in the field. It highlights the most important morphological features relevant to the recognition and identification of virtually every rhododendron species currently in cultivation. At the heart of the boo[...]

Why are some nations more prosperous than others? This book sets out to answer this question, with a compelling and elegantly argued new theory: that it is not down to climate, geography or culture, but because of institutions. It explains why the world is divided into nations with wildly differing [...]

Family history was never supposed to be like this...When American genealogist, Jefferson Tayte, accepted his latest assignment, he had no idea it might kill him. But while murder was never part of the curriculum, he is kidding himself if he thinks he can walk away from this one. Driven by the all-c[...]

Hemp, Cannabis sativa, has been called the world's most versatile plant. Materials made from hemp fibre have been discovered in tombs dating back to 7000 B.C. During the Middle Ages hemp was used to treat fevers, insomnia and malaria. Columbus's ships had sails of hemp and during colonial times it w[...]

I swear, my life was always totally normal.Normal house, normal family, normal school. My looks are average, I don't have any superpowers, no one's showing up to tell me I'm a princess--you get the picture. But when my junior year started, something not normal happened. There were new kids at school[...]

'if you want to find out how Robinson manages to date the whole of the NT before AD 70, you will have to follow him in this long and Oinstaking detective work. And the trail is indeed long, but by no means laborious, for Dr Robinson's style is easy, even conversational. A book as much for the beginn[...]