Training hard doesn't have to mean fuelling workouts with power bars and protein shakes. "Runner's World" magazine's popular monthly column the "Athlete's Palate" features the dishes of all-star chefs such as Mark Bittman, Jacques Torres, Patricia Wells, and Dan Barber. Now, in "The Athlete's Palate[...]
Every sport has rules and running is no exception. Anyone who's curious can visit web sites, to bone up on such topics as bib number placement, disqualification, and what calibre the starter's pistol must be. Those rules are good and necessary. But what about the real rules of running? The ones that[...]
Birds and butterflies, ferns and frogs, mushrooms and mantra rays, seashells and salamanders---this 576 page book includes more than 2,000 plants and animals of all types. Spanning the land from Florida to the Northwest Territories, it embraces field forest, pond, and prairie--all the natural commun[...]
Be it dentistry, dental assisting, or dental hygiene, "Stedman's Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions, Second Edition" is the go-to resource for all students and professionals in the dental field. This dictionary contains definitions for nearly 16,000 terms relevant to all dental profession[...]
Featuring more than 56,000 entries, this thoroughly updated Seventh Edition contains the medical terminology used in more than 30 of today's fastest growing health profession areas-plus comprehensive inclusion of entries suited for the nursing field. The book includes 1,000 enriched color images and[...]
Dare to Look is the 10th book - and best yet - in the phenomenal bestselling Ripley's Believe It or Not annual series. It offers up the world of weird in an all-new collection of unbelievable stories from across the globe. The new Ripley's Believe It or Not app allows hidden content in the book t[...]
This is the third edition of one of the breakthrough books in the field of library and information science. No other text before it, or since, has provided such relevant, timely, and practical techniques for online research. Librarian's Guide to Online Searching, Third Edition explores the fundament[...]
"Let's Go Budget Madrid" is a budget traveler's ticket to getting the most out of a trip to Madrid--without breaking the bank. Whether you want to visit Picasso's "Guernica" at the Museo Nacional Reina Sofia, dance the night away at mansion-turned-discoteca Palacio Gaviria, or row around the lake at[...]
""From 1962 when the first SEAL teams were commissioned to present day, Navy SEALs have distinguished themselves as an individually reliable, collectively disciplined and highly skilled maritime force. Because of the dangers inherent in Naval Special Warfare, prospective SEALs go through what is con[...]
This handbook offers the techniques and tactics that make U.S. Army Rangers the best soldiers in the world. These highly trained, easily deployable, and widely skilled infantrymen specialize in airborne assault, raids, recovery of personnel and equipment, and airfield seizure, among other difficult [...]
The Reader's Digest Magazine has a long and close association with the Royal Family. This book, reproduced from the magazine archives, features the best of those accounts. There are first-person recollections - such as a Saskatchewan man's memories of the royal visit of George VI and Queen Elizabeth[...]
The prevailing orthodoxy in brain science is that since physical laws govern our physical brains, physical laws therefore govern our behaviour and even our conscious selves. Free will is meaningless, goes the mantra; we live in a "determined" world. Not so, argues the renowned neuroscientist Michael[...]
For someone who didn't intend to wreck the solar system's fragile balance of power, Jim Holden did a pretty good job of it. While Earth and Mars have stopped shooting each other, the core alliance is shattered. The outer planets and the Belt are uncertain in their new - possibly temporary - autonomy[...]
For generations, the solar system - Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt - was humanity's great frontier. Until now. The alien artefact working through its program under the clouds of Venus has emerged to build a massive structure outside the orbit of Uranus: a gate that leads into a starless dark. Jim[...]
How might C.S. Lewis, the greatest Christian apologist of the twentieth century, respond to the twenty-first century 'new atheism' of Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and company? Might Lewis' own journey from atheism to Christian belief illuminate and undercut the objections of the new atheist[...]
A beautifully presented style guide packed with colour images and advice for women on how to dress to their best for any occasion. Harper's Bazaar has a readership with a well-honed eye for style. That's why this fabulous guide to finding your personal style will quickly capture their attention and [...]
Philip's Exploring Stars and Planets is a completely updated and redesigned edition of the popular children's book formerly titled 'Philip's Atlas of Stars and Planets'. Written specially for 8 to 14 year olds, Philip's Exploring Stars and Planets is a colourful and entertaining introduction to the [...]
Invaluable for both beginners and advanced observers, Philip's Planisphere (Latitude 51.5 North) is a practical hour-by-hour tracker of the stars and constellations, designed for use anywhere in Britain and Ireland, Northern Europe, Northern USA and Canada. Turn the oval panel to the required date a[...]
Britain's best-selling secondary school atlas, now in its 97th Edition, Philip's Modern School Atlas is divided into sections for ease of use, with each page colour-coded for rapid reference. A 10-page Remote Sensing section covers such topics as satellite imagery and GIS (with an explanation of fal[...]
Philip's Navigator Scotland is part of a series of Navigator regional road atlases. The Navigator maps provide highly detailed coverage of the region's road network, including minor country lanes and rural tracks. In this atlas, much of the Central Lowlands and Scottish Borders are shown at 1.5 mil[...]
This double-sided Philip's Scotland Road Map is designed for long-distance driving, and is a convenient size for opening out on a table or in a vehicle. Included in this edition are speed camera sites with corresponding speed limits. Scotland is shown at 1:330 000 (5.25 miles to 1 inch), an ideal sc[...]
A fully revised and improved new edition of Philip's ultra-clear best-selling road atlas of Europe, in a spiral A3 format.[...]