101 chance meetings, juxtaposing the famous and the infamous, the artistic and the philistine, the pompous and the comical, the snobbish and the vulgar, told by Britain's funniest writer. Life is made up of humans meeting one another. They speak, or don't speak. They get on, or fall out. They laugh,[...]
The Lost Diaries is a wide-ranging anthology of the world's greatest diarists, each of them channelled onto paper through the considerable psychic force that is Craig Brown.[...]
Assess your readiness for MCTS Exam 70-662--and quickly identify where you need to focus and practice. This practical, streamlined guide walks you through each exam objective, providing "need to know" checklists, review questions, tips, and links to further study--all designed to help bolster your p[...]
First published in 1987, The Illustrated History of Canada was the first comprehensive, authoritative one-volume history of the country. It featured chapters by seven of Canada's leading historians and hundreds of engravings, lithographs, cartoons, maps, posters, and photographs. Together, these ele[...]
"Hello Goodbye Hello "is a daisy chain of 101 fascinating true encounters, a book that has been hailed by reviewers in London as "howlingly funny" ("The Spectator"), "original and a complete delight" ("The Sunday Times"), and "rich and hugely enjoyable" ("The Guardian"). Or, as the "London Evening S[...]
IMAGINE THESE UNLIKELY BUT TRUE ENCOUNTERS:
Martha Graham and Madonna
Igor Stravinsky and Walt Disney
Frank Lloyd Wright and Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe and Nikita Khrushchev
President Richard M. Nixon and Elvis Presley
Harpo Marx and George Bernard Shaw
Salvador Dali a[...]
"Ending Up" is a grimly hilarious dance of death, full of bickering, bitching, backstabbing, drinking (of course), and idiocy of all sorts. It is a book about dying people and about a dying England, clinging to its memories of greatness as it succumbs to terminal decay.
Everyone wants a comfort[...]
Snipers are numbered among the most highly trained and efficient of all trained killers. They can act as lone agents or as part of a strategic military force. From the French sniper who shot Admiral Nelson from the topmast of a French frigate at the battle of Trafalgar, to Lee Harvey Oswald's devast[...]
Part of "Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology", this book covers assessment, treatment, and management of sexual offenders with intellectual disabilities - an area of growing interest within clinical forensic psychology. It discusses risk assessment and innovations in treatment and managemen[...]