How Steam Locomotives Really Work (Semmens P. W. B.)(Paperback)

How Steam Locomotives Really Work (Semmens P. W. B.)(Paperback)

Steam locomotives were developed in the early part of the 19th Century, initially by Trevithick, and then most successfully by George Stephenson, whose engine Locomotion inaugurated the famous Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825. For the next 150 years, steam locomotives were further developed

How a Steam Locomotive Works (Wells Dominic)(Paperback / softback)

How to Solve Problems and Make Brilliant Decisions: Business Thinking Skills That Really Work (Hall Richard)(Paperback)

How to Be Really Productive: Achieving Clarity and Getting Results in a World Where Work Never Ends (Marshall Grace)(Paperback)

How to be REALLY Productive has been officially announced as winner of 'The Commuter's Read' category for the 2017 Management Book of the Year award by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and the British Library. In the opinion of the awarding judges, this book will best serve commuters and

Pain Is Really Strange (Haines Steve)(Paperback)

Answering questions such as 'how can I change my pain experience?', 'what is pain?', and 'how do nerves work?', this short research-based graphic book reveals just how strange pain is and explains how understanding it is often the key to relieving its effects.Studies show that understanding how

Anesthesia: A Very Short Introduction (O'Donnell Aidan)(Paperback)

How does anesthesia work? What are the risks? And how does the anesthetist know if you are really asleep? In this brisk survey, Aidan O'Donnell takes the reader on a tour of modern anesthetic practice. He begins by explaining general anesthesia: what it is, how it is produced, and how it differs

Trauma Is Really Strange (Haines Steve)(Paperback)

What is trauma? How does it change the way our brains work? And how can we overcome it? When something traumatic happens to us, we dissociate and our bodies shut down their normal processes. This unique comic explains the strange nature of trauma and how it confuses the brain and affects the body

Influence - What it really means and how to make it work for you (Nabben Jenny)(Paperback / softback)

The honest truth about influence: what it is, how it works and how you can do it better. Your ability to influence can spell the difference between success and failure in business: with it you can get things done, spark change and transform results as you gently persuade, convince and

Management F-Laws: How Organizations Really Work (Ackoff Russell L.)(Paperback)

A full collection of more than 80 of Russell Ackoff's management f-laws: the uncomfortable truths about how organizations really work, what's wrong with the way we design and manage businesses, what makes managers tick... and how we can make things work better. Russell Ackoff is one of the world's

Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered - How Couples Really Work (Bramley Wyn)(Paperback / softback)

Wyn Bramley provides no simple solutions to disharmony or impending break-up, but she does offer a clear model for understanding how couple partnerships operate, thus creating opportunities for change. Without blame or judgment, she sets out to help you discover the truth of why you and your

How Kirsty Jenkins Stole the Elephant (Caldecott Elen)(Paperback / softback)

'Do you really think it will work?' Kirsty nodded. She was surer than she had ever been before. 'This is the only thing that will work.' she

Little Book of F-laws - 13 Common Sins of Management (Ackoff Russell L.)(Paperback / softback)

Helps you find out the uncomfortable truths about how organizations really work, what's wrong with the way we design and manage businesses, what makes managers tick... and how we can make things work better. Written by business guru, Russell Ackoff, this book skewers many of the behaviours and

Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science, Second Edition (Godfrey-Smith Peter)(Paperback)

How does science work? Does it tell us what the world is 'really' like? What makes it different from other ways of understanding the universe? In Theory and Reality, Peter Godfrey-Smith addresses these questions by taking the reader on a grand tour of more than a hundred years of debate about

The Positive Birth Book: A New Approach to Pregnancy, Birth and the Early Weeks (Hill MILLI)(Paperback)

Work out what kind of birth you really want, and learn how to maximize your chances of getting it, in this refreshing, warm and witty guide to pregnancy, birth and the early weeks. Packed with vital and cutting-edge information on everything from building the ultimate birth plan, to your choices

The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Work (Hillis W. Daniel)(Paperback)

Most people are baffled by how computers work and assume that they will never understand them. What they don't realize--and what Daniel Hillis's short book brilliantly demonstrates--is that computers' seemingly complex operations can be broken down into a few simple parts that perform the same

The Natural Way to Vibrant Health (Walker Norman W.)(Paperback)

This work discusses why proper nutrition is tantamount to good health and how artificial processed foods can destroy health and shorten lives. The author recommends stimulating your mind and body through both proper nutrition and positive thoughts to achieve mental soundness and

Exploring Science Through Science Fiction (Luokkala Barry B.)(Paperback)

How does Einstein's description of space and time compare with Doctor Who? Can James Bond really escape from an armor-plated railroad car by cutting through the floor with a laser concealed in a wristwatch? What would it take to create a fully intelligent android, such as Star Trek's Commander

How to See: Looking, Talking, and Thinking about Art (Salle David)(Paperback)

'David Salle is a remarkably enthusiastic guide who genuinely loves art, and it is bracing to be in the company of one who has maintained his capacity for wonder after more than four decades of activity in the art world.' Times Literary Supplement How does art work? How does it move us, inform us,

Quest Of The Overself - The classic work on how to achieve serenity of mind (Brunton P)(Paperback / softback)

'By far the safest and most rational exposition of Eastern metaphysics and the practice of mental discipline that I have read.' SpectatorThe Quest of the Overself shows Western readers how to achieve serenity of mind, control of thought and desire, and the power to use higher forces by means of

Capitalism in the Web of Life: Ecology and the Accumulation of Capital (Moore Jason W.)(Paperback)

Finance. Climate. Food. Work. How are the crises of the twenty-first century connected? In Capitalism in the Web of Life, Jason W. Moore argues that the sources of today's global turbulence have a common cause: capitalism as a way of organizing nature, including human nature. Drawing on

The Electric Century: How the Taming of Lightning Shaped the Modern World (Williams J. B.)(Paperback)

This book is about how electricity has profoundly changed the way we live, work, and play. Some twenty topics are covered, with an abundance of graphs and images to build a comprehensive picture. Each looks at the developments, and the people who initiated them, together with how one led to the

We Can Work It Out: Resolving Conflicts Peacefully and Powerfully (Rosenberg Marshall B.)(Paperback)

Practical suggestions are included on how to foster caring, genuine cooperation, and satisfying

Eso: How You and Your Lover Can Give Each Other Hours of *extended Sexual Orgasm (Brauer Alan P.)(Paperback)

Through years of research and clinical work, Doctors Alan and Donna Brauer have developed an amazing technique which will revolutionise readers sex lives, exploring the mental and emotional as well as physical

Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War (Singer P. W.)(Paperback)

'A novel that reads like science fiction but bristles with rich detail about how the next World War could be fought.' --Vice 'A modern-day successor to tomes such as The Hunt for Red October from the late Tom Clancy.' -USA Today What Will World War III Look Like? Ghost Fleet is a page-turning