The Truth about Fat: Why Obesity Is Not That Simple (Warner Anthony)(Paperback)

The Truth about Fat: Why Obesity Is Not That Simple (Warner Anthony)(Paperback)

Most people try out diets just to see if they work. One friend cuts out sugar, a second cuts out fat. Another mumbles something about gut microbes. Even scientists still seem to be arguing about what causes obesity, so what hope is there for the rest of us? Anthony Warner, author of The Angry Chef,

Truth About Markets - Why Some Nations are Rich But Most Remain Poor (Kay John)(Paperback / softback)

Unravels the truth about markets, from Wall Street to Switzerland, from Russia to Mumbai, examining why some nations are rich and some poor, why 'one-size-fits-all' globalization hurts developing countries and why markets can work - but only in a humane social and cultural context. This title

Truth - A Brief History of Total Bullsh*t (Phillips Tom)(Paperback / softback)

This is a book about TRUTH - and all the ingenious ways, throughout history, that we've managed to avoid it.We live in a 'post-truth' age, we're told. The US has a president who openly lies on a daily basis (or who doesn't even know what's true, and doesn't care). The internet has turned our

The Gift of Pain: Why We Hurt and What We Can Do about It (Brand Paul)(Paperback)

Pain is not something that most of us would count as a blessing; however, renowned surgeon Dr. Paul Brand and award-winning writer Philip Yancey shed fresh light on the purpose of our pain.Wouldn't it be nice to never experience pain or never have to take drugs to deal with pain? Many people think

Slow Sex: The Art and Craft of the Female Orgasm (Daedone Nicole)(Paperback)

The truth is: Most women do not have satisfying sex lives. Slow Sex can change that. Better sex is about one thing: better orgasm. This life-altering guide teaches men and women how to use the practice of Orgasmic Meditation-or OM-to slow down, connect emotionally, and achieve authentic female

The People Speak: Democracy Is Not a Spectator Sport (Arnove Anthony)(Paperback)

How Schools Really Matter: Why Our Assumption about Schools and Inequality Is Mostly Wrong (Downey Douglas B.)(Paperback)

Most of us assume that public schools in America are unequal--that the quality of the education varies with the location of the school and that as a result, children learn more in the schools that serve mostly rich, white kids than in the schools serving mostly poor, black kids. But it turns out

Burn Fat Fast - The alternate-day low-GL diet plan (Holford Patrick)(Paperback / softback)

Burn Fat Fast is quite simply the easiest, healthiest and most effective way to lose weight. Alternate-day dieting, which involves taking in a very low amount of calories on alternate days, is all the rage - this diet takes it to a whole new level. In this book Patrick Holford outlines how, by

The Theory of Investment Value (Williams John Burr)(Paperback)

Why the book is interesting today is that it still is important and the most authoritative work on how to value financial assets. 'Williams combined original theoretical concepts with enlightening and entertaining commentary based on his own experiences in the rough-and-tumble world of

Theory of the Hashtag (Bernard Andreas)(Paperback)

This is a short book about the most prominent sign of our times. The simple # sign is now used so widely that it is easy to overlook the fundamental effects it has had in the structuring of public debate. With its help, statements are bundled together and discourse is organized and amplified around

Undisputed Truth - My Autobiography (Tyson Mike)(Paperback / softback)

One of the most talked-about and bestselling books of last year, this is the no-holds-barred autobiography of a sporting legend driven to the brink of

Watertight Marketing: The proven process for seriously scalable sales (Thomas Bryony)(Paperback)

Are you wasting time on marketing? The sad truth is that most businesses are. But there is an answer, and it's in this book Even the smartest businesses can find themselves exhausted by yo-yo marketing and paralysed by the overwhelm of big ideas, big promises and the next big thing. Money and

Raceless: In Search of Family, Identity, and the Truth about Where I Belong (Lawton Georgina)(Paperback)

A Bustle Most Anticipated Debut of the Year'Freshly fascinating. [Lawton] is a particularly astute observer of the psychological dislocation caused by growing up mixed race... and she writes beautifully about questions of identity and belonging, so central to each of us in finding our particular

The Other Solzhenitsyn: Telling the Truth about a Misunderstood Writer and Thinker (Mahoney Daniel J.)(Paperback)

The great Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008) is widely recognized as one of the most consequential human beings of the twentieth century. Through his writings and moral witness, he illumined the nature of totalitarianism and helped bring down an 'evil empire.' His courage and

The Northumbrians: North-East England and Its People -- A New History (Jackson Dan)(Paperback)

Why is the North East the most distinctive region of England? Where do the stereotypes about North Easterners come from, and why are they so often misunderstood? In this wideranging new history of the people of North East England, Dan Jackson explores the deep roots of Northumbrian culture--hard

What July Knew - Emily Koch

July knows 18 things about her mother. But not the truth.Summer, 1995. On her tenth birthday, July's teacher sets the class a project to find out about a relation they don't know. It's easy for July to choose her subject. She doesn't remember her mother, who died when she was small, and her father

Why Your Baby's Sleep Matters (Ockwell-Smith Sarah)(Paperback)

Research shows that 'normal' infant sleep is not what most experts claim it to be. In fact, many of today's sleep 'problems' with young babies and children predominantly occur in the developed world. In Why Your Baby's Sleep Matters, renowned gentle parenting expert Sarah Ockwell-Smith demonstrates

Artful Math Activity Book (Grandi Clarissa)(Paperback)

The wonderful thing about mathematical art is that the most beautiful geometric patterns can be produced without needing to be able to draw, or be 'good at art'. Mathematical art is accessible to learners of all ages: its algorithmic nature means that it simply requires the ability to follow

Opening Repertoire the Modern Benoni (Doknjas John)(Paperback)

The Modern Benoni is just about the most aggressive method that Black can choose to counter White's 1 d4. In the main line variations Black allows White to have a preponderance of central pawns which, traditionally, grants the first player the advantage. However, in return, Black gains the

That Smell and Notes from Prison (Ibrahim Sonallah)(Paperback)

That Smell is Sonallah Ibrahim's modernist masterpiece and one of the most influential novels written in Arabic since WWII. Composed after a five-year term in prison, the semi-autobiographical story follows a recently released political prisoner as he wanders through Cairo, adrift in his native

A Simple, Life-Changing Prayer: Discovering the Power of St. Ignatius Loyola's Examen (Manney Jim)(Paperback)

For most people most of the time, prayer is hard. It is especially difficult--not to mention unsatisfying--when people experience it as formal, dry, and repetitious. But what might happen if you discovered a simple prayer that changed all that? What if you discovered a prayer that changed you? In

The Everything Kids' Human Body Book: All You Need to Know about Your Body Systems - From Head to Toe! (Amsel Sheri)(Paperback)

A book about the most interesting thing on earth--you What happens to food after you eat it? Why is your blood red? How do your bones grow? Your body is an amazing machine. Every second of the day and night--without you even knowing it--your body is busily working to keep you running smoothly

The Little Schemer, Fourth Edition (Friedman Daniel P.)(Paperback)

The notion that 'thinking about computing is one of the most exciting things the human mind can do' sets both The Little Schemer (formerly known as The Little LISPer) and its new companion volume, The Seasoned Schemer, apart from other books on LISP. The authors' enthusiasm for their subject is

Notes and Tones: Musician-To-Musician Interviews (Taylor Arthur)(Paperback)

Notes and Tones is one of the most controversial, honest, and insightful books ever written about jazz. As a black musician himself, Arthur Taylor was able to ask his subjects hard questions about the role of black artists in a white society. Free to speak their minds, these musicians offer