Crime & mystery/Classic fiction
Crime & mystery/Classic fiction
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Spark your imagination, forge your own adventures and unearth long-lost skills. In this long-awaited follow-up to his much-loved bestseller, written with his sons Cameron and Arthur, Conn Iggulden presents a brand-new compendium of cunning schemes, projects, tricks, games and tales of extraordinary courage. Whether it''s building a flying machine (keep your temper with this one) or learning how to pick a padlock (or your own front door, but not someone else''s), discovering our forgotten explorers and the world''s greatest speeches, or mastering the lauded task of solving a Rubik''s cube, The Double Dangerous Book for Boys is the ultimate companion to be cherished by readers and doers of all ages.
An unhysterical look at the future of employment.
'Bad Science' hilariously exposed the tricks that quacks and journalists use to distort science, becoming a 400,000 copy bestseller. Now Ben Goldacre puts the $600bn global pharmaceutical industry under the microscope. What he reveals is a fascinating, terrifying mess.
This single volume edition of J.R.R Tolkien's trilogy is illustrated with reproductions of 50 original Alan Lee paintings. He has also illustrated "Faeries", "Merlin Dreams" and "The Mabinogion".
Jack Canfield reveals the simple set of rules for success that led him to become the multi-million copy author of the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" series, and shows how anyone can follow these principles to achieve their own dreams.
"The One Minute Manager" meets "Yum!", the world's largest restaurant company, in this practical guide to making superlative customer service drive your business to success.
The author of 'The One Minute Manager' explores the skills needed to empower its readers to success.
Written by 10 well-known authors, this book provides major prize winner listings, dates for global literary festivals, a short guide to running a book group, and suggested titles to read. It is intended for book group member and solitary book enthusiast.
Written by the author of "Megatrends and Megatrends 2000", this work reveals how to develop and experience the power of 11 cognitive tools that allows readers to understand the trends transforming their daily life and the world around them, so that they can anticipate and act on the future.
Packed with historical facts, seasonal activities and space to note your own adventures, 'The Dangerous Book for Boys Yearbook' will keep men and boys busy from January to December
What's the question every business should be asking itself? According to Jeff Jarvis, it's WHAT WOULD GOOGLE DO? If you're not thinking or acting like Google -- the fastest-growing company in the history of the world -- then you're not going to survive, let alone prosper, in the Internet age.
'The Squeeze' is an invaluable account of the modern oil industry and vital to understanding the awful truth about the current disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. With unprecedented access to their engineers and executives in London and Houston, Tom Bower tells the inside story of BP's history of alleged negligence.
From the 'Wired' and 'New York Times Magazine' contributor, a brilliant examination into how the internet is profoundly changing the way we think.