The autobiography of Craig Revel Horwood, a judge on the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing. The book covers his life story, from his childhood in Australia to his celebrity encounters.Â
A History of British Serial Killing chronicles the history of serial murder in Britain, focusing on how famous killers were identified and captured. The book documents the crimes and discusses the forensic and psychological breakthroughs that helped bring these killers to justice. Cases covered include the Whitechapel Murders attributed to Jack the Ripper in 1888 and other prominent British cases up to the time of publication.
The memoir chronicles the life of Dov Fedler, a cartoonist from Johannesburg, South Africa, and includes reflections on his career and the history of his generation.
The memoir chronicles Weiner's personal journey dealing with a body image crisis and eating disorder, which she developed in her youth. It shares her path to recovery and discusses how she uses her story as a motivational speaker.
The Way to Win features: Daly Thompson - Glaxo; Adrian Moorhouse - ICI; Sebastian Coe - Hewlitt-Packard;Gary Lineker - Semco; Tracy Edwards - Rank Xerox; Mike Brearly - Honda; Jonah Barrington - British Airways
Based on their Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting, Kristof and WuDunn examine the oppression of women and girls in the developing world. The book chronicles stories of extraordinary women who are fighting terrible circumstances, with the authors arguing that gender equality is the central human rights challenge of the 21st century.
At the far end of the long white gallery is a painting of a woman, in pale flowing clothes and lying on a sofa beside an open window. It is a painting which leads Flora on, beckoning her away from her childhood, her complaining mother, pert younger sister, and the confines of a small community.
Sulloway's central idea is that siblings develop different personality traits as they compete for parental attention in the "family niche". The strategies they use in this competition shape their long-term behavior.
Firstborns: The first to arrive, these children identify more strongly with their parents and authority. They are more likely to support the status quo, and exhibit traits like being conscientious, responsible, and ambitious.
Later-borns: These children must compete for attention in a different way, leading them to develop different strategies. They tend to be more rebellious, sociable, adventurous, and open to new experiences.
The book provides a guide to using visualization as a tool for self-improvement and healing.
It teaches step-by-step techniques to improve one's life by harnessing the power of imagination.
The second edition includes applications for various areas such as weight control, stress reduction, improving self-esteem, overcoming shyness, and managing conditions like insomnia, depression, and pain
Originally published in 1934, Patterns of Culture is a foundational work in cultural anthropology. In it, Benedict argues that a people's culture is an integrated whole—a "personality writ large". The book explores this thesis through case studies of three contrasting cultures:
The work of a master at the full stretch of his age and wisdom - necessary, provoking, urgent, rich, complex and rare.'Golding is quite simply the best living writer of the short novel in the English Language.' - The Times
The memoir is written by Mary Ellin Barrett, the oldest daughter of the famed songwriter Irving Berlin.
It covers her experience of growing up with the legendary composer of American classics such as "White Christmas" and "God Bless America".
Barrett recounts her parents' high-profile and controversial marriage—a Jewish composer and a wealthy Irish-American Catholic socialite.
The book provides a glimpse into a world of privilege and fame in the 1930s and 1940s but also reveals the personal struggles within the family, including the tragic death of an infant son and her father's bouts of depression.
A Year of Life in China. The book is a memoir based on the year the South African writer Robert Berold spent teaching at a university in Hangzhou, China. It includes contributions from the author's students and touches on China's developing economy, its everyday life, and its respect for ancient texts
This is about a passage through a continent filled with the most confusing contrasts: the ageing Soviet jets, on their way to strafe Unita positions against a backdrop of palms and an azure sea; the boy in the Angolan town Viana whose leg had been blown off by a landmine but whose hope and trust seemed to deny the agony of a land torn by bloody warfare; the almost serene stillness of the Tete valley in Mozambique, chilling for its nightmare scenery of burnt-out trucks and its forlorn landscape. Through it, Wender travels deeper into perhaps one of the most inexplicable events and places of this century. Rwanda.
Peter and Steven offer a vision of the future that's truly awesome in both the most traditional and modern understandings of the word; it's as big as it is awe inspiring.
Fleeing crushing poverty and ceaseless pogroms, many Lithuanian Jews left Europe in the early 1900's and set off to find refuge in a mysterious, faraway land - South Africa.On a dark continent, virtually devoid of the light of Torah, these Jews faced enormous challenges to maintain their faith. This important but relatively unknown slice of history forms the backdrop of this breathtaking novel by highly acclaimed author Gita Gordon. Spanning four generations and traversing the globe, South African Journeys brings the story of the Jews of South Africa to life.
