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and edifying, touching and toe-curlingly embarrassing stories from the fascinating mosaic of modern romance. 252pp in paperback. £8.99 NOW £2


70075 BRITAIN ON THE COUCH by Oliver James


There appears to have been a substantial increase in depression between the 1950s and the 1980s for two reasons - increased pathological comparisons of ourselves with others and much more rancorous relations between the sexes. There are four reasons for this: elevated aspirations and more of us becoming part of a Me generation, because education has become crucial for upward social mobility, the growth of media, especially TV, an increased amount of comparing, and new patterns of work to create enormous pressure to market your personal attributes. Depression has mushroomed, especially among the poor and young women, yet this was a time when all of us got richer and all had unprecedented access to education, new freedoms and wealth. 486pp in paperback. £8.99 NOW £4


70465 DON’T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF... AND IT’S ALL SMALL STUFF: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Overtaking Your Life by Richard Carlson


Choose a subject from a huge list of 136 things that may be bothering you and, lo and behold! your problem is solved in a short essay by the expert author. We can all learn to put things in perspective by making the small daily changes the good doctor suggests. For instance, ask yourself: ‘Will this matter in a year? Do something nice for someone else and don’t tell anyone about it. Surrender to the fact that life is not fair. Listen to your feelings, because they are trying to tell you something, and remember that, when you die, your ‘In’ box will not be empty! There is much, much more. 248 encouraging paperback pages. £9.99 NOW £4


RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY


Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in adoration of the sweet baby, the incarnation of perfect love.


- Lucinda Franks


210654 GOLDEN BOUGH A Study in Magic and Religion by Sir James Frazer


Sir James George Frazer (1854-1941) is rightly regarded as one of the founders of modern anthropology. ‘The Golden Bough’, his masterpiece, appeared in 12 volumes between 1890 and 1915. This volume is the author’s own abridgement of his great work, and was first published in 1922. It discusses fertility rites, human sacrifice, the dying god, the scapegoat and many other symbols and practices which have influenced a whole generation of 20th century writers. 784pp. Paperback. ONLY £4


70421 THE SISTERS OF SINAI: How Two lady


Adventurers Discovered the Hidden Gospels by Janet Soskice


Rousingly recounted, this is the compelling story of how two middle-aged identical twin sisters from Scotland made one of the most important scriptural discoveries of modern times. In 1892, whilst combing the library of St Catherine’s monastery at Mount Sinai, they came across a long-neglected palimpsest. Beneath this unremarkable life of female saints they detected what turned out to be one of the earliest known copies of the Gospels, written in ancient Syriac, the language spoken by Jesus and his disciples. The story of how Agnes and Margaret Smith came to make their astounding discovery is a quintessentially Victorian adventure. Hampered at every turn by the jealously and disdain of male biblical scholars, they traversed the Middle East by camel. They brought the Scriptures favourably back into the public’s attention at a time when scientific and archaeological discoveries were rewriting the world’s understanding of the origins of mankind. Equipped with only an indomitable spirit, an astonishing gift for languages and an almost child-like passion for adventure, the Smith twins are unsung heroines. Photos, engravings and other illus. 316 roughcut pages. $27.95 NOW £7


70372 IN CONSOLATION TO HIS WIFE by Plutarch


From an intimate and moving letter to his grieving wife on the death of their daughter, to elegant writings on morality, happiness and the avoidance of anger, Plutarch’s powerful words of consolation and inspiration still offer timeless wisdom and guidance today. Contents include ‘On Being Aware of Moral Progress’, ‘On the Avoidance of Anger’ and ‘On Contentment’. 101pp in paperback.


$10 NOW £3 69340 GREAT CHURCHES OF THE


NORTHWEST by Matthew Byrne The book covers churches from Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside and all have great beauty, historical interest or dramatic settings. They range from remote medieval chapels and grand Victorian houses, in the cities of Manchester and Liverpool.


Norman architecture gave way to the very different Gothic style around 1200 and it is the architecture of the pointed arch, rib- vaulted stone roofs, flying buttresses, large windows and intricate stone tracery which are widely represented in this region. 126 large pages with map and colour photos.


£14.99 NOW £4


70703 THE FOUR GOSPELS by A. N. Wilson, Nick Cave, Blake Morrison et al


Encouraging the reading of the Bible as literature rather than doctrine, the four central gospels are presented here in the beauty of the Authorised King James Version, with four fresh, modern introductions. The revelatory essays by A. N. Wilson, Nick Cave, Richard Holloway and Blake Morrison were commissioned


for the groundbreaking Pocket Canons series. They offer piercing, moving and highly personal responses to the most influential stories of the last 2000 years - the life of Christ. Wilson looks at the Gospel according to Matthew, Cave on Mark, Holloway on Luke and Morrison on John. 313pp in paperback. £8.99 NOW £3


68976 LITTLE BOOK OF EASTERN WISDOM by Priya Hemenway


Beginning with Sufism in the Middle East and travelling via Taoism in China to Zen in Japan, this beautiful little book traces the three very different spiritual paths, with a commentary and text illustrated by artworks on each double spread. Sufism is a religion of devotion to a single God with roots in Islam. Tao found its clearest voice in the writings of Lao Tzu, based on the wisdom of the eternally creative laws of nature. Zen is one of the many flowerings of Buddhism and speaks of the here and now with humour and clarity. 152pp, illus in colour. ONLY £3


69062 STILLNESS THROUGH MY PRAYERS by Sister Stan


Stillness is a deep silence and quiet calm, bringing feelings of peace, solace, contentment and serenity. Sister Stan shares simple, profound and calming prayers to find that most elusive and treasured state of mind. There are just two to six lines of text per page to contemplate, relax into and let your heart and mind reach towards God and the clouds, skies, sun and moon as you imagine Stillness. 268pp in paperback with line art. £8.99 NOW £3


68934 WAY OF CONFUCIUS by Jonathan Price At last, for readers in the 21st century, here is the real Confucius (551-479 BCE). The teachings of Confucius are known primarily through the Analects - a collection of brief aphoristic fragments compiled many years after his death. Setting Confucius’ ideas against the context of his own life and times, the author brings to life the thoughts


of the Master in their pristine form which, unalloyed by later misinterpretations and perversions of his original ideas, still have relevance today. 256 pages very lavishly illus in colour, map and timeline. £20 NOW £6


69411 IN THE NAME OF GOD: Violence and


Destruction in the World’s Religions by Michael Jordan


Examines the history of religious violence and the relationship between religion, politics and society, as well as looking at modern religious terrorism. The God of the Old Testament, worshipped by Christians and Jews, crushed nations and annihilated the entire Earth’s by population flood. The Hindu god Krishna told his disciples that risk in war is preferable to abstention from war, while the Qur’an states that ‘idolatry is more grievous than bloodshed’. With such encouragement in religious texts, it is perhaps not surprising that ‘holy’ wars, whether crusade or jihad, as well as individual acts of violence have occurred again and again over the centuries. 272 pages with b/w illus. £20 NOW £5.50


69534 SECRET LANGUAGE OF CHURCHES AND


CATHEDRALS by Richard Stemp Subtitled Decoding the Sacred Symbolism of Christianity’s Holy Buildings, here a lecturer at the National Gallery takes us from basilicas through Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and beyond. The largely illiterate medieval


audience could recognise the meanings and stories deliberately encoded into the churches and cathedrals. This special and richly adorned book restores the lost spiritual meaning of these fine and fascinating buildings. The book has three parts - from walls to ceilings, with a theme by theme guide identifying significant figures, scenes, stories, animals, flowers and the use of numbers, letters and patterns in paintings, carvings and sculpture. The final part is an historical decoder, tracing the evolution of styles and the layers of meaning. 30 x 24cm with many plans and layouts including Salisbury Cathedral and Durham Cathedral. 225pp, colour photos. £25 NOW £11


70044 RETURN TO THE SACRED by Jonathan Ellerby


Subtitled ‘Ancient Pathways to Spiritual Awakening’ the book reads like an invitation directly from the spirits to come and explore the many expressions of the Divine. Incorporating his study into over 40 cultures from around the world, Dr Jonathan Ellerby uncovers 12 Master Paths and Practices that have transformed the lives of countless saints, mystics, gurus and holy men for thousands of years. Learn the wisdom of the body, dancing with the soul, and soul speaking - beginning to pray, healing ceremonies and how extraordinary outcomes require extraordinary steps. 260pp in large softback. £9.99 NOW £3.50


70023 CHRISTIANITY FOR TODAY by Robert Douglas Richardson


The first part of this book contains a profoundly religious, if controversial, enquiry into the being and nature of God, religious experience and faith, and provides a structure by which the second part may be understood. The second section is in itself a detailed, radical programme of revision of the Church liturgy. The final part presents a series of meditations for every Sunday in the Church year. These meditations celebrate and reflect the source of their inspiration - that is, the essential nature of Christianity and the time- honoured beauty of the Bible, Church traditions and the Book of Common Prayer. 258 pages. £12.50 NOW £3


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OPPRESSED AND EXHAUSTED PEOPLES OF EUROPE by Leon Trotsky


‘They turn their people’s blood into their master’s gold.’ Whether calling for an end to the capitalist system, addressing the crowds after the Russian Revolution, or attacking Stalin during his years of exile, Leon Trotsky’s speeches give an extraordinary insight into a man whose words and actions determined the fate of millions. Chapters include The Zimmerwald Manifesto Against the War, All Power to the Soviets, Brother Cossacks! And The Walkout of the Mensheviks and Social Revolutionary ending with I Stake My Life! and Testament. One of the Penguin Great Ideas series, 131pp in paperback. $10 NOW £2.25


SCIENCE 71078 A BRIEF GUIDE TO


GREAT EQUATIONS by Robert P. Crease Subtitled ‘The Hunt for Cosmic Beauty in Numbers’ here is the beautiful history of mathematics, from Pythagoras to Heisenberg. Was Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman really joking when he called Maxwell’s electromagnetic equations the most significant event of the 19th century? How did


Newton’s Law of Gravitation influence young revolutionaries? Why has Euler’s Formula been called ‘God’s equation’, and why did a mysterious ecoterrorist make it his calling card? What role do betrayal, insanity and suicide play in the second law of thermodynamics? Like strands of DNA, equations distil knowledge and make is available to future generations. The story of the discovery of ten great equations, and the personal struggles of their ingenious originators. 313pp in paperback with diagrams. £8.99 NOW £4.50


70927 NEWTON’S


NOTEBOOK: The Life, Times and Discoveries of Sir Isaac


Newton by Joel Levy The popular image of Newton is that of the boffin, lost in thought under the apple tree then literally struck by an idea in the form of that falling apple. Three years later his mother remarried a man over 30 years her senior. Even well into his adolescent years he hated his


stepfather, and many blame this for the emotional problems he had as an adult: withdrawn, moody, intense and prone to fits of rage. This is much more than a biography of one of history’s greatest geniuses. Written, designed and illustrated to look like a personal notebook, it provides a full account of Newton’s life and works, his friends and enemies, likes and dislikes, triumphs and mistakes. It makes much use of quotes and stories from Newton’s own papers and personal correspondence, which brings him thrillingly to life as we see laid open his personal life and groundbreaking ideas. We were particularly fascinated to read about his modernisation of the Royal Mint and his fanatical battles with and relentless prosecution of the “clippers” and forgers who had made almost half the nation’s coins worthless. Packed with illus. in colour and b/w and overflowing with anecdote. 160pp. £11.99 NOW £4


71027 GRAVE SECRETS OF DINOSAURS: Soft Tissues and


Hard Science by Phillip Manning Dinosaur mummies, preserving some of the skin, flesh and muscle, are very rare. This fascinating book is about the excavation of a dinosaur mummy in North Dakota in 2004 and the subsequent task of reconstructing exactly what it looked like, and how it would have moved,


eaten and lived. The Hell Creek formation of the Later Cretaceous period has been a hunting ground for palaeontologists for a century, and in 1999 Tyler Lyson found the end of what he recognised as the tail of a hadrosaur. He returned five years later with an archaeological team from Manchester, led by the author. Manning starts by imagining a day in the life of a herd of hadrosaurs, attacked by predators such as T.Rex and not strong enough to resist the floodwaters which claim their victim, a plant eating biped which may sometimes have walked on all fours. The dino, nicknamed “Dakota”, is quickly covered by sediment and the process of mummification begins. Manning describes the patient process of exposing the mummy, covering it in plaster- soaked burlap and getting it to the lab, and at the same time taking sediment and rock samples in order to understand the process of mummification. Microscopes and high-resolution SEM imaging were used in Manchester, while the tail and body blocks were analysed in America. 316pp, photos. £16.99 NOW £6


27086 CONCISE GRAY’S ANATOMY by Gray/Professor C.H. Leonard AMA, MD In this, the 16th edition of the book are to be found the essential elements of the magisterial 1200-page ‘Gray’s Anatomy’, but available in a concise and useable form. In clear reset text and using the original illustrations from ‘Gray’s Anatomy’, the classic genius of the original work is distilled and presented as ‘a Dissecting room Companion’. The classic compact guide to the human body. 304pp. Facsimile paperback. ONLY £4


68951 BOOK OF THE MOON by Rick Stroud The book is organised thematically, starting with facts and figures, and including Astronomers, Gods and Myths, Astronauts, Cosmonauts and Lunar Exploration, Magic, Medicine, Werewolves and Science. The space race between the United States and the Soviet Union is narrated in detail with a timeline, then a few pages later we see a 17th century etching of an astrologer selling his soul to the devil. 368pp, illus in b/w and colour. £16.99 NOW £4.50


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68540 ATOMIC: The First War of Physics by Jim Baggott


The first fully realised account of the race between Nazi Germany, Britain, America and the Soviet Union first to build and then deploy nuclear weapons. These were the devices that ended WWII, and then led to the Cold War and the creation of immense stockpiles of weaponry which threatened to destroy the entire planet. Baggott weaves a monumental story that spans ten historic years, from 1939 and the discovery of nuclear fission, to 1949 and the test detonation of “Joe-1”, the first Soviet device. He also tells of how German scientists reacted to the bombings of Japan. Paperback, 576pp, photos. £10.99 NOW £3


68652 WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT?: Strange But


True edited by Harry Golding First published by Ward Lock in London in 1936, our sturdily bound facsimile edition came out in 2008. It is packed with fascinating facts about the world and the Universe, from history and nature, to astronomy and science, as far as they were known 85 years ago. The incredible things that insects can do, places of unimaginable cold and heat, the Universe and what could be in it and oh! so much more. 300 b/w illus and eight rather quaint colour plates. 232pp. £12.99 NOW £3


70027 EVERYDAY MATHS


FOR GROWN-UPS by Kjartan Poskitt


Here is an easy-to-read book that explains all the shortcuts, tricks and tips that you need to tackle everyday Maths with confidence. With this cute little volume you can learn how to: avoid the loan sharks, crack long division, work out poker and bookies’ odds and spot the best supermarket bargains. You will also


learn how to make a rough guess at an answer before you start. So stop thinking that a ‘scalene triangle’ sounds like a painful skin disease, and get happily calculating. 166 pages with glossary and illus in b/w. £9.99 NOW £3.50


68990 SCIENCE BOOK by Cyril Aydon Learn about life, the Universe and everything - the heavens, accurate clocks and meteor showers, weighing the Earth, time and distance, planetary atmospheres, maury and oceanography, Darwin and natural selection, why the sky is blue, Becquerel’s discovery, chemical symbols, Mendeleyev’s dream, Columbus’s miscalculation, Galileo and the Pope, Faraday the showman, Newton and the cat flap, alphabets and moveable type, microscopes and telescopes, the Royal Society, counting in sixes, calculating pi, Arabic numerals, temperature, international standards and more. Timelines. 308pp in paperback, diagrams. £8.99 NOW £2.25


69047 MOON SHOT by Dan Parry Millions of people held their breath on 16th July 1969 as Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong set foot on the surface of the Moon. How did they learn to depend on one another as they endured this most intense period of their lives? From the personal tragedies they encountered along the way to the terrifying climaxes of a mission that redefined humanity, ‘Moon Shot’ tells the compelling true story of an event that captured the imagination of generations. 312pp in paperback, colour and b/w photos. £11.99 NOW £2.50


69943 E = EINSTEIN: His Life, His Thought


and His Influence On Our Culture edited by Donald Goldsmith and Marcia Bartusiak


Stephen Hawking writes about Einstein’s dream; Dennis Overbye on quantum trickery; Jim Holt asks ‘Time Bandits: What Were Einstein and Gödel Talking About?’ There is much more to Albert Einstein than just E=mc² and this anthology of 30 fascinating essays looks at his timelessness, the forgotten wife, the Crimean expedition, his bovine dreams, how he discovered Special Relativity, that famous equation, Einstein and the Jews and even his mistakes. Einstein also published widely on social and philosophical issues, both of science and of the state. He waged a constant fight for individual liberty of dignity against persecution and war. The first section looks at his professional, personal and political life and the final articles look into the icon’s enduring influences. 125 colour illus and photos, 352 large pages. £14.99 NOW £5


69953 MCMURTRIE’S HUMAN ANATOMY


COLOURING BOOK by Hogin McMurtrie The detailed pages include comprehensive use of the whole skeletal system, articular system, muscular system, the central nervous system, the cardiovascular system and the reproductive system. Use any chapter in any order, and by colouring in the shaded, detailed drawings, it slows the student down to absorb the name, explanations, what part it plays, and inferior and posterior views of the body part. Includes an overview of each body system, an at-a-glance identification of corresponding components and functions and a very useful perforated cardboard sheet to use as a hard drawing surface. Softback, 8" x 11", over 1,000 b/w illus. 320pp. Updated, revised edition. £12.99 NOW £5


69960 RENAISSANCE GENIUS Galileo Galilei


and His Legacy to Modern Science by David Whitehouse


Published in 2009 in celebration of the 400th anniversary of his first observations of our solar system and the stars beyond it, this lavishly produced exploration of the life and science of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) is a real treat. Best known for perfecting the telescope lenses that enabled him to observe first our moon, then Jupiter and her moons, the peculiar appearance of Saturn, the phases of Venus and the phenomenon of sun spots, Galileo quickly found himself on a collision course with the Catholic Church once he realised the full implications of his observations. Less well known are his other accomplishments - the thermoscope, the geometric and military compass and his water-lifting machine. Accused of heresy and threatened with torture by the Inquisition, he was sentenced to spend his last years under house arrest. Famed astrophysicist, broadcaster and author David Whitehouse weaves Galileo’s life seamlessly with the world of the Italian Renaissance at a crucial time. The quantity and quality of illustration are astounding and range from Renaissance oils to images from deep space collected by the modern descendants of Galileo’s invention. 256 8"×9½” pages.


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