For those living outside Scandinavia, the Viking Age effectively began in 793 with an attack on the monastery at Lindisfarne, a characteristically violent harbinger of what was in store for Britain and much of Europe from the Vikings for the next 300 years, until the final destruction of the heathen temple to the Norse gods at Uppsala around 1090. Robert Ferguson is a sure guide across what he calls 'the treacherous marches which divide legend from fact in Viking Age history'. His long familiarity with the literary culture of Scandinavia - the eddas, the poetry of the skalds and the sagas - is combined with the latest archaeological discoveries and the evidence of picture-stones, runes, ships and objects scattered all over northern Europe, to make the most convincing modern portrait of the Viking Age in any language. The Hammer and the Cross ranges from Scandinavia itself to Kievan Rus and Byzantium in the east, to Iceland, Greenland and the north American settlements in the west. Beyond its geographical boundaries the book takes us on a journey to a misty region inhabited by Hallfred the Troublesome Poet, Harald Bluetooth, Ragnar Hairy-Breeches, Ivar the Boneless and Eyvind the Plagiarist, in which literature, history and myth dissolve into one another.

The Wealth of Nations: The Economics Classic - A Selected Edition for the Contemporary Reader (Capstone Classics)

Business & Money

Smith. Adam.

Economics

Capstone

Beyond Good and Evil: The Philosophy Classic (Capstone Classics)

NIETZSCHE,FRIEDRICH

Biographies & Memoirs

To everyone around them, Melinda and Vic Van Allen are the perfect couple - young, wealthy and attractive. But when their love sours, their mind games reach a twisted, dangerous climax. Published as part of a beautifully designed series to mark the 40th anniversary of the Virago Modern Classics.\n'If I really don't like somebody, I kill him . . . You remember Malcolm McRae, don't you?'\nMelinda Van Allen is beautiful, headstrong and sexy. Unfortunately for Vic Van Allen, she is his wife. Their love has soured, and Melinda takes pleasure in flaunting her many affairs to her husband. When one of her lovers is murdered, Vic hints to her latest conquest that he was responsible. As rumours spread about Vic's vicious streak, fiction and reality start to converge. It's only a matter of time before Vic really does have blood on his hands.

Enjoyable mental exercises to help boost performance on IQ tests This engaging book offers readers the ultimate in calisthenics for the brain. Using the same fun, informative, and accessible style that have made his previous books so popular, Philip Carter helps people identify mental strengths and weaknesses, and provides methods for improving memory, boosting creativity, and tuning in to emotional intelligence. Featuring never-before-published tests designed specifically for this book, plus answers for all questions, this latest treasure trove from a MENSA puzzle editor outlines a fun, challenging program for significantly enhancing performance in all areas of intelligence.

The Complete Book of Intelligence Tests: 500 Exercises to Improve, Upgrade and Enhance Your Mind Strength (The IQ Workout Series)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

CARTER, PHILIP

Mental Health

'The GDA Diet' is based on the Guideline Daily Amounts front-of-pack food labelling system. It enables followers to eat everyday, supermarket brands while confidently losing weight.

The GDA Diet: The easy way to lose weight - while shopping for food

Denby, Nigel

Diets & Weight Loss

Increase your powers of vocabulary, calculation and logical reasoning with this book of brand new IQ tests.   Each timed test is approximately the same degree of difficulty and consists of a mixture of numerical, diagrammatic and logical reasoning questions. Answers are provided with detailed explanations where necessary, together with a guide to assessing performance on each test individually, and cumulatively on all ten tests.   Whether you use this book for fun or as valuable practice for improving your performance on an IQ test in the future, the ten complete tests of 40 questions each are sure to challenge and expand your mind.

More IQ Testing: 250 New Ways to Release Your IQ Potential (The IQ Workout Series)

Self-Help

Russell, Ken

Personal Transformation

A brand new collection of powerful psychometric and intelligence tests Psychometric testing has become a standard tool of the trade among recruiters in today's hypercompetitive job marketplace. Now, from the wiseguys behind the bestselling IQ Workout series, here are forty new tests designed to gauge and sharpen your mental powers, assess your personality traits, identify your aptitudes, and reveal your strengths and weaknesses. Each test offers a minimum of twenty to twenty-five questions. Using a point system that enables you to calibrate your personality traits, the personality tests examine thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in various situations. The IQ tests assess verbal comprehension, numeracy, logic, and spatial reasoning, and feature a scoring system and in-depth answers that provide instant feedback on performance. A fun and informative way to assess personality and intelligence, More Psychometric Testing also is an indispensable resource for job seekers and career builders. Philip Carter (Mirfield, West Yorkshire, UK) and Ken Russell (Havant, West Sussex, UK) are the UK MENSA Puzzle Editors. Together they have coauthored over 100 books on all aspects of testing, puzzles, and crosswords.

More Psychometric Testing: 1000 New Ways to Assess Your Personality, Creativity, Intelligence and Lateral Thinking (The IQ Workout Series)

The idea of this book is to help build confidence with maths via a series of tests and puzzles. After a gentle 'warm-up' section, the puzzles and tests get progressively more challenging over the course of the book. There is a hints section for readers who get stuck, as well as a complete set of answers for every test at the back of the book. 
After the 'warm-up' section, there are puzzles and tests on 'lateral thinking', 'fun with numbers', 'logic puzzles', 'geometrical puzzles' and 'difficult puzzles'. Readers will soon become familiar and comfortable with a range of tricks and tests, from magic number squares to Fibonacci numbers.

The Complete Book of Fun Maths: 250 Confidence-boosting Tricks, Tests and Puzzles (The IQ Workout Series)

Young readers will delight in interesting, fact-filled accounts of the lives of famous Americans. Full-color photographs highlight the easy-to-read volumes on George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Abraham Lincoln, among others. Each book includes an index, bibliography, glossary.

Theodore Roosevelt: A Photo-Illustrated Biography

Steve Potts

Cruisers

Michael Green

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The Wealth of Nations: The Economics Classic - A Selected Edition for the Contemporary Reader (Capstone Classics)

Beyond Good and Evil: The Philosophy Classic (Capstone Classics)

Beyond Good and Evil: The Philosophy Classic (Capstone Classics)

The Complete Book of Intelligence Tests: 500 Exercises to Improve, Upgrade and Enhance Your Mind Strength (The IQ Workout Series)

The GDA Diet: The easy way to lose weight - while shopping for food

More IQ Testing: 250 New Ways to Release Your IQ Potential (The IQ Workout Series)

More Psychometric Testing: 1000 New Ways to Assess Your Personality, Creativity, Intelligence and Lateral Thinking (The IQ Workout Series)

The Complete Book of Fun Maths: 250 Confidence-boosting Tricks, Tests and Puzzles (The IQ Workout Series)

Theodore Roosevelt: A Photo-Illustrated Biography

Cruisers