There is nothing like getting older and wondering where you have traveled throughout your lifetime. This book is not a journal, but a log for your lifetime travels. It would make an excellent gift, for children and adults alike.

Traveler's Personal Logbook: Treasured Memories

Travel

Clough, gregory

Specialty Travel

Upfront

The radical changes in society over the past eighty years have seen many unusual men take the tide and sail to success. Sir Frank Price is one of them, and by hard graft, good luck, and a certain amount of 'irritable councillor syndrome' he has earned success and approbation in many areas of our national life. From the slums of Hockley in 1920s Birmingham to lunch at Buckingham Palace and familiar terms with Royalty - 'Here comes trouble' is how Prince Philip described him - is not every socialist's lot. But Frank shows he's a fighter. As Mayor, as businessman and as public servant, Frank touched gloves with many of the Ministerial demons of the day - notably Dick Grossman, Labour's intellectual bully boy. Denis Howell, a former friend, lets Frank down and is unforgiven; yet when Harold Wilson gives him a chance to give Denis the drop, and maybe pick up a good job and a peerage by the way, Frank refuses. It's not in the nature of the man to let go of a good thing, or hang on pointlessly to a bad. Without education, a commanding presence, a moneyed family or a union apparatus, Frank Price made it to the top in his own city, was knighted at forty-three, and met many key players on the world's stage. He also stuck it out as Chairman of the British Waterways Board in order to 'put something back'. Here is a record of a great life. It's nuts and bolts, but it's the broad picture too. It'll amuse, it'll provoke and annoy - but it'll certainly give plenty back.

Being There

Price, Frank

Literature & Fiction

The white shepherd's beauty is unsurpassed by any other breed. 'The All-White Progenitor: German Shepherd Dogs' has been compiled as a handy reference work for would-be owners. It contains a wealth of detailed information unravelling 'myth' and dispelling twisted malice about the white species, together with interesting facts on the race and their changing fortunes. Also included is an unforgettable collection of lavishly illustrated photographs throughout. This comprehensive handbook is essential reading for every dog lover wishing to familiarise themselves with the breed.

The All-White Progenitor: German Shepherd Dogs

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Rankin, Calumn

Pets & Animal Care

Association Football in Victorian England - A History of the Game from 1863 to 1900

Sports & Outdoors

Gibbons, Philip

Miscellaneous

A "Guide to Electronic Wiring and Soldering Techniques" is an ideal first step for anyone interested in learning about hobby electronics. Written with the beginner in mind, the book introduces the basics of tools and equipment required, and soldering techniques. The reader is then guided through several interesting practise techniques and projects. A "Guide to Electronic Wiring and Soldering Techniques" will make anyone's start in electronic wiring and soldering both safe and fun!

A Guide to Electronic Wiring and Soldering Techniques

Engineering & Transportation

Jagobin, A. D.

Engineering

A Book Without Covers

Storey, John Andrew

Contemporary

For the author, being disabled has been no obstacle to living a normal childhood full of adventure, travel, trouble, arguments, accidents, clubbing, alcohol and emotional blackmail. Being pushed around by a group of friends (no enemies yet) and getting stuck in embarrassing situations are really just part of normal teenage life - not to mention romance and disappointment all around. At sixth form, languages are a passion, nightclubs a distraction, and university a goal that seems within reach. But serious illness and limited access will always be a problem that no will power or helping hand can completely overcome, leaving a sometimes frustrated but still determined, enabled and remarkable young man. But who knows? Perhaps he will pull for keeps one of these days. Perhaps Manchester pubs will all become wheelchair friendly. And perhaps Liverpool FC will relive the eighties and rule the universe once more!

In the Driving Seat - The Story of a Disabled Person Making His Way in an Able-Bodied World

Withnell, David

Biographies & Memoirs

The paranormal concerns happenings and experiences which defy rational or scientific explanation. Most people believe that they occur, but scientists tend to dismiss them as superstition, and the churches seem frightened of them. Experienced author, Bishop Hugh Montefiore, makes here a serious study of this fascinating subject. Never averse to controversy, he is not afraid to take on Professor Richard Dawkins, the well-known populariser of the natural sciences, who dismisses the paranormal out of hand. Here the subject is dealt with in a balanced and reasonable fashion. He cites many cases, giving reasons for and against accepting them as paranormal. Suggesting criteria by which to judge them, he leaves readers to make up their own minds, until the last chapter, where he gives his own conclusions. He ranges more widely than previous books on the subject by including the paranormal in religion. In the first part, he examines alleged cases of telepathy, precognition, automatic writing, mediums, ghosts, poltergeists and hauntings, and even astrology. In the second part, he considers the paranormal in religion, including near death experiences, exorcism and reincarnation. In the third part, he examines specifically Christian experiences, including visions and the extraordinary experiences of mystics. He even suggests that the paranormal is to be found in the scriptures. This remarkable book, which includes interviews with those who have experienced the paranormal, should prove to be irresistible reading.

The Paranormal: A Bishop Investigates

Religion & Spirituality

Montefiore, Hugh

Occult & Paranormal

On a Bench in Oak Hill Park - My Life in Hampstead

Miiko Satake

Lady Parker (Emma Parker)

Community & Culture

This fascinating account of one man's experiences of the Christmas Island nuclear trials makes for compulsive reading. His narrative abounds in humour and the love of beauty, but hovering over it is the unmistakable shape of a mushroom cloud, symbolising the author's acute awareness of the terrifying potential of nuclear power.

Christmas Island - The Wrong Place at the Wrong Time

Science & Math

Haggas, J.

Physics

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