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Do you know who the ancient Egyptian god of the underworld is? What type of mask would an embalmer wear whilst carrying out the mummification process on a body? Who was the most successful of all the pharaohs? All these questions and more are answered in this fascinating easy-to-read guide to anc...

What does it mean to dream of tunnels, rainbows, alarm bells, travelling, swimming or embarrassment? Here are 10,000 answers! Nobody knows for sure how to value dream interpretation in a modern world. It is a very individual process. However, the dreaming mind is a kaleidoscope of different image...

YOUR COMPLETE REFERENCE FOR PARENTING A CHILD WITH ADHD How can I help my child do his homework? How can I get him to brush his teeth without arguing with me every night? What can I do when he lies about the same thing over and over? Why doesn't punishment seem to make any difference? When you're...

Based on the forthcoming 5-part television series 100 Years: The Australian Story, this is an exploration of who we are as a nation, where we have come from and where we are going, by one of Australia's most respected political and economic commentators. There have always been competing views of ...

Short takes for the time-challenged leader. The logical follow-up to Chandler's previous best-sellers, 100 Ways to Motivate Yourself and Reinventing Yourself. Leadership can be fun if you break it into 100 easy pieces. Be the great leader you've always wanted to be with 100 pithy, persuasive a...

Becoming happier is easier than you think. Here at your fingertips are dozens of different ideas on how to enjoy each and every day. With 100 Ways to Be Happy as your guide, things are going to get a little brighter, a little lighter, and a whole lot more fun. From going for a walk on your lunch ...

Readers everywhere know that nothing soothes the spirit like sinking into a really good book. If you're one of that happy band, you'll quickly recognize the authors of this inspired reading guide as kindred spirits. Here David and John Major have chosen one hundred books that can each be delightf...

Follow the hour hand and minute hand of a clock for 24 hours. How many times do they form a right angle? Timothy's house has several rooms, each of which has an even number of doors, including doors that lead outside. Is the number of outside doors even or odd? Stimulating and delightful, this co...

Collected in one volume, here are backfires and blunders that collapsed empires, crashed economies, and altered the course of the world. From the Maginot Line to the Cuban Missile Crisis, history is filled with bad moves and not-so-bright ideas that snowballed into disasters and unintended conseq...

Over four hours of beautiful poetry by the masters including Wordsworth, Keats, Shelley, Shakespeare, Years, Owen and many more. Read by some of the finest actors of the 20th century including Richard Burton, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Alec Guinness and Edith Evans.