Collection: Nonfiction

The history of computing has its origins at the outset of civilization. This lively and fascinating text traces the key developments in computation - from 3000 B.C. to the present day - in an easy-to-follow and concise manner

Takes the reader to the Solar System's mightiest volcanoes. From Kilauea volcano in Hawaii and Mount Etna in Sicily, it leaps to the Moon. The three largest volcanoes of Mars, Olympus Mons, Alba Patera and Arsia Mons are also profiled.

Chia, along with one of his senior instructors, presents a powerful program--one that integrates traditional Taoist theory and practice--for transforming the painful emotions of sadness, anger, impatience, and fear into courage, kindness, joy, and peace.

Collection of art nouveau patterns and motifs - flowers, plant, birds and animals, figures, borders, frames for photocopying. These designs can be used by craftspeople, artists, needleworkers and those interested in creating their own original ideas and p

This book offers creative families 20 fantastic paper hats, all of which can be created quickly and easily from readily accessible papers: shopping bags, newspapers, comics, recycled story books, magazines, packaging scraps, and junk mail!

A fantastic selection of cross stitch patterns for quick Christmas cards, from leading cross stitch designers. Featuring strong designs across a range of styles, with clear, full-colour cross stitch charts and easy-to-follow instructions.

This book shows managers how to implement the most effective, efficient, and streamlined operations - from supply chain and capacity management to lean operations and logistics and distribution.

Freakonomics is at the heart of everything we see and do, and the subjects that bedevil us daily. Asking provocative and profound questions about human motivation and contemporary living and reaching some astonishing conclusions....

Between August and November 1888 at least seven women were murdered in Whitechapel. The gruesome nature of their deaths caused panic and fear in the east End for months, and gave rise the sobriquet which was to become shorthand for a serial killer.

Welcome to Hotel Kerobokan, the ironic name given to Balis most notorious jail by its inmates. Its a bizarre nether world where murderers sleep alongside petty thieves, drug and alcohol addiction is rife, guards are corrupt and money talks.