Icon Books Ltd: 338 books
A Practical Guide to Confident Speaking
Let Your Voice be Heard
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Introducing Confident Speaking, by voice, acting, communication and public speaking coach Alan Woodhouse, teaches you to express yourself more clearly, persuasively and confidently. Whether you want to ask your boss for a pay rise, chair meetings better, or deliver a faultless best-man speech, this...
by Michael Sells
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013
Technology’s most intriguing stories are the tales of what might have been, those seemingly insignificant incidents that would have had the largest unforeseen effects. Imagine That… Alexander Fleming cleans up his dishes … and penicillin is washed down the drain Steve Jobs skips the company...
by Tim Hampson
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
**On just about every continent, from Boston’s strong ale to Norwegian stout, there are people brewing great beer. From English ales to Czech lager, Belgian sour to American pale ale, German Berliner Weisse to Australian Adelaide sparkling ale, the number of brewed beers is big and increasing daily. **
Award-winning...
Pint to Pint
A Crawl Around Britain’s Best Pubs
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2016
For the dedicated pub-goer and the armchair drinker, here is an enticing selection of ‘proper’ pubs to gladden the heart and slake the thirst.
All of these pubs get the basics right: they focus on the beer (though the food and wine may also be excellent) and on conversation rather than...
Messi – 2017 Updated Edition
More Than a Superstar
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2016
Lionel Messi is the greatest footballer of our time: a magician with uncanny ability to beat defenders, find space and score goals. 2016 saw him win the Ballon d'Or for a record fifth time, further emphasising his status as the greatest footballer in the world today, and possibly ever. Messi is Luca...
Martial
The Making of Manchester United's New Teenage Superstar
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
On 1 September 2015, Anthony Martial completed his transfer from Monaco to Manchester United. At just 19 years of age, the fee of £36m (potentially rising to £58m) made the France international the most expensive teenager of all time. Eyebrows were raised at the landmark fee but a goal against Liverpool...
Jilted Generation
How Britain Has Bankrupted Its Youth
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
Why are so many adult children living still living with mum and dad? Why do young people seem so disinterested in politics? And what are the hidden threats to Britain’s long-term prosperity lurking in the next few decades?
First published in 2010, Ed Howker and Shiv Mailk’s Jilted Generation...
by Steven White
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
Throughout the history of rugby union, a select few players have stood out above the rest. Bringing together 50 of the finest, this book reveals the fearless scrum-halves, tricky wingers, explosive centres and powerful props that have lit up the game, celebrating their achievements and controversially...
The Berlin Airlift
The Relief Operation that Defined the Cold War
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
Acclaimed historian Barry Turner presents a new history of the Cold War's defining episode.
Berlin, 1948 – a divided city in a divided country in a divided Europe. The ruined German capital lay 120 miles inside Soviet-controlled eastern Germany. Stalin wanted the Allies out; the Allies were...
Ask John
Straight-talking, common sense from the front line of management
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
John Timpson CBE is one of the UK’s most successful businessmen. He is Chairman of the eponymous high street cobblers, key cutters, engravers and watch repairers, with more than 1,300 branches throughout the UK and Ireland and a turnover of £180m. John is hugely admired across the business world...
Keys to Success
50 Secrets from a Business Maverick
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2017
John Timpson, Chairman of the eponymous British high street chain, knows a thing or two about running a successful business. Over many years he revolutionised how his firm worked, developing his philosophy of upside-down management, and has reaped the rewards – the Timpson group (which includes...
Introducing Fascism
A Graphic Guide
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015
Did Fascism end with the Allied victory over the Axis powers in 1945, or has it been lying dormant and is now re-awakening as we move into the 21st century? Introducing Fascism trace the origins of Fascism in 19th-century traditions of ultra-conservatism, the ideas of Nietzsche, Wagner and other intellectuals...
Ride! Ride! Ride!
Herne Hill Velodrome and the Story of British Track Cycling
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
**The early 21st century has been a golden age for British track cycling, with world championship glory for the likes of Chris Hoy, Bradley Wiggins and Victoria Pendleton, and Olympic medals galore. **
Tracing the origins of this phenomenal success story, Mark Wellings delves into cycling’s...
by Barry Turner
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015
Among the military leaders of the Second World War, Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz remains a deeply enigmatic figure. As chief of the German submarine fleet he earned Allied respect as a formidable enemy. But after he succeeded Hitler – to whom he was unquestioningly loyal – as head of the Third Reich,...