Little Brown Book Group: 2532 books
The Complete Guide To Ivf
An inside view of fertility clinics and treatment
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2010
The most recent studies show that 40,000 cycles of IVF are carried out in the UK each year - and approximately a million are carried out worldwide. It is estimated that at least 200,000 IVF babies are born annually - and this figure is constantly rising.
With assisted conception increasing year on...
Precious Babies
Pregnancy, Birth and Parenting after Infertility
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2011
Infertility never leaves you no matter what the outcome is - it does shape you and it shapes the way you bring your children up.
One in six couples finds it difficult to conceive, and many thousands of babies are born in the UK every year as a result of fertility treatment. For women who finally...
The Gentleman's Instant Genius Guide
Become an Expert in Everything
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2011
Who has time nowadays to put in the graft to succeed? And why bother, when the truly important things in life only take a quarter of an hour to master?
Here, Tom Cutler proves that following the path to becoming disgustingly rich, stylish, intelligent, thin, happy, classy, successful and a...
With Angels Beside Us
Personal Accounts of Heavenly Encounters
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2011
With Angels Beside Us follows on from the bestselling Walking With Angels, relating yet more incredible experiences of people who have been touched by angels.
At times of personal crisis, in traumatic circumstances or at moments of great peril, countless people have drawn strength and courage...
Living in the Sound of the Wind
A Personal Quest for W.H. Hudson, Naturalist and Writer from the River Plate
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2015
W. H. Hudson was brought up on the pampas, where he learnt from gauchos about frontier life. After moving to London in 1874, Hudson lived in extreme poverty. Like his friend Joseph Conrad, Hudson was an exile, adapting to England. He never returned to Argentina.
Wilson unravels Hudson?s English...
by Amin Maalouf
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2012
A gripping historical novel set in 11th century Persia that imagines the life of poet and philosopher Omar Khayyam
Accused of mocking the inviolate codes of Islam, the Persian poet and sage Omar Khayyam fortuitously finds sympathy with the very man who is to judge his alleged crimes. Recognising...
Writing Your Dissertation, 3rd Edition
The bestselling guide to planning, preparing and presenting first-class work
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2000
This book gives you the confidence, tools and techniques to produce a first-class dissertation. It offers practical guidelines to planning realistic timetables and structuring every aspect of your work. Find out how to avoid common mistakes and the best way to present your work, and even how to assess your dissertation in the same way as a university or college tutor does.
by Richard Killeen
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2012
From the dawn of history to the decline of the Celtic Tiger - how Ireland has been shaped over the centuries.
Ireland has been shaped by many things over the centuries: geography, war, the fight for liberty. A Brief History of Ireland is the perfect introduction to this exceptional place, its...
Very British Problems
Making Life Awkward for Ourselves, One Rainy Day at a Time
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
There's an epidemic sweeping the nation
Symptoms include:
*Acute embarrassment at the mere notion of 'making a fuss'
*Extreme awkwardness when faced with any social greeting beyond a brisk handshake
*An unhealthy preoccupation with meteorology
Doctors have also reported several...
by Sarah Henshaw
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
In early 2009 a strange sort of business plan landed on the desk of a pinstriped bank manager. It had pictures of rats and moles in rowing boats and archaic quotes about Cleopatra's barge. It asked for a £30,000 loan to buy a black-and-cream narrowboat and a small hoard of books. The manager said...
National Service
From Aldershot to Aden: Tales From the Conscripts, 1946-62
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2012
Permission to speak, Sah!
In the aftermath of the Second World War, over two million men were conscripted to serve in Britain's armed services. Some were sent abroad and watched their friends die in combat. Others remained in barracks and painted coal white. But despite delivering such varied...
We Are Soldiers
Our Heroes. Their Stories. Real Life on the Frontline.
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
What is it like to drive a Challenger tank over desert terrain for six days in a row? Or hover an Apache AH1 attack helicopter a hundred metres above enemy ground? How quickly can a Sapper clear a field of unexploded devices, or build a bridge - or blow one up? What is it like to fix bayonets, and...
by Nigel Cawthorne
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
Did you know that: It's against the law to check into a hotel in London under assumed names for the purpose of lovemaking? Under a statute of Edwards II all whales washed up on the shore belong to the monarch? Under a Tudor law Welshmen are not allowed into the city of Chester after dark?
In...
Playing Hard Ball
County Cricket and Big League Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2014
PLAYING HARD BALL is a unique sports book, a cultural comparison of two national games - cricket, English in origin and American baseball - written from the viewpoint of a top-class practitioner of both codes. Ed Smith - the young Cambridge University and Kent batsman - has spent the winters since...