Second-hand Books

McDougall looks at people who react to psychological distress through somatic manifestations, and at the psychosomatic potential of individuals in those moments when habitual psychological ways of coping are overwhelmed,...

Through the Night describes work in the baby clinic of a General Practice by a child psychotherapist from the Tavistock Clinic. Through the Night is a book on the technique...

Welldon explores why the quality of their bodies is fundamental to women's psychology; how this may lead to self-mutilation; and how such perverse behavior may also be aimed at objects...

Prompting is the thematic thread that pervades the pages of this book. Its primary connotation is that of the prompter who is urgently called into action, at moments of anxiety,...

Rudolf Laban's provocative, experimental, explosive dance theatre works have lain hidden since the Third Reich deliberately annihilated his name. This book exposes Laban's audacity and his significance for dance theatre...

A comprehensive step-by-step guide to sugarcraft, covering different icings and a range of cake styles for every type of occasion. The book is designed with the beginner in mind, and...

Many people know what it means if their Sun is in Gemini, but do not know what the implications are if their Moon is in Cancer, their Mercury in Taurus...

This is a comprehensive, creative and practical book. Mary Gilliatt guides you through the whole process of decorating your home so that your ideas and schemes can be translated into...

The pleasures and practicalities of making a flower garden are explained in this book. The author gives guidance on planning the garden and on good planting for colour, harmony and...

In this remarkable dual memoir about family, faith, and friendship, film legend Martin Sheen and his son Emilio Estevez share their stories. Spanning nearly 50 years of family history, the...

The Museum of Me follows a little girl on a journey of discovery to find out what museums are and what they have inside them. Brimming with anticipation, she finds...

Includes the plays Master and Margarita (Satan's Ball), Vanity, Gogol and Brothers Karamazov From original translations by Faynia Williams. Crane and Williams' sensational Master and Margarita (Satan's Ball) marked the...

This anthology revitalizes forty of Aesop's lesser-known fables, which have been rewritten by the talented anthologist, Fiona Waters, and sumptuously illustrated by renowned artist, Fulvio Testa. The collection includes fables...

The deepest cave on earth was a prize that had remained unclaimed for centuries, long after every other ultimate discovery had been made. This is the story of the men...

Newly inaugurated president Joseph Gardner has followed through on his pledge to pull American forces out of Iraq. But the region has quickly re-emerged as a hot zone, as Kurdish...

By 2007 Viktor Bout had become the world's foremost arms dealer. Known as the 'Merchant of Death' he was both "Public Enemy No. 1" to the global intelligence agencies and...

Packed with insights from a lifetime of directing theatre, Words into Action is a fascinating read and a vital masterclass for actors and directors. Renowned theatre director William Gaskill was...

An exhilarating new series set in the great outdoors, from HOTEL FLAMINGO author Alex Milway Rosa has come from the city to live with Grandma Nan in the wilds of...

Can YOU keep a secret? Find out in this riotous romantic comedy about secrets and lies, mothers and daughters and growing older but certainly no wiser... When Cass Palmer's mother...

The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism, Capitalism, Sovietism, and Fascism As a lifelong socialist, Shaw believed that economic inequality was a poison destroying every aspect of human life, perverting family...

He is a sergeant-major in the SAS. His task is to snatch a defecting Russian 'Star Wars' scientist from Stockholm. She is the she-wolf. Leader of a crack Spetsnaz pack....

It's been almost thirteen years since we last saw Cannie Shapiro, the heroine of Good in Bed, whose journey towards happy-ever-after made millions of women the world over laugh, cry...

When four famous 1960s radicals are gunned down, including the wife of an international media mogul, it would appear to be an open-and-shut case. A wealth of evidence ties the...

Mitch Rapp is on the trail of the traitor within. Honour must be satisfied. In this latest action-packed addition to the Mitch Rapp saga, Flynn returns to the secretive world...

On 16 March 1978, Aldo Moro, former Italian Prime Minister, was ambushed in Rome. Within three minutes the gang killed all five members of his escort and bundled Moro into...

Alex is a brilliant chef, but he struggles to fill his Barcelona restaurant because of his gruff, eccentric personality and his refusal to use ingredients that trace their culinary origins...

Quiet Rink always sits at the back of the classroom, away from the other children who have heard strange rumours about his family and prefer to keep their distance. But...

Robert Jones has a lot going for him: a steady job, a steady relationship and plenty of prospects, until a white woman accuses him of rape and, all of a...

The story of the hidden struggle waged by secret networks around the world to destroy European imperialism The end of Europe's empires has so often been seen as a story...

A practical, philosophical guide to living with empathy by one of the UK's leading thinkers Influential popular philosopher Roman Krznaric argues our brains are wired for social connection- empathy is...

A unique astrology course that will teach you how to think like an astrologer and master the practical techniques of this ancient art, starting with the basics. Have you ever...

How to Teach is the most exciting, most readable, and most useful teaching manual ever written. It is not the work of a dry theorist. Its author has spent half...

The Women's Golf Handbook takes you through every aspect of golf, whether you are starting out or want to lift your game to a new level. Movements and shots are...

"Grow"" ""Your"" ""Own"" ""Flowers" is an essential guide to growing hundreds of recommended annual and perennial flowers. The next book in the Grow Your Own series (publishing alongside "Grow Your...

The lily is one of the most beautiful and popular flowers in the garden and despite having a reputation for being "temperamental", lilies can actually be very easy to grow....

Hostas are invaluable foliage plants with their broad leaves providing dramatic clumps of architectural interest in the garden. The sculptural leaves come in many sizes and although many are green,...

The immense number of species and the wide range of possible growing situations of the fern family means that there is a fern to suit most parts of the garden....

Sally Bedell Smith's book on the Private World of the Kennedy White House, Grace & Power (also published by Aurum) was praised by Sarah Bradford in the Spectator as 'the...

Jesus certainly existed. His existence as an historical figure is vouched for by pagan as well as Christian writers,' says John Stott. Who was Jesus? Why was he crucified? Did...

Do you long to get an overall grasp of the Bible? Do you want to venture beyond your favourite passages and explore the Bible as a whole? Would you like...

August, 1098.Having destroyed Kerbogha s army, the crusaders are at last secure in Antioch.But internal quarrels still consume them- Raymond and Bohemond are almost at war over who should possess...

A guide to natural energy healing for pets by Britain's best-known animal healer This phenomenal book by Margrit Coates,the world's leading animal healer, will teach you how to make a...

If you are one of those people who haven't got time to hang around waiting for your garden to mature, then this is the book for you. It offers stylish...