How much do you really know about human behaviour and emotions?
Love, lust and romance; working together; men and women; persuasion; truth and lies; our emotions; our amazing brains; how rational are we?; weird stuff.

Try these questions on your colleagues, friends and family:
Is it true that women talk more than men?
How can you encourage more creaativity in your office?
Can you make your baby more intelligent by playing Mozart?
It's your first date. Should you talk about movies or travel?
What's the best way to hear your cellphone at a noisy party?
Would a woman or a man be more likely to comply with a sign, 'Please wash hands'?
... and many more.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 120

Dimensions: 144 x 205 mm

Publication Date: 31-03-2013

Here is a series of sixty-four letters, carefully preserved by Mary McIlrath in Killinchy, Co. Down, N. Ireland.

They detail the progress of Mary’s great uncles, the two McIlrath brothers who emigrated in 1860 to New Zealand, and describe their work and achievements over fifty-five years. Historically and genealogically valuable are the frequent references to other emigrants from Killinchy and surrounding district whom they frequently met there. The news, messages and greetings included in the letters of the McIlrath brothers were sure to have been read and circulated to relatives, friends and neighbours, drawing that community at home closer together as well as closer to the one on the other side of the world. Re-reading these letters today, with their deeply personal style and content, it is easy to imagine that our ancestors are writing to us from the past.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 143

Dimensions: 210 x 210 mm

Publication Date: 01-04-2009

Following on the success of The Bike Book, this volume takes us inside all aspects of this growing phenomenon—from smart technology and advanced design to the top visual trends. With power, distance, and speed, these handy vehicles will soon change urban mobility forever. Far less expensive and polluting than even the smallest e-car, e-bikes can be suitable for a variety of lifestyles, such as for difficult hilly terrains or long distance riding. And just like traditional sport and urban bikes, they can also come in folding options for convenience and luxury versions for stylish comfort.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 220

Dimensions: 250 x 320 mm

Publication Date: 27-05-2013

First published in 1920, The Mad Toy is set in Buenos Aires in the early twentieth century. Feeling the alienation of youth, Silvio Astier’s gang tours neighbourhoods, inflicting waves of petty crime, stealing from homes and shops until the police are forced to intervene. Drifting then from one career and subsequent crime to another, Silvio’s main difficulty is his own intelligence, with which he grapples.

Writing in the language of the streets and basing his writings in part on his own experience, with his characters wandering in a modern world, Arlt creates a book that combines realism, humour and anger with detective story.
Trailblazing for Boom writers who were to follow him such as Gabriel García Márquez and Isabel Allende, Roberto Arlt is rated as one of the greatest Argentinean writers. Although astronomically famous in South America, Roberto Arlt’s name is still relatively unknown in Anglophone circles, but the rising wave of appreciation of South American literature is bringing him to the fore.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 160

Publication Date: 26-05-2013

As variegated as the American experience itself, this original treasury reflects the vibrant role of the short story in our national literature. Fourteen outstanding tales by famous American authors unfold in settings ranging from the decaying family mansion of Edgar Allan Poe's dark psychological thriller, "The Fall of the House of Usher," to the bustling modern apartment building of John Cheever's domestic drama, "The Enormous Radio." Moods and attitudes shift from the simmering menace of a lynch mob in William Faulkner's "Dry September" to the gentle optimism of an elderly couple in Ring Lardner's "The Golden Honeymoon."
Other stories include "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty, Katherine Anne Porter's "He," "A Wagner Matinee," by Willa Cather, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz," and "The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane. Additional contributors include Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain, Henry James, Edith Wharton, and O. Henry. An affordable resource for classroom use, this anthology is also a fine companion for all who appreciate well-crafted tales.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 256

Dimensions: 130 x 210 mm

Publication Date: 01-03-2013

Beware She-who-must-be-obeyed…
Upon his father’s death, Leo Vincey is left in the care of his father’s confidant Professor Horace Holly with one parting gift – a strange casket that he is to open on his twenty-fifth birthday. The years pass and when the day arrives to open it, Leo and Horace discover the ancient and mysterious ‘Sherd of Amenartas’ the history of Leo’s ancestors. Following the instructions on the Sherd, they journey to Eastern Africa to uncover hidden family secrets.
Travelling across hazardous terrain, they make their way to the kingdom of Kôr, where She awaits them. Ayesha is She – the white Queen of the Amahagger. Eternally beautiful and fiercely cruel, she can cast her spell upon any man and ensnare him. But she is only after one. For two thousand years she has been waiting for the return of the man she once loved, a man she herself killed in a fit of jealous rage, and she believes that Leo Vincey is him…

First serialized in The Graphic magazine in 1886–87, She is one of the classics of imaginative literature, and with over 83 million copies sold in 44 different languages, is one of the best-selling books of all time.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 240

Publication Date: 26-04-2013

The second book in the She sequence.
After witnessing Ayesha’s dramatic demise, Horace Holly and Leo Vincey have not given up their hope of seeing her again, following her dying promise that she would return.
Sixteen years later and still haunted by her presence, they learn from a vision that She has been reincarnated and set off on a dangerous journey through unchartered lands, battling murderous tribes, overcoming avalanches and surmounting glaciers before finally arriving in the court of Kaloon.
Ruled by the evil Khan Rassen and his imperious wife, the Khania Atene, Kaloon is an uneasy, dangerous place and when Atene declares her love for Leo, disaster is soon on the cards, especially as Leo believes he has finally located Ayesha…

Brimming with drama, passion, revenge and adventure, Ayesha: The Return of She is a fitting sequel to the much-loved classic She and one that richly deserves a revival.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 260

Publication Date: 26-04-2013

Wanting to learn if he can communicate with deceased loved ones, adventurer Allan Quatermain seeks a meeting with the feared Zulu witch-doctor Zikali. Zikali tells Allan he must seek out a great white sorceress who rules a hidden kingdom far to the north, and he charges Allan to take a message to her.
So begins Allan’s treacherous journey into unknown and dangerous country where he encounters wild animals and cannibals, narrowly escaping death. Upon reaching the lost kingdom of Kôr Allan is summoned to meet Ayesha who seeks Allan’s help. A rebel fraction lead by the dreaded Rezu is trying to overthrow Ayesha and she asks Allan to lead the army of Kôr into attack. He reluctantly agrees as only once he has completed his task will Ayesha teach him the terrifying trick to travel to the spiritual realm…

The third book in the She sequence, She and Allan draws together two of H. Rider Haggard’s most memorable characters and weaves a unique and dramatic narrative which grips and entertains.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 240

Publication Date: 26-04-2013

Ayesha the white sorceress has been known by many names: ‘She-who-must-be-obeyed’, ‘Isis Come To Earth’ and ‘Wisdom’s Daughter’. Here she tells her tale of power, wisdom, love and deception in her own words.
Arabian by birth, Ayesha’s natural beauty was the cause of many wars and conflicts in her father’s kingdom between princes and suitors, leading to rumours she was cursed.
Seeking to protect herself she swears an oath of celibacy to serve Isis the Goddess of the Spirit of Nature, and turn away from Aphrodite the Goddess of Love. However, when Greek soldier of fortune, Kallikrates, comes to her for sanctuary, her resolve weakens. Kallikrates does not arrive alone – he is pursued by the Pharaoh’s daughter who is widely envious of Ayesha’s beauty and vows to destroy her.
Only by staying true to Isis does Ayesha survive and as a reward Isis leads her to the hidden kingdom of Kôr in Africa, to herald in a new Golden Age. The kingdom of Kôr hides many secrets, including the The Flame of Eternal Life where ultimately Ayesha’s vanity, obsession and desire lead to her downfall.

The fourth and final book in the She sequence, Wisdom’s Daughter is a fitting end to H. Rider Haggard’s fantastical and memorable books featuring the beautiful immortal Ayesha and the is only volume telling her story in her own words.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 260

Publication Date: 26-04-2013

Comedian, mod and professional grump Ian Moore has had enough.
Tired of being unable to park anywhere near his cramped house in a noisy town he doesn’t like, he hatches a plan to move his wife and young son to a remote corner of the Loire Valley in search of serenity and space.
Several years later, Ian finds himself up to his neck in bilingual offspring, feral cats, promiscuous horses, dysfunctional spaniels and needy hens; he’s wrestling with electric fences, a foreign language, a mountain of animal waste and a wife who collects livestock like there’s a biblical flood on the horizon, all while trying not to dirty his loafers.
But despite the ups, downs and increasing demands of Ian’s showbiz career, the Moore family persevere in true Brit style to create a unique, colourful and ultimately rewarding life in their new home – à la campagne and à la mod!

Bind: paperback

Pages: 320

Dimensions: 129 x 198 mm

Publication Date: 06-05-2013