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Dr. N. M. Yousufzai is a retired consultant psychiatrist and Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. His autobiography describes in compelling detail his journey from a moderately poor but...

This first book in the series, Brummie Girls do Social Work, takes a realistic down-to-earth look at day-to-day Social Work practice and the daily dilemmas faced by practitioners. It takes the form...

In 1900, aged twenty-two, Charles Stewart Rolls was the best known motorist in Britain, better known than Jeremy Clarkson today, having won the 'Thousand Mile Trial' of that year, the event that...

"Love doesn't warn you when it hits. It's like a drug. You're on an awesome high; but when you try to wean yourself off, knowing that in the long run you'll be better off without it, you start to get...

In the summer of 1965, Dave Anthony's Moods, an eight-piece band from the musical cauldron of Bournemouth, were confidently poised to take over the world of jazzy, brassy, bluesy, popular music and...

Francis John Simcock's fourth novel, is the story of tragedy-scarred families who, at various stages of their lives, live in a former farmhouse mansion in the Shropshire hills. They originate from...

From their very first visit to a Greek island, Andrew and his wife Morag were hooked and kept going back for more. As they got to know the country and the language better, they ventured further off...

George Butterworth, a close friend of Vaughan Williams, composed some of the most enchanting and acclaimed English music of his time. He was killed during the battle of the Somme as dawn broke on the...

Does a for-profit society damage our humanity to the extent we cannot save ourselves? Can simple human connection be the answer? The authors explain why they think it is, and how to do it. How do we...

Josie, a quiet and timid thirty-two-year-old, lives alone. It is a boring and predictable life but overall it suits her - until she meets Mike. His unexpected and unwanted advances cause her to panic...

It's the Sixties and Kenilworth lad, Lenny, finds himself out of school and jobless at fifteen. Kenilworth was not exactly a hotbed of employment in 1967, but there were plenty of opportunities for...

Kenya, Land Of Contradiction: Among The Nilotic, Bantu And Cushitic PeoplesAuthor: Roger StoakleyPublisher: Youcaxton PublicationsPublication Date: Jan 19, 2016Number of Pages: 306 pagesLanguage:...

Landscape Treks is a photo location guidebook that takes you round some of the UK's wildest and most photogenic mountain scenery. The walks are based around getting the best images from a visit to an...

THIS BOOK, written fifty years ago, was among the first calls for a new system of values to govern the relationship between humanity and our planet. It has at least two claims on our attention...

It is the middle of the nineteenth century. Brothers William and Robert Crossley both seek refuge from the severe discipline of their father in their very different dreams. William wishes to stay in...

Weymouth is usually thought of as a 'Georgian' town, but this book shows how much of the physical appearance of the town was determined many years before the arrival of George III himself. It...

War is an extremely costly means of responding to conflict and yet nonviolent defence of a country is normally considered unrealistic because it is considered ineffectual against a ruthless opponent...

Looking back a furniture van would have been a more practical and much quicker way to re- locate, but not so much fun. Convinced by watching far too many Youtube "The end is nye" documentaries the...

Shy, the traumatised Labrador rescued from a puppy farm, arrives on the brink of a breakdown. Several months after losing their German Shepherd, Molly and her husband John decide to look into...

When the rest of us run away, it's the police officers up and down the country who run into danger and into some of the messiest and most tragic events imaginable. But there's a price to pay. Robert...

This collection consists of poems written by Marcus Grant over a fifty-year period. They are mainly set in Scotland (where he was born and grew up) England (where he went to university and lived for...

This second Skiing with Demons book traces the post-midlife crisis of our ageing ski-bum from garage-dwelling chalet-host to existential philosopher, ski psychologist, failed domestic goddess and...

Part memoir, part observational humour, this seriously funny book, documents the author's transition from a city living executive, to a garage dwelling ski bum in the French Alps. It will be enjoyed...

Smoking Is A Psychological ProblemAuthor: Dr Gabriel SymondsPublisher: Youcaxton PublicationsPublication Date: Jul 01, 2016Number of Pages: 144 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

The subject is MURDER. The players include the Metropolitan Police, the FBI, a satirical journalist and a professional musician. In the background a mysterious hidden manipulator pulls the strings of...

Most smoking cessation methods emphasise how difficult it is to stop, list the awful withdrawal symptoms you are likely to suffer and warn you of the risks of cancer and heart disease. They then...

'What are we all looking for? The illusion of a South Pacific paradise? Love, happiness, understanding - distraction from the fact that we are getting older, reliving forgotten dreams ... Who knows?'...

They were years of unprecedented progress in industry, society, democracy, education and science, but of war in Europe, America and at sea. The last decades of the Eighteenth and first of the...

When Lucy falls for the possessive Lee Darbyshire, a handsome schoolteacher, her adoring but mentally fragile sister Diana is horrified to find herself ostracised from Lucy's life. Decades later,...

We English, supposedly cold and unemotional, are helplessly in love with nature. We fell in love two hundred years ago and, since then, have been on a wild roller-coaster ride through escapism,...