Reference works

Birds of Prey of the West and its companion volume, Birds of Prey of the East, are the most comprehensive and authoritative field guides to North American birds of prey ever published.

Whatever word you'd care to apply to 2022, no one can deny it's been eventful.

Now in its fifth edition and with endorsement from the Institute of Counselling, this key text continues to be of major importance to practitioners and students of counselling alike.

The bestselling, blockbusting, bumper book of humorous quotations rides back into town with 6,000 more hilariously funny quotes.

A Discworld series quote book.

The Complete Cat is an essential reference book that covers every aspect of cat ownership.

Ey up, it's not only footie, pints and pies that are better up north - the humour also takes some beating.

Keep Calm and Carry On was a World War 2 government poster discovered in a dusty box nine years ago.

Does fake news really exist?

A complete and unabridged full-color edition of the classic sourcebook on ornamental designFirst published in 1856, The Grammar of Ornament remains a design classic.

'They misunderestimated me' George W.

How do I get my music played on the radio?

'Having a baby is like watching two very inefficient removal men trying to get a very large sofa through a very small doorway, only in this case you can't say, "e;Oh, sod it, bring it through the French windows"e;' Victoria Wood'It's not easy being a mother.

'I won't lie to you, fatherhood isn't easy like motherhood' Homer SimpsonFathers come in many guises - wise or silly, strict or kind.

As Westeros returns to our screens, relive all eight seasons of Game of Thrones with the ONLY official tie-in guide to the biggest TV series in the worldTHE PERFECT GIFT FOR ANYONE OBSESSED WITH HOUSE OF THE DRAGON__________Delve deeper into Westeros than ever before .

Celebrate Little Mix's first UK number-one album - Glory Days - by reading the full story of the girls' astonishing rise to pop super stardom.

To get the most out of studying the Bible usually requires a concordance, a dictionary, a topical Bible, and a handbook.

Six million people in the UK, often unnoticed by the rest of us, provide unpaid care for disabled or elderly relatives, friends or neighbours.

HORNY LIZARDS AND HEADLESS CHICKENS is a vile and disgusting compendium of the world's most unpleasant creatures, diseases, hideous tortures and every other type of horrifying, nauseating fact imaginable.

Professional landscapers and all those involved in creating green spaces have long been in need of a book that is a guide to plant specification, but also makes sense of plants and their cultivation.

This Companion provides scholarly yet accessible new interpretations of Greek history of the Classical period, from the aftermath of the Persian Wars in 478 B.

From enhancing the flavour of food to providing a substrate for fermentation, sugar is renowned worldwide for its importance as a commodity.

The Pocket Guide to Fungal Infection presents, in a convenient and practical format, the major features of fungal infections in humans, providing visual information for each pathogen and the infections they cause.

A Z of Haematology provides an essential "e;quick reference guide"e; to definitions covering the entire spectrum of haematology, from blood transfusion and coagulation through to recent advances in molecular haematology.

This Dictionary offers points of entry into Derrida's complex and extensive works.

A complete and unabridged full-color edition of the classic sourcebook on ornamental designFirst published in 1856, The Grammar of Ornament remains a design classic.

New Guinea, the largest tropical island, supports a spectacular bird fauna characterized by cassowaries, megapodes, pigeons, parrots, kingfishers, and owlet-nightjars, as well as the iconic birds of paradise and bowerbirds.

The most comprehensive guide to the bovids of the worldBovids are a diverse group of ruminant mammals that have hooves and unbranched hollow horns.

The definitive field guide to the marvelous birds of New GuineaThis is the completely revised edition of the essential field guide to the birds of New Guinea.

The most comprehensive and authoritative collection of Kierkegaard quotations ever publishedWhy I so much prefer autumn to spring is that in the autumn one looks at heavenin the spring at the earth.

The first comprehensive illustrated guide to North America's vagrant birdsRare Birds of North America is the first comprehensive illustrated guide to the vagrant birds that occur throughout the United States and Canada.

The essential one-volume reference to evolutionThe Princeton Guide to Evolution is a comprehensive, concise, and authoritative reference to the major subjects and key concepts in evolutionary biology, from genes to mass extinctions.

The most comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of Buddhism ever produced in EnglishWith more than 5,000 entries totaling over a million words, this is the most comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of Buddhism ever produced in English.

Studies of animal behavior have often been invoked to help explain and even guide human behavior.

The ultimate field manual for identifying distant raptorsThe ultimate must-have guide for identifying migrant raptors, Hawks at a Distance is the first volume to focus on distant raptors as they are truly seen in the field.

The 526 documents printed in this volume run from 28 November 1813 to 30 September 1814.

New Jersey provides some of the most varied and exciting birding in North America, and more than 450 species have been recorded in the state.

Techniques for deciphering texts by early mathematiciansWritings by early mathematicians feature language and notations that are quite different from what we're familiar with today.

How honeybees make collective decisions-and what we can learn from this amazing democratic processHoneybees make decisions collectively-and democratically.

How do ant colonies get anything done, when no one is in charge?

This lavishly illustrated guide will enable you to identify the caterpillars of nearly 700 butterflies and moths found east of the Mississippi.

To do solid academic research, college students need to look beyond the computer search engine.

The ultimate mathematics reference bookThis is a one-of-a-kind reference for anyone with a serious interest in mathematics.

If experience is the best teacher, why are we often left wounded and discouraged by experiences?

Almost a decade ago, author and educator William J.

Almost a decade ago, author and educator William J.

The author of The Book of Proverbs and Wisdom, A Reference Manual, Curt ';CT' Tomlin, was inspired by the Holy Spirit to write ';The Book' to enhance and illuminate Christian understanding of the Old Testament's Book of Proverbs.

This is the story of a third generation Texas woman born in a small town in the center of the Texas Panhandle.

This first truly international history of the Korean War argues that by its timing, its course, and its outcome it functioned as a substitute for World War III.