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018933
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London, Profile Books Ltd, 2014.
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232pOrange spine
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Ideas in profile
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Art has always been part of history. But we often think of it as outside history. When we look at a painting by Raphael, Rembrandt or Rubens it speaks to us directly, but it's also an historical document, part of a living world. Renowned art historian Martin Kemp takes the reader on an extraordinary trip through art, from devotional works to the revolutionary techniques of the Renaissance, from the courtly Masters of the seventeenth century through to the daring avant-garde of the twentieth century and beyond. Along the way we encounter the great names of art history: Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo; Vermeer and Velasquez; Picasso and Pollock. We get under the skin of the many 'isms', schools, styles and epochs. We see the complex sweep of art history with its innovations, collaborations, rivalries, break-throughs and masterpieces. Above all, Kemp puts art in context; art isn't about disembodied images, art itself is history. Part of the Ideas in Profile series, uniquely enlivened with animations and illustrations from the award winning studio Cognitive Media, Art History is an indispensable, accessible and richly detailed guide to our culture, our history, our heritage and our art.
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9781781253366 Pb.
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| I01405 | 709/KEM | Main | Missing | General | |
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018645
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London, Profile Books Ltd, 2002.
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xi, 206pWhite spine
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This book seeks to highlight how important it is for companies to address ethical issues and how firms in practice can go about addressing them.
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9781861972811 Pb.
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| I01337 | 658.408/MOO | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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020490
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London, Profile Books Ltd, 2015.
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vi, 266pBlack spine
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For you to be here today reading this requires a mind-boggling series of lucky breaks, starting with the Big Bang and ending in your own conception. So it's not surprising that we persist in thinking that we're in with a chance, whether we're playing the lottery or working out the likelihood of extra-terrestrial life. In Chance, a (not entirely) random selection of the New Scientist's sharpest minds provide fascinating insights into luck, randomness, risk and probability. From the secrets of coincidence to placing the perfect bet, the science of random number generation to the surprisingly haphazard decisions of criminal juries, it will explore these, and many other, tantalising questions. Following on from the bestselling Nothing and Question Everything, this book will open your eyes to the weird and wonderful world of chance - and help you see when some things, in fact, aren't random at all.
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9781781255438 Pb.
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| I01727 | 123.3/BRO | Main | Missing | General | |
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016708
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London, Profile Books Ltd, 2011.
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174pBlack Spine
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Most of us face the same questions every day: What do I want? And how can I get it? How can I live more happily and work more efficiently?A European bestseller, The Decision Book distils into a single volume the fifty best decision-making models used on MBA courses and elsewhere that will help you tackle these important questions.
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9781846683954 Hb.
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| I00860 | 658.403/KRO | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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001046
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London, Profile Books Ltd, 2006.
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30pGreen Spine
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See how using (or not using) a comma can change the meaning of a sentence.
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9781861978165 Hb.
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| 003077 | 428.2/TRU | Main | On Shelf | Teacher Resources | Teacher Resource |
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004593
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Great Britain, Profile Books Ltd, 2007.
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210pYellow Spine
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Explains how punctuation really does matter, even if it is occasionally a matter of life and death.
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1846680352 Pb.
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022411
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Great Britain, Profile Books Ltd, 2007.
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Cream spine
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Punctuations are crucial to achieving proper sentence structure and flow. In contemporary times, due to the widespread use of colloquial language, punctuation marks in sentences have been given lesser and lesser importance. Eats, Shoots & Leaves is a book that attempts to present this issue of dwindling punctuation usage in a concise and humorous format. Written by popular radio show host and author Lynne Truss, this book bemoans the lack of proper grammar in present writing at large.
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1 Audio CD.
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| N00386 | 428.2/EAT | Main | On Shelf | Non Book Material | Teacher Resource |
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023728
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London, Profile Books Ltd, 2015.
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100pGreen spine
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The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who 'temporarily' parked her van in Bennett's London driveway and proceeded to live there for fifteen years.
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9781781255407 Pb.
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| 021837 | 822.914/BEN | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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016778
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London, Profile Books Ltd, 2012.
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260pWhite Spine
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An eye-opening tour of the English language through the ages from Britain's leading linguistics expert.
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9781846684289 Pb.
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021859
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London, Profile Books Ltd, 2016.
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274pGreen spine
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How will the world be powered in ten years' time? Not by fossil fuels. Energy experts are all saying the same thing: solar photovoltaics (PV) is our future. Reports from universities, investment banks, international institutions and large investors agree. It's not about whether the switch from fossil fuels to solar power will happen, but when. Solar panels are being made that will last longer than ever hoped; investors are seeing the benefits of the long-term rewards provided by investing in solar; in the Middle East, a contractor can now offer solar-powered electricity far cheaper than that of a coal-fired power station. This book tracks the transition away from coal, oil and gas to a world in which the limitless energy of the sun provides much of the energy the 10 billion people of this planet will need. It examines both the solar future and how we will get there, and the ways in which we will provide stored power when the sun isn't shining. We learn about artificial photosynthesis from a start-up in the US that is making petrol from just CO2 and sunlight; ideas on energy storage are drawn from a company in Germany that makes batteries for homes; in the UK, a small company in Swindon has the story of wind turbines; and in Switzerland, a developer shows how we can use hydrogen to make 'renewable' natural gas for heating.
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9781781256350 Pb.
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| I01994 | 333.7923/GOO | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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019481
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London, Profile Books Ltd, 2008.
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x, 226pYellow spine
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Explains to laymen how to make sense of numbers and how we can avoid having the wool pulled over our eyes.
Public spending, health risks, environmental disasters, who is rich, who is poor, pensions, the best and worst schools and hospitals, immigration - life comes in numbers. The trick to seeing through them is strikingly simple; apply something everyone - the lessons of their own experiences.
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9781846681110 Pb.
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022255
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London, Profile Books Ltd, 2016.
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360pGreen Spine
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A biochemist, building on the pillars of evolutionary theory and drawing on cutting-edge research into the link between energy and genes, argues that the evolution of multicellular life was the result of a single event.
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9781781250372 Pb.
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ID:
019105
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London, Profile Books Ltd, 2011.
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475pWhite spine
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If the question of who's to blame for teenage atrocity intrigues news-watching voyeurs, it tortures our narrator, Eva Khatchadourian. Two years before the opening of the novel, her son, Kevin, murdered seven of his fellow high school students, a cafeteria worker, and the much-beloved teacher who had tried to befriend him. Because his sixteenth birthday arrived two days after the killings, he received a lenient sentence and is currently in a prison for young offenders in upstate New York. In relating the story of Kevin's upbringing, Eva addresses her estranged husband, Frank, through a series of startingly direct letters. Fearing that her own shortcomings may have shaped what her son became, she confesses to a deep, long-standing ambivalence about both motherhood in general - and Kevin in particular. How much is her fault? 'We Need To Talk About Kevin' offers no pat explanations for why so many white, well-to-do adolescents - whether in Pearl, Paducah, Springfield, or Littleton - have gone nihilistically off the rails while growing up in the most prosperous country in history. Instead, Lionel Shriver tells a compelling, absorbing, and resonant story with an explosive, haunting ending. She considers motherhood, marriage, family, and career - while framing these horrifying tableaus of teenage carnage as metaphors for the larger tragedy of a country where everything works, nobody starves, and anything can be bought but a sense of purpose.
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9781846687884 Pb.
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| I01473 | 813.54/SHR | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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