Product Description: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Product Description: George Dempster was a giant of a man who became one of the best-known and most deservedly popular Scotsman of his day.He served for thirty years as an MP in Westminster and was closely involved with the expansion of British influence and trade across the world particularly in India and North America...read more

Product Description: Every day, beginning in 1964, painter John Evans created a collage from found objects ranging from clippings, business cards, product stickers or labels, and ticket stubs to bits of ephemera or anonymous snapshots found on the streets of his East Village neighborhood...read more

Product Description: Today's society is obsessed with the body, its size, shape and healthiness. Governments, business and the popular media, spend and earn fortunes encouraging populations to get healthy, eat properly, exercise daily and get thin...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This is the first book to describe the subject of sport and PE in relation to its socio-cultural, political, and educational contexts. A key text for those pursuing the study of physical education at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, this book communicates recent research on the sociological interpretation of PE, and highlights areas for further research...read more

This is a comprehensive guide to the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. John Evans presents a history of the breed and basic genetics before offering sound advice on buying, feeding, training, showing, breeding, and health care. Throughout, the emphasis is on the sensitivity of the breed and he advocates the use of herbal and homoeopathic remedies for ailments wherever possible. There is also a very useful section on keeping Cavaliers in kennels.

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Product Description: Photography is driven by technological innovation, but Adventures with Pinhole and Homemade Cameras strikes off in a radically different direction. Featuring the images of renowned artists and photographers, it describes a rich variety of imaginative approaches, using camera construction techniques which range in sophistication from precision engineering with state-of-the-art lenses to piecing a pinhole in a beer can! Visual aspects of the book are complemented by an extensive practical section, including guidelines on image formation and step-by-step procedures for exposure control, as well as diverse methods of building and adapting camera bodies...read more

Using the example and context of Physical Education, a particularly vivid and comprehensive illustration is provided of the processes involved in the development of the National Curriculum for Physical Education in England and Wales between 1988-1995.The authors draw upon the extensive research to provide an analysis, description and critique of the direct and indirect influences of central government, local education authorities, schools, departments and teachers in the development of policy and practice in Physical Education. The highly political nature of policy developments in education, and Physical Education in particular, is demonstrated clearly throughout.A valuable contribution to existing literature, this book helps students and researchers piece together the last ten years of policy-making in education and offers a new perspective on the future of Physical Education in the United Kingdom.

Product Description: This book describes one twenty-four-hour period in the Allied Strategic Bomber Offensive in the greatest possible detail. The author sets the scene by outlining the course of the bombing war from 1939 to the night of the Nuremberg raid, the characters and aims of the British bombing leaders and the composition of the opposing Bomber Command and German night fighter forces...read more

Offers practical advice on how to balance the demands of career and fatherhood, establish realistic priorities, effectively manage time, and strengthen family relationships

Product Description: Good condition unread paperback.

A detailed study of group therapy for disturbed adolescents, this text deals with what to expect of the adolescent patients and what a therapist should provide. John Evans examines: the balance required to manage a group as a set of individuals and as a whole; and considers the relevance of insights and corrective emotional experiences; the dilemma of play versus work groups; and false memory syndrome - issues which frequently arise in the therapeutic treatment of adolescents.

Product Description: From a series providing detailed discussion of library and information science education, this volume covers the development of libraries, library education and national planning for library coverage in New Zealand, with chapters on Papua New Guinea and the South Pacific.

An easy-to-read and comprehensive guide to raising indoor plants offers information on 175 houseplants, with a full-page entry for each plant that includes a description, a photograph, and advice on ease or difficulty of care, along with other hints.