Reference - Bestselling Reference Books

The Highway Code - Driving Standards Agency

Synopsis: "The Highway Code" is essential reading for everyone, not just learner drivers. It contains the most up-to-date advice on road safety and summarises the laws that apply to all users of the road. "The Highway Code" covers information for pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists. It includes guidance concerning animals, instruction on motorway driving, railway crossings and contains all the most important road signs and road markings. This edition has been updated to reflect recent changes in legislation, in particular that in relation to the use of mobile phones while driving, and some traffic signs and road markings. All road users need to be aware of the new rules. Guidance on proper road usage in a concise form, "The Highway Code" is the foundation for every learner driver and rider.

The Official Theory Test for Car Drivers and The Highway Code

Synopsis: Essential reading for learner drivers, this official publication includes all of the car theory test questions and explanations of all the answers. It is written by the Driving Standards Agency - the people who set the tests. For the first time this publication now includes the 2004 edition of "The Highway Code" giving the most up-to-date advice on road safety and legislation.

Encyclopedia of Natural Healing (DK Natural Health)

Review: Thoroughly researched and remarkably easy to understand, the Encyclopedia of Natural Healing is a comprehensive reference guide to the wide range of holistic therapies currently available. Well presented and concise, enabling the reader to very quickly get a good understanding of each therapy.

Oxford Dictionary of English - Catherine Soanes (Editor), Angus Stevenson (Editor)

Amazon.co.uk Review: For many speakers and learners of English, the word "Oxford" spells authority about language. The second edition of the Oxford Dictionary of English is no exception. Any dictionary which comes from Oxford University Press (whose origins lie in the Middle Ages, the foundation of the university and the dawn of printing) tends to be in a different league from its competitors. Based on the "Oxford English Corpus", language databases, which amount to "hundreds of millions of words of written and spoken English in machine-readable form", this hefty single-volume dictionary has four million words of text. That includes 355,000 words phrases and definitions, 12,000 encyclopaedic entries and 68,000 explanations. The statistics are mind blowing.

The Bloke's Guide to Pregnancy - Jon Smith

Synopsis: This book takes a 'warts and all' sensible yet humorous look at the many stages of pregnancy. It explores the changes, physical and emotional, that any man can expect to see in his partner and in their relationship over the coming months. Becoming pregnant involved two people. The rearing of a child will involve two people; there is every reason that your partner's pregnancy should also involve the two of you, together.

The "Times" Atlas of the World: Comprehensive Edition

Book Description: The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World is universally recognised as the world's most prestigious and authoritative reference atlas. Since it's first edition in 1967 it has sold over 1 million copies. Its detailed and beautifully created mapping represent the perfect blend of tradition, authority and style which set this atlas apart.

ISBN: 1861976127

Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation

Lynne Truss. Description: Everyone knows the basics of punctuation, surely? Aren't we all taught at school how to use full stops, commas and question marks? And yet we see ignorance and indifference everywhere. "Its Summer!" says a sign that cries out for an apostrophe. "ANTIQUE,S," says another, bizarrely. "Pansy's ready", we learn to our considerable interest ("Is she?"), as we browse among the bedding plants..

Home UK (Conran Octopus General S.)

Reviews:
Telegraph Magazine, May 7 2005
Before Home UK was published it had begun to acquire the status of a scared text.

Marie Claire, June 2005
At last! An invaluable guide for anyone who has ever lost sleep over a dubious builder.

20,001 Names for Baby: Revised and Updated

Book Description: Everything You Need To Make That Once-In-A-Lifetime Decision. A baby is coming, and choosing the name your child will carry throughout his or her life is one of the most delightful -- and most important -- early decisions a new parent must make. Now newly revised and updated, the best baby name book on the market has gotten even better -- with more names and nicknames, origins and meanings.