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The Definitive Self-Protection HandbookThe updated edition of Geoff Thompson’s classic guide to self-defence. This book teaches simple precautionary measures that everyone can take to make themselves less vulnerable to attack, and explains what victims should do when confronted by an assailant. Geoff Thompson interviews murderers, rapists and...

So you’ve served your nine months, been through the pains and stresses of the birth itself, produced this lovely baby… surely it’s time you had a wellearned rest? Just when you’re at your most knackered, you have to deal with a whole lot of burping, whining and tantrums – and that’s just from your partner! This handy book by the author of Baby Tips...

“The stage hero never has any work to do. He is always hanging about and getting into trouble. His chief aim in life is to be accused of crimes he has never committed, and if he can muddle things up with a corpse in some complicated way so as to get himself reasonably mistaken for the murderer, he feels his day has not been wasted...” A comic...

Everything You Need to KnowMoving in with your man is a brave step: girls, arm yourselves with an air freshener and the number of a good electrician. This cohabitation handbook will prepare you for – and help you tackle – every irksome habit, such as chore-induced narcolepsy, things under the bed that a girl should never see, and a far from...

The Brief Career of a Would-Be ActorThere comes a time in every one’s life when he feels he was born to be an actor. Something within him tells him that he is the coming man, and that one day he will electrify the world. Then he burns with a desire to show them how the thing’s done, and to draw a salary of three hundred a week... This...

Five Years in TibetFew foreigners have been lucky enough to set foot on Tibetan soil – Alec Le Sueur spent five extraordinary years there, working for an international hotel chain. Against the breathtaking beauty of the Himalayas he unfolds a highly amusing and politically enlightening account of his experiences. Fly infestations at state banquets,...