Author: Richard Parsons
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College work, 2009-09-20
Book arrived quickly, well packaged and in good condition. Would recommend company and use again.

Author: J M Bond, Andrew Baines
By Nelson Thornes

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Practice papers, 2010-08-06
Very fast delivery. At a quick glance this book seems to be a comprehensive guide through to entrance exams.

Author: Nick Edwards
By The Friday Project

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Books like this, 2010-07-30
I hate books like this, you buy them expecting a good read but they always let you down. This one is particularily bad, I was hoping that it would be good enough to keep me entertained over a couple of weeks but no, it was just terrible. It kept me up all night as I had to finish it in one sitting and spend the next day very tired; but it was worth it. The book was amazing, funny, entertaining and just what I was looking for.

I would recoment it to anyone that likes this sort of humour.

Author: Richard Parsons
By Coordination Group Publications Ltd

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Amazon do send you the latest edition, 2010-05-11
Today received the book, on ordering i was worried that i may get the edition shown in the picture. However in fact i got the 2010-2011 edition - so the latest copy.

Author: Alastair I.M. Rae
By Oneworld Publications

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Excellent refresher!, 2010-08-21
I graduated in Physics some 50 years ago when this topic was little (if at all) studied at undergraduate level. This book is just the right level for me - far from patronisingly simple but very understandable. Well recommended.

Author: J M Bond, Andrew Baines
By Nelson Thornes

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Great edu, 2010-08-20
It helped my daughter get ready for grammar schoolexams.
Very good collection.
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Author: Mike Berners-Lee
By Green Profile

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Air-freighted out of season asparagus? Never again!, 2010-08-21
I love popular science books and programmes. As a trained scientist, who still does useful but not challenging science at work, (I'm a school lab technician), at best, these books are great at keeping the science bit of your brain ticking over while managing to also entertain, but it's great when you learn new things from them and use that to spark off question and debate.

That was definitely the case with this book. Berners-Lee which I shall abbreviate to B-L, (by the way, I was unable to find out whether he is related to Sir Tim B-L, the creator of the interweb - does anyone know?), is a environmental expert in calculating the total carbon footprint of everything. The important word here is `everything'. His method factors in not just manufacturing, but the footprint of the ingredients too and the corporations that make and sell things, plus the footprint of the item in use through to its eventual disposal - ie the total contribution of an item to global warming (its CO2e - equivalent). This complete way of looking at things throws up some amazing results, but more on that in a minute.

After the explanatory introductions, the book is presented in increasing CO2e from under 10g to 1 million tonnes and beyond, and is compared against a target lifestyle of up to ten tonnes per year for the average human. One thing B-L is clear on is that in aiming to improve our own carbon footprints we should all apply a sense of scale. What good is choosing a better hand-drying option when you spend your life on planes? But having said that, he says we should pick our battles, and work out where we can get the best return for our efforts. It was fascinating reading, although I found the lower CO2e first half more interesting than the big emitters at the end as these small things have a daily visible impact. B-L has a style that is fairly serious and earnest, but with occasional jocularity to keep things light. I'd recommend this book to anyone thinking about what they can do to green their lifestyle in small steps - which all add up eventually.

Let me share just a few of the many surprising facts I got from this book:

- The supermarket plastic bag is not so bad! It represents around one thousandnth of the CO2e of a typical shop, and ironically has less impact than a paper bag. Paper uses more paper and glue for equivalent strength, and the manufacturing process has more impact too.
- Bananas aren't actually that bad as they're usually shipped - on ships. It's the air-freighted asparagus and continental out of season hothouse tomatoes that are amongst the worst fruit and veg. Out of season and air-freighted fruit and veg have around 100x the CO2e of locally grown in-season produce.
- But what about cycling one mile? Assuming the cyclist burns around 50 calories per mile... If you're looking at the total CO2e you need to consider what provides the energy that you put into cycling - ie what you eat! If you're a fan of bananas, that'll produce around 65 grammes of CO2. If you had a bacon butty - it's around 200g of CO2. If you had a plate of air-freighted asparagus the CO2e is 2.8 kilogrammes.

It's all good fun, but I've learned a lot and will put lots of little bits into action in the future . As the author suggests, it will, (now I've read it), make an ideal toilet book!

Author: Mark Patmore
By Learning Matters

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very useful, 2010-07-12
a handy little book with everything you need to know summarised for you. small enough to carry around with you easily.

Author: St. John Ambulance, St. Andrew's Ambulance Association, British Red Cross Society
By Penguin

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Every home should have one ..., 2010-08-30
This is the manual that we've needed for a long time .. it's really well set out and easy to understand with all the current practices and info available .. as I say, every home should have one!!

Author: Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow
By Bantam Press

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Oustanding!, 2010-01-07
I never tried Hawking's original, so I can't make comparisons....but the general consensus seems to be that it is pretty inpenetrable. I have however read a number of other "popular science" books on the subject of the Quantum world etc. I'm a graduate chemist but most proved rather hard going .. with an over reliance on jargon.
I found this to be by far the most lucid explanation of what are some pretty difficult concepts. I personally found the illustrations to be very helpful. It is not an overly long book (hence not too intimidating) & whilst perhaps not getting in to too much detail, it does seem to cover all the significant issues.
An outstanding book!!