Books from Orion Publishing Company
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Planet Zoo: One Hundred Animals We Can't Afford to Lose
By Simon BarnesProfiles one hundred endangered animals and discusses actions by mankind which have resulted in extinct and endangered species, as well as past and present human efforts in support of wildlife and habitat conservation.
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Parenting: Everything You Will Ever Need to Know from Conception to Leaving Home
By Karen Dolby, Annie Ashworth, Meg SandersThis completely new book contains over 5,000 hints and tips on bring up children from conception, pregnancy, birth, babies, toddlers, school, teenagers and, at last packing them off into life.
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Parenting: Everything You Will Ever Need to Know from Conception to Leaving Home
By Karen Dolby, Annie Ashworth, Meg SandersTrade Secrets: Parenting contains over 5,000 hints and tips on bringing up children covering conception, pregnancy, birth, babies, toddlers, school, teenagers and, at last packing them off into life.
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Swap Yer!: The Wonderful World of Football Cards and Sticker Albums
By Rob JovanovicIn doing so, the book provides a nostalgic, photographic history of the game
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Gardeners' Question Time: All Your Gardening Problems Solved
By Bob Flowerdew, Pippa Greenwood, John CushnieIt contains over 350 answers, written especially for this book, and gives sound practical advice on virtually any problem that might arise in your garden.
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Freeze: With 120 Delicious Recipes and Fantastic New Ways to Use Your Freezer and Make Life Just That Bit Easier
By Justine PattisonIt's time to re-think how to use your freezer and in this book, highly regarded food writer and consultant Justine Pattison will show you how to prepare and heat a range of fabulously tasty dishes with minimal effort.
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Wives and Lovers
By Jane Elizabeth VarleyVictoria Stratford's birthday party for her husband David shows off their beautiful Wimbledon house, their wonderful children, and their perfect lives.
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Secrets of Mary Magdalene: The Untold Story of History's Most Misunderstood Woman
By Dan BursteinIf so, what did it say? Where did she come from? Was she Jewish? How did she live? So many questions exist about this lady, Google can find mention of her on 1,740,000 sites in 0.3 seconds. This book will find the answers.
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The Book of Chance: Your Guide to the Risks of Modern Living
By John HodgsonAll of this is enough to make you forget all about the possibility that the next hurtling meteorite may not miss the earth.
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Up in the Clouds, Gentlemen Please
By John MillsAn additional chapter in this edition brings the book fully up-to-date, revealing the drama, farce and tragedy - not to mention some spectacular falls - which have been a part of a life that is as varied as it is successful.
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Ten Ways to Improve Your Bridge
By David BirdIf you are a middling player and are keen to advance, this book will show you the way forward.
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Celestial Cardplay
By David BirdIn this tenth collection in book form, the pompous and self-important Abbot hosts a tricky visit from Monsignor Vecchio, a representative of the Vatican authorities.
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The Abbot, the Witchdoctor and the Disastrous Double
By David BirdIn this eleventh collection in book form, the pompous and self-important Abbot travels to the Upper Bhumpopo mission in Africa.
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Famous Bridge Disasters
By David BirdIn this hugely entertaining book David Bird describes the most spectacular and amusing disasters suffered by the world's top players.
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10 More Ways to Improve Your Bridge
By David BirdIn this book David Bird builds on TEN WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR BRIDGE and presents ten further ways to increase success at the bridge table.
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Unholy Tricks
By David Bird, Terence ReeseUNHOLY TRICKS by Terence Reese and David Bird is a further collection of bridge tales involving the eccentric monks of St Titus.
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The Abbot and the Sensational Squeeze
By David BirdDavid Bird has surpassed even himself and his inimitable combination of scintillating bridge and humour will swell the ranks of the cognoscenti with equally delighted new recruits. If you are not already happily enrolled, join now!
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Doubled and Venerable: Further Miracles of Card Play
By David Bird, Reese TerenceThe huge success of these books lies not only in their being extremely funny but also in their being instructional as they are crammed with gems of bridge bidding and play.
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The Rabbi and the Weaker Sex
By David Bird, Ron KlingerIf you did not read the first book you can start with this one. We guarantee you will come back for more.
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Divine Intervention
By David Bird, Terence ReeseDivine Intervention follows one of the earlier books by including an African interlude, but the high-spot in this book comes when a director tries to give a ruling in an unprecedented situation involving the silent Brother Anthony.