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How to Be 'Normal' - Notes on the Eccentricities of Modern Life by Daniel Tammet
Category: Gift Books | Series: Little Ways to Live a Big Life Ser.
An eye-opening short book by the international bestselling writer of Born on a Blue Day and Thinking in Numbers.Have you ever wondered how neurotypicals - so called 'normal' people - come across to those who are on the autistic spectrum?Daniel Tammet is an essayist, poet, novelist and translator. In 200 ...Show more
How to Climb Everest by Kami Rita Sherpa
Category: Gift Books | Series: Little Ways to Live a Big Life Ser.
What does it take to climb the world's highest mountain?This delightful short book reveals everything you need to know about climbing Mount Everest - and who better to tell you than Kami Rita Sherpa, a Nepali guide who holds the record for most ascents to the summit of this extraordinary mountain. In Ma ...Show more
How to Count to Infinity by SAUTOY, MARCUS DU
Category: Gift Books | Series: Little Ways to Live a Big Life
Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it... Not falling in love, but counting. Animals and humans have been using numbers to navigate their way through the jungle of life ever since we all evolved on this planet. But this book will help you to do something that humans have only recently unders ...Show more
How to Draw Anything by Scriberia
Category: Art | Series: Little Ways to Live a Big Life
As children, when we learn to write, we gain an important life skill - a practical means of communicating that we end up using almost every day of our lives, if only to jot down a shopping list or dash out an email. As children, we also know instinctively that drawing is a great way to communicate, but ...Show more
How to Enjoy Poetry by Frank Skinner
Category: Gift Books | Series: Little Ways to Live a Big Life Ser.
'Someone recently said to me, in reference to my poetry podcast, that you'd think poetry would be more popular than ever, in the twenty-first century, because people don't have a lot of time and 'novels are often quite big while poems are often quite small'. I referred them to Doctor Who's Tardis.'Frank ...Show more
How to Land a Plane by VANHOENACKER, MARK
Category: Gift Books | Series: Little Ways to Live a Big Life
Hello! Welcome! Wow, you look surprisingly relaxed. That's great to see. Have a seat on the left side of the cockpit - that's the captain's seat. Yes, you're now the captain. And yes, that's the runway down there. So fasten your seat belt, order yourself a cup of tea, and let's get cracking.Imagine the ...Show more
How to Land a Plane by Mark Vanhoenacker
Category: Gift Books | Series: Little Ways to Live a Big Life Ser.
Take a seat--the captain's seat, that is--and relax. You're about to land a Boeing 747. The mystery of flight is magical; the reality, still more so--from the physics that keeps a 450-ton vehicle aloft, to the symphony of technology and teamwork that safely sets it down again. Take it from Mark Van ...Show more
How to Make Children Laugh by Michael Rosen
Category: No Category | Series: Little Ways to Live a Big Life
'A WORK OF GENIUS' - Chris Evans Jokes, a jack-in-the-box, jelly and jumping beans make children laugh. As do practical jokes, peekaboo, pantomine and poetry that makes no sense. Why and how does this work? And why does it matter? Writer and Professor of Children's Literature Michael Rosen, whose bo ...Show more
How to Skim a Stone by Ralph Jones
Category: Gift Books | Series: Little Ways to Live a Big Life Ser.
This is the ultimate guide to skimming a stone. Stone skimming is an art and a science: a brief distraction on a country walk and an international sport with highly competitive championships. Ralph Jones covered last year's World Stone Skimming Championships and here, he investigates the physics, the ...Show more
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