WOWIO New Releases - Nonfiction

You Can Survive! Book Seven: Earthquakes

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:31:02 CST

Duncan Long

Earthquakes strike suddenly, violently, and without warning. And although few people realize it, a major quake can occur almost anywhere on our planet. Knowing what actions to take when a quake strikes can spell the difference between life and death.

Now survival expert Duncan Long gives you essential tips on how to survive deadly quakes, as well secrets that will minimize the damage of a quake. You'll find guidelines on what areas of a house or business are the safest to be in during a...

You Can Survive! Book Six: Tornadoes and Hurricanes

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:45:16 CST

Duncan Long

Tornadoes can strike anywhere in the world. Knowing what actions to take when facing these dangerous storms can spell the difference between life and death.

After living in "Tornado Alley" for over 50 years, survival expert Duncan Long shares his experiences and tips on how to survive these deadly storms, as well as revealing how to avoid the ravages of floods and hurricanes. With his secrets, you can protect your loved ones. You'll find guidelines on what areas of a house are safest, how to...

You Can Survive! Book Three: Terrorist Nukes and Dirty Bombs

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:39:19 CST

Duncan Long

There have already been several attempts to explode dirty bomb on US soil. And terrorists are attempting to acquire nuclear weapons. Many experts believe it's only a matter of time before these devices are used against America.

Now survival expert Duncan Long reveals the secrets you need to survive such an attack. In easy-to-follow instructions, Long gives the lifesaving details you need to avoid injury (with little or no prior preparations) and also shows you how to evade the dangers of...

You Can Survive! Book Five: Power Driving Secrets

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:37:00 CST

Duncan Long

Power-Driving Secrets enables you to protect yourself when behind the wheel of a vehicle, and reveals the tricks professional bodyguards and police officers employ to defend dignitaries and thwart criminals. This manual gives you the tools not only to take a bite out of crime, but to rip the seat out of a criminal's pants as well (if he's foolish enough to take you on).

These previously restricted driving techniques can transform you from a potential victim into a highly confident and...

You Can Survive! Book Four: Being Kidnapped or Held Hostage

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:21:41 CST

Duncan Long

Kidnapping has become rampant in many parts of the world, and in some areas it has become a virtual business. Terrorists have also gotten into the act, stealing everyone from journalists to people who simply are in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Now survival expert Duncan Long reveals the secrets you'll need to survive being kidnapped or taken hostage. In easy-to-follow instructions, Long gives the details for avoiding injury and staying alive, as well as the actions you must take to...

Killing for Sport

Thu, 08 May 2008 13:32:46 CST

Pat Brown

Killing for Sport is the most valuable insight into the minds of serial killers you’ll ever read. While other profilers tend to conceal the clear facts behind complex technical language and psychobabble, Pat Brown actually tells it like it is. Killing for Sport will intrigue you with its honest portrayal of the predator-next-door: how he hunts for his victims, why he likes to torture them, where he tends to stash their bodies, and more. Movies such as The Silence of the Lambs, Se7en, American...

The Encyclopedia of True Crime

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:06:04 CST

Charlotte Greig with Paul Roland, Jo Durden Smith, et al.

The Encyclopedia of True Crime is a fascinating factfile on wrongdoing which takes you deep into the hidden world of those who break the law. This book sheds light on what makes serial killers tick, how career criminals plan heists the psychology behind white collar crime, the ruthless codes which operate in prisons and many other aspects of criminal culture.

Features include Vlad the Impaler, the Great Train Robbery, Ed Kemper, Jeffrey Dahmer, Brazilian prison gangs, John Gotti, the Kray...

Irish Toasts

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:48:30 CST

Shane Na Gael (Editor)

The toasts collected in this book reflect universal themes of patriotism, friendship, love and loss, as well as convivial, humorous and sundry sentiments expressed with the raise of a glass — all filtered through an Irish perspective.

Curse & Berate in 69+ Languages

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:34:12 CST

R.V. Branham

Curse and Berate in 69+ Languages identifies a broad array of crude, vulgar, offensive, scurrilous, lewd concepts, organized thematically, and translated into 69+ languages. It demonstrates how profanity is, in many ways, at the very root of what it means to be human and, ironic as it may sound, points to an alternative, if somewhat offensive vision for achieving global understanding -- if we can't all get along, perhaps we could all insult each other...

Exam Scams: Best Cheating Stories and Excuses from Around the World

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:36:20 CST

John Croucher

Everyone hates exams. And there's nothing worse than staring blankly at an exam paper knowing you can't answer the question!

John Croucher has uncovered excuses and cheating techniques used by students around the world to avoid exams, to assist their memories or to explain poor marks. From underwear inspections to student riots, this is a collection of outrageous and often surprising stories.

Exam Scams is hilarious reading for every student who has sat an exam and for every lecturer who...

Study Skills for Successful Students

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:46:28 CST

Fred Orr

Studying successfully at high school, college or university requires more than discipline, diligence and determination. Students must also come to grips with a crucial range of essential skills if they wish to turn toil into triumph.

Study Skills for Successful Students shows you how to improve your learnings skills and performance by:

Increasing your motivation and concentration
Improving your goal planning and time management
Keeping healthy and preventing stress
Enhancing your...

Writing Family History Made Very Easy

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:29:47 CST

Noeline Kyle

You've done the research but now it's time to write it all into a fascinating history that will do your family's story justice.

Researching family trees and genealogies has never been more popular, and there are many courses, books and websites to assist the amateur researcher. The problem is, while family historians are enthusiastic and skilled researchers, most are not trained or confident writers, and the task of writing their family history may seem overwhelming.

This book offers...

Higher and Higher

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:12:58 CST

Jost Sauer

"This is one of the most powerful, real, relevant, and thought-provoking books I have picked up in some time."
- The Art of Healing

Have you ever wondered:

- Whether marijuana can lead to harder drugs.
- How come you feel immortal on speed.
- Why acid trips can feel so good - or so bad.
- Why total strangers bond on ecstasy.
- Whether drugs can enhance your spirituality.
- Why some antidepressants can make your depression worse.

Higher and Higher offers a fresh perspective on...

Writing Your Life: A Journey of Discovery

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:45:40 CST

Patti Miller

Everyone can write a life story.

If you have dreamed by childhood creeks, had coffee with a friend, watched the sun rise after a partner has died, or lived through any of life's twists and turns, then you have a life story to write.

Writing Your Life provides techniques for getting started, handling perspective, finding your voice and bringing experiences to life on the page. It also explores issues like selective memory, emotional healing and how to communicate your truths without...

Practising the Witch's Craft

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:38:48 CST

Douglas Ezzy

The writers of Practising the Witch's Craft provide deep insights for newcomers and for experienced witches into what it means to be a contemporary witch and how witches practise their art and integrate their magic with everyday life. Vivianne Crowley, author of Wicca: The Old Religion in the New Millennium and The Natural Magician.

Practising the Witch's Craft tells the stories of ordinary people who have discovered that life is enchanted and that Witchcraft works for them. Much more than a...

The Art of Romance Writing

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:48:40 CST

Valerie Parv

The Art of Romance Writing is an up-to-the-minute practical guide to the romance writing genre, written by the international best-selling author Valerie Parv.

Clearcut examples of romance writing show exactly what works, what doesn't and why, unravelling the myth of "the formula" and highlighting the subtle differences between the lines put out by major publishers. Step-by-step, Parv explains how to create believable characters, handle dialogue, choose settings, develop workable conflicts...

100 Most Infamous Criminals

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:52:04 CST

Jo Durden Smith

100 Most Infamous Criminals is an astounding compendium of crimes and their perpetrators. The range of crimes is extraordinary, from the bizarre to the horrific, and from the heartbreaking to the ridiculous.

The book includes some of history's most infamous criminals and tells in vivid detail the story of the lives they led, the crimes they committed and the destruction and sorrow they left in their wake. From the unsolved horror of Jack the Ripper to the king of the gangsters Al Capone, Ted...

Prices and Knowledge: A Market-Process Perspective

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:51:37 CST

Esteban F. Thomsen

Since Friedrich Hayek's The Use of Knowledge in Society, much has been written about the role of prices as a means of communicating information. Information economics emphasizes that prices can be sources from which agents infer information, and means by which they transmit information. The growing interest in this area has led to a greater stress on the role of prices, and this book meets the need for a comprehensive survey of the field.

Prices and Knowledge analyzes different theoretical...

Psychology and Education

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:51:43 CST

Robert Morris Ogden

First published 1926, according to one commentator, Frank S. Freeman it was "the first book by an American psychologist written from the viewpoint of Gestalt theory and principles". This volume in the "International Library of Psychology" series is regarded as the first study of education in a psychological background which commends itself as an orderly development of scientific principles. Routledge has re-issued this prestigious series of 204 volumes originally published between 1910 and...

Rome in the East: The Transformation of an Empire

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:52:07 CST

Warwick Ball

Rome in the East provides a lavishly illustrated and arresting study of the influence of Near Eastern culture on the Roman world, which overturns received wisdom about Rome as the bastion of European culture.

Richard Cantillon: Pioneer of Economic Theory

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:51:51 CST

Anthony Brewer

Richard Cantillon, who wrote fifty years before Adam Smith, was the first economist to see the economy as an interrelated whole and the first to give a coherent account of how it works. His only surviving work, the Essai sur la nature du commerce en general, was an astonishing achievement, although it was not published until twenty years after his death and was never widely known. Simply to sketch such a theory would have been a major advance, but Cantillon worked out the implications of his...

Natural Disasters and Cultural Change

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:51:02 CST

Robin Torrence and John Grattan (Eds.)

Natural disasters, large or small, wide-ranging or localized, sudden or prolonged, often have effects on humans and their lifestyles. This innovative and timely compilation explores some disasters which had enduring consequences for human cultures yet also explodes the myth that all major disasters inevitably have such consequences.

Mathematics Education and Philosophy: An International Perspective

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:50:47 CST

Paul Ernest (Ed.)

Contains articles on the philosophy of mathematics education and related areas, together with papers from the International Congress of Mathematics Education held in Quebec in 1992. Provides a multidisciplinary approach to the field of study.

Keynes' General Theory of Interest

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:50:29 CST

Fiona C. Maclachlan

The theory of interest is one of the most controversial areas in economic theory. In Keynes' General Theory of Interest, Fiona Maclachlan revives Keynes' largely discredited liquidity preference of interest theory, providing an original and rigorously reasoned restatement of it. Drawing inspiration from Keynes' original thoughts, she offers a reformulation of this crucial theory to allow more precise definitions of liquidity and liquidity preference.

Any theory that is relevant to modern...

Japanese Numbers Game: The Use and Understanding of Numbers in Modern Japan

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:50:27 CST

Thomas Crump

An almost obsessional use of numbers characterizes Japanese popular culture. A wide variety of numerical formulas and strategies provide the means for explaining events and solving problems occurring in everyday life. These include such matters as the choice of the name for a child, ranking in almost any game or sport, the diagnosis and cure of illness, or the decision to accept a new job.

The Japanese Numbers Game provides a general study of the whole field of Japanese popular numeracy. It...