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Our books are divided into six sections: creativity, popular science, general business, crash course personal development guides, the quick-hitting Instant series and Internet.

	Imagination Engineering (Paul Birch & Brian Clegg) the best-selling toolkit for business creativity, putting creativity techniques into a practical framework. Buy from Amazon, or you can buy direct from us (click here) If showing out of print from Amazon.com, still available via Amazon.co.uk - Published July 1996, new edition January 2000 Copies available for direct sale: click here for details.
	Creativity and Innovation for Managers (Brian Clegg) An excellent source for managers to understand what business creativity is, how it can benefit the company and how to get the most out of it. A compact practical guide, providing an agenda for action. - Published April 1999
	Crash Course in Creativity (Brian Clegg & Paul Birch) A structured course with 30 units of 5 exercises and guided reading to build your expertise in business and personal creativity. Contains exercises from Instant Creativity, Teamwork and Brainpower in a technique-packed course. - Published September 2002 Copies available for direct sale: click here for details.
	Instant Creativity (Brian Clegg & Paul Birch) takes the Instant approach of Instant Teamwork to creativity. A great collection of short techniques which can be applied in a few minutes to solve a problem or generate ideas - a great resource to use alongside Imagination Engineering or on its own.- Published March 1999 - named 'book of the week' in a Guardian newspaper column, 10 April 1999. Now available for immediate download as an Adobe Acrobat file: click here for details
	Instant Brainpower (Brian Clegg) Instant Brainpower is an easy to use action kit, bursting with exercises to make the most of a unique asset: your brain. Over 70 simple, proven techniques that will help you find fresh ideas and solutions and stretch your mind whether you want to enhance your personal creativity, improve your memory and stretch your knowledge management. Now available in German! - Published October 1999
	Business Creativity (Paul Birch & Brian Clegg) a brief introduction to creative problem solving and idea generation in business. Ideal if you want a quick overview without taking up too much time. - Published 1995 Out of print: try Abebooks.co.uk or Abebooks.com

	A Brief History of Infinity (Brian Clegg) We human beings have trouble with infinity. Philosophers and mathematicians have gone mad contemplating its nature and complexity - and yet it is a concept now routinely used by schoolchildren. In this highly entertaining and stimulating history, Brian Clegg takes us on a tour of that borderland between the extremely large and the ultimate, from Archimedes counting the grains of sand that would fill the universe, to the latest theories on the physical reality of the infinite.
	Light Years[ and Time Travel] (Brian Clegg) Hardback: Paperback: Digital download: Light Years tells the story of light, the most amazing phenomenon of nature, through the remarkable people who have been captivated by it. From Neolithic man's worship and the strange ideas of the Ancient Greeks to the shattering discoveries of Einstein and Feynman, Light Years explores each stage of this extraordinary saga of discovery. An ideal title to enhance your creativity by taking your imagination on a new journey. Published Feb 2002 (UK paperback)/January 2002 (US)
	The First Scientist: a life of Roger Bacon (Brian Clegg) Hardback: Paperback: The story of 13th century English friar Roger Bacon is more than just a fascinating exploration of the often dangerous life in the early universities. It combines remarkable insights into the heady mix of fact and imagination in medieval science and opens up the life of a man who was prepared to risk everything to publish his scientific theories. More than anything it shows how Bacon, until recently almost overlooked by historians, was the first true scientist. Published Feb 2003
	The Complete Flier's Handbook (Brian Clegg) This book is the ultimate guide to getting the most out of air travel. The handbook offers advice for staying healthy in the air including what to do to minimize the risk of Deep Vein Thrombosis, what's wrong with airline food, flying with children, which are the safest seats to sit in, how to reduce jet lag and tips for avoiding air rage.The Complete Flier's Handbook cuts through the myths and media hype (what does it really mean when they say it's safer to fly than travel by car?) to offer practical advice for anyone taking to the skies.- Published June 2002

	Capturing Customers' Hearts (Brian Clegg) We all realize how important customers are. We all know what will help build a good relationship with our customers. Yet so often it is done badly. Capturing Customers' Hearts analyzes companies where the product or the company itself generate a special reaction in the customer, something much more than brand loyalty - true affection. Now available in Dutch, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese and Thai - Published September 2000
	The Chameleon Manager (Brian Clegg) new skills that managers (and everyone in employment) will need to cope with the new world of work, where the job for life is a joke. Establish your personal dream portfolio and make it happen. - Published September 1998
	DisOrganization (Brian Clegg & Paul Birch) - A new model for organizational reform, pushing to the extremes of the directional spectra. DisOrganized companies, based on small mini company units will be ideally suited to take on the new millennium. Buy from Amazon, or you can buy direct from us (click here).- Published 1998 - nominated for Business Book of the Year 1999
	The Invisible Customer (Brian Clegg) An increasing number of companies are providing service to invisible customers via the Web and call centres. But the new demands are failing to be met. Giving great customer service this way is an opportunity few companies of taken up. This book shows how it is possible. - Published May 2000
	Training Plus (Brian Clegg) The methods and techniques of training are well established. So well established that some tricks of the trade have become hackneyed and tired. Training+ will help you break out of a rut and develop new ways of getting the message across, whether you are a professional trainer or a manager wanting to develop your staff. - Published August 2000

	Creativity (Brian Clegg & Paul Birch) A structured course with 30 units of 5 exercises and guided reading to build your expertise in business and personal creativity - Published September 2002 Copies available for direct sale: click here for details.
	Managing People (Brian Clegg & Paul Birch) A structured course with 30 units of 5 exercises and guided reading to build your expertise in leadership, motivation, interviewing and coaching. - Published September 2002
	Personal Development (Brian Clegg) A structured course with 30 units of 5 exercises and guided reading to build your expertise in time management, stress management and negotiation.- Published September 2002

	Instant Brainpower (Brian Clegg) Instant Brainpower is an easy to use action kit, bursting with exercises that will help you to make the most of a unique asset: your brain. Full of simple, proven techniques that will help you find fresh ideas and solutions, the book offers over 70 ways to stretch your mind whether you want to enhance your personal creativity, improve your memory and stretch your knowledge management. Now available in German and Thai. - Published October 1999 Click on UK Shop then the 'new' from Marketplace Sellers link at Amazon.co.uk to get the brand new book even cheaper direct from us.
	Instant Creativity (Brian Clegg & Paul Birch) takes the Instant approach of Instant Teamwork to creativity. A great collection of short techniques which can be applied in a few minutes to solve a problem or generate ideas - a great resource to use alongside Imagination Engineering or on its own.- Published March 1999 - Guardian newspaper 'book of the week' 10 April 1999. Now available for immediate download as an Adobe Acrobat file: click here for details
	Instant Interviewing (Brian Clegg) Interviewing is an essential part of any manager's job, but often there is little time given to training. When the interview comes along, it's something extra on top of the manager's normal responsibilities. Here is an ideal candidate for the Instant approach, improving interview skills, providing proven tips and 100 effective questions to cover a wide range of requirements. - Published January 2001 Now available for immediate download as an Adobe Acrobat file: click here for details
	Instant Motivation (Brian Clegg) helps you bring out the best in people, fast! Whether you are trying to inspire and individual, a team or an entire company, the proven techniques in this practical book will help you give others a boost. When you need to motivate, there's often urgency - hence the value of the instant approach. Also available in Portuguese - Published January 2000
	Instant Negotiation (Brian Clegg) Negotiation has never been a pure science, but it's blend of logic and gut feel can be learned. This creative book packed with proven tips and advice includes a comprehensive range of over 70 self-development exercises that will help you to improve your skills in negotiation whether you are buying, selling or searching for common ground. Also available in Portuguese - Published September 2000
	Instant Stress Management (Brian Clegg) helps you assess your own personal stress levels, pinpointing the sources of stress. Then you can pick and mix from over 70 easy-to-use exercises to bring more calm into your life. Stress is often related to time pressure: now you can manage that stress - in an instant! Also available in Portuguese - Published January 2000 *Now available for immediate download as an Adobe Acrobat file: click here for details.*
	Instant Teamwork (Brian Clegg & Paul Birch) short exercises to build teamwork: ice-breakers, warm-ups and time-outs designed to get a team working better together, push up team energy and increase team creativity. Whether you are a team leader, a trainer or HR, boost your team's effectiveness - in an instant! Also available in Czech - Published November 1998 *Now available for immediate download as an Adobe Acrobat file: click here for details.*
	Instant Time Management (Brian Clegg) the trouble with most approaches to time management is that they take up too much time! This toolkit of short exercises can be used as a course to build to time management excellence, or as individual, bite-sized improvements as and when time is available. Also available in Portuguese - Published March 1999 Copies available for direct sale: click here for details.

The Professional's Guide to Mining the Internet (Brian Clegg)

the Internet may be the biggest library in existence, and it's certainly the most readily accessible, but just finding something out there can be a challenge. This readable book introduces you to the techniques you need to find the right information on the Web and to use other Internet resources like e-mail and newsgroups to get to the information you need. New second edition. - Published October 2001

Newest addition to our list:

A Brief History of Infinity

A fascinating tour of infinity - the quest to think the unthinkable

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Why so much science on a creativity site? See Brian Clegg talking about science below.

Why is science such a joy creatively? Perhaps the fact that 3 days after that video was shot news broke that human cloning may never be possible. Good science is never set in concrete.

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