How to Beat the System: Unravel the Red Tape of

From securing the best school for your child to booking a seat in a trendy new restaurant or legitimately avoiding estate agents' fees and dodging tax bills, this book shows you how to beat the system before the system beats you. Subjects include education, health, tax and banking, travel, and houses and house-buying. Each section contains practical information, explaining the systems themselves and your rights within them using straightforward language, uncluttered by jargon, and bullet-point simplicity. It will explain the loopholes, get-outs, and short cuts, illustrated by the best and the most amusing real-life examples. Most importantly, it will unpick the bureaucratic small print to tell you what the people who run the systems often won't. Also included are all the contact numbers you'll ever need for consumer groups and complaints bodies, a comprehensive, cross-referenced index, and a guide to what to say and what to write when you do confront the system.

( With over 3 millions viewers, Trade Secrets is one of BBC2's most celebrated successes ( Trade Secrets has sold 60,000 copies in HB and PB ( All the advice and hints are from professionals with a lifetime of experience

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Beating the 24/7: How Business Leaders Achieve a Successful Work/Life

Today's managers and executives are cash rich but time poor. They are increasingly pressured to succeed in their careers but there is growing awareness of the cost this has on their personal lives. Beating the 24/7 takes as its starting point a set of specially commissioned interviews with some of today's most high-profile business leaders - including Richard Branson, Dominic Cadbury, Nicola Horlick, Michael Grade and Baroness Hogg. Exploring the complex, interrelated nature of sacrifice and success, Winston Fletcher draws on their experiences to offer powerful lessons for taking control of your personal agenda. Areas such as delegation, personal values and the role of the partner are examined in detail, and a unique diagnostic tool enables readers to calibrate their own 'Work/Life Ratio'. Beating the 24/7 allows any reader to achieve a good work-life balance and start reaping the benefits.

"...an insightful, thought-provoking and, above all , an optimistic book..." (Management Today, 2 September 2002) 

"Britain's most well-known business people tell us how they work hard, play hard - and beat the clock" (Independent on Sunday 29 September 2002)

"Fletcher has turned his attention to........the issue that is bothering us all at present" (Campaign 18 October 2002)

“…Read the lively and entertaining Beating the 24/7…2  (Talking Business, November 2002)

"…an absorbing insight into the ways leading business figures achieve fulfilment in their work and home lives…a helpful handbook for every ambitious entrepreneur…should be made compulsory reading for anybody appointed to a position of responsibility…" (The Times Higher Educational Supplement, 15 November 2002)

"…Drawing upon interviews with very successful business leaders…missed family events and missed children…sounds like you, read this book…" (Professional Manager, January 2003)

"… Winston Fletchers's recent book on work-life balance, cont ains interviews with some of the countries leading workaholics…" (The Independent, 18 January 2003)

Book of the week - "…useful reading for agencies that want to implement the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising’s best-practice guidelines on work-life balance…" (Marketing, 20 February 2003)

"…an admirable book, a serious and helpful contribution to an important personal and business issue…" (The Reformer, Winter 2003)

‘...wise words from the wealthy…’ (Weekly Telegraph, 18-24 June 2003)

“…This book contains some of the most interesting interviews I’ve read about work-life balance … excellent concept, excellent book….” (Mothers@work, March 2004)

"I loved Beating The 24/7" Shirley Conran (President and Founder of the Work-Life Balance Trust)

The business men and women whose stories are featured in this book are as follows:

Richard Sykes
Dominic Cadbury
Michael Grade
Sarah Hogg
Colin Marshall
George Bull
Christopher Bland
Rosalyn Wilton
Peter Davis
Clive Hollick
Helen Alexander
John Clare
Michael Perry
Nicola Horlick
Richard Branson
Dennis Stevenson

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Travellers' Health: How to stay healthy abroad

International travel now takes place on an unprecedented scale, both for business and pleasure. With exotic places ever more accessible to everyone, it is increasingly important for travelers to be informed about the health problems they may encounter abroad. Travellers' Health: How to Stay Healthy Abroad provides indispensable advice for all those planning and undertaking journeys anywhere in the world.
This fourth edition is a complete revision and update of this best-selling, comprehensive guide for the educated traveler. New malaria drugs, the latest vaccine information and advice, jet lag, deep vein thrombosis, and even landmines: this book covers every important issue in travel medicine, with the emphasis firmly on self-help and prevention.
Travellers' Health is the leading guide to health problems abroad, and is widely used by doctors, nurses, and above all, by travelers themselves. This new edition brings together state-of-the-art background information and specialist advice from more than 80 leading experts. Travellers' Health is indeed the standard source for all travelers.

'... packed with detailed advice from specialists... It's indispensable and a fascinating read to boot.'"--Business Traveller

'Abroad is the most dangerous place in the world. Eat the wrong food, sleep in the wrong bed (or in the right bed with the wrong person), walk in the wrong jungle, bathe in the wrong sea, or doze on the wrong beach and you're as near as dead. Still, there are people who insist on crossing the water, and for them there is no better book than this.'--The Sunday Times

Dr. Richard Dawood has travelled in more than 80 countries around the world, and remains and obsessive traveller. He is a specialist in Travel Medicine at the Fleet Street Travel Clinic, London, and writes, lectures and broadcasts frequently on travel health issues. Hospital, London. He now runs his own travel clinic in London. He is a frequent writer and broadcaster on travel medicine.

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Teething Pains: How To Survive Being A Dad

From the author of 'Goodbye, Pert Breasts' comes 'Teething Pains' - the essential guide on surviving the first four years of being a dad! From teething to weaning, nappies to nits, this easy to read guide is packed full of sound advice for new dads, written in Ben's inimitable style and with hilarious illustrations! Learn how to deal with unwanted visitors, tackle temper tantrums and sort out preschool bullies, in the ultimate guide to fatherhood!

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Couldn't get past the first chapter
By Trigger Happy
I love reading so it's rare that I don't finish a book much less not making it to the second chapter. Being a new dad, I thought I would really enjoy this book. Unfortunately I was mistaken, maybe it gets better later in the book. Just couldn't bring myself to continue reading without falling asleep.

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Cheap Vacation Ideas: A Complete Guide in How to Plan

A family holiday is an opportunity to break with routine, to reconnect as a family unit, and to experience exciting new places and adventures. A child’s strongest memories of childhood revolve around vacations, so they are an important aspect of family life. Yet, the family vacation takes a great deal of planning and negotiation, to ensure you all enjoy the holiday of your dreams, and that you have prepared for every eventuality. Family vacations don’t have to cost a lot because you can spend your vacations by taking day trips, enjoying outdoor adventures, educating your children while traveling, and so on. At the same time, vacation destinations have become more flexible in catering the varying needs and desires of their clients at affordable rates. In this book, you’ll be guided on how you can plan for a simple family vacation. This includes choosing a place to stay, making your vacation less stressful with children, and more. At the same time, there are tips and ideas on saving money during your trip on food, activities, and souvenirs. Use this eBook to guide you in making the right choices to plan a fun, stress-free, and memorable trip with your family. This guide will help you balance your family’s need for adventure with safety and practicality, whether your dream vacation is a road trip, a camping adventure, a beach holiday or a plane trip to an exotic vacation. With some forward planning, you can stay relaxed and organized while you enjoy the vacation of a lifetime with your family.

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Great travel guide for those on a budget!
By Megi Dimi
Great travel guide for those on a budget! This book will certainly come in handy for especially for those who love to travel on a tight budget. Plenty of tips and strategies are provided on how to go about and spend your money wisely. These collection series is really worth reading and informative as well. I love to travel always and I can really use the learnings I got from reading these books. Just by planning your travel itinerary will surely help you on your budget because you can avoid unnecessary spending if you have already planned out everything. Awesome book and will certainly share this.

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How To Live For Free: The Definitive Guide

Follow Deepak Tailor on a journey to discover how to live for free. For three years Deepak travelled to the distant corners of the world, found a growing global movement and interviewed hundreds of inspiring people. From the founder of LatestFreeStuff.co.uk, the UK's most popular freebie website, learn how to turn your life around, reach your goals and make any part of it free. Packed full of tips, action lists and resources, How To Live For Free will make the biggest change to your life, more than any other book. Among hundreds of topics, discover: - How to attend free restaurant tastings - How to get free clothes and beauty treatments - How to receive freebies from brands - How to forage and cook wild game - The man who lived in luxury flats for two years free of charge - The man who built his own island - How to up cycle furniture - How to sail a yacht and travel the world - The ultimate hitchhiker's guide - The best free living apps - How to get free cinema, theatre and festival tickets - How Deepak gets a free private driver everywhere he goes - How to upgrade your wardrobe for free - And much, much more.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Living for free
By Michael D. Shepard
Great ideas for saving money. A US version would be better.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Good Book for Others, Just Not Me
By Angela Santana
This book does have some good ideas for those who are looking for ways to live for free, but these ideas are not for me. I do not have the time nor the patience to do what this book suggests.

I am not saying that you shouldn't get this book. By all means, grab it, but just know that you have to invest quite a bit of time into taking advantage of the advice shown here. Good luck to you!

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Especially good if in the UK
By Larro Pierre
Really a lot of good ideas if one is needing to, or desiring to live on the cheap. Some parts won't be of any interest to the reader, but everyone should come away with something of value!

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