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Why do Golf Balls have Dimples?
Wendy Sadler

Accent Press

Have you ever wondered why golf balls have dimples or why your hair goes frizzy in the rain?

Scientist Wendy Sadler has the answers in her book of Weird and Wonderful facts.

Broken down into user-friendly chapters like sport, going out, the great outdoors, food and drink and the downright weird, Wendy's book gives the scientific answers to life's intriguing questions, like why toast always lands butter-side down and why you can't get (too) lost with a satnav.

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Going for Gold

Accent Press

What does it take to go for gold and be the greatest?

In
Going For Gold
, Wales's leading athletes share the secrets of their drive and determination to be the best in their sport.

Cyclist Geraint Thomas, who won Olympic gold in the Team Pursuit in Beijing 2008, and 11 times gold medal-winning paralympic swimmer Dave Roberts talk of their ambitions to win in London 2012. 

World champion hurdler David ‘Dai' Greene explains his hunger to be the best and the importance of loving what you do, while Commonwealth medal-winning swimmer Jazmin ‘Jazz' Carlin and  paralympic world champion  Nathan Stephens  reveal the discipline needed to go for gold.

This collection of stories will inspire others to aim for their goals and follow their dreams.

About the Author

Emlyn Rees was brought up in Cardiff and studied English at Southampton University. He published his first crime novel,
The Book of Dead Authors
, aged 25, his second a year later, and then co-wrote seven comedies with Josie Lloyd, including the Number One Sunday Times bestseller
Come Together.
He's currently working on a series of novels featuring hostage negotiator Danny Shanklin – the one guy you would want on your side in a fight.