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This book offers a largely chronological illustrated guide to how the chemical elements were discovered over the past three millennia. It provides ...

'60 fantastical structures described and illustrated in this colourful and highly entertaining book.' The Sunday Times 'If you can't think of a p...

Sheep are the thread that runs through the history of the English countryside. Our fortunes were once founded on sheep, and this book tells a story...

Entertaining in town and country is an essential part of the life and work of design gurus Paolo Moschino and Philip Vergeylen ―as revealed in this...

Welcome to The Empire theatre 1922. When Jack Treadwell arrives at The Empire, in the middle of a rehearsal, he is instantly mesmerised. But amid ...

Product Description * FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOW TO ARGUE WITH A RACIST *Throughout history, people have sought to impro...

Product Description 'A fascinating and challenging story' New York Review of Books 'This is an incredibly absorbing and insightful book about the...

"The best thriller I've ever read." (Philip Pullman). With an introduction by Philip Pullman Kolymsky Heights. A frozen Siberian hell lost in endle...

Review Fascinating, occasionally chilling and very readable -- Rhys Blakely ― The Times Detailed and deeply researched ... striking ... complex -...

A revised edition of a compelling photographic history of Queen Elizabeth II’s life and reign This book is a photographic portrait of Queen Elizab...

A deeply unsettling existential horror story, a nightmare you'll never be sure you've woken up from. - Time Glen Runciter is dead. Or is he? Someon...

An overview of the lost peoples and cultures who flourished and fought for survival alongside the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. Beyond the Greeks,...

Review An amazing inquiry into the origins of life. I loved it. -- Bill Gates He is an original researcher and thinker and a passionate and styli...

A fascinating tour of cities that have been lost to history, from the Neolithic period up to the late Roman Empire, that offers a fresh new perspec...

Levant is a book of cities. It describes Smyrna, Alexandria and Beirut when they were windows on the world, escapes from nationality and tradition,...

The definitive editions of Philip K. Dick's short stories, containing some of the most defining works in the Science Fiction genre. This stunning ...

Product Description For study or revision, these guides are the perfect accompaniment to the set text, providing invaluable background and exam ad...

This is the unathorised biography of you. Charting your incredible journey from Big Bang to birth (in about the time it takes to eat your breakfas...