A concise, accessible, and up- to-date overview of the arts of Africa from prehistoric times to the present day.This indispensable introductory guide explores the art of the African con...
The story of us - without hesitation, repetition or deviation.Join national treasure and Just a Minute regular Gyles Brandreth on a hilariously addictive romp through British history. T...
This work is a fascinating attempt to probe deep into the socio-cultural ramifications of the visual artefacts of ancient India, which has a rich heritage of iconographic treasures of varying sizes...
A panoramic portrait of the wonderous vehicle whose passenger is also its engine.A toy, a tool, a liberator, or complete nuisance: the bicycle has been many things to many people over t...
**A NEW YORK TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, ECONOMIST, MAIL ON SUNDAY and GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR**From the dawn of life itself, every being that has ever lived owes its existence to the cel...
BRS Gross Anatomy, 10th Edition, presents the essentials of human anatomy in the popular Board Review Series outline format to help students master key information and confidently prepare for basic...
Kompendium wiedzy o zaangażowaniu Zaangażowanie zespołu nie bierze się znikąd, nie pojawia się jak za dotknięciem magicznej różdżki, nie znika też bez przyczyny. Jest efektem pracy w duchu D...
**SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**This is our world, as you've never seen it before.The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and t...
You think you know British Rail.Stale sandwiches, inefficiency, and violent yellow carriages: we haven't looked kindly on the last of our state-owned organizations to be privatized.
Knowledge is power. Which is why the rich and powerful don't want you to have it.The Playbook is an exposé of the extraordinary lengths that corporations will go to in order to d...
In mathematics, a nonmeasurable set is one for which the "volume" cannot be assigned. This "volume" can be understood differently depending on the structure in which we search s...
A deep-dive into the astonishing nature and true science of longevity Molecular Biologist Nicklas Brendborg takes us on a journey from the farthest reaches of the globe to the most cutting-edge res...
How does the brain perceive and interpret information from the eye? And what happens when the process is disrupted? In The Mind's Eye, Oliver Sacks tells the stories of people who are able to navig...
This monograph analyses the way that Jews were portrayed in various scholarly journals and lay gazettes published in French in the United Provinces of the Netherlands, mostly by Huguenot refugees. ...
The world’s greatest magicians from the Middle Ages to the 1950sMagic has enchanted humankind for millennia, evoking terror, laughter, shock, and amazement. Once persecuted as heretics ...
Music can move us to the heights or depths of emotion. It can persuade us to buy something, or remind us of our first date. It can lift us out of depression when nothing else can. It can get us dan...
Renowned aviation author Tony Buttler, with co-authors Collins and Derry, presents a detailed and fully illustrated account of the de Havilland Hornet and Sea Hornet in service, from the prototypes...
We like to get along, at home or in the workplace. We don't want to hurt people or offend. Therefore, it is no surprise that numerous famous psychological experiments have proven that we don't tend...
The first monograph of the influential Polish group Rytm to be published in English, this book is a nuanced reconstruction of this forgotten interwar association of artists, and an original contrib...