In this inspiring masterpiece, bestselling author Susan Cain shows the power of the "bittersweet" -- the outlook that values the experiences of loss and pain, which can lead to growth and...
A visual exploration of earth-bound architectureBuilding is one of very few endeavours that are physically connected to the surface of the earth, fixed and enduring. Nevertheless, for centuri...
In this vital re-examination of a shared history, historian and broadcaster David Olusoga tells the rich and revealing story of the long relationship between the British Isles and the people of Afr...
Our brains are hardwired to sort, categorize and draw lines. It's how we navigate the infinite kaleidoscope of everyday information. But imagine failing an exam by a mere 1 per cent. Or being caugh...
What links the Mercedes Formula One team with Google?What links Team Sky and the aviation industry?What connects James Dyson and David Beckham?They are all Black Box Thinker...
What would happen if you fell into a black hole?Black holes are the most extraordinary phenomenon in the universe, but they are a riddle that confounds our intuitions.Anythi...
What would happen if you fell into a Black Hole?Black holes are found throughout the universe. They can be microscopic. They can be billions of times larger than our Sun. They are dark ...
Blask. Ołtarz Mariacki Wita Stwosza to książka składająca się z kilku części. Jedna z nich to materiał ikonograficzny przedstawiający stan samego ołtarza, wykonany przez Andrzeja Nowakowskiego. Pos...
Blask. Ołtarz Mariacki Wita Stwosza to książka składająca się z kilku części. Jedna z nich to materiał ikonograficzny przedstawiający stan samego ołtarza, wykonany przez Andrzeja Nowakowskiego. Pos...
The Modeller's Photographic Archive series is essentially a 96 page A4 landscape photo book format using the very best original wartime images from various private collections. The landscape format...
Richard Overy sets out in Blood and Ruins to recast the way in which we view the Second World War and its origins and aftermath. He argues that this was the 'great imperial war', a violent end to a...
FINANCIAL TIMES 2023 HIGHLIGHT'Helen Czerski weaves together physics and biology, history and science, in a beautifully poetic way.'Professor Alice Roberts'In Helen Cz...
This is our Blue Planet: a beautiful blue marble suspended in a sea of stars.Unlike billions of other worlds in the Milky Way, 71 per cent of our Blue Planet is covered by ocean. It's h...
One of the world's top behavioural geneticists argues that we need a radical rethink about what makes us who we areThe blueprint for our individuality lies in the 1% of DNA that differs...
Body art is the most intimate art form, linking the self, the senses, and the social and political. Today, in almost any major city worldwide, you will encounter tattoos, piercings, henna painting ...
Książka jest próbą odpowiedzi na pytanie o znaczenie, miejsce i rolę mitu w twórczości polskich pisarek współczesnych. Pojęcie „mitu” rozumiane jest tu jako zestaw ...
Created in November 1943, the Fifteenth Air Force was the direct descendant of the American Ninth and Twelfth Air Forces that had fought in the Mediterranean since the summer of 1942. Its force inc...
'Richard Dawkins is a thunderously gifted science writer.' Sunday Times'It may be a collection of shorter parts, but the book is in no sense Dawkins made simple. It amounts to a substan...
How are borders built in the modern world? What does Brexit mean for Ireland's border? And what would happen if Elon Musk declared himself president of the Moon?In Border Wars, Professo...
A stunningly topical and timely book. Lewis Baston is a remarkable talent, very gifted as a writer and quite extraordinarily perceptive and original in his thinking' ANTHONY SELDONA riv...