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Nothing Sacred: Selected Writingsby: Angela Carter
'In the pursuit of magnificence, nothing is sacred,' says Angela Carter, and magnificence is indeed her own achievement. One of the most acclaimed novelists of her generation, her work as a journalist and critic was no less original. Long autobiographical pieces on her life in South Yorkshire and... |
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Russellby: A.C. Grayling
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) is one of the most famous and important philosophers of the twentieth century. In this account of his life and work A.C. Grayling introduces both his technical contributions to logic and philosophy, and his wide-ranging views on education, politics, war, and sexual... |
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The Picador Book of Journeysby: Robyn Davidson
Robyn Davidson's fascinating book is an anthology in its truest sense - it is a treasure trove of writing that challenges what we define as travel writing: moving effortlessly from Flaubert in Egypt to Elizabeth David in the Mediterranean by way of runaway slaves; the moon; hallucinating in Las... |
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Cambridge Scientific Mindsby: P.M. Harman
Since the 'scientific revolution' of the seventeenth century, a great number of distinguished scientists and mathematicians have been associated with the University of Cambridge. Cambridge Scientific Minds provides a portrait of some of the most eminent scientists associated with the University... |
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Scientist, Soldier, Statesman, Spy: Count Rumford - The Extraordinary Life of a...by: G.I. Brown
A scientific biography of Count Rumford, the founder of the Royal Institution, who arrived in England in 1776, and invented methods for improved heating, lighting and cooking, through his discovery of how heat was made. |
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Chain Reactions: Pioneers of British Science and Technologyby: Adam Hart-Davis
Looks at the scientists and inventors to be found upon the walls of the National Portrait Gallery, and the often extraordinary connections between them. Relationships familial, intellectual, amicable and implacable are unearthed, as are the roles played by coincidence and accident in the great... |
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Stephen Hawking: A Life in Scienceby: Michael White
Born in 1942, Stephen Hawking is no ordinary scientist. With a career that began over thirty years ago at Cambridge University, he has managed to do more than perhaps any other physicist to broaden our basic understanding of the universe. This skilful portrait of an indefatigable genius traces... |
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Darwin's Origin of the Species: A Biographyby: Janet Browne
To book has changed our conception of ourselves more than Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species. It caused a sensation on its publication in 1859, selling out its entire print run in one day, and went on to become an international best seller. The idea that living things, including humans,... |
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Indulgence: One Man's Selfless Search for the Best Chocolateby: Paul Richardson
Everybody loves chocolate. From Willy Wonka to Ferrero Rocher, the Cadbury's Flake girl to the man from Milk Tray, it is embedded in our culture like no other foodstuff. The 'Prozac of Candy' produces the same chemicals in your brain as when you fall in love. Paul Richardson has had a sweet tooth... |
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3:59.4: The Quest to Break the 4 Minute Mileby: John Bryant
The years 1953-54 were marked by the conquests of two unattainable peaks - Mount Everest and the Four Minute Mile. But the dream of setting a new track record for this distance started as early as the 1880s, by the American Lon Myers, a stick-thin hypochondriac who was sick before and after every... |
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