Backroom Boys. The Secret Return of the British Boffin, Paperback - Francis Spufford

Offers an account of how British boffins triumphed across the decades in creating everything from computer games to Martian landers. This book cont...

Costa-award winning author of Golden Hill returns with a memoir that investigates the consequences of what we read as children, with Spufford revis...

DescriptionAn irresistible collection of favorite writings from an author celebrated for his bravura style and sheer unpredictability Francis Spuff...

Reducere. "Spufford cunningly maps out a literary genre of his own . . . Freewheeling and fabulous." The Times (London)Strange as it may seem, the gray, oppr...

When Captain Scott died in 1912 on his way back from the South Pole, his story became a myth embedded in the national imagination.

Reducere. In this extended love letter to children's books and the wonders they perform, Francis Spufford makes a confession: books were his mother, his fath...

The fascinating story of how we and our ancestors have created the British landscape. Now in a beautiful paperback edition, lavishly illustrated wi...

Wilding tells the story of a remarkable experiment: the rewilding of the Knepp Estate in West Sussex, the restoration of natural ecological process...

Reducere. Francis Spufford explores the British obsession with polar exploration in a book that Jan Morris, writing in The Times, called, "A truly majestic w...

The Woolworths has a new delivery of aluminum saucepans, and a crowd has gathered to see the first new metal in a long time. Everything else has be...

Reducere. Francis Spufford's Unapologetic is a wonderfully pugnacious defense of Christianity. Refuting critics such as Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and the ...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Jennifer (Bentley University, USA) GillanIllustration(s): 20 Halftones, black and white; 8 Tables, black ...

Reducere. From the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of Golden Hill, a mesmerizing and boldly inventive novel tracing the infinite possibilities ...

Publisher: The Merlin Press LtdAuthor(s): Francis BeckettNumber of pages: 264Publication date: 1998Dimensions: 212 x 137 x 21Cover type: Paperback ...

Reducere. The author presents a behind the scenes look at the secretive international policies of the British government and how their successes allowed them...

Boffin Boy and Wu Pee take on an evil wizard who has invented a camera that can steal people's minds.

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Set between 1900s and present-day London, this page-turning time travel adventure for ages 8-12 sees Stella and Tom reconnect with Emma, Lucy and J...

The Rise and Fall of The British Press present a clinical and provocative overview at the past, present and immediate future of the printed newspap...

In this sequel to Bernard Suits' timeless classic philosophical work The Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia, published in its full and unabridged ...

This volume is the first authoritative historical textbook to look at the origins, development and evolution of seaside Pierrot troupes and concert...

Boffin Boy and Wu Pee decide to investigate the caves on Pluto. Who knows what they will find down there?

Wu Pee feels like an adventure, but is far too scared to go by himself. He persuades Boffin Boy to help him find Tickel-My-Tum, a lost city full of...

Reducere. The author presents a behind the scenes look at the secretive international policies of the British government and how their successes allowed them...

This book is the first account of the British diplomatic mission in Pakistan from its foundation at the end of the Raj in 1947 to the 'War on Terro...

This follow-up to the classic text of The Monstrous-Feminine analyses those contemporary films which explore social justice issues such as women's ...

New York, a small town on the tip of Manhattan Island, 1746. One rainy evening, a charming and handsome young stranger fresh off the boat from Engl...

Power and Authority in Internet Governance investigates the hotly contested role of the state in today's digital society. The book asks: is the sta...

Coinciding with the British Museum exhibition Sunken Cities: Egypt's Lost Worlds in May 2016, this is the sensational story of two magnificent anci...

Unique combined account of the Battle of the Atlantic from both the German and British viewpointsPublisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Showell...

Shipbuilding in the United Kingdom provides a systematic historical account of the British Shipbuilders corporation, first looking at this major in...

In The Routledge Concise History of Twentieth-Century British Literature Ashley Dawson identifies the key British writers and texts, shaped by era-...

Reducere. FASCINATING. ... Dramatic and timely. --New York Times Book Review, Editors' ChoiceIn this dramatic tale of discovery (San Francisco Chronicle), th...

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An army of Japanese Samurai warriors travel from the past into our present. Boffin Boy must save the world from this ancient menace.