Burning the Books: RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK. A History of Knowledge Under Attack, Paperback - Richard Ovenden

'A stark and important warning about the value of knowledge . . . Vital reading for this day and age' PETER FRANKOPAN

Reducere. 'A stark and important warning about the value of knowledge . . . Vital reading for this day and age' PETER FRANKOPAN

Reducere. Michael Spitzer has pulled off the impossible: a Guns, Germs and Steel for music. --Daniel Levitin A colossal history spanning cultures, time, and ...

An extraordinary, moving and funny coming-of-age memoir about identity, chip shops and pop songs.

'She [Bessie Smith] showed me the air and taught me how to fill it ... she's the reason I started singing, really' - Janis Joplin'[Jackie Kay] offe...

A rediscovered classic memoir - a fascinating insight into the life of a crime writer during and after the First World War - a woman ahead of her t...

The moving, playful memoir of Hans Rosling - Swedish statistics mastermind, researcher extraordinaire and author of the global bestseller, Factfuln...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Edward EnninfulNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 163 x 240 x 32Cover type: Hardb...

One family's escape from the Taliban and their fight to save their son.

A personal story from the child of corner shop owners that explores how these tiny open-all-hours shops changed our country -- as heard on Saturday...

Reducere. Burning the Books: A History of Knowledge Under Attack Burning the Books is fascinating, thought-provoking and very timely. No one should keep quie...

Guy de la Bedoyere's new book is a history of a key period in ancient Egypt's astonishing history that tears away the gold and glamour to show how ...

A cricketing history of the last 20 years.Publisher: Octopus Publishing GroupAuthor(s): Felix WhiteNumber of pages: 400Publication date: 2022Dimens...

An investigation into the evolution of the seven-day week and how our attachment to its rhythms influences how we livePublisher: Yale University Pr...

Reducere. During the first fifty years of the twentieth century, ham radio went from being an experiment to virtually an art form. Because of the few governm...

Reducere. DescriptionChildren should not just read about history, they should live it. In The Story of Civilization, the stories that have shaped humanity co...

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 ...

12-year old Alex receives an old tin robot from his grandfather. A quest across Europe ensues, with the goal of unraveling the riddle of the little...

Publishing during the 100th Anniversary of the First World War An NYRB Classics Original The budding young Hungarian artist B la Zombory-Moldov n w...

Reducere. Witchery isn't limited to the sabbats and to the occasional full moon; magick happens every day. In this treasury of enchantments, spells and witch...

An extraordinary story.Publisher: Profile Books LtdAuthor(s): Julia LaiteIllustration(s): photos/diagrams throughoutNumber of pages: 432Publication...

An immersive historical account of a fascinating and important untold story.

Tense war adventure by accomplished author of The Malichea Quest series (Bloomsbury). When a small Afghan village comes under attack from the Talib...

Reducere. DescriptionEven before Japan joined Nazi Germany in the Axis Alliance, its leaders clarified to the Nazi regime that the attitude of the Japanese g...

As well as writing cookbooks and presenting cooking shows on the BBC, the author is also a cultural anthropologist based in the United Kingdom. Thi...

A complete history of this country's love affair with the radio. Traces radio's development from first use to pioneering broadcasts of the BBC, it'...

A beautiful and up to date exploration of every urban train map past and present, accompanied by a text brimming with history, anecdotes, facts and...

Reducere. Now available in paperback, the fourth book in the mega-hit Origami Yoda series In The Surprise Attack of Jabba the Puppett, Dwight and Origami Yod...

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. 1.FLYING 2. HOLY LOVE MEDLEY (Funk Beginning / Theme In C / Forever In My Heart / Beautiful Age) 3.MYSTERIOUS WAYS 4.SCHOENBERG' S DILEMMA 5.SOUL O...

Reducere. Spring semester of Bridger Whitt's senior year of high school is looking great. He has the perfect boyfriend, a stellar best friend, and an accepta...

Reducere. Under the Cloud: The Decades of Nuclear Testing, Paperback

'Grayling brings satisfying order to daunting subjects' Steven PinkerIn very recent times humanity has learnt a vast amount about the universe, the...

'Grayling brings satisfying order to daunting subjects' Steven PinkerIn very recent times humanity has learnt a vast amount about the universe, the...

Reducere. The history of the Sabbath is fascinating: beginning with its origins in the Biblical Old Testament, we are taken through millennia of changing tra...

Reducere. Clementine has been picked for Friend of the Week, which means she gets to be line leader, collect the milk money, and feed the fish. Even better, ...