Coconut. How the Shy Fruit Shaped our World, Hardback - Robin Laurance

Charting the many and varied ways the coconut has shaped and continues to shape our world

A lively and insightful cultural history of the coveted yellow fruit, as well as a gripping narrative about the infamous rise and fall of the Unite...

Publisher: Arcturus Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Ike IjehIllustration(s): Hardback with jacketNumber of pages: 208Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 237...

Publisher: Dorling Kindersley LtdAuthor(s): Stephen KrenskyNumber of pages: 128Collection: DK Life StoriesPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 200 x 1...

Offers a concise overview of the lives of 46 trailblazing women in STEM.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Emma ShimizuIllustration(s): 16 ...

Publisher: Transworld Publishers LtdAuthor(s): Neil (Author) OliverNumber of pages: 432Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 163 x 241 x 42Cover type: ...

Melvyn Bragg explores a controversial selection of British books and their huge impact on historyPublisher: Hodder & StoughtonAuthor(s): Melvyn Bra...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): J.R. WordieIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 598Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 53Co...

From the bestselling author Simon Winchester, a human history of land around the world: who mapped it, owned it, stole it, cared for it, fought for...

PROSEThroughout history, migrants have fueled the engine of human progress. Their movement has sparked innovation, spread ideas, relieved poverty, ...

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Reducere. The Fruit of the Spirit is not a fruit at all but something that can grow in you even when you're small. This special fruit is something that you c...

A groundbreaking book that explains how the world's history of empires still shapes our lives and politics today

The author was inspired by his family history to examine the British manufacturing industry.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Philip Hamly...

DescriptionDo you think sex only shapes our lives in the bedroom? Think again.Your breakfast cereal. Your neighborhood's crime rate. Even your Amaz...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): J. E. LendonIllustration(s): 5 b/w illus.Number of pages: 328Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 168 ...

A far-reaching, urgent, and thoroughly engaging exploration of our relationship with animals - from the acclaimed Financial Times journalist. *A GU...

Reducere. The Book of Facts for the Scots, Irish, and other Celts is certainly a book that will educate and inspire anyone who has Celtic ancestry or wishes ...

Taking the ten biggest lies from history and looking at the people who propagated them, social commentator and expert historian Otto English shows ...

Reducere. "Gripping, exhilarating and inspiring." Sir Ranulph Fiennes, world's greatest living explorer.Why did some people in history achieve at an epic lev...

Publisher: Transworld Publishers LtdAuthor(s): Neil OliverNumber of pages: 432Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 197 x 31Cover type: Paperback...

Reducere. DescriptionStories about horses in eight chapters: The Trailblazers; Movies, Music, and Timeless Tales; War Horses; Call to the Post; Celebrity Sta...

Publisher: Kristin LauranceAuthor(s): Alliyah SorrellNumber of pages: 44Publication date: 2019Dimensions: 227 x 225 x 11Cover type: HardbackRedesco...

Reducere. Plato. Aquinas. Descartes. Kant. Freud. These great thinkers are still impacting the culture today--from public-policy decisions to world events, t...

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Reveals how social media is hacking our minds, our societies and the world - and what we can do about itPublisher: Quercus PublishingAuthor(s): Max...

In the first official book from BBC Radio 4's hit series The Food Programme, Alex Renton tells the stories of 13 key ingredients such as spices, oi...

Reducere. One hundred original profiles of the most influential African-Americans of the twentieth century. Without Louis Armstrong or Miles Davis, we would ...

First book of 3-book series showing how maritime trade shaped the world from the Ice Age to modernity.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Ni...

The epic story of the origin of calculus

Secret Heroes is a remarkable compendium by Paul Martin, former Executive Editor of National Geographic Traveler, that illuminates the lives of thi...

As globalisation wobbles into world crisis, a vividly written, brilliantly original history of world trade, the first for a generation: 'A Splendid...

WINNER OF THE BLUE PETER BOOK AWARD BEST BOOK WITH FACTS 2019! A vibrant exploration of the stories behind different colours, and the roles they've...

Reducere. Discover the inspiring story of Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, in this fascinating kids' biography. At just 2...

Celebrate Star Trek: The Original Series and the show's distinctive Midcentury modern design that would change design- and television-forever. Star...

Blending history, travel and reportage, this is a wide-ranging journey through the history of borders and an examination of their role in shaping o...

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Reducere. The Passion of the Western Mind is a complete guide to Western civilisation and the philosophical ideas that have shaped our world view.

Reducere. In simple, lay-person's terms, 'Inner Child Journeys' explains a safe, step-by-step method for understanding the emotional reactions triggered in u...

Reducere. "In many ways, Land combines bits and pieces of many of Winchester's previous books into a satisfying, globe-trotting whole. . . . Winchester is, o...

Reducere. "In many ways, Land combines bits and pieces of many of Winchester's previous books into a satisfying, globe-trotting whole. . . . Winchester is, o...

Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): Simon WinchesterNumber of pages: 464Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 135 x 202 x 31Cover type: PaperbackRedesco...

From the bestselling author Simon Winchester, a human history of land around the world: who mapped it, owned it, stole it, cared for it, fought for...

A surprising new history of Tutankhamun published to coincide with the centenary of his tomb's discovery.Publisher: Atlantic BooksAuthor(s): Christ...

Publisher: Vintage PublishingAuthor(s): Karen ArmstrongNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 144 x 223 x 28Cover type: HardbackRede...

Psychologists have always shone a torch, and often a spotlight, into many dark corners of the human mind. They study everything, from art preferenc...

A groundbreaking book that explains how the world's history of empires still shapes our lives and politics today

Reducere. "A bold, ambitious and truly wonderful history of the world"--Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of Trees From the age of dinosaurs to the ...

Society tells that us that being shy is a fault, but Annie Ridout says it's a gift. Shy: How being quiet can lead to success teaches us how to embr...

Publisher: Ebury PublishingAuthor(s): Louis WeinstockNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 146 x 222 x 33Cover type: HardbackRedesc...