Human Cosmos. A Secret History of the Stars, Hardback - Jo Marchant

A journey through the history of science and man's relationship with the night sky and the cosmos beyond, from the author of Royal Society Prize-sh...

A journey through the history of science and humankind's relationship with the night sky and the cosmos beyond, from the author of Royal Society Pr...

Reducere. DescriptionFilled with disclosures and based on the author's unprecedented access to the Irish Republican Army, this explosive book sparked controv...

A New York Times Notable Book - Daily Beast Best Nonfiction of 2014 - Inc. Magazine's Most Thought-Provoking Books of the Year"Man is born free, bu...

The story of the engineers, dreamers and rebels who brought about the American space programme proves to be eccentric, occultist and rife with unus...

Lies, spies, sex-magic and socialism: the secret history of the first American rocket in space.Illustrations: plate section

Reducere. The groundbreaking investigative story of how three successive presidents and their military commanders deceived the public year after year about A...

Reducere. DescriptionThe long-buried truth about the dawn of the Space Age: lies, spies, socialism, and sex magick.Los Angeles, 1930s: Everyone knows that ro...

Reducere. Follow the struggles and victories that shaped Brunswick County from the first contact of Europeans with native Americans, to the successive admini...

This book is about a single, serpentine fact: late in 1976 a record called 'Anarchy in the UK' was issued in London, and this event launched a tran...

In Four Lost Cities, acclaimed science journalist Annalee Newitz takes readers on an entertaining and mind-bending adventure into the deep history ...

DescriptionThe official line is clear: the UK does not 'participate in, solicit, encourage or condone' torture. And yet, the evidence is irrefutabl...

Reducere. With wars among the city-states raging in early Renaissance Italy, the enigmatic genius Leonardo da Vinci was producing some of the most lavish the...

For the last four centuries, science has tried to account for everything in terms of atoms and molecules and the physical laws they adhere to. Rece...

Reducere. From the Yangtze to the Yellow River, China is traversed by great waterways, which have defined its politics and ways of life for centuries. Water ...

Reducere. In Decoding the Heavens, Jo Marchant tells for the first time the full story of the hundred-year quest to decipher the ancient Greek computer known...

Reducere. On the success of his two bestselling books about World War II, James Bradley began to wonder what the real catalyst was for the Pacific War. What ...

The new york times bestseller shortlisted for the royal society science book prize longlisted for the wellcome prize all in the mind? - Can meditat...

In 1900 a group of sponge divers blown off course in the Mediterranean discovered an Ancient Greek shipwreck dating from around 70 BC.

Dublin, 1918: three days in a maternity ward at the height of the Great Flu. A small world of work, risk, death, and unlooked-for love, by the best...

Reducere. Widely known for its musical influence, Beale Street was also once a hub for Hoodoo culture. Many blues icons, such as Big Memphis Ma Rainey and So...

Reducere. Based in part on therecent interviews with more than 125 peopleamong them Tommy Ramone, Chris Stein (Blondie), Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith Group), Hill...

Neutron stars, the ultra-dense remnants of exploded stellar giants, are among the most fascinating objects in the cosmos. Katia Moskvitch introduce...

A richly illustrated guide to the fundamentals of astrology, including its origins, compatibility guides for the signs, and all the tools necessary...

Publisher: Arsenal Pulp PressAuthor(s): Kai Cheng ThomIllustration(s): 40 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 40Publication date: 2022Dimens...

Stars have always fascinated people. Astronomer Florian Freistetter tells the stories of the stars - past, present and future.

DescriptionCairngorms: A Secret History is a series of journeys exploring barely known human and natural stories of the Cairngorm Mountains. It loo...

BOING! BOING! We BOUNCE so high, We're JUMPING for the stars!If we don't stop soon, We'll land on planet Mars!In Vogue Williams' enchanting first c...

Reducere. "The Secret History" concerns the deepest matters of all: cosmology and the story of life's emergence and meaning, told from the perspective of a p...

Reducere. The entire Amiculus Trilogy is now in one volume. In A.D. 476, Rome fell.The last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, a 12-year-old boy namedRomul...

One of the most controversial, cutting-edge ideas in cosmology-the possibility that there exist multiple parallel universes-in fact has a long hist...

The Cosmos Explained pinpoints where you are in space and time, charting the life of our universe from the Big Bang to the future of our galaxy and...

DescriptionThe historical continuity of spinal catastrophism, traced across multiform encounters between philosophy, psychology, biology, and geolo...

These two short novels, published in the early 1930's ranked high in Tanizaki's own estimation of his work. The contrast is stark, but in their con...

'Sarah Cruddas is a gifted writer and Look Up is an inspired book. I am hopeful that we will never stop looking up.' Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Co...

DescriptionWitchcraft: A Secret History unravels the myth from the mystery, the facts from the legends. Meet all the witches of your imagination an...

Based on the notes of the deceased historian, Dr Emile Fouchet, this book attempts to unlock the secrets of the Knights Templar. It offers an exami...

A beautiful, blistering life story told amid the wreckage of a car crash

Barry Adamson's extraordinary life has taken in two hugely influential bands, instigating the idea of the imaginary film soundtrack and an acclaime...

The story of Robert Glover, the founder of Care for Children which has pioneered family placement for abandoned children in China and now in other ...

In the final instalment of the Terra Ignota series, the long years of near-utopia have come to an abrupt end...Publisher: Head of ZeusAuthor(s): Ad...

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 ...

Venture into the great outdoors, switch off from your busy life and identify the wonders of the night sky.Publisher: Hodder & StoughtonAuthor(s): A...

October 1943. Nancy Dalton, working at the RAF base at Scampton never intended to complicate wartime life with a romance with Canadian Steve Allard.

I love you more than all the stars that shimmer in the night. Just as their blaze lights up the sky, my love shines strong and bright.Publisher: Li...

A brave girl brings light to her dark world in this empowering and inspiring story officially licensed with Star Trek Discovery.Publisher: Running ...

Are we quite alone as the owners of our 'blue planet?' This is the question a group of scientists ask of themselves when they uncover ancient -- an...

Reducere. In this groundbreaking and now famous work, Mark Booth embarks on an enthralling tour of our world's secret histories. Starting from a dangerous pr...

Reducere. In Bootleg: The Secret History of the Other Recording Industry, Clinton Heylin examines the entire modern history of this underground culture: from...