The Invention of Clouds: How an Amateur Meteorologist Forged the Language of the Skies, Paperback - Richard Hamblyn

A book about art, literature, science -- and meteorologyPublisher: Pan MacmillanAuthor(s): Richard HamblynNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 201...

Reducere. Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book PrizeThe early years of the nineteenth century saw an intriguing yet little-known scientific advance catapult ...

An updated edition of The Cloud Book, featuring 12 new recognised cloud forms. This guide to the clouds helps you identify cloud types and understa...

The idea of "world religions" expresses a vague commitment to multiculturalism. Not merely a descriptive concept, "world religions" is actually a p...

Publisher: AbramsAuthor(s): Sandra NickelIllustration(s): Full-color illustrations throughoutNumber of pages: 48Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 2...

Mariella loves inventing, but sleep keeps getting in the way. Can she find a way to beat sleep? Or will she discover that she actually needs sleep ...

Reducere. DescriptionAn extraordinary case for Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte opens when a police car is bombed from the air on a lonely outback road...

The epic Second World War novel from Antonio Iturbe, the international bestselling author of &i>The Librarian of Auschwitz&/i>.Publisher: Pan Macmi...

The epic Second World War novel from Antonio Iturbe, the international bestselling author of The Librarian of Auschwitz.Publisher: Pan MacmillanAut...

Talent, long study, and much hard work produce great art, ordinarily the work of a single person. On the other hand, elements of greatness sometime...

Reducere. Aspiring young naturalist Celeste Rossan is determined to live a life of adventure and scientific discovery. But when her father loses everything, ...

Reducere. Aspiring young naturalist Celeste Rossan is determined to live a life of adventure and scientific discovery. But when her father loses everything, ...

Reducere. Mankind has a distinct advantage over other terrestrial species: we talk to one another. But how did we acquire the most advanced form of communica...

DescriptionWhat does it mean to have a constitutional right in an era in which most rights must yield to 'compelling governmental interests'? After...

Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games - Michael Llewellyn

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and GirouxAuthor(s): Silvia FerraraTranslator: Todd PortnowitzNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 216 x...

DescriptionIn Seeing in the Dark, a poetic love letter to science and to the skies, Timothy Ferris invites us all to become stargazers. He recounts...

Reducere. The Invention of the Kaleidoscope is a book of poetic elegies that discuss failures: failures of love, both sexual and spiritual; failures of the b...

DescriptionA historical tour de force that demolishes the myths and taboos that have surrounded Jewish and Israeli history, The Invention of the Je...

The autobiography of a famous British chess-playerPublisher: The Conrad PressAuthor(s): Carl S. PortmanIllustration(s): 50 black and white illustra...

Reducere. Richard Tuck traces the history of the distinction between sovereignty and government and its relevance to the development of democratic thought. T...

An essential aide-memoire for those with an interest in all aspects of whisky. It is an invaluable guide for anyone wondering about the place-name ...

Reducere. Sixteen years ago, Juli Boit, a 25-year-old nurse practitioner, moved from Los Angeles to a small village in Kenya to be a part of an HIV program. ...

Reducere. DescriptionThis fascinating history, based on meticulous research into the correspondence and documentation of the founding fathers leading up to a...

Reducere. In April, 1866, at the height of the Black Hawk Wars, Mormon settlers in the village of Circleville, Utah, took a band of Paiute Indians hostage an...

Reducere. THE BRA THAT CHANGED THE WORLD... The 1970s saw women coming into their own, working hard to create new roles at home and in sports, culture, polit...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Lucy SaxonNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 2014Dimensions: 197 x 131 x 24Cover type: Paperback ...

Learn to capture the beauty and drama of the sky. A good sky is the essence of successful landscape and seascape paintings. This practical book cov...

Reducere. Editie in limba engleza The main theme of the book, the intelligentsia's position in the 1960-1980, represents a synthesis of the movements the aca...

Reducere. The main theme of the book, the intelligentsia's position in the 1960-1980, represents a synthesis of the movements the academic world was undergoi...

Reducere. In this in-depth look at the heated debates over paying college athletes, Ronald A. Smith starts at the beginning: the first intercollegiate athlet...

Lacan and Marx: The Invention of the Symptom provides an incisive commentary on Lacan's reading of Marx, mapping the relations between these two va...

Reducere. Recalls the group of scientists whose invention of radar during World War II contributed to the Allied victory, and chronicles their post-war achie...

A life-affirming celebration of the joys of looking up.Publisher: Little Tiger Press GroupAuthor(s): Nicola EdwardsNumber of pages: 32Publication d...

Using an imaginative blend of simple explanation and interesting storytelling, volume one teaches children ages 3-7 about Christian character build...