The Social Lives of Animals. How Co-Operation Conquered the Natural World, Main, Hardback - Ashley Ward

Everything you ever wanted to know about how animals live together, and what that means for us.Publisher: Profile Books LtdAuthor(s): Ashley WardNu...

The way we think about plants is about to change forever: this is your handbook to a new natural world.Publisher: Profile Books LtdAuthor(s): Wellc...

For curious readers aged 6 and up, The Surprising Lives of Animals explores what humans and animals have in common. From building homes and using t...

The first book about Jane Austen to dissect the industry around her - a completely original approach to one of Britain's most enduring popular nove...

Offers the first full-length ecocritical investigation of the Nobel Laureate's novels and brings to the fore an unequalled engagement between race ...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Ugo CorteIllustration(s): 10 halftonesNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 16...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Ugo CorteIllustration(s): 10 halftonesNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 15...

An entertaining, impassioned polemic on the retreat of reason in the late 20th century. An intellectual call to arms, Francis Wheen's Sunday Times ...

An introduction to the world's changing habitats and the growing number of threats to wildlife, with positive suggestions to enable readers to make...

Reducere. Our actions are threatening wildlife and habitats across the world. Discover the ways in which marine and land animals are being affected by humans...

Reducere. In this sequel to her illuminating bestseller The Hidden Life of Dogs, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas profiles the canines in her own household to show ...

Offers the first full-length ecocritical investigation of the Nobel Laureate's novels and brings to the fore an unequalled engagement between race ...

Including over a hundred beautiful images, The Savvy Sphinx charts Greta Garbo's rise and her long self-imposed exile as the queen who abdicated he...

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Reducere. Monster is an adult pit bull, muscular and grey, who is impounded in a large animal shelter in Los Angeles. Like many other dogs at the shelter, Mo...

The extraordinary story of the development and spread of the English language, from Dark Age Britain to the age of the Internet.

A captivating history of red hair through the ages, drawing on science, religion, politics, literature and art.Publisher: Atlantic BooksAuthor(s): ...

Reducere. Folio 46r from Codex Telleriano-Remensis was created in the sixteenth century under the supervision of Spanish missionaries in central Mexico. As a...

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...

An engaging and incisive investigation into the shadowy world of secret statecraft and covert action, by a leading expert on the topic.Publisher: A...

Italy's political disaster analysed

A detailed examination of the before, during and after of Operation Colossus, the first British airborne raid of WWII. Draws on interviews with rel...

In their efforts to internationalize in the emerging global economy, co-operatives not only face a variety of problems that are common to all firms...

From a New York Times best-selling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist, a sweeping epic of how the Vikings and their descendants have shaped hist...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Philip (John Dewey Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, John Dewey Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, ...

Reducere. Jane's Fame tells the fascinating story of Jane Austen's renown, from the years of rejection the author faced during her lifetime to the global rec...

This ground-breaking new book reveals the powerful ancient memory technique that solves the mystery behind monuments like Stonehenge, which have fo...

From A Long Long Way, his Booker shortlisted novel about the Irish soldiers who fought for Britain during the First World War to his Donal McCann s...

This sumptuous volume reveals the lives of some of history's greatest explorers, using the specimens they collected, the letters they wrote and the...

The Ballets Russes not only left a matchless artistic legacy - they changed style and glamour, they changed taste, and they changed social behaviou...

From writer and political analyst Jared Yates Sexton comes a journey through the history of the United States, from the nation's founding to the tw...

From writer and political analyst Jared Yates Sexton comes an eye-opening journey through American history that unearths and debunks the myths we'v...

Octopuses have no bones, can change color, and are great at recycling Discover how these traits help octopuses survive in a vast ocean filled with ...

Reducere. Did you know beavers provide homes for hundreds of other animals? They spend their lives building beautiful ponds, which give other animals a safe ...

Monkeys, gorillas, and orangutans These primates have more in common with humans than you might think. They clean their food, use medicine, and wor...

Did you know there would be less fruits and vegetables without butterflies? These beautiful creatures help humans, animals, and Earth all stay heal...

Llamas are more than just cute and cuddly. Many people rely on them to protect farms and produce wool for clothing. Find out how these brave creatu...

Reducere. Marvel at evolution, life cycles, record-breaking animals and plants, micro-organisms and reproduction - all visualised in beautifully designed inf...

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 ...

DescriptionThe story of the cocktail --"the only American invention as perfect as the sonnet, " according to H.L. Mencken --featuring 45 recipes fo...