The Story of the Fly. And how it could save the world, Paperback - Jason Drew

The Story of the Fly explores how a humble insect, with its fascinating history and manifold talents, holds the answer to profitably solving some o...

He describes the competing efforts of the likes of Google, Microsoft and Chinese companies Tencent and Alibaba to create a viable quantum computer,...

Reducere. When did kindess become a sign of weakness? What if kindness actually has the power to change the world? Culture is at a crossroads when it comes t...

DescriptionA finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award The gripping story of the most important overlooked commodity in the ...

In this unprecedented history of a scientific revolution, award-winning author and journalist Carl Zimmer tells the definitive story of the dawn of...

Reducere. 'A powerfully disruptive book for disrupted times ... If you're looking for transformative ideas, this book is for you.' KATE RAWORTH, economist an...

Reducere. Look out for Johnson's new book, Wonderland, now on sale. A National Bestseller, a New York Times Notable Book, and an Entertainment Weekly Best Bo...

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...

Reducere. "... the author's narrative is as much an inspiring business memoir as it isan absorbing chronicle of a surprisingly significant piece of sports cl...

Reducere. Sometimes called "black gold, " Iowa's deep, rich soils are a treasure that formed over thousands of years under the very best of the world's grass...

Reducere. Who formed the first literate society? Who invented our modern ideas of democracy and free market capitalism? The Scots. As historian and author Ar...

Bestselling Australian author Peter FitzSimons reveals the real James Cook in this new biography.

Biblical Christianity is more than just another private religious view. It's more than just a personal relationship with God or a source of moral t...

Reducere. "The adventure of a lifetime begins between two sofa cushions...."""When River, Freak, and Fiona discover a mysterious sofa sitting at their bus st...

Reducere. "God has a special providence for fools, drunks and the United States of America."--Otto von Bismarck America's response to the September 11 attack...

From the air we breathe, to our oceans and plant life, algae has helped create and sustain our world - and may just save it...

Reducere. Glamour, danger, liberation: in a Mad Men-era of commercial flight, Pan Am World Airways attracted the kind of young woman who wanted out, and want...

Reducere. In 1918, the Italian-Americans of New York, the Yupik of Alaska and the Persians of Mashed had almost nothing in common except for a virus--one tha...

Reducere. Did you ever wonder if there's more out there? Did anyone ever try to lead you away from what you know into something you don't know? That's what h...

Renegade Gonzo therapist offers some suggestions as to how we can help change the world for the better in this time of turmoil and uncertainty.

Book 1. Tells the story of a young boy who lives with his family in a cottage at the edge of his Grandpa's farm. To make visiting each other easier...

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

'He is as funny as Bryson and as wise as Orwell' ObserverIt was the spirit of our finest hour, the backbone of our post-war greatness, and it promo...

DescriptionThe Story of Trees takes the reader on a visual journey from some of the earliest known tree species on our planet to the latest fruit c...

The fascinating history of electromagnetism and how, in the not-so-distant future, the Earth's poles will switch places - with potentially catastro...

Reducere. Most North Americans would rather squish a bug than eat it. But mopane worms are a tasty snack in Zimbabwe, baby bees are eaten right out of the ca...

Putting the Earth under a microscope, this book shines a light on one of the most powerful and unsung forces of nature...Publisher: Short Books Ltd...

Reducere. Good Thinking is our best defense against anti-vaccine paranoia, climate denial, and other dire threats of today Publisher's Note: Good Thinking wa...

When an adolescent of genius - the way Traian Rares Tus seems to be, originated from Baia Mare, Romania - writes a book about the end of the world,...

Reducere. "An engaging polemic against the neat-police who hold so much sway over our lives." -The Wall Street Journal Enthusiastically embraced by readers e...

"Sherlock Holmes could glance at a bowler hat and tell that its owner's wife had ceased to love him. In this brilliant book about metaphor James Ge...

DescriptionHow the rise of the West was a temporary exception to the predominant world orderWhat accounts for the rise of the state, the creation o...

Reducere. Virginia Hamilton's Coretta Scott King Honor book is the breathtaking fantasy tale of slaves who possessed ancient magic that enabled them to fly a...

Reducere. The risks of global warming are pressing and potentially vast. The difficulty of doing without fossil fuels is daunting, possibly even insurmountab...

Reducere. If the Wright brothers' 1903 flights in Kitty Hawk marked the birth of aviation, World War I can be called its violent adolescence--a brief but blo...

Ninety-one-year old Harry Leslie Smith became an internet sensation in late 2013 when his article for the Guardian website``This year, I will wear ...

The Boy Who Could Fly - David A. Hill

Reducere. This book shows how the planet's earliest civilization lead the world in both material and spiritual progress. From the Vedic culture of ancient In...