In 1710 an obscure Devon ironmonger Thomas Newcomen invented a machine with a pump driven by coal, used to extract water from mines. Over the next two hundred years the steam engine would be at the...więcej »
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Using wide-ranging evidence, Martyn Whittock shines a light on Britain in the Middle Ages, bringing it vividly to life in this fascinating new portrait that brings together the everyday and the ext...więcej »
Mum and Dad are taking Spot on holiday, where he gets to play in the sand, swim in the ocean and even makes a new friend! Toddlers will love joining Spot at the beach in this classic pi...więcej »
In 1986, legendary musician Tucker Crowe disappeared from the public eye and for 20 years, his rabid fans have speculated his whereabouts.Annie lives in Gooleness, the north's answer to...więcej »
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‘Honest, vulnerable, hilarious, and profoundly human’ Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones and the SixFrom the beloved author of Memoirs of ...więcej »
Why cooperate? This may be the most important scientific question we have ever, and will ever, face. The science of cooperation tells us not only how we got here, but also where we migh...więcej »
The eagerly awaited paperback edition of the No. 1 bestselling hardcover featuring a stand-alone sequel to The Outsider, and three additional irresistible novellas.News people have a sa...więcej »
We talk about LGBTQ+ equality. But what does it actually mean? And how do we get there?In this powerful and thought-provoking essay collection, 35 people - from actors, pop stars and at...więcej »
Trapped on an alternate Earth, the combined crews of a crashed Russian spaceship, a British expeditionary force and a group of strays from the future must work together to survive, escape, and disc...więcej »
Women make up less than 10 per cent of national leaders. Behind this statistic lies a pattern of unequal access to power. In conversation with some of the world's most powerful and interesting wome...więcej »
In industrialized nations, our sedentary lifestyles have contributed to skyrocketing rates of obesity and diseases like diabetes. A key remedy, we are told, is exercise - voluntary physical activit...więcej »
Through 140 drawings, thought experiments, recipes, activist instructions, gardening ideas, insurgences and personal revolutions, artists who spend their lives thinking outside the box guide you to...więcej »
Sinéad O'Connor's voice and trademark shaved head made her famous by the age of twenty-one. Her landmark recording of Prince's 'Nothing Compares 2 U' made her a global icon. She outraged mil...więcej »
**THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER** AN INVITATION TO DIE FOR…. Nora hasn't seen Clare for ten years. Not since the day Nora walked out of her old life and never...więcej »
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Some stories are universal. They play out across human history. And time is the river which will flow through them.It starts with a family, a family which will mutate. For now, it is a ...więcej »