A true-crime account of one of the greatest - and first - forensic scientists, with an uncanny knack for finding clues, establishing evidence and deducing answers with a skill that seemed almost supernatural. Zobraziť viac
**With a Foreword by OLIVER BURKEMAN, author of thebestseller Four Thousand Weeks**Do you ever wish you could find more time to write? Do you ever feelfrustrated that other things get in the way? Perhaps you're stuck at the start,mired in the middle or... Zobraziť viac
Obsessive was, still is, my natural state, and I never wondered why. I didn't mind, didn't know that other people could feel at peace. I always felt like a raw nerve, but then, I thought that everyone did. Writer and journalist Marianne Eloise was... Zobraziť viac
One millennial, six coach trips, one big generation gap. Zobraziť viac
A fascinating insight into climate change biology around the globe, as well as in our own backyards Zobraziť viac
Icon Books: What is the place of individual choice and consequence in a post-Holocaust world of continuing genocidal ethnic... Zobraziť viac
When Economyths was first published by Wiley in 2010, David Orrell showed how mainstream economics is based on key myths such as fair competition, rational behaviour, stability and eternal growth – and how these myths lead paradoxically ... Zobraziť viac
THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER 'Witty and erudite ...stuffed with the kind of arcane information that nobody strictly needs to know, but which is a pleasure to learn nonetheless.' Nick Duerden, Independent 'Particularly good ...Forsyth takes... Zobraziť viac
Lucy Jane Santos presents the surprising history of radium in everyday life. Zobraziť viac
A new edition of an irreverent homage to the '95 travel classic, from the author of The Gran Tour. Zobraziť viac
The Army That Never Was: D-Day and the Great Deception tells the remarkable story of the deceptions, hoaxes and misdirections carried out by the Allies ahead of the most pivotal moment of the Second World War - the D-Day invasion.The most audacious of... Zobraziť viac
The incredible story of a 3,500-mile cycle ride to explore the onshore and offshore lighthouses around the coastline of England and Wales, proving that a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis doesn''t mean giving up on a lifelong dream.The Beacon Bike is the... Zobraziť viac
A groundbreaking history of the Black Joke, the most famous member of the British Royal Navy's anti-slavery squadron, and the long fight to end the transatlantic slave trade. Zobraziť viac
The breakthroughs that have had the most transformative practical impacts, from thermodynamics to the Internet.Physics informs our understanding of how the world works - but more than that, key breakthroughs in physics have transformed everyday life.... Zobraziť viac
In the age of information overload, traditional time management techniques simply don't cut it when it comes to overflowing inboxes, ever-expanding to-do lists and endless, pointless meetings. Thankfully there is a better way: ... Zobraziť viac
Icon Books: Neymar da Silva Santos Junior is the new global football superstar, already acclaimed as 'the next Pele'. He is... Zobraziť viac
A beautiful piece of nature / travel writing akin to Robert MacFarlane or Richard Mabey. After ten years renting expensive rooms in small flats, Helen Babbs swapped bricks and mortar for a boat called 'Pike'... Zobraziť viac
The outbreak of the First World War was ‘a drama never surpassed’. One hundred years later, the characters still seem larger than life: Archduke Franz Ferdinand, brooding heir to the Habsburg throne; the fanatical Bosnian Serb assassins ... Zobraziť viac
When it comes to big science, very few things are conclusively known. From Quantum Mechanics to Natural Selection, what we have instead are theories... Zobraziť viac
A personal account of 21st century banking excess. It reveals how a young Oxford graduate finds himself in command of vast sums of other people's money. Zobraziť viac
