The World at War is the definitive television work on the Second World War. It set out to tell the story of the war through ...

The world really does come to visit George when his grandpa arrives, with a globe, to look after him & his sister for the day. Grandpa explains how everything from the cereal they eat for breakfast & the chocolate bars they love, to the rubber in their bicycle tyres & wood in their toys, come from plants all over the world. The lively, simple text follows George ...

In The World is a Ball, critic & author John Doyle travels the world in pursuit of his first love
- football. In dispatches
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In The World is a Ball, critic & author John Doyle travels the world in pursuit of his first love
- football. In dispatches
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A Blandings Omnibus

In this wonderfully fat omnibus, which seems to span the

Dimensions of the Empress



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Without plants, there would be no life on earth. Kew Gardens is famous for its breathtaking displays of flowers & tree, s but this World Heritage Site is also a globally important scientific & historical organization. Scientists & gardeners use the plants & knowledge that have been collected at Kew since the eighteenth century to advance understanding of the earth's environment & of how plant lfe can be used for human benefit.

Published to accompany the ten-part BBC2 series A New Year at Kew, this fascinating book takes us behind the scenes to show the extraordinary range of work carried out at Kew Gardens & Wakehurst Place
- home to the Millenium Seed Bank
- & by Kew staff overseas. From using forensic botant to micropagating plants facing extinction, from investigating herbal cures from Alzheimer's disease to replanting the volcano-ravaged island of Montserrat, the book shows us aspects of Kew's work that are largely hidden from view abut the benefits of which are far reachingl In the process it provides an absorbing & accessible introduction to such topical subjects as biodiversity, practical conservation & economic botany.

Lavishly illustrated & filled with engrossing stories & engaging characters, this book brings to life the world of Kew & the global importance of its work.





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* The last third of the nineteenth century saw the world in flux. Science vied with religion to represent the soul of man, & technological advances opened the possibility of new ways of living. Yet as the world sank into a long depression, untrammelled capitalism continued to stretch the gulf between rich & poor. From Russia to America, across Western Europe & beyond, governments already unsettled by major shifts in geopolitical power were threatened by growing social unrest & the rise of socialism. & looming over them was the spectre of the Anarchist & the shadow of international terrorism.

* A Tsar & an Empress, Presidents & plutocrats were all vulnerable to the assassin

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A masterly exploration of the strange twists & turns of history, The World That Never Was follows the interweaving lives ...