Bill's own fascination with science began with a battered old schoolbook he had when he was about ten or eleven years old in America It had an illustration that captivated him
- a cutaway diagram showing Earth's interior as it would look if you cut into it with a large knife & carefully removed about a quarter of its bulk & he very clearly remembers thinking How do they know that? Bill's story-telling skill makes the How? & just as importantly the Who? of scientific discovery entertaining & accessible for all ages In this exciting edition for younger readers he covers the wonder & mysteries of time & space the frequently bizarre & often obsessive scientists & the methods they used the crackpot theories which held sway for far too long the extraordinary accidental discoveries which suddenly advanced whole areas of science when the people were actually looking for something else (or in the wrong direction) & the mind-boggling fact that somehow the universe exists & against all odds life came to be on this wondrous planet we call home
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From the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize comes a tender gentle rhyming story celebrating playtime Capturing the joy of the simplest games a child plays including hide-&-seek chase & lots of imaginative play A joyous story with the perfect lullaby ending Praise for A Recipe for Bedtime I can imagine this becoming a bedtime favourite with many a toddler
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For fans of Julia Quinn Eloisa James & Sarah Mac Lean comes Isabella Bradford's enthralling new trilogy of London's most scandalous rakes the Breconridge Brothers who are about to lose their hearts Though charming & handsome Lord Rivers Fitzroy the youngest Breconridge brother is more inclined to dusty books than brazen women But when his father insists he marries he vows to make the most of his last days as a bachelor And what better way than in the company of a troupe of Italian dancers where he's challenged to a wager he can't resist turn the players' meek & mousy cousin into the first lady of the London stage But he gets more than he bargained for with Lucia di Rossi She has her own past to overcome & her own starlit aspirations As the lines between performance & passion become blurred will finding the spotlight mean losing their hearts? Catch the rest of the dazzling series! Don't miss A Wicked Pursuit & A Sinful Decption Before the Breconridge Brothers came the Wylder sisters Don't miss a moment of the romantic & captivating debut trilogy from Isabella Bradford When You Wish Upon a Duke When The Duchess Said Yes & When The Duke Found Love ...

From the mind of comic book innovator Jonathan Hickman & the pen of super-talent & Image debutant Ryan Bodenheim comes the visually stunning A Red Mass For Mars In a world that has survived every catastrophe imaginable a new threat from the beyond stars looks to be the end of all humanity A Red Mass For Mars tells the story of the last days of Earth & the one man who could have saved us all
- but didn't!
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Welcome to the charming town of Lost River
- & an enchanting & unforgettable Christmas When Oswald moves to the sleepy little town
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Captain Matthew Hervey is suffering the effects of unrest within his beloved regiment the 6th Light Dragoons Their new commanding officer
- wealthy arrogant & cruel
- has taken an immediate dislike to him Somehow Hervey must earn promotion while retaining his integrity & the loyalty of his men 512 pages Mallinson Allan

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She never wanted to marry He hopes to make amends for past wrongs Can love find a way to heal both of their heartssadie Schrock swore she would never marry All of her other Amish friends could court & marry-she was content to manage the family business & eventually take it over when her parents are ready to retire But all of that changes when a reckless driver kills both of her parents & seriously injures her younger sister With mounting hospital bills adding to the pile of debt her parents left behind Sadie is left with no choice she must marry & not just any man-the man who saw her at her weakest & walked away Aden knows what his brother did to Sadie years ago was inexcusable & every day since that incident Aden has lived with the guilt for not intervening sooner When he is faced with the chance to protect Sadie once again he can't let her down-even if it means living with the scorn of the woman he loves for the rest of his life Working alongside Aden at the store Sadie realizes he isn't the same boy who once betrayed her Just when Sadie starts to let her guard down & perhaps develop feelings for her new husband dangerous secrets are revealed Now everything Sadie has worked so hard to protect is threatened & she must find a way to save her family-and herself ...

Henpecked salesman Harry Saunders hates his job & is dreading the arrival of his fiftieth birthday He is resigned to a bleak future when a sudden & unpremeditated act of courage propels him into a succession of dangerous but ultimately life-changing situations After Harry foils a robbery he loses his job & allows himself to be drawn into dubious activities that he finds difficult to extricate himself from His marriage goes steadily downhill & he becomes a pariah in his own family When good things start happening to him Harry decides to confess what he has done with unexpected results ...

In the 1790s Britain underwent what the politician Edmund Burke called &the most important of all revolutionsa revolution in sentiments& Inspired by the French Revolution British radicals concocted new political worlds to enshrine healthier more productive human emotions & relationships The Enlightenment&s wildest hopes crested in the utopian projects of such optimists
- including the young poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge the philosophers William Godwin & Mary Wollstonecraft the physician Thomas Beddoes & the first photographer Thomas Wedgwood
- who sought to reform sex education commerce politics & medicine by freeing desire from repressive constraints But by the middle of the decade the wind had changed The French Revolution descended into bloody Terror & the British government quashed radical political activities In the space of one decade feverish optimism gave way to bleak disappointment & changed the way we think about human need & longing A Revolution of Feeling is a vivid & absorbing account of the dramatic end of the Enlightenment the beginning of an emotional landscape preoccupied by guilt sin failure resignation & repression & the origins of our contemporary approach to feeling & desire Above all it is the story of the human cost of political change of men & women consigned to the &wrong side of history& But although their revolutionary proposals collapsed that failure resulted in its own cultural revolution
- a revolution of feeling
- the aftershocks of which are felt to the present day



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Cycling's vast history is a fascinating mix of gripping sporting moments inspired pursuits & a whole host of heroes hellions & legend-makers A Ride Through the Greatest Cycling Stories brings together the most important memorable & intriguing moments of cycling's illustrious past From the death of the great Fausto Coppi through to the dominance of Sir Bradley Wiggins & the intrepid pursuits of iconic cyclists on the peaks of the Tour de France cycling historian Giles Belbin brings together the most important memorable & intriguing moments of the sport's illustrious past With striking illustrations throughout each inspired by the stories told this is a sporting treasure trove of human virtue vice & cycling trivia ...