Probably the most readable exciting & authoritative writer on science we have A new Lawrence Krauss book always goes to the top of the curious mind's wish list' Stephen Fry I loved the fight scenes & the sex scenes were excellent (Eric Idle) ' In the span of a century physics progressed from skepticism that atoms were real to equations so precise we can predict properties of subatomic particles to the tenth decimal place Lawrence Krauss rightly places this achievement among the greatest of all stories & his book-at once engaging poetic & scholarly-tells the story with a scientist's penetrating insight & a writer's masterly craft' (Brian Greene author of The Elegant Universe & Director Center for Theoretical Physics Columbia University) Unlike some very clever scientists Lawrence Krauss is not content to bask on the Mount Olympus of modern physics A great educator as well as a great physicist he wants to pull others up the rarefied heights to join him But unlike some science educators he doesn't dumb down In Einstein's words he makes it 'as simple as possible but no simpler' (Richard Dawkins author of The Magic of Reality) In every debate I've done with theologians & religious believers their knock-out final argument always comes in the form of two questions Why is there something rather than nothing? & Why are we here? The presumption is that if science provides no answers then there must be a God But God or no we still want answers In A Universe From Nothing Lawrence Krauss one of the biggest thinkers of our time addressed the first question with verve & in The Greatest Story Ever Told he tackles the second with elegance Both volumes should be placed in hotel rooms across America in the drawer next to the Gideon Bible (Michael Shermer Publisher Skeptic magazine columnist Scientific American Presidential Fellow Chapman University author The Moral Arc) A Homeric tale of science history & philosophy revealing how we learned so much about the universe & its tiniest parts (Sheldon Glashow Nobel Laureate 1979 in physics) The Greatest Story Ever Told-So Far ranges from Galileo to the LHC & beyond It's accessible illuminating & surprising-an ideal guide for anyone interested in understanding our accidental universe (Elizabeth Kolbert Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction) College students hippies squares Christians Muslims democrats republicans libertarians theists even atheists-all of us-sit around BS-ing like So how did all this I mean everything all of us the whole universe you know man everything how did this all get here?' While we were doing that Lawrence Krauss & people like him were doing the work to figure it out Then Krauss wrote this great book about it Wow man you mean like we're getting closer to really knowing? I guess we'll have to go back to talking about politics & sex' (Penn Jillette author of Presto!) Discovering the bedrock nature of physical reality ranks as one of humanity's greatest collective achievements This book gives a fine account of the main ideas & how they emerged Krauss is himself close to the field & can offer insights into the personalities who have led the key advances A practiced & skilled writer he succeeds in making the physics as simple as possible but no simpler' I don't know a better book on this subject (Martin Rees author of Just Six Numbers) It is an exhilarating experience to be led through this fascinating story from Galileo to the Standard Model & the Higgs boson & beyond with lucid detail & insight illuminating vividly not only the achievements themselves but also the joy of creative thought & discovery enriched with vignettes of the remarkable individuals who paved the way It amply demonstrates that the discovery that nature really follows the simple & elegant rules intuited by the 20th- & 21st-century versions of Plato's philosophers' is one of the most astonishing achievements of the human intellect (Noam Chomsky Institute Professor & Professor of Linguistics (Emeritus) MIT) Charming Krauss has written an account with sweep & verve that shows the full development of our ideas about the makeup of the world around us A great romp (Walter Gilbert Nobel Award Chemistry 1980) History of science with an edge-humorous personal passionate yet intellectually serious & authoritative (Frank Wilczek Nobel Laureate Physics) In the beginning there was light but more than this there was gravity After that all hell broke loose This is how the story of the greatest intellectual adventure in history should be introduced
- how humanity reached its current understanding of the universe one that is far removed from the realm of everyday experience Krauss connects the world we know with the invisible world all around us which is removed from intuition & direct sensation He explains our current understanding of nature & the struggle to construct the greatest theoretical edifice ever assembled the Standard Model of Particle Physics -- & then to understand its implications for our existence Writing in the critically acclaimed style of A Universe from Nothing Krauss celebrates the beauty & wonders of the natural world & details our place within it & how this shapes our understanding of it Krauss makes this story accessible through profiles of the scientists responsible for these advances & clear explanations of their discoveries Krauss takes us on a tour of science & the brilliant personalities who shaped it often against political & religious indoctrination enduring persecution & ostracism Krauss creates a captivating blend of research & narrative to invite us into the lives & minds of these figurescreating a landmark work of scientific history
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Probably the most readable exciting & authoritative writer on science we have A new Lawrence Krauss book always goes to the top of the curious mind's wish list' Stephen Fry 'A great educator as well as a great physicist ' Richard Dawkins In the beginning there was light but more than this there was gravity After that all hell broke loose This is how the story of the greatest intellectual adventure in history should be introduced
- how humanity reached its current understanding of the universe one that is far removed from the realm of everyday experience Krauss connects the world we know with the invisible world all around us which is removed from intuition & direct sensation He explains our current understanding of nature & the struggle to construct the greatest theoretical edifice ever assembled the Standard Model of Particle Physics -- & then to understand its implications for our existence Writing in the critically acclaimed style of A Universe from Nothing Krauss celebrates the beauty & wonders of the natural world & details our place within it & how this shapes our understanding of it Krauss makes this story accessible through profiles of the scientists responsible for these advances & clear explanations of their discoveries Krauss takes us on a tour of science & the brilliant personalities who shaped it often against political & religious indoctrination enduring persecution & ostracism Krauss creates a captivating blend of research & narrative to invite us into the lives & minds of these figurescreating a landmark work of scientific history
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Robin Sharma one of the world's top success coaches & author of the international bestseller The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari' offers 10 high-impact lessons for success The Greatness Guide' is a strikingly powerful & enormously practical handbook that will inspire you to get to world class in both your personal & professional life Written by Robin Sharma one of the world's top success coaches & a man whose ideas have been embraced by celebrity CEO's leading entrepreneurs rock stars & royalty as well as by many FORTUNE 500 companies The Greatness Guide' contains a proven formula that will help you meet your highest potential & live an extraordinary life Discover The personal practices of spectacularly successful people Potent ideas to get your organisation to greatness Specific strategies to turn setbacks into opportunities Revolutionary tactics for peak performance How to attract true wealth along with real happiness Breakthrough ideas to generate excellent health & an energy explosion Tools for work-life balance & ways to experience a lot more fun ...

You don't need a big title or a business degree in order to lead with impact What you need is practical wisdom the insight judgment & strength of character that all great leaders have but that most business schools & corporate workshops don't teach The Greats on Leadership gets you there Jocelyn Davis takes you on an in-depth tour of the best leadership ideas of the past 25 centuries featuring classic authors from Plato to Winston Churchill Shakespeare to Jane Austen CG Jung to Peter Drucker & many more In a style both thought provoking & entertaining she shows how -history's great writers have always been & still are the real leadership gurus Davis spells out the behaviors that distinguish true leaders from misleaders & covers 20 specific leadership topics including Leadership Traps (Shakespeare) Change (Machiavelli) Power (Sophocles) Dilemmas (Madison Hamilton) Communication (Lincoln Pericles) Personality Types (Jung) Motivation (Frankl) Judgment (Maupassant Melville Austen Shaw) Character (Churchill Plutarch Shelley Joyce) Each chapter begins with a synopsis of a great work by the author & then draws out the key leadership insights weaving them together with business examples the best contemporary research & tools to help put it all into practice In the last two chapters Davis presents a new way to think about leadership levels framing them in terms of the impact you have rather than the title on your business card Whether you're a recent graduate or MBA searching for something more inspiring than the standard textbook a new manager looking for something deeper than the typical how-to book or an experienced executive seeking ideas to lift you to the next level this remarkably readable & practical guide will set you on the road to becoming a great leader ...

A funny read-aloud farmyard tale that teaches colours & days of the week from award-winning illustrator Petr Horacek A funny read-aloud farmyard tale that teaches colours & days of the week from award-winning illustrator Petr Horacek Goat has had enough of eating grass She wants to try something different
- the dog's food the pig's potatoes & even the farmer's pants But things go wrong in this hilarious but cautionary farmyard tale from the Kate Greenaway-Medal shortlisted illustrator described by the Washington Post as "the thinking tot's Eric Carle"
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Leo Zikos should be celebrating securing a perfectly convenient fiancee but it's left him cold Instead it's stranger Grace Donovan's impeccable beauty that fires his blood So he decides to pursue one last night of freedom But that night & the two little blue lines on the pregnancy test that follow it blows Leo's plans apart Now he must break with his fiancee & marry Grace She might resist marrying a man she barely knows but Leo will claim his legacy
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As every reader of Durrell knows his writing is steeped in the living experience of the Mediterranean & especially the islands of Greece This captivating & highly unusual text originally conceived as a picture book & now reset in paperback format weaves together evocative descriptions history & myth with Durrell's personal reminiscences No traveller to Greece or admirer of the genius of Durrell should miss it ...

The Greek Myths contains some of the most thrilling romantic & unforgettable stories in all human history From Achilles rampant on the fields of Troy to the gods at sport on Mount Olympus from Icarus flying too close to the sun to the superhuman feats of Heracles Theseus & the wily Odysseus these timeless tales exert a fascination & inspiration that have endured for millennia There are few people as steeped in the Ancient World as Robin & Kathryn Waterfield & in their hands the heroism humour mystery sensuality & brutality of the Greek Myths are brought brilliantly to life ...

The definitive & comprehensive edition of Robert Graves's classic retelling of the Greek myths' Icarus disobeyed his father's instructions & began soaring towards the sun rejoiced by the lift of his great sweeping wings Presently when Daedalus looked over his shoulder he could no longer see Icarus; but scattered feathers floated on the waves below' These are the greatest stories ever told
- the labours of Hercules the voyage of the Argonauts Theseus & the minotaur Midas & his golden touch the Trojan War & Odysseus's journey home
- brought together into one epic & unforgettable story Ideal for the first time reader it can be read as a single page-turning narrative while full commentaries as well as a comprehensive index of names make it equally valuable for anyone seeking an authoritative & detailed account of the spectacular stories that make up the bedrock of Western literature The Greek Myths is a classic among classics a treasure trove of extraordinary tales & a masterful work of literature in its own right

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A severed head is found on the Greek border near a wall planned to stop Middle Eastern immigrants crossing from Turkey Intelligence Agent Evangelos wants the truth about the murder human trafficking into Greece & about the corruption surrounding the wall's construction It is a mystery novel & a political thriller but more importantly it evokes the problems of the West incarnated in Greece isolationism fear of immigration economic collapse & corruption While dark it is also poetic & paints an indelible portrait of Athens with its mixed fragrances of eucalyptus freshly baked bread & cigarette smoke ...