On 16 CD's. Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely in his own study at home, he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. This book is his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization
- how we got from there, being nothing at all, to here, being us. Bill Bryson's challenge is to take subjects that normally bore the pants off most of us, like geology, chemistry & particle physics, & see if there isn't some way to render them comprehensible to people who have never thought they could be interested in science. It's not so much about what we know, as about how we know what we know. How do we know what is in the centre of the Earth, or what a black hole is, or where the continents were 600 million years ago? How did anyone ever figure these things out? On his travels through time & space, he encounters a splendid collection of astonishingly eccentric, competitive, obsessive & foolish scientists, like the painfully shy Henry Cavendish who worked out many conundrums like how much the Earth weighed, but never bothered to tell anybody about many of his findings. In the company of such extraordinary people, Bill Bryson takes us with him on the ultimate eye-opening journey, & reveals the world in a way most of us have never seen it before. Read by William Roberts
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As we approach the bicentenary of the abolition of the Atlantic trade, Walvin has selected the historical texts that recreate

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This invaluable dictionary contains an extensve vocabulary with contemporary interpretations. It also

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Lance Armstrong's place in the cycling history books is assured. Winner of the Tour de France a record-breaking six times, he is regarded as one of the greatest individual talents the sport has ever seen. Perhaps his most compelling victory was in 2003 when he won the coveted Centenary race. However, without the team of brilliant athletes assembled to support him
- the domestiques
- victory in the Tour would have been impossible. Not only do these superbly trained athletes ride alongside the team leader, supplying water & equipment, but they also create a moving stream of energy that is vital for competitive success. In 2003, Lance Armstrong's domestique, Victor Hugo Pena, actually took over the yellow jersey & stepped into history. A Significant Other is the story of that race but also of these unsung heros of the sport.

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Spain, 2020. When expat fugitive Jack Cleland watches his girlfriend die, gunned down in a pursuit involving officer Cristina

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Seven-year-old Anabel (Mara Wilson) wishes for a fairy godmother after the death of her mother, but doesn't expect anything like Murray (Martin Short), the world's first male angelic guardian. Instead of guaranteeing Anabel's dad a part in a new Broadway ...

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Ruby Carter works hard in her parents' bakery. Whilst life isn't easy, she's happy enough
- her gentle mother

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1941. Determined to contribute to the war effort, eighteen-year-old Connie runs away from home to work as a carpenter’s apprentice in Scarborough. Though life on the workshop floor is tough, Connie finds comfort in the friendship of her glamorous flatmate, Valentine. But when Valentine disappears one night, Connie doesn’t know where to turn. With the war raging the police won’t investigate, & so Connie must take matters into her own hands. How far will she go to discover the truth of Valentine’s disappearance? & what terrible secrets will she uncover along the way? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781802793109 • Author: Mollie Walton • Publisher: Hodder Headline • Format: Paperback • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 3 cm ...

Rosie finds it hard to cope with her eldest sister's over-possessive nature.

Since the death of their mother Beatrice

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Spring, 1941. The families of Jubilee Row are still reeling from the loss of one of their own, & as the Blitz on Hull intensifies,

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