This book offers a new look at maths without the Boring Bits.. . How many trillions are there in a googol? Which fractions are vulgar? What famous mathematician refused to eat beans? & which one never travelled without his pet spider in an ivory box? Mathematical theorems & equations are inextricably entangled with the great & often eccentric thinkers who made breakthrough discoveries. Teacher & numbers expert Liz Strachan takes readers beyond the classroom combining anecdotes proofs & party tricks to reveal the foundations of algebra geometry & trigonometry in a clear & entertaining style. From the Difference Engine to magic squares & from the Fibonacci rabbits to Fermats Last Theorem this fascinating tour of the weird world of numbers imaginary real or infinite will appeal to anyone with an enquiring mind. ...

Nevil Shute was a power & a pioneer in the world of flying long before he began to write the stories that made him a bestselling novelist. This autobiography charts Shute's path from childhood to his career as a gifted aeronautical engineer working at the forefront of the technological experimentation of the 1920s & 30s. The inspiration for many of the themes & concerns of Shute's novels can be identified in this enjoyable & enlightening memoir. ...

All of London is abuzz over the imminent arrival of Wulfric Bedwyn the reclusive cold-as-ice Duke of Bewcastle at the most glittering social event of the season. Some whisper of a tragic love affair. Others say he is so aloof & passionless that not even the greatest beauty could capture his attention. But on this dazzling afternoon one woman does catch the duke's eye
- & she is the only female in the room who isn't even trying. Christine Derrick is intrigued by the handsome duke...all the more so when he invites her to become his mistress. But Christine has very definite views on men morals & marriage & confounds Wulfric at every turn. Yet even as the lone wolf of the Bedwyn clan vows to seduce her any way he can something strange & wonderful is happening. Now for a man who thought he'd never lose his heart nothing less than love will do.
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Charlie & friend Marv are in search of strange & tricky creatures. & they would like to search without Lola bothering & interrupting. Luckily Lola knows exactly how to catch strange & tricky creatures & enlists a little bit of help from her invisible friend Soren Lorensen. (And of course one or three drops of pink milk.) Child is as visually inventive & verbally dexterous as ever.. .classic."
- Guardian " The Child recipe at its fresh playful best."
- Observer "A typically exuberant imaginative whirl of a story."
- Angels & Urchins " Child is second to none when it comes to capturing the imagination of young children."
- Daily Express "A witty book that reminds us why we fell in love with Charlie & Lola in the first place."
- Junior"




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Colonel Lord Aidan Bedwyn has come to Ringwood Manor to keep his promise to a dying fellow officer. He has sworn to protect the mans sister no matter what
- even when he finds that Miss Eve Morris wants no part of his protection. Finally Aidan makes Eve an offer she cannot refuse. It is intended to be a simple straightforward business arrangement
- but they have reckoned without their own unwilling attraction to each other. & soon they begin to wonder if perhaps it will someday be possible to be more that just slightly married

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On a Flemish battlefield Lord Alleyne Bedwyn is thrown from his horse & left for dead only to awaken in the bedchamber of a Brussels brothel. The dark handsome diplomat has no memory of who he is or how he got there
- yet of one thing he is certain: he owes his life to the angel of undoubtedly dubious virtue who is nursing him back to health. But like him Rachel York is not who she seems. The havoc of war has forced Rachel to seek refuge with the 'ladies' of the house whilst devising a plan to restore her fortunes. The dashing soldier she rescued from near-death could be her saviour in disguise. In order to inherit Rachel needs to be married & here is a man with no memory
- & thus no ties
- willing to do anything to help her. However on returning to England their marriage charade draws them both into danger scandal & a blossoming relationship that is ever so slightly sinful...


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From the moment he spies Lady Morgan Bedwyn across the glittering ballroom Gervase Ashford Earl of Rosthorn knows he has found the perfect instrument of his revenge. But wedlock is not on the mind of the continent's most notorious rake. Nor is it of interest to the fiercely independent Lady Morgan herselfuntil one night of shocking intimacy erupts in a scandal that could make Gervase's vengeance all the sweeter. There is only one thing standing in his way: Morgan who has achieved the impossible -she's melted his coolly guarded heart. For Gervase only the marriage bed will do but Morgan simply will not have him. Thus begins a sizzling courtship where two wary hearts are about to be undone by the most scandalous passion of all: all-consuming love. Slightly Tempted is part of Mary Balogh's Regency-set Slightly series following the adventures of the Bedwyn family. ...

Lord Rannulf Bedwyn is a hard man to resist. To Judith Law Rannulf is simply a dream come true a heroic stranger with whom she will allow herself one night of reckless passion before she must settle for the dreary life of companion to her wealthy aunt. However a shock is in store for her when that same stranger arrives at Harewood Grange to woo her cousin. Judith holds firm against Rannulfs advances both honourable & otherwise. But then scandal rocks the household & threatens her name & her very liberty & it is Rannulf who rides to her rescue. But can true love grow out of something ever so slightly wicked? ...

From the end of World War II through the 1980s Aarons photographed the rich & famous the beautiful & the celebrated: Hollywood royalty European aristocracy the grande dames of high society captains of industry media moguls statesmen & stars of every sort. Though upholding the glamorous image of wealth power talent & beauty he saw himself as a journalist whose duty it was to inform & this led him to develop the environmental portrait
- photographs of his subjects at home at work at play & mingling with each other. This type of portrait has influenced a generation of photojournalists whose work can be seen in todays lifestyle magazines. This volume shows Aarons photographs of the international elite in their exclusive playgrounds during the jet-set decades of the 1950s 60s & 70s.
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This lavish fourth volume in Abrams' Slim Aarons collection revels in his longtime love affair with Italy. From breathtaking aerials of the Venetian canals & Sicilian countryside to intimate portraits in the villas & estates of celebrities & the beautiful people Slim's photography captures the essence of the good life of the rich & famous of Italy. Italy undeniably held a special place in Slim's heart. As a photographer for Yank magazine he witnessed the Italian campaign during World War II & was present at the liberation of Rome. Later after the war he abandoned Hollywood to travel to Rome as a photographer for Life magazine. Even after he relocated to New York he would return to Italy almost every year for the rest of his professional life. His extensive archive documents the aristocracy high society celebrity cultural elite & international jet set that found sanctuary in Italy's most beautiful places. In addition to being his stock & trade what he called photographing attractive people who were doing attractive things in attractive places " these images paint the social & cultural geography of fifty year of Italy from the Liberation of Rome to the 1990s. The introduction by Christopher Sweet will portray the close friendship between Slim Aarons & Robert Capa that began in Italy as well as compelling evidence supporting the claim that Slim was the real life photographer on which Jimmy Stewart's character in Hitchock's Rear Window is based." ...