The Story of Spain" is a story of kings & poets saints & conquistadors emperors & revolutionaries. It is the story of Torquemada Cervantes Picasso Franco Saint Theresa & of the Alhambra & the Escorial. Drawing on years of rigorous research & written with the flair of a master storyteller this superb new edition draws together the myriad fragments of Spanish history
- from its prehistory right up to the 2008 elections
- to re-create the drama excitement & pathos that is the story of one of Europes most fascinating countries."

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Annie Leonard creator of the internet film sensation The Story of Stuff" viewed over 6 million times offers an astonishing galvanizing book that tells the story of all the stuff we use everyday
- where our bottled water mobile phones & jeans come from how theyre made & distributed & where they really go when we throw them away. Our out-of-control consumption habits are killing the planet & threatening our health but Annie provides hope that change is within reach. Like " An Inconvenient Truth & Silent Spring" " The Story of Stuff" will be an instant classic."
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Batailles first novel published under the pseudonym Lord Auch is still his most notorious work. In this explicit pornographic fantasy the young male narrator & his lovers Simone & Marcelle embark on a sexual quest involving sadism torture orgies madness & defilement culminating in a final act of transgression. Shocking & sacreligious Story of the Eye" is the fullest expression of Batailles obsession with the closeness of sex violence & death. Yet it is also hallucinogenic in its power & is one of the erotic classics of the twentieth century." ...

The Story of the Fly & how it could save the world will take you behind the pesky reputation & inside the brain & body of the much misunderstood fly. It investigates the insect as pest & how man has tried (tirelessly often unsuccessfully) to kill it
- exploring everything from how it walks on ceilings to how it survives Ice Ages & outsmart all manner of fly swats toxins & traps. The book also reveals how throughout history innovative humans
- including Napoleon Bonapartes surgeon NASA various forensic entomologists & the UK National Health Services
- have harnessed & researched the fly to help mankind. But ultimately it introduces the fly as a future hero that could help save the world. How? By recycling waste nutrients & generating sustainable protein to spare the fish in the ocean & feed the ever-growing number of people on our Earth. Thats a story worth telling. & one worth reading too.


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The outrageous bestseller is back
- now in a hilarious pop-up edition! Who did their business on the mole's head? Join the intrepid
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Popular among both adults & children ' The Story of the Little Mole' follows the quest of a mole as he tries to find out who did their business" on his head. " Quite simply the funniest book you are ever likely to read (as long as you are not easily offended that is!). Perfect for children of course but if you are stuck for gift ideas for the adults in your life you may need to look no further."
- Susan Harrison amazon.co.uk"
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A phenomenal success since its UK publication in 1994 The Story of the Little Mole...'" has delighted adults & children alike to become an all-time humour classic. This hilarious picture book tells the tale of a little mole who wakes up one morning only to have one of the other animals 'do its business' on his head. The Little Mole then sets out to track down the culprit to exact his revenge in his own little way. This brilliant new board book edition is a fantastic way to introduce children to the amazing world of books." ...

From the worlds leading Dead Sea Scrolls" scholar Geza Vermes " The Story of the Scrolls: The Miraculous Discovery & True Significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls" is an ideal introduction to understanding these ancient documents. The discovery of the " Dead Sea Scrolls" in Qumran between 1947 & 1956 was one of the greatest archaeological finds of all time. Written in Hebrew Aramaic & Greek & hidden in caves by an ancient Jewish sect these mysterious manuscripts revolutionized our understanding of the Bible of Judaism & the early Christian world. Geza Vermes English translations brought these extraordinary documents to thousands & his life has been inextricably interwoven with the scrolls for over sixty years. In " The Story of the Scrolls" Vermes relates the controversial story of their discovery & publication around the world revealing cover-ups blunders & academic in-fighting but also the passion & dedication of many of those involved. He shares what he has learned about the scrolls & evaluating passages from them gives his views on their true significance & what they can teach us as well as those areas where scholarly consensus has not yet been reached. " The worlds leading Gospel scholar". (" The Times"). " Vermes has the rare gift of wearing his immense scholarship lightly". (David Goldberg " Independent"). Geza Vermes is director of the Forum for Qumran Research at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies. His books published by Penguin include " The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English" & " The Changing Faces of Jesus" as well as the Jesus trilogy: " Nativity" " Passion" & " Resurrection"." ...

The Story of the Stone" (c. 1760) also known as " The Dream of the Red Chamber" is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The fifth part of Cao Xueqins magnificent saga " The Dreamer Awakes" was carefully edited & completed by Gao E some decades later. It continues the story of the changing fortunes of the Jia dynasty focussing on Bao-yu now married to Bao-chai after the tragic death of his beloved Dai-yu. Against such worldly elements as death financial ruin marriage decadence & corruption his karmic journey unfolds. Like a sleepwalker through life Bao-yu is finally awakened by a vision which reveals to him that life itself is merely a dream as moonlight mirrored in the water." ...

**WINNER OF THE NME BEST BOOK AWARD** ' This book is going to try & get as close as possible to the full story of what informed the noise of The Streets. Obviously that's something I should be fairly well-qualified to know about & I'm going to be as honest as the publisher's lawyers will allow.' With the 2001 release of The Streets' debut single ' Has It Come To This?' the landscape of British popular music changed forever. No longer did homegrown rappers have to anxiously defer to transatlantic influences. Mike Skinner's witty self-deprecating sagas of late-night kebab shops & skunk-fuelled Playstation sessions showed how much you could achieve simply by speaking in your own voice. In this thoroughly modern memoir the man the Guardian once dubbed 'half Dostoevsky.. .half Samuel Pepys' tells a freewheeling funny & fearlessly honest tale of Birmingham & London ecstasy & epilepsy Twitter-fear & Spectrum joysticks spread-betting & growing up. He writes of his musical inspirations role models & rivals the craft of songwriting & reflects on the successes & failures of the decade-long journey of The Streets. ...