Here is a lively history of modern physics as seen through the lives of thirty men & women from the pantheon of physics. William H. Cropper vividly portrays the life & accomplishments of such giants as Galileo & Isaac Newton Marie Curie & Ernest Rutherford & Albert Einstein right up to contemporary figures such as Richard Feynman Murray Gell-Mann & Stephen Hawking. We meet scientists all geniuses who could be gregarious aloof unpretentious friendly dogged imperious generous to colleagues or contentious rivals. Cropper also offers vivid portraits of their great moments of discovery their bitter feuds their relations with family & friends their religious beliefs & education. In addition since scientists in a particular field often inspire those who follow Cropper has grouped these biographies by discipline mechanics thermodynamics particle physics & so on each section beginning with a historical overview. Our understanding of the physical world has increased dramatically in the last four centuries starting with Galileo & his telescope & stretching to Stephen Hawking's work on black holes & cosmology. With Great Physicists" readers can retrace the footsteps of the men & women who led the way." ...

Containing 44 piano solos this bumper collection offers a great selection of classical favourites from choral works concertos ballets operas & symphonies. All music is arranged for the intermediate level pianist. The selection

Includes:: Adagio For Strings" " The Blue Bird" " Cello Concerto" " Pie Jesu (Faure)" " Piano" " Concerto No.1 (Chopin)" & 39 more favourites! The songs include: Adagio For Strings" by Barber; " The Can-Can" by Offenbach; " Ave Maria" by Schubert; " Fur Elise" by Beethoven; " Grand March (from Aida)" by Verdi; " Swan Lake" (theme) by Tchaikovsky; " Clair de Lune" by Debussy; " Allegro" (from Water Music) by Handel; & " Spring Song" by Mendelssohn. The piano is the most popular instruments adults learn
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The Great Plague is a thrilling story of a young girl during the epidemic of 1665. Its 1665 & Alice is looking forward to being back in London. But the plague is spreading quickly & as each day passes more red crosses appear on doors. When her aunt is struck down with the plague she is forced to make a decision that could change her life forever... Alices chilling diary brings alive one of the darkest moments in British history: the Great Plague of 1665-1666 ...

The bubonic plague epidemic which struck England in 1665-6 was responsible for the deaths of almost a third of London's population. Its sheer scale was overwhelming & it was well-recorded featuring in the works of Pepys & Defoe & described in terrible detail in the contemporary Bills of Mortality. Often remembered because of its devastating impact on London the plague struck other urban communities as well carrying off half the population of Colchester & causing high mortality in cities such as Norwich & Cambridge. Nor were country villages spared with Eyam in Derbyshire
- where the inhabitants sealed themselves off to prevent the spread of the disease & a third of the inhabitants died
- being the most famous. Stephen Porter describes the disease & how people at the time thought it was caused. He gives details of the treatments available (such as they were) & evokes its impact on the country. We will probably never know the reasons for the disappearance of the bubonic plague from England after 1665. What is clear is the fascination the subject still holds.

Includes:: 61 illustrations



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Naxos Audio Books begins its new series of Great Poets"
- represented by their most popular poems on one CD
- with William Blake

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Book number 4 in the awesome Pick Your Path adventure" series: " Club Penguin The Great Puffle Switch". A magical event has occurred on Club Penguin: You & your pet puffle have switched bodies! See life through the eyes of a puffle as you go on amazing adventures along with some new puffle friends. In the end will you find a way to switch back to a penguin or will you become a puffle forever? The choice is yours! Disney Club Penguin is the web's biggest online community for children where they can create their own Penguin play mini-games collect items & more! The series of accompanying " Club Penguin Pick Your Path" books

Includes:: " Stowaway! Adventures at Sea" " The Inventor's Apprentice" " Star Reporter" & " Dancing with Cadence"."

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Frensic & Futtle is a small & successful literary agency. But following a successful court case by a woman who claimed to have been libeled by one of their authors the agency rapidly loses business. One day a manuscript for a book called Pause O Men for the Virgin arrives at the agency together with a note from the authors solicitor saying that the author wishes to remain anonymous & that the agency has carte blanche on how it deals with the book. The book turns out to deal with the love affair between an 80-year old woman & a 17-year old youth. The populist American publisher Hutchmeyer agrees to sign a deal to publish the book in the United States for $2 million providing the author carries out a promotional tour of the country. Sonia & Frensic decide to use aspiring but unpublished author Peter Piper to stand in for the anonymous author. But when Piper receives a proof copy of Pause from the publisher by mistake it takes a certain amount of persuasion & arm-twisting from Sonia Futtle to convince Piper to travel to America. ...

It was too good an opportunity to miss for many officers in the British Army when in 1914 & 1915 they sailed across the Channel with the BEF
- they took their cameras with them to record the historic events unfolding in Europe. Soon photographs of British soldiers in the trenches began to appear in newspapers & magazines throughout this country. The War Office decided it had to be stopped
- far too much information presented on a plate to the enemy. Official cameramen
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- would take the images the nation thirsted for thus control would be firmly with the authority conducting the war. Otherwise illicit cameras were banned. This action coincided with the Allies planned offensive against the German areas of occupation of France. In 1916 Sir Douglas Haig commanding the BEF began his great offensive to drive the invaders off the ground they had been occupying for over a year & a half. The Great Push as the offensive was advertised to the nation began 1 July 1916. A glossy picture magazine was produced to inform the British public of the progress of the offensive. Over a four months period until the Battle of the Somme faded away in November the magazine appeared with the following advertising blurb: Sir Douglas Haigs Great Push; The Battle of the Somme; A popular pictorial & authoritative work on one of the Greatest Battles in History illustrated by about 700 wonderful Official Photographs & Cinematograph Films; By Arrangement With the War Office; beautifully printed on the Best English Art Paper. As is well known the Great Push turned out to be little more than a nudge but for the sake of national morale the British public had to be encouraged to believe that all was going well; especially in view of the horrific casualties wrecking the lives of families throughout the l&. The Great Push in the form of IMAGES of WAR helps capture the propaganda thrust of the times & presents once more the illustrations of those bewildering days along with an ID number for easy reference.



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And theyre off! Race along with Rat Monkey Dragon & their companions as they join in the Emperors race. Who will win the ultimate honour of having the first year of the new Chinese Zodiac calendar named after them? This book provides an easy-to-read retelling of the story of the Chinese Zodiac with accessible endnotes on Chinese astrology & festivals. It contains illustrations that incorporate numbers in Chinese script
- ideal for classroom & library use. It also encourages reader interaction as children discover the animal sign of their birth year.
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The Great Railway Bazaar" is Paul Theroux's account of his epic journey by rail through Asia. Filled with evocative names of legendary train routes
- the Direct-Orient Express the Khyber Pass Local the Delhi Mail from Jaipur the Golden Arrow to Kuala Lumpur the Hikari Super Express to Kyoto & the Trans-Siberian Express
- it describes the many places cultures sights & sounds he experienced & the fascinating people he met. Here he overhears snippets of chat & occasional monologues & is drawn into conversation with fellow passengers from Molesworth a British theatrical agent & Sadik a shabby Turkish tycoon while avoiding the forceful approaches of pimps & drug dealers. This wonderfully entertaining travelogue pays loving tribute to the romantic joys of railways & train travel."

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