Professor Brian Cox is probably the best-known physicist in the world today. As presenter of the hit television series Wonders of the Solar System & Wonders of the Universe his affable charm & infectious enthusiasm has brought science to a whole new audience. Born in Lancashire in 1968 Cox was a bright but not brilliant pupil at school
- only receiving a D grade for A level mathematics. He flourished at university however gaining a first-class honours degree & an MPhil in Physics from Manchester University before being awarded his Ph D in particle physics in 1998. Alongside his studies he also found time to play keyboards for the band D: Ream & the band topped the charts in 1994 with ' Things Can Only Get Better' which was famously used by the Labour Party for its 1997 election campaign. Although he has appeared in several television shows Brian Cox is not just a celebrity presenter
- he is a Royal Society University Research Fellow a professor at the University of Manchester & he also works on the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerl&. In 2010 he was awarded an OBE for his services to science & he has also won several awards for his television work.

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Hippolyta Queen of the Amazons has kept a secret from her daughter all her life
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Wonder Woman goes to hell! After playing Poseidon Hades & Hera against each other Hades strikes back by kidnapping Zola & trapping her in the Underworld. Its up to Wonder Woman
- with a little help from the God of Love & the God of Smiths
- to break Zola out. But what is Hades real game & once you get into the land of the dead how exactly do you get out? Collects Wonder Woman 7-12.

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What three millennia of human history can tell us about how to live today. There are many ways to try to improve our lives
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This is a collection of the best predictions made by Popular Mechanics" writers between 1903 & 1969. It features original visually stunning artwork & a free poster. Each chapter is introduced by astrophysics professor & former NASA advisor Gregory Benford. Between 1903 & 1969 scientists & other experts made hundreds of predictions in " Popular Mechanics" about what the future would hold. Here are the very best of them complete with the original visually stunning retro art plus chapter introductions by astrophysics professor science-fiction author & former NASA advisor Gregory Benford." ...

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar & Six More" by Roald Dahl brings the magic of Dahl's writing to an older generation
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Little girls everywhere can celebrate all things wonderful & wedding with this beautifully illustrated activity book packed with doodles to do & puzzles to solve. Inside readers can design dress fit for a queen decorate a wedding cake spot the identical bridesmaids help the bride & groom through the maze to their guests fill the brides bouquet with flowers try to find all of the items on the wedding list & much much more. ...

The inspiration for the world-famous movie The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" has delighted generations of readers since L. Frank Baum first published it in 1900. Illustrated by W.W. Denslow whose magnificent art distinguished the first edition of Baums tale this 2012 edition features an elegant bonded-leather binding a satin-ribbon bookmark distinctive gilt edging & decorative endpapers. Its a book that will be cherished by readers of all ages." ...

If you love a good story then look no further. Oxford Children's Classics bring together the most unforgettable stories ever told. They're books to treasure & return to again & again. When a cyclone hits Kansas Dorothy & her little dog Toto are whisked away to the magical land of Oz. All alone in this strange world they wonder how they'll ever get home. With their new friends the Scarecrow the Tin Woodman & the Cowardly Lion they brave many dangers & journey to the Emerald City in search of the Wonderful Wizard to ask him for his help. ...

In 1909 the millionaire French banker & philanthropist Albert Kahn embarked on an ambitious project to create a colour photographic record of & for the peoples of the world. As an idealist & an internationalist Kahn believed that he could use the new Autochrome process the worlds first user-friendly true-colour photographic system to promote cross-cultural peace & understanding. Until recently Kahns huge collection of 72 000 Autochromes remained relatively unheard of. Now a century after he launched his project this book & the BBC TV series it accompanies are bringing these dazzling pictures to a mass audience for the first time & putting colour into what we tend to think of as an entirely monochrome age. Kahn sent photographers to more than 50 countries often at crucial junctures in their history when age-old cultures were on the brink of being changed for ever by war & the march of twentieth-century globalisation. They documented in true colour the collapse of the Ottoman & Austro-Hungarian empires the last traditional Celtic villages in Ireland & the soldiers of the First World War. They took the earliest known colour photographs in countries as far apart as Vietnam & Brazil Mongolia & Norway Benin & the United States. In 1929 the Wall Street Crash forced Kahn to bring his project to an end. He died in 1940 but left behind the most important collection of early colour photographs in the world. ...