The Big Questions - Philosophy confronts the fundamental problems that have perplexed inquiring minds throughout history, and explains the answers of our greatest thinkers. In this book, renowned philosopher Simon Blackburn tackles 20 questions essential to our understanding of ourselves and the world we live in.
15 cm x 21 cm 208 page soft cover.

The Big Questions - Physics confronts the fundamental problems that have perplexed inquiring minds throughout history, and explains the answers of our greatest thinkers. In this book, Michael Brooks demystifies 20 mind-stretching questions about quantum physics, relativity and the true nature of reality.
15 cm x 21 cm 208 page soft cover.

The Big Questions - The Universe confronts the fundamental problems that have perplexed inquiring minds throughout history, and explains the answers of our greatest thinkers. In this book, Suart Clark tackles the 20 key questions of astronomy, cosmology and existence itself.
15 cm x 21 cm 208 page soft cover.

The Big Questions - Mathematics answers the fundamental problems that have perplexed inquiring minds throughout history. Ranging from the first known numbers and Plato's ideal forms to chaos theory and Fermat's last theorem, this book confronts the 20 key questions at the heart of mathematics and our understanding of the world.
15 cm x 21 cm 208 page soft cover.

"Explore the fascinating machine that is our body in these 24 oversize charts!
These amazing images have been created with a new technique that comes the closest to achieving the ideal of anatomical representation - recreating visually the exact forms of the body and all its parts. This collection is derived from teh first, anatomically exact, three-dimensional, computer generated reconstruction of a human body.
Unlike traditional anatomical illustration, whichy had to rely on idealization and exaggeration to present anatomy in an understandable way, the original versions of the images in these charts are three-dimensional in their digital form. The ""virtual"" body they represent can be turned, opened, even passed through by the viewer. Systems can be viewed in isolation, like the pieces of a jigsaw, and put back together again to show their relationship with other systems. Regions can be ""dissected"" progressively, by peeling away layers or even ""seeing through"" aome tissues to reveal others underneath. The digital images allow you to view the specific subject of each chart in detail, while displyaing a ""ghost"" image of the surrounding area if it helps to better understand positions and relationships.
The Wall Chart of Human Anatomy features a fold-out format that can be paged through like a book, or opened up to its full length to show the dramatic full-body images and system charts in progression. It includes an informative introduction and a glossary of anatomical terms.
31 cm x 45 cm hardcover."

Identifies 180 popular species.
Details distinctive features, habitats, calls and plumage.
Illustrated throughout with beautiful photographs.
Detailed maps showing distribution throughout the year.
15 cm x 22 cm 256 page paperback.

Is your dog yawning because she''s tired or because she''s stressed? What does it mean when her ears are back? For any dog owner who is sometimes puzzled by their pooch''s behaviour, this simple and smart photographic primer explains what dogs are really trying to say with their tail, ears, eyes and legs. Vetted and approved by a certified animal behaviour scientist and veterinarian, who also wrote the foreword, Tail Talk lays out dog language letter by letter and covers a wide range of breeds.

The Andromeda Strain meets The Stand in this startling and stunning thriller that brings to life a unique vision of the apocalypse and plays brilliantly with vampire mythology, revealing what becomes of human society when a top-secret government experiment spins wildly out of control.

At an army research station in Colorado, an experiment is being conducted by the U.S. Government: twelve men are exposed to a virus meant to weaponize the human form by super-charging the immune system. But when the experiment goes terribly wrong, terror is unleashed. Amy, a young girl abandoned by her mother and set to be the thirteenth test subject, is rescued by Brad Wolgast, the FBI agent who has been tasked with handing her over, and together they escape to the mountains of Oregon. As civilization crumbles around them, Brad and Amy struggle to keep each other alive, clinging to hope and unable to comprehend the nightmare that approaches with great speed and no mercy. . .

Building on the superb foundation of the National Geographic field guide—in print continuously for more than a quarter-century—this generously-sized folio edition combines the award-winning features that have distinguished our portable guide with magnificently detailed oversize artwork in keeping with the Audubon tradition of bird illustration.

Rescaled and enlarged to 150 percent of original size, the guide's 4,000-plus illustrations of North America's 970 bird species enable readers to appreciate every brushstroke of the beautiful artwork. With 700 enlarged and updated range maps based on the latest science, the book also showcases the richly detailed work of National Geographic's world-famous cartographers.

Presented as both hardworking desk reference and as sumptuous art book, this highly collectible volume will be a stunning and practical addition to every birder's reference library, sure to be coveted by bird lovers, art lovers, and collectors of beautiful books alike. This unique volume can be equally admired on a coffee table and consulted as an essential reference.

"[Greene develops one fresh new insight after another...In the great tradition of physicists writing for the masses, The Elegant Universe sets a standard that will be hard to beat." --George Johnson, The New York Times Book Review

In a rare blend of scientific insight and writing as elegant as the theories it explains, Brian Greene, one of the world's leading string theorists, peels away the layers of mystery surrounding string theory to reveal a universe that consists of 11 dimensions where the fabric of space tears and repairs itself, and all matter-from the smallest quarks to the most gargantuan supernovas-is generated by the vibrations of microscopically tiny loops of energy.

Green uses everything from an amusement park ride to ants on a garden hose to illustrate the beautiful yet bizarre realities that modern physics is unveiling.    Dazzling in its brilliance, unprecedented in its ability to both illuminate and entertain, The Elegant Universe is a tour de force of science writing-a delightful, lucid voyage through modern physics that brings us closer than ever to understanding how the universe works.

How much of an impact can an animal have? How many lives can one cat touch? How is it possible for an abandoned kitten to transform a small library, save a classic American town, and eventually become famous around the world? You can''t even begin to answer those questions until you hear the charming story of Dewey Readmore Books, the beloved library cat of Spencer , Iowa . Dewey''s story starts in the worst possible way. Only a few weeks old, on the coldest night of the year, he was stuffed into the returned book slot at the Spencer Public Library. He was found the next morning by library director, Vicki Myron, a single mother who had survived the loss of her family farm, a breast cancer scare, and an alcoholic husband. Dewey won her heart, and the hearts of the staff, by pulling himself up and hobbling on frostbitten feet to nudge each of them in a gesture of thanks and love. For the next nineteen years, he never stopped charming the people of Spencer with his enthusiasm, warmth, humility, (for a cat) and, above all, his sixth sense about who needed him most. As his fame grew from town to town, then state to state, and finally, amazingly, worldwide, Dewey became more than just a friend; he became a source of pride for an extraordinary Heartland farming town pulling its way slowly back from the greatest crisis in its long history.