Brunel: The Man Who Built the World (Brindle Steven)(Paperback)

Brunel: The Man Who Built the World (Brindle Steven)(Paperback)

A celebration of the life and engineering achievements of Isambard Kingdom Brunel by two of the world's foremost

Leith-Built Ships (Neish R. O.)(Paperback)

Leith-Built Ships is a testimony to the skill of the men who built the ships and to the many men and women who may have sailed or served on them. This history is brought together in vol. I of a three-volume series about the almost-forgotten part that Leith played in our great maritime heritage and

Chief Engineer - The Man Who Built the Brooklyn Bridge (Wagner Erica)(Paperback / softback)

Billion Dollar Whale - The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World (Hope Bradley)(Paperback)

Man Who Cycled The World (Beaumont Mark)(Paperback / softback)

The inspiring story of one young man's record-breaking solo cycle journey around the world On 15 February 2008, Mark Beaumont pedalled through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. 194 days and 17 hours previously, he had begun his attempt to circumnavigate the world in record time. Mark smashed the

Man Who Cycled the Americas (Beaumont Mark)(Paperback / softback)

In 2008, Mark Beaumont smashed the world record for cycling around the world, by an astonishing 81

Man Who Ate the World (Rayner Jay)(Paperback / softback)

Award-winning journalist, writer and broadcaster Jay Rayner takes on the world in this witty and erudite account of his search for the perfect

First Muslim - The Story of Muhammad (Hazleton Lesley)(Paperback / softback)

The extraordinary life of the man who founded Islam, and the world he inhabited - and

Dracula: Vlad the Impaler (Thomas Roy)(Paperback)

Dracula is one of the most well-known characters in the world. Now, read the story of the man who inspired the legend in this graphic novel available again for the first time in almost 30 years. A prince of Wallachia and son of Vlad Dracul (The Dragon), Vlad Dracul the Younger (Vlad Dracula) is

The Man Who Laughs (Hugo Victor)(Paperback)

'The Man Who Laughs' tells of a facially disfigured boy, Gwynplaine, who is taken in by a carnival vendor and performs at fairs in England. It is later discovered that there is more to his past than meets the eye... Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colourful comic strip form,

The Mutt: How to Skateboard and Not Kill Yourself (Mullen Rodney)(Paperback)

The world-champion freestyle skateboarder and the man who brought the ollie - the trick that revolutionised the sport by taking it from the ground to the air - to street skating shares the history of skateboarding, as he tells the dramatic story of his life. At the age of 13, Rodney took the

Bridge (Banks Iain)(Paperback / softback)

The man who wakes up in the extraordinary world of a bridge has amnesia, and his doctor doesn't seem to want to cure him. Does it matter? Exploring the bridge occupies most of his days. But at night there are his dreams. Dreams in which desperate men drive sealed carriages across barren mountains

Landmarks of the World (Chapman Helen)(Paperback)

From the pyramids in Egypt to the Sydney Opera House, landmarks have been built all over the world. Find out what makes them so special.- Turquoise/ Band 7 books offer literary language and extended descriptions, with longer sentences and a wide range of unfamiliar terms.- Text type--an information

The Face Pressed Against a Window: The Bookseller Who Built Waterstones (Waterstone Tim)(Paperback)

Tim Waterstone is one of Britain's most successful businessmen, having built the Waterstone's empire that started with one small bookshop in 1982. In this charming and evocative memoir, he recalls the childhood experiences that led him to become an entrepreneur and outlines the business philosophy

The Man Who Laughs (Hugo Victor)(Paperback)

'The Man Who Laughs' (first published in 1869) is Victor Hugo's scathing indictment of the injustice and inequality within Britain's political system. It is the story of Gwynplaine, the two-year-old heir to a rebel lord, who is abducted upon the orders of a vindictive monarch, and whose face is

The Man Who Planted Trees (Giono Jean)(Paperback)

Twenty years ago Chelsea Green published the first trade edition of The Man Who Planted Trees, a timeless eco-fable about what one person can do to restore the earth. The hero of the story, Elzeard Bouffier, spent his life planting one hundred acorns a day in a desolate, barren section of Provence

The Who Was? History of the World (Manzanero Paula K.)(Paperback)

Oxford Playscripts: Frankenstein (Shelley Mary)(Paperback / softback)

Presents the famous story of a young man who thinks he can change the world by making better human beings. Instead he creates a living monster with a mind of its own. This book contains activities designed to support the KS3 Framework for Teaching English and help students to meet the Framework

Perfect World 5 (Aruga Rie)(Paperback)

The moving, provocative manga about the struggles and triumphs in love of a woman and a man who uses a wheelchair comes to print Fans of tumultuous manga romance -- like A Silent Voice and Your Lie in April -- don't miss this TOWARDS THE FUTURE After her breakup with Itsuki, Tsumugi leaves Tokyo

The Man Who Planted Trees

VINTAGE EARTH is a collection of novels to transform our relationship with the natural world. 'And so, with great care, he planted his hundred acorns'In 1910, while hiking through the wild lavender in a wind-swept, desolate valley in Provence, a man comes across a shepherd called Elzeard Bouffier

Pretty Girl In Crimson Rose (Balfour Sandy)(Paperback / softback)

A formidably clever book by a man who clearly knows his way around the world... Of the Hornby-influenced books, it is the best in a long time' Markus Berkmann, Daily

Man Who Ate Everything (Steingarten Jeffrey)(Paperback / softback)

THE MAN WHO ATE EVERYTHING was the winner of The Guild of Food Writers Book of the Year and was a bestseller in the UK and

Who Rules the World? (Chomsky Noam)(Paperback / softback)

Who Rules the World is the essential account of geopolitics right now - including an afterword on President Donald Trump Noam Chomsky: philosopher, political writer, fearless activist. No one has done more to question the hidden actors who govern our lives, calling the powers that be to account

Victor Lustig - The Man Who Conned the World (Sandford Christopher)(Pevná vazba)

'Fascinating' Daily Mail'An incredible story' Daily Mirror??The period after the First World War was a golden age for the confidence man. 'A new kind of entrepreneur is stirring amongst us, ' The Times wrote in 1919. 'He is prone to the most detestable tactics, and is a stranger to charity and