Children of the Days - A Calendar of Human History (Galeano Eduardo)(Paperback / softback)

The Book of Embraces (Galeano Eduardo)(Paperback)

Eduardo Galeano's is considered a passionate literary voice. In The Book of Embraces, he employs parable and paradox, anecdote and dream, and fragments of autobiography to construct a passionate, ironic and joyful world view. The world reveals itself in a multiplicity of voices; what emerges is a

Hunter of Stories (Galeano Eduardo)(Paperback / softback)

The internationally acclaimed last work by the legendary Latin American

Faces and Masks: Memory of Fire, Volume 2, 2 (Galeano Eduardo)(Paperback)

The second volume of Eduardo Galeano's Memory of Fire trilogy, Faces and Masks is an astonishing Latin American-eye view of the New World in the making. Here is the tangled, cataclysmic history of our hemisphere from the 1700s up to the dawn of our present century, told through characters as

Upside Down: A Primer for the Looking-Glass World (Galeano Eduardo)(Paperback)

In a series of mock lesson plans and a 'program of study' Galeano provides an eloquent, passionate, funny and shocking expos of First World privileges and assumptions. From a master class in 'The Impunity of Power' to a seminar on 'The Sacred Car'--with tips along the way on 'How to Resist Useless

Boundless Sea - A Human History of the Oceans (Abulafia David)(Paperback / softback)

For most of human history, the seas and oceans have been the main means of long-distance trade and communication between peoples - for the spread of ideas and religion as well as commerce. This book traces the history of human movement and interaction around and across the world's greatest bodies

Football in Sun and Shadow (Galeano Eduardo)(Paperback / softback)

Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons (Hindley Geoffrey)(Paperback / softback)

Children of Beowulf, Warriors of God, Pioneers in

Children of Men (James P. D.)(Paperback / softback)

The human race faces extinction. Under the despotic rule of Xan Lyppiat, the Warden of England, the old are despairing and the young cruel. Theo Faren, a cousin of the Warden, lives a solitary life in this ominous atmosphere. Suddenly his life is changed irrevocably as he faces agonising choices

Human Cosmos - A Secret History of the Stars (Marchant Jo)(Paperback / softback)

A journey through the history of science and humankind's relationship with the night sky and the cosmos beyond, from the author of Royal Society Prize-shortlisted

White Blood: A History of Human Milk (Weaver Lawrence)(Paperback)

A groundbreaking history of human milk White Blood explores how the nature and properties of human breast milk were conceived within the fluctuating frameworks of distinct historical periods. For example, in the ancient world, human milk was thought to be blood diverted from the womb to the breast,

Map of Days - Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children (Riggs Ransom)(Paperback / softback)

Things have started to get quite . . . peculiar . . .Having defeated the monstrous threat that nearly destroyed the peculiar world, Jacob Portman is back in Florida, where his story began.Joined by Miss Peregrine, Emma and their peculiar friends, life has become carefree. They spend days at the

Day of the Dead (Dittmer Lori)(Paperback / softback)

A introduction to the Day of the Dead for young children, covering the holiday's history, popular traditions, and such defining symbols as marigolds and

Humans (Martineau Susan)(Paperback / softback)

Explore the human geography of our world! From languages to population growth, a curious history of fascinating facts and figures is now at your fingertips. What you learn might just stay with you for the rest of your life. The wide world

Short, Illustrated History of... Inventions (Gifford Clive)(Paperback / softback)

A curated, illustrated collection of the best examples of human achievements and discoveries in

The International Human Rights Movement: A History (Neier Aryeh)(Paperback)

A fascinating history of the international human rights movement as seen by one of its founders During the past several decades, the international human rights movement has had a crucial hand in struggles against totalitarian regimes and crimes against humanity. Today, it grapples with the war

Days of the Bagnold Summer (Winterhart Joff)(Paperback / softback)

A graphic novel of single parenting and heavy metalWhen someone looks back and writes a history of this summer, two people they will almost certainly leave out are Sue and Daniel Bagnold . . . So begins Joff Winterhart's sublimely funny and perceptive graphic novel. Sue, 52, works in a library

Children of Ruin (Tchaikovsky Adrian)(Paperback / softback)

Children of Ruin follows Adrian Tchaikovsky's extraordinary Children of Time, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke award. It is set in the same universe, with new characters and a thrilling narrative.It has been waiting through the ages. Now it's time . . .Thousands of years ago, Earth's terraforming

Human Story (Dunbar Professor Robin)(Paperback / softback)

A new history of mankind's

Children of Cyclops: The Influences of Television Viewing on the Developing Human Brain (Mitchell David)(Paperback)

The Influences of Television Viewing on the Developing Human Brain are stunning to understand completely.-Educators and parents must consider a serious question: Does the experience of watching television negatively affect the cognitive development of a growing child? The answers are digested for

Second World War (Keegan John)(Paperback / softback)

In this history of World War II, the author explores both the technical and the human impact of the conflict. The text concentrates on five crucial battles with the aim of illuminating the war as a whole: Crete, Midway, Falaise, Berlin and

History of Ireland (Tames Richard)(Paperback / softback)

Full colour introduction to Irish history for children aged

World History (Parker Philip)(Paperback / softback)

From the early beginnings of human civilization in prehistoric times, to the first manned space flight and beyond, this title helps you discover all about the things that have influenced our past and shaped our world. It also looks at the common threads running through the world's diverse and

Bede: The Reckoning of Time (Bede)(Paperback / softback)

From the patristic age until the Gregorian calendar reform of 1582, computus - the science of time reckoning and art of calendar construction - was a subject of intense concern to medieval people. Bede's The Reckoning of Time (De temporum ratione) was the first comprehensive treatise on this

Friar of Carcassonne - The Last Days of the Cathars (O'Shea Stephen)(Paperback / softback)