Oak: The Frame of Civilization (Logan William Bryant)(Paperback)

Oak: The Frame of Civilization (Logan William Bryant)(Paperback)

Professional arborist and award-winning nature writer William Bryant Logan deftly relates the delightful history of the reciprocal relationship between humans and oak trees since time immemorial. For centuries these supremely adaptable, generous trees have supported humankind in nearly every facet

The History of William Marshal (Bryant Nigel)(Paperback)

The History of William Marshal is the earliest surviving biography of a medieval knight - indeed it is the first biography of a layman in the vernacular in European history. Composed in verse in the 1220s just a few years after his death, it is a major primary source not simply for its subject's

Rift of Light (Logan William)(Paperback / softback)

Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant (Lazenby Roland)(Paperback)

The definitive portrait of Kobe Bryant, from the author of Michael Jordan. 'Lazenby's detailed research and fantastic writing paint a complex, engaging picture of one of the NBA's greats' (Kurt Helin, NBC Sports). Eighteen-time All-Star, scorer of 81 points in a single game, MVP, and one of the

Useful Work v. Useless Toil (Morris William)(Paperback / softback)

Brings you the works of thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we

The Idea of Civilization and the Making of the Global Order (Linklater Andrew)(Paperback)

The idea of civilization recurs frequently in reflections on international politics. However, International Relations academic writings on civilization have failed to acknowledge the major 20th-century analysis that examined the processes through which Europeans came to regard themselves as

American Civilization: An Introduction (Mauk David)(Paperback)

The eighth edition of the hugely successful American Civilization offers students the perfect background and introductory information on contemporary American life, examining the central dimensions of American society from geography and the environment to government and politics, religion,

The History of Civilization in Europe (Guizot Franois)(Paperback)

Originally given as a series of lectures at the Sorbonne, Fran ois Guizot's History of Civilization in Europe was published to great acclaim in 1828 and is now regarded as a classic in modern historical research. History was particularly influential on Karl Marx, John Stuart Mill, and Alexis de

The Heart of William James (James William)(Paperback)

On the one hundredth anniversary of the death of William James, Robert Richardson, author of the magisterial William James: In the Maelstrom of American Modernism, assembles a wide-ranging selection of essays and writings that reveal the evolution of James's thought over time, especially as it was

Starfish (Watts Peter)(Paperback)

Civilization rests on the backs of its outcasts. So when civilization needs someone to run generating stations three kilometers below the surface of the Pacific, it seeks out a special sort of person for its Rifters program. It recruits those whose histories have preadapted them to dangerous

Hidden History: Ancient Aliens and the Suppressed Origins of Civilization (Willis Jim)(Paperback)

Investigates and questions the scientific consensus on the origins of civilization Do we, the human species, really know who we are or where we came from or how we originated or our place in the cosmos? Or is much of what we have been taught wrong or misguided or possibly even blatant lies

Money Changes Everything: How Finance Made Civilization Possible (Goetzmann William N.)(Paperback)

'[A] magnificent history of money and finance.'--New York Times Book Review 'Convincingly makes the case that finance is a change-maker of change-makers.'--Financial Times In the aftermath of recent financial crises, it's easy to see finance as a wrecking ball: something that destroys fortunes and

William Pitt the Younger - A Biography (Hague William)(Paperback / softback)

The award-winning biography of William Pitt the Younger by William Hague, the youngest leader of the Tory Party since Pitt

British Civilization: An Introduction (Oakland John)(Paperback)

Thoroughly updated and revised, the ninth edition of the highly regarded British Civilization: An Introduction continues to be the ideal textbook on Britain, its country and people, religion, politics and government, international relations, legal system, economy, education, media and culture for

Forbidden History: Prehistoric Technologies, Extraterrestrial Intervention, and the Suppressed Origins of Civilization (Kenyon J. Douglas)(Paperback)

Challenges the scientific theories on the establishment of civilization and technology - Contains 42 essays by 17 key thinkers in the fields of alternative science and history, including Christopher Dunn, Frank Joseph, Will Hart, Rand Flem-Ath, and Moira Timms - Edited by Atlantis Rising publisher,

Any Human Heart (Boyd William)(Paperback / softback)

Every life is both ordinary and extraordinary, but Logan Mountstuart's - lived from the beginning to the end of the twentieth century - contains more than its fair share of both. As a writer who finds inspiration with Hemingway in Paris and Virginia Woolf in London, as a spy recruited by Ian

Technics and Civilization (Mumford Lewis)(Paperback)

Technics and Civilization first presented its compelling history of the machine and critical study of its effects on civilization in 1934-before television, the personal computer, and the Internet even appeared on our periphery. Drawing upon art, science, philosophy, and the history of culture,

Artmaking in the Age of Global Capitalism: Visual Practices, Philosophy, Politics (Bryant Jan)(Paperback)

Water Room - (Bryant & May Book 2) (Fowler Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

Pooling their information to investigate hitherto undiscovered secrets of the city, Bryant and May make some sinister connections and realize that, in a London filled with the rich, the poor and the dispossessed, there's still something a desperate individual is willing to kill for - and kill

William Shakespeare: The Complete Works (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

A compact edition of the complete works of William Shakespeare. It combines impeccable scholarship with beautifully written editorial material and a user-friendly layout of the text. Also included is a foreword, list of contents, general introduction, essay on language, contemporary allusions to

Bryant & May - Hall of Mirrors - (Bryant & May Book 16) (Fowler Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

The house's owner - a penniless, dope-smoking aristocrat - is intent on selling the estate (complete with its own hippy encampment) to a secretive millionaire but the weekend has only just started when the millionaire goes missing and murder is on the

A History of Japan to 1334 (Sansom George)(Paperback)

This is a straightforward narrative of the development of Japanese civilization to 1334 by the author of Japan: A Short Cultural History. While complete in itself, it is also the first volume of a three-volume work which will be the first large-scale, comprehensive history of Japan. Taken as a

The Collected Poems of William Wordsworth (Wordsworth William)(Paperback)

With an Introduction by Antonia Till. William Wordsworth (1771-1850) is the foremost of the English Romantic poets. He was much influenced by the events of the French Revolution in his youth, and he deliberately broke away from the artificial diction of the Augustan and neo-classical tradition of

William Wordsworth(Paperback / softback)

A new edition of the only full-length popular biography of William