Oracle Bones: A Journey Through Time in China (Hessler Peter)(Paperback)

Oracle Bones: A Journey Through Time in China (Hessler Peter)(Paperback)

A century ago, outsiders saw China as a place where nothing ever changes. Today the country has become one of the most dynamic regions on earth. In Oracle Bones, Peter Hessler explores the human side of China's transformation, viewing modern-day China and its growing links to the Western world

Oracle Bones (Hessler Peter)(Paperback / softback)

From the acclaimed author of River Town comes a rare and authentic portrait - both intimate and epic - of twenty-first century China as it opens its doors to the

Hobart (Timms Peter)(Paperback)

In this updated edition, Peter Timms leads us on a journey through his adopted city of Hobart, Australia's smallest, most southerly, least prosperous, but arguably most beautiful state capital. He reveals a city in transition, shaking off its dark and troubled past to claim its special place in the

Time in World History (Stearns Peter)(Paperback)

In this book, Peter Stearns presents the fascinating concept of time through a global historical lens. Covering both calendrical time and clock time, the volume shows how significant changes in conceptions of time are in world history, as they translate many key historical developments from

Mirrorlands: Russia, China, and Journeys in Between (Pulford Ed)(Pevná vazba)

Mirrorlands is a journey through space and time to the meeting points of Russia and China, the world's largest and most populous countries. Charting an unconventional course southeast through Siberia, Inner Mongolia, the Russian Far East and Manchuria, anthropologist and linguist Ed Pulford

China Through Time - A 2,500 Year Journey along the World's Greatest Canal (DK)(Pevná vazba)

Time Enough for Love (Heinlein Robert A.)(Paperback)

Journey through time and space with the longest-living man in the universe in this mind-bending novel from New York Times bestselling Grand Master of Science Fiction Robert A. Heinlein. Time Enough for Love follows Lazarus Long through a vast and magnificent timescape of centuries and worlds

Rag and Bone: A History of What We've Thrown Away (Woollett Lisa)(Paperback)

'Beautiful, like a muddy journey through time . . . a really important book' RAYNOR WINN, author of The Salt Path Lisa Woollett has spent her life combing beaches and mudlarking, collecting curious fragments of the past: from Roman tiles and Tudor thimbles, to Victorian buttons and plastic

Buried - Life, Death and Revolution in Egypt (Hessler Peter)(Pevná vazba)

River Town - Two Years on the Yangtze (Hessler Peter)(Paperback / softback)

Peter Hessler tries to understand and capture the spirit of the immense, exasperating and ultimately lovable entity that is

Walking in Sicily (Price Gillian)(Paperback)

Exploring this breathtaking island on foot is a journey through time. Sicily offers wild valleys pitted with Greek and Roman temples and ancient ruins - reminders of long-gone peoples. Mule tracks and age-old pathways have survived and reserve a wealth of surprises, starting with the carpets of

The Snow Leopard (Matthiessen Peter)(Paperback)

An unforgettable spiritual journey through the Himalayas by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014), the National Book Award-winning author of the new novel In Paradise In 1973, Peter Matthiessen and field biologist George Schaller traveled high into the remote mountains of Nepal to study

Astroquizzical: A Curious Journey Through Our Cosmic Family Tree (Scudder Jillian)(Pevná vazba)

In this enthralling cosmic journey through space and time, astrophysicist Jillian Scudder locates our home planet within its own 'family tree'. Our parent the Earth and its sibling planets in our solar system formed within the same gas cloud. Without our grandparent the Sun, we would not exist, and

Timeline Activity Book - Create Your Own Journey Through Time (Goes Peter)(Paperback / softback)

This companion book for the international bestseller Timeline will spark your creativity. Drawings, puzzles and activities sit alongside facts and images from Peter Goes's remarkable visual history of the world. In this activity book you will draw the meteorite that made the dinosaurs go extinct,

The Buried: An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution (Hessler Peter)(Paperback)

A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist 'Extraordinary...Sensitive and perceptive, Mr. Hessler is a superb literary archaeologist, one who handles what he sees with a bit of wonder that he gets to watch the history of this grand city unfold, one day at a time.' --Wall Street Journal From the

When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? (Carlin George)(Paperback)

Now in paperback, the New York Times bestseller that takes readers on a riotous journey through the mind of one of America's premier comics George Carlin's legendary irreverence and iconoclasm are on full display in When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? as he vainly scours the American landscape

The I Ching Oracle: A Guide Through the Human Maze (Dowdle Timothy)(Paperback)

The Travel Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the World (Planet Lonely)(Paperback)

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisherTake a journey through every country in the world. 850 images. 230 countries. One complete picture. With details of every United Nations-approved country in the world, and a few more principalities and dependencies besides, Lonely Planet's

Dinosaur Empire!: Journey Through the Mesozoic Era (Howard Abby)(Paperback)

Travel back in time to the age of the dinosaurs in this installment of the hit nonfiction graphic novel series about prehistoric Earth Ronnie is just a normal fifth-grader trying to pass her science class's impossible quiz on the history of dinosaurs . . . until she runs into her neighbor--Ms

Time Warped - Unlocking the Mysteries of Time Perception (Hammond Claudia)(Paperback / softback)

A fascinating and mind-bending journey through the science of time

Sort of Life (Greene Graham)(Paperback / softback)

Graham Greene's 'long journey through time' began in 1904, when he was born into a tribe of Greenes based in Berkhamstead at the public school where his father was

Switchblades of Italy (Zinser Tim)(Paperback)

This book starts the reader on a journey through time, with a short history of folding knives, leading to the evolution of the first switchblade. Progressing through time, wonderful photos illustrate the descriptions of switchblades. Throughout the book, highlighted sections showcase specific

A Connemara Journey: A Thousand Miles on Horseback Through Western Ireland (Bradt Hilary)(Paperback)

Hilary Bradt's classic account of a journey through Ireland on horseback in the 1980s published for the first time in a single volume.In 1984, Hilary Bradt achieved an ambition from her pony-mad childhood to undertake a long-distance ride. This warm, funny and heart-wrenching account centres on the

Evolution (Rake Matthew)(Pevná vazba)

In Evolution, our little friend Ackerley the Acanthostega takes you on a journey through time to explore the development of life on our wonderful planet, from the earliest organisms of 3.6 billion years ago, to modern humans who have been around for less than 200,000