The Amusement Park: 900 Years of Thrills and Spills, and the Dreamers and Schemers Who Built Them (Silverman Stephen M.)(Pevná vazba)

The Amusement Park: 900 Years of Thrills and Spills, and the Dreamers and Schemers Who Built Them (Silverman Stephen M.)(Pevná vazba)

Roller Coaster Ride - Amusement Park Science (Allan John)(Paperback / softback)

Roller Coaster Ride a theme park favourite, looks at the high speed thrills of acceleration and velocity. Forces, speed, friction it's all here and more...Amusement Park Science a series of 4 books that explain science, using the thrills and spills of rides that have high interest

The Shaken and the Stirred: The Year's Work in Cocktail Culture (Schneider Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

The Virago Book of Women Gardeners (Kellaway Deborah)(Pevná vazba)

From diggers and weeders, to artists and colourists, writers and dreamers to trend-setters, plantswomen to landscape designers, women have contributed to the world of gardening and gardens. Here Deborah Kellaway, author of The Making of an English Country Garden and Favourite Flowers, has collected

The Failures of Philosophy: A Historical Essay (Gaukroger Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

The first book to address the historical failures of philosophy--and what we can learn from them Philosophers are generally unaware of the failures of philosophy, recognizing only the failures of particular theories, which are then remedied with other theories. But, taking the long view, philosophy

Built Moment (Greenlaw Lavinia)(Pevná vazba)

The Built Moment explores what we build out of the provisional: beginnings and endings, arrivals and departures, and the moments we fix as memories, fixing too their joy and

Stone Men: The Palestinians Who Built Israel (Ross Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

The Story of Palestine's Stonemasons and the Building of Israel 'They demolish our houses while we build theirs.' This is how a Palestinian stonemason, in line at a checkpoint outside a Jerusalem suburb, described his life to Andrew Ross. Palestinian 'stone men,' utilizing some of the best quality

Brooklyn: The Once and Future City (Campanella Thomas J.)(Pevná vazba)

An unprecedented history of Brooklyn, told through its places, buildings, and the people who made them, from the early seventeenth century to todayAmerica's most storied urban underdog, Brooklyn has become an internationally recognized brand in recent decades--celebrated and scorned as one of the

Qualitative Research (Silverman David)(Pevná vazba)

Written by leaders of qualitative methodology and edited by one of the biggest names in the field, this book provides up-to-date and interdisciplinary insight into a range of qualitative methods. Bringing together different perspectives, contributors discuss theoretical underpinnings of these

The Arithmetic of Elliptic Curves (Silverman Joseph H.)(Pevná vazba)

The theory of elliptic curves is distinguished by its long history and by the diversity of the methods that have been used in its study. This book treats the arithmetic theory of elliptic curves in its modern formulation, through the use of basic algebraic number theory and algebraic geometry. The

The Octonauts and the Sea of Shade (Meomi)(Pevná vazba)

Everyone's shadows are missing... can the Octonauts find them and bring them back? Enjoy the original books that launched the hit animated TV show worldwide The Octonauts are a crew of adorable animals who explore the oceans in search of adventure and fun From their undersea base called the

The Rise of Light (Hawker Olivia)(Pevná vazba)

A powerful novel about the expectations of family--and the risks and liberation of defying them--by the Washington Post bestselling author of One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow.1975. In the town of Rexburg, Idaho, aspiring artist Aran Rigby, his younger sister, Tamsin, and their two brothers

The Western Front: Landscape, Tourism and Heritage (Miles Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

The Western Front has become, once again, and after 100 years, an important and increasingly popular tourist destination. The Centenary is already encouraging large numbers of visitors to engage with this highly poignant landscape of war and to commemorate the sacrifice and loss of a previous

The Rise and Fall of Imperial Japan (Wynn Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

Dachshunds: The Long and the Short of Them (Donald Caroline)(Pevná vazba)

The dachshund: bold, curious, and compact - a dog-and-a-half full of character - Dachshunds are everywhere. Walk down any fashionable street today and you will be tripping over the little sausages. The 12th most popular dog breed in the US, they are the dog du jour: compact enough for city living,

Prayers and Verses Through the Bible (Skevington Andrea)(Pevná vazba)

Following the narrative themes of the Bible and offering a selection of prayers based on the events of the stories, this book makes it easy to find a prayer for a specific occasion, but also enables the reader to find a prayer that fits with the section of the Bible they are reading, enrich the

John Dixon - The Man Who Could Have Built the Forth Bridge (Pearce Ian)(Pevná vazba)

A colour review of John Dixon's contribution to railway, mining and maritime

Above the Line: Living and Leading with Heart (Klemich Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

A leadership consultant and neuropsychologist identify the universal habits of the heart and mind--the keys to unlocking our true potential, creating our best selves and eliminating behavior patterns that hold us back. Why is it so hard for leaders to coach employees who are struggling? Why do we

Scenes of Murder Then and Now(Pevná vazba)

Investigates 150 years of murder and presents it through a 'then and now' theme of comparison photographs. This title includes many of the 'headline' murderers like Jack the Ripper, Dr Crippen, Kennedy and Browne, the 'Black-out' Ripper, John Haigh, John Christie, Donald Hume, Ruth Ellis, Ronald

The Age of Combustion: Notes on Automobile Design (Bayley Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

A witty and insightful account of the life and times of the automobile, by one of the world's great design

Roots to Seeds: 400 Years of Oxford Botany (Harris Stephen A.)(Pevná vazba)

Since 1621 and the foundation of the Oxford Botanic Garden, Oxford has been home to an outstanding collection of plant specimens, botanical illustrations, and rare books on plant classification, collecting, and plant biology. These archives, and the living plants in the Botanic Garden, are integral

Who Killed Cock Robin?: British Folk Songs of Crime and Punishment (Sedley Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

An entertaining and enlightening compendium at the intersection of two great British folk traditions: song and encounters with the law. At the heart of traditional songs rest the concerns of ordinary people. And folk throughout the centuries have found themselves entangled with the law: abiding by

Law, Medicine, and Medical Technology, Cases and Materials (Noah Lars)(Pevná vazba)

Five years after publication of the third edition, and reflecting the dynamic nature of the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, this fourth edition incorporates the latest legislative, regulatory, and judicial developments, describes recent scientific advances, and excerpts or references

Lampedusa - Gateway to Europe (Bartolo Pietro)(Pevná vazba)

The moving and essential testimony of an Italian doctor who has worked for twenty-five years on the front line of perhaps the largest mass migration in human