Trailblazers - 33 Women In Science Who Changed The Worl...
Florence Nightingale. Sally Ride. Ada Lovelace. These names ...
Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World - Gift ...
Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children...
Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World
Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children...
50 Queer Music Icons Who Changed the World - A celebrat...
Featuring beautifully illustrated portraits and profiles, 50...
Little Heroes - Courageous People Who Changed the World...
Age range 2 5 From the intrepid efforts of Susan B. Anth...
50 Queers Who Changed the World - A celebration of LGBT...
Featuring beautifully illustrated portraits and profiles, 50...
Bygone Badass Broads - 52 Forgotten Women Who Changed t...
Based on Mackenzi Lees popular weekly Twitter series of th...
Outsiders - Five Women Writers Who Changed the World
Outsiders tells the stories of five novelists Mary Shelle...
The Undoing Project - A Friendship that Changed the Wor...
There are geniuses who work on their own. Together, we are...
The 10 Matches That Changed The World
Few governments have changed the world inthe way that footba...
Trailblazers - 33 Women In Science Who Changed The World
Outsiders - Five Women Writers Who Changed the World
Outsiders tells the stories of five novelists Mary Shelley, Emily Bronte, George Eliot, Olive Schreiner, Virginia Woolf and their famous novels.We have long known their individual greatness but in linking their creativity to their lives as outsiders, this group biography throws new light on the genius they share. Outsider, outlaw, outcast: a womans reputation was her security a...
The Undoing Project - A Friendship that Changed the World
THE NEW INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BIG SHORT AND FLASH BOYS A gripping account of how two psychologists reshaped the way we think
What a story it is Sunday Times Youll love it
full of surprises and no small degree of tragedy Tim Harford In 1969 two men met on a university campus. Their names were Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky. They were different in eve...
Maximum Ride - Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports
Youre about to join the adventures of Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy, and Angel, six extraordinary kids who have powers like no other: they can fly, and theyre being chased no, hunted across America and around the world. THIS IS THE END, MY FRIENDS. But I promise that youll fly higher than ever before in this wild adventure, witness battles worthy of multiplex movie screens, and laugh ...
Bold - How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World
A visionary roadmap for people who believe they can change the world-and invaluable advice about bringing together the partners and technologies to help them do it. -President Bill Clinton A radical, how-to guide for using exponential technologies, moonshot thinking, and crowd-powered tools, Bold unfolds in three parts. Part One focuses on the exponential technologies that are disrupting toda...
Atlas, Schmatlas - A Superior Atlas of the World
Atlas, Schmatlas is an absolutely silly, yet decidedly informative and comprehensive atlas of the world. Written and illustrated by Craig Robinson, who got a D on his O level geography exams, Atlas, Schmatlas has over 250 entries covering the globe, and is filled with colourful maps, graphs, illustrations of notable figures and famous residents, and even a quiz to test your knowledge o...
Maps That Changed The World
A stunning compilation of the most important, dramatic, beautiful and inspirational maps. An ancient Chinese proverb suggests, They are wise parents who give their children roots and wings and a map. Maps That Changed the World features some of the worlds most famous maps, stretching back to a time when cartography was in its infancy and the edge of the world was a barrier to explora...
Children's Book of Philosophy - An Introduction to the World's Greatest Thinkers and their Big Ideas
This book explains philosophy to kids in an easy-to-understand way, using simple text and fun illustrations. It is the perfect introduction to the great thinkers who, from ancient times to the modern day, have tried to make sense of the world by asking questions such as: Who am I?, Is the world real?, Is it ever right to tell a lie?. Meet Socrates and Confucius, Kant and Sartre, and ...
I Am Malala - How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World
Malala is an inspiration to girls and women all over the world. J.K. Rowling Written by Malala in collaboration with critically acclaimed author, Patricia McCormick, this childrens edition tells the remarkable story of a girl who knew from a young age that she wanted to change the world and did. Her journey will open your eyes to another world and will make you believe in hope, truth,...
A Brief History of the End of the World
Most peoples concept of the end of the world comes from the book of Revelation. Alternative apocalypses can be found in the Zoroastrianism of ancient Persia, in ancient Hindu scriptures and Norse myths. Today, there are an estimated 25 million Christian fundamentalists in the US who believe it will come with the Rapture; others point to an ecological catastrophe, the AIDS pandemic or nuc...
Race to the End of the World - The Mapmaker Chronicles Book 1 - a bestselling adventure for fans of Emily Rodda and Rick...
A map of the world? Why did the King need one of those? Besides, everyone knew that if you went too far in either direction youd fall off the edge, and if that didnt kill you Genesi the dragon of death would be waiting. The King is determined to discover what lies beyond the known world, and has promised a handsome prize to the ships captain who can bring him a map of the whole globe. To do ...
Greatest Mystery In The World
During his career as an inspirational lecturer and bestselling author, Og Mandino made many friends around the world. One of the most cherished, who always held a special place in Ogs heart, is Simon Potter, ragpicker and salvager of human lives whom readers first learned to love in Ogs book The Greatest Miracle in the World. In The Greatest Mystery in the World, we once again meet this...
Welcome to the World - A Keepsake Baby Book
This stunning keepsake baby book awes and inspires, reaching parents who appreciate design and elegance and who want to treasure the memories of their babys first year in living color, connecting the birth of a new child to the beauty of the world he or she is entering. Sweet, tender, and inspirational entries help parents fill out a memory scrapbook for their children that goes far beyond fir...
Four Seasons in Rome - On Twins, Insomnia and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World
On the same day that his wife gave birth to twins, Anthony Doerr received the Rome Prize, an award that gave him a year-long stipend and studio in Rome
`Four Seasons in Rome charts the repercussions of that day, describing Doerrs varied adventures in one of the most enchanting cities in the world, and the first year of parenthood. He reads Pliny, Dante, and Keats the chroniclers of Rome ...
The Boy with the Biggest Head in the World
Meet classic comic-strip character Big Nate The Boy with the Biggest Head in the World as he stars in his own super-funny series. Big Nate is created by Lincoln Peirce, who inspired Jeff Kinney, author of `Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Big-head Nate Wright truly believes he is destined for greatness! Hes a table tennis champ, a genius comic book artist and the self-proclaimed king of his class....
Photos That Changed the World
Now available in an updated and revised edition, Photos that Changed the World gathers together images of pivotal moments in world history in one stunning volume. In lavish two-page spreads, this book presents nearly one hundred of historys most memorable photographs from the Wright Brothers first flight to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, from Martin Luther Kings I Have a Dream speech to Nels...
The Highly Sensitive Person - How to Surivive and Thrive When the World Overwhelms You
How to cope when the world overwhelms you. For those people who:have a keen imagination; are labelled too shy or too sensitive; who perform poorly when being observed even though they are usually competent; have vivid dreams; for whom time alone each day is essential;and find they are quickly overwhelmed by noise and confusion, crowded parties, hectic office life
.this is the book to help ...
The Fender Telecaster - The Life and Times of the Electric Guitar That Changed the World
An in-depth history and celebration of over six decades of the Tele, now available in paperback.The Fender Telecaster is a working-class hero and the ultimate blue-collar guitar. It wasnt meant to be elegant, pretty, or sophisticated. Designed to be a utilitarian musical instrument, it has lived up to that destiny. In the hands of players from Muddy Waters to James Burton, Bruce Springsteen to J...
The Glass Universe - The Hidden History of the Women Who Took the Measure of the Stars
`A biographical orrery intricate, complex and fascinating The Observer#1 New York Times bestselling author Dava Sobelreturns with a captivating, little-known true storyof women in science In the mid-nineteenth century, the Harvard College Observatory began employing women as calculators, or human computers, to interpret the observations their male counterparts made via telescope each nig...
200 Women - Who Will Change The Way You See The World
Two hundred women from a variety of backgrounds are asked the same five questions. Their answers are inspiring human stories of success and courage, love and pain, redemption and generosity. From well-known activists, artists, and innovators to everyday women whose lives are no less exceptional for that, each woman shares her unique replies to questions like What really matters to you? and W...
The World's Wife
Who? Him. The Husband. Hero. Hunk.The Boy Next Door. The Paramour. The Je tadore. Behind every famous man is a great woman and from the quick-tongued Mrs Darwin to the lascivious Frau Freud, from the adoring Queen Kong to the long-suffering wife of the Devil himself, each one steps from her counterparts shadow to tell her side of the story in this irresistible collection. Original, su...
The Map That Changed the World - A Tale of Rocks, Ruin and Redemption
In the summer of 1815 an extraordinary hand-painted map was published in London. Some eight feet tall and six feet wide, brightly coloured in sea-blue, green, bright yellow, orange, umber it presented England and Wales in a beguiling and unfamiliar mixture of lines and patches and stippled shapes. It was the product of one mans obsession with rocks, a passion that sustained him whilst the ...