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Jerry Brotton Throughout history, maps have been fundamental in shaping our view of the world, and our place in it. This title tells the story of our world through maps. It examines... | Andrew Blum Internet is a bunch of tubes. Hundreds of thousands of miles of fibre-optic cable, pulsing with trillions of photons of light, linking us via anonymous exchanges in secretive locations with... |
Tim Jeal Between 1856 and 1876, five explorers, all British, took on the seemingly impossible task of discovering the source of the White Nile. This title tells the story of these great... | Marco Polo A superbly illustrated, silk-bound gift edition of one of the greatest travel adventures - Marco Polo set out from Venice along ancient trade routes to the court of Kublai Khan... |
Edward Glaeser A compellingly readable, critically acclaimed, agenda-setting account of how and why cities function as they do and why so many of us choose to live in them | Bruce Parker A spell-binding and heart-stopping narrative that reveals the amazing power of the oceans and explains for the first time how scientists have learned to predict the sea's destructive moments that... |
Tristan Gooley Starting with a simple question - 'Which way am I looking?' - this book blends natural science, myth, folklore and the history of travel to introduce you to the rare... | Mark Tully Since the Indian economy was liberated from bureaucratic, socialist controls in 1991, it has developed rapidly. Have the changes had any impact on the poor and marginalised? And, can India's... |
Nicholas Crane Along our shores, towering cliffs from the age of the dinosaurs rise beside wide estuaries teeming with wildlife, while Victorian ports share waterfronts with imposing fortifications. And the people, who... | Anne Strathie A biography of Birdie Bowers |
Vojtech Novotny Some of the world's most advanced work on biodiversity is being carried out deep in the jungles of Papua New Guinea by a team including local tribes-people. Novotny's entertaining, engaging... | David Mills A gazetteer tracing the origin and meaning of more than 17,000 place-names throughout Britain, this A-Z is a treasury of information and fascinating facts. It is both an ideal guide... |
Rachel Hewitt The fascinating story of the creation of the Ordnance Survey map, told for the first time by a brilliant young historian. | James L Gould; Carol Grant Gould How animals from butterflies to eels find their way inerringly across vast distances, and the disruption caused by human activity. |
Arnold H. Taylor We are familiar with the periodic impact of El Nino on the earth's weather. Now Arnold Taylor unravels the much wider story of the connection between the world's atmosphere and... Delivery: To home, business or free to our stores. Click for more info. | £16.99 | £12.74 | 25% |  Despatched in 2 business days. |   Add to Basket | Click & Collect:Order now to collect from 12noon today. In stock items only. Click for more info. | £16.99 | £14.44 | 15% |  Currently out of stock in all stores. | Stores - out of stock | New & Used:Our marketplace sellers will deliver to your chosen address. Click for more info. | | | | Currently unavailable | Currently unavailable |
| Frank McLynn The age of discovery was at its peak in the eighteenth century, with heroic adventurers charting the furthest reaches of the globe. Foremost among these explorers was navigator and cartographer... |