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Isaac Newton
Here is a man with an imagination so large that just "by thinking on it", a he invented calculus and figured out the scientific explanation of gravity. Yet Newton was so small-minded that he tried to destroy other scientists who dared question his findings and spent much time trying to predict the futur...
Silas Marner
Silas Marner, the story of an isolated man who learns to open his heart, was George Eliot's favourite of her novels, combining humour, rich symbolism and pointed social criticism."God gave her to me because you turned your back upon her, and He looks upon her as mine- you've no right to her!"Wrongly acc...
Atomised
"Michel is a molecular biologist, a thinker and idealist, a man with no erotic life to speak of and little in the way of human society. Bruno, by contrast, is a libertine, though more in theory than in practice, his endless lust is all too rarely reciprocated. Both are symptomatic members of our atomise...
My First Ever and Best Story Collection (Charlie and Lola)
This is a collection of five extremely good stories all about absolutely very important things like making friends, being independent and even taking part in your very first school sports day! It contains: 'You can be my friend', 'Help! I really mean it', 'I am really, really concentrating', 'I can do a...
Foundation Trilogy (HB)
It is the story of the Galactic Empire, crumbling after twelve thousand years of rule. And it is the particular story of psycho-historian Hari Seldon, the only man who can see the horrors the future has in store: a dark age of ignorance, barbarism and violence that will last for thirty thousand years. G...
Pepetuna
From the time a tiny puriri moth's egg falls onto the forest floor, this book follows the life cycle of that moth - Pepetuna. For five years Pepetuna hides in the puriri tree, eating and sleeping until the time is right. Then one warm spring evening, he pushes a hole through the door of his home. He cra...
The Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution
In time for the upcoming election season, Penguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and--above all--essential reads from American political history, selected by leading scholars. Series editor Richard Beeman, author of "The Penguin Guide to the U.S. Constitution," draws together the great t...
Nova Express - The Restored Text
The most ferociously political and prophetic book of the Cut-Up Trilogy, Nova Express fires the reader into a textual outer space to show us our burning planet and to reveal the operations of the Nova Mob in all their ugliness. As with The Soft Machine and The Ticket That Exploded, William Burroughs dep...
The Life Changing Magic of Tidying: A Simple, Effective Way to Banish Clutter Forever (HB)
This is a beautiful hardback edition of Marie Kondo's classic book, complete with a wrap-around red elastic ribbon to keep the book closed in between reading. Transform your home into a permanently clear and clutter-free space with the incredible KonMari Method. Japan's expert declutterer and professio...
The Matilda Effect
Matilda loves science and inventing. Her heroes are Marie Curie, Leonardo da Vinci and Thomas Edison, and one day she wants to be a famous inventor herself. So when she doesn't win the school science fair, she's devastated - especially as the judges didn't believe she'd come up with her entry on her own...
How to Feel Awesome Every Day
Warning- Reading this book will overhaul your life and turn it totally awesome!We are all awesome in our own way but sometimes we need a little pep talk, some inspiration and a nudge in the right direction. Find out how to turn daily challenges into awesome experiences that will cure your boredom and br...
Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street
Nominated for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction Amazon Top 5 Business Books of 2017 'A prodigious feat of reporting' - Malcolm Gladwell 'Black Edge has the grip of a thriller a Everyone should read this book' - David Grann, New York T...
Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China
They were the most famous sisters in China. As the country battled through a hundred years of wars, revolutions and seismic transformations, the three Soong sisters from Shanghai were at the centre of power, and each of them left an indelible mark on history. Red Sister, Ching-ling, married the 'Father...
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