A Year with James Wong Grow Your Own Drugs James Wong Collins 2010 Hardback Illustrated
Despite the incendiary subtitle, this is not a handbook for Colombian narcotics barons but something altogether more wholesome: a seasonal guide to grDespite the incendiary subtitle, this is not a handbook for Colombian narcotics barons but something altogether more wholesome: a seasonal guide to growing and storing beneficial plants and a selection of recipes for herbal remedies and unctions such as hollyhock cough syrup and nettle tonic. Ethnobotanist James Wong's informal and informative guide to making your own medicine is in chapters ranging from dermatological remedies to moth repellent and includes a final section for non-gardeners - they can forage. No jacket. ...more
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Professor Stewart's Hoard of Mathematical Treasures
Ian Stewart Profile 2009 Hardback
In this sequel to his Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities, Stewart presents another miscellany of games, puzzles, paradoxes, brain-teasers and riddlesIn this sequel to his Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities, Stewart presents another miscellany of games, puzzles, paradoxes, brain-teasers and riddles and mathematical problems past and present. ...more
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Obesity The Biography Sandy L Gilman Oxford University Press 2010 Hardback
A leading authority in the social and cultural history of the body, Gilman traces the history of obesity from the ancient Greeks to the present day, bA leading authority in the social and cultural history of the body, Gilman traces the history of obesity from the ancient Greeks to the present day, bearing in mind always that 'what is a corpulent but healthy body in one system can and does easily become an obese and ill one in the next'. Examining the wider issues that obesity rises, he shows how it has been dealt with by means ranging from diet to social relocation. Biographies of Disease series....more
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Planet Ape
Desmond Morris; Steve Parker Mitchell Beazley 2009 Hardback Illustrated
Warring chimpanzees, sociable gorillas, solitary orangutans - this book, with its close-up wildlife photography, brings us face to face with our closeWarring chimpanzees, sociable gorillas, solitary orangutans - this book, with its close-up wildlife photography, brings us face to face with our closest living relatives, the wild great apes. Renowned zoologist Desmond Morris reveals the animals in unprecedented detail, describing where they live, how they live and the challenges they face; he compares the apes with each other and also with us, the naked apes. Morris also emphasizes the greatest threat to our hairy cousins: our destruction of their habitat. ...more
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Chasing the Sun The Epic Story of the Star that Gives Us Life Richard Cohen Simon & Schuster 2011 Paperback Illustrated
Richard Cohen travels to 18 countries, from the coldest place on the planet to the sunniest, to report on our myriad understandings of the Sun. He disRichard Cohen travels to 18 countries, from the coldest place on the planet to the sunniest, to report on our myriad understandings of the Sun. He discovers our closest star in such cultural artefacts as Beatles songs, rituals on the Ganges and paintings by Hockney and van Gogh, as well as scientific studies of sunspots, skin cancers and global warming....more
Dominic Couzens California University Press 2008 Hardback Illustrated
King penguins in South Georgia, Red Knots in Norfolk, Southern Carmine Bee-Eaters on the Okavango River... Illustrated with glorious photographs, thisKing penguins in South Georgia, Red Knots in Norfolk, Southern Carmine Bee-Eaters on the Okavango River... Illustrated with glorious photographs, this is an aspirational guide rather than a visitor's manual, giving an overall picture of the abundance and variety of birds on the planet. Arranged by continent, it describes and ranks the 100 best bird-watching sites, each with a full description of the habitats, the key species to be seen there and the best time of year to see them. ...more
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The Iron Whim A Fragmented History of Typewriting Darren Wershler-Henry Cornell University Press 2005 Hardback
Now that the typewriter has almost vanished from our homes and offices, the time is ripe for a nostalgic and humorous look back at its place in two ceNow that the typewriter has almost vanished from our homes and offices, the time is ripe for a nostalgic and humorous look back at its place in two centuries of literature and culture. The Iron Whim combines a history of the evolving machine's many weird and wonderful incarnations with an exploration of its key role in the production of our cultural history, from vampires and ghosts to sex and drugs....more
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The Illustrated Atlas of Wildlife
Channa Bambaradeniya; Cinthya Flores; Joshua Ginsberg et al California University Press 2009 Hardback Illustrated
With colour photographs, artworks and maps, this atlas provides a spectacular survey of animals and their habitats across the globe. After an overviewWith colour photographs, artworks and maps, this atlas provides a spectacular survey of animals and their habitats across the globe. After an overview of how and where life occurs on Earth, there are sections devoted to each of the continents and the oceans, giving details of their various habitats and the wildlife they support, explaining environmental threats and conservation issues, and highlighting representative species. Finally, a reference section contains factfiles on the animals presented in the book, a glossary and index. ...more
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David Levy's Guide to Observing Meteor Showers
David H Levy Cambridge University Press 2008 Paperback
Meteors occur when a meteoroid, a speck of dust in space, enters the Earth's atmosphere. The heat generated when this happens causes the surrounding aMeteors occur when a meteoroid, a speck of dust in space, enters the Earth's atmosphere. The heat generated when this happens causes the surrounding air to glow, resulting in 'shooting stars', and during the most spectacular meteor storms, larger particles can give rise to fire-balls. It was the sight of a single meteor that inspired David Levy to go into astronomy, and in this introduction and guide he encourages readers to go outside and witness these wonderful events for themselves. Felt-tip mark on upper trimmed edge. ...more
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The Voyage of the Beagle
Charles Darwin WhiteStar 2006 Hardback
In 1831, the Royal Navy brig Beagle embarked on a five-year voyage to map the coast of South America. Aboard was a young naturalist, Charles Darwin. HIn 1831, the Royal Navy brig Beagle embarked on a five-year voyage to map the coast of South America. Aboard was a young naturalist, Charles Darwin. His account of the journey, first published in 1845, offers an exciting narrative of his adventures in Patagonia and Peru, the Falklands and the Galapagos Islands, enriched with precise, vivid descriptions of the plants and animals that would later provide the basis for his ground-breaking theory of evolution. ...more
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Newton's Notebook The Life, Times and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton Joel Levy Running Press 2010 Hardback Illustrated
More than simply a biography of one of history's greatest geniuses, this intriguing book provides a full and detailed account of Sir Isaac Newton's liMore than simply a biography of one of history's greatest geniuses, this intriguing book provides a full and detailed account of Sir Isaac Newton's life and discoveries, written, designed and illustrated to look like a personal notebook. With quotations from the scientist's own papers and personal correspondence, reproductions of contemporary paintings and engravings and original illustrations, Joel Levy brings his subject to life, examines his work in mathematics, science and alchemy and considers the enduring importance of Newton's ideas. ...more
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War of the Worldviews Science Vs. Spirituality Leonard Mlodinow Rider 2011 Hardback
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