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The story of how we got our numbers - told through one mathematician's journey to find zero. The invention of numerals is perhaps the greatest abstraction the human mind has...

At one level, this book surveys recent findings about the existence of planets orbiting other sun-like stars, such as 51 Pegasi (discovered in 1995) and Tau Bootis. It addresses questions...

* LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025 * * A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK MARCH 2025 * 'A gripping, Kafkaesque foray into an all-too-plausible future' JENNIFER...

A fun, sexy tribute to a timeless clothing basic, this 400 page book features hundreds of colorful examples of the T-Shirt at its legendary best. From its humble origins as...

It is deep winter. The darkness is unending. The private detective named Jaycob Eklund has vanished, and Charlie Parker is dispatched to track him down. Parker's employer, Edgar Ross, an...

Everyone knows the classic tale of Beauty and the Beast, but what if it was Belle's mother who had cursed the prince?

During the 1948 war, looting was a general and widespread phenomenon whereby Israeli fighters and residents alike plundered Palestinian property - including homes, shops, businesses, and farms - left behind...

Based on interviews with eleven Nobel Prize winners and many other prominent physicists, biologists, anthropologists, and psychologists, as well as leading theologians and spiritual leaders, Why Science Does Not Disprove...

The 2021 Capitol Hill Riot marked a watershed moment when the 'old world' of factbased systems of representation was briefly overwhelmed by the emerging hyper-individual politics of aestheticized emotion. In...

Book two in the haunting Lost Bride trilogy - a tale of tragedies, loves found and lost, and a family haunted for generations. In need of an escape from her...

From the moment Julie Andrews appears on the hills outside Salzburg to the final daring escape from the Nazis, The Sound of Music is embedded in the DNA of a...

From Hafsah Faizal, New York Times-bestselling author of We Hunt the Flame, comes A Tempest of Tea, the first book in a hotly-anticipated fantasy duology about an orphan girl and...

From New York Times bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree - the soaring fifth novel in the bestselling Bone Season series. 'A fabulous, epic fantasy thriller ......

WINNER OF THE FORTNUM & MASON COOKERY BOOK AWARD 2026 WINNER OF THE GUILD OF FOOD WRITERS' INTERNATIONAL COOKERY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2026 'The recipes are pure gold.' -...

Secondhand Science Fiction Bargain Book Box SP3055 A rich haul of classic SF novels — multiple E.E. 'Doc' Smith Lensman and Skylark series titles alongside Gordon R. Dickson, Asimov, Douglas...

A brilliantly engaging and richly rewarding puzzle book from one of Britain's oldest and most respected institutions Sharpen your wit and delve into the fascinating world of British currency with...

In Penelope Landlow's world, almost anything can be bought or sold. She's the daughter of one of the three crime families controlling the black market for organ transplants. Because of...

This 16th edition of the book, first published in 1855, has been expanded to include more than 20,000 quotations and more than 340 new authors both historical and contemporary -...

25 top chefs across the UK share their recipes for mince, transforming the frugal kitchen staple into delicious and affordable recipes. Organised in chapters by the types of mince found...