In the first book of its kind, Aaron Rosen tells the story of how art developed across the world. He takes young readers on a journey through art history, from the Palaeolithic period to the present day, stopping off at thirty different locations around the world. As readers travel from one incredible destination to the next, they will discover the remarkable network of caves carved into the rock in ad 500 at Ajanta, India; Cambodia’s remarkable Angkor Wat as it stood in ad 1200; the glories of Renaissance Florence in ad 1500; & the remarkable energy in New York in the 1950s. At every stop-off point readers will encounter stories of astonishing artworks & the cultures that gave birth to them. There are three sections: prehistoric & ancient; medieval & early modern; & modern & contemporary. At each location, two beautifully illustrated spreads allow children to engage with the art, artifacts & culture of a unique place in time. Along the way, key movements & ideas are picked out & explained for a young audience. A Journey Through Art is the perfect companion for young explorers of the world’s cultural history ...

Take a journey from your doorstep to distant lands. See a pond frog catching flies, a bear leaving its woodland den, & elephants grazing the African grasslands, as this delightful visual safari transports you through the varied habitats of the planet. Packed with lively illustrations to reveal our amazing natural world, this delightful factual picture book is perfect for a parent & child to read together or to explore independently. ...

A unique evocation of Britain at the height of Margaret Thatcher`s rule, A Journey Through Ruins views the transformation of the country through the unexpected prism of every day life in East London. Written at a time when the looming but still unfinished tower of Canary Wharf was still wrapped in protective blue plastic, its cast of characters

Includes:: council tenants trapped in disintegrating tower blocks, depressed gentrifiers worrying about negative equity, metal detectorists, sharp-eyed estate agents & management consultants, & even Prince Charles. Cutting through the teeming surface of London, it investigates a number of wider themes: the rise & dramatic fall of council housing, the coming of privatization, the changing memory of the Second World War, once used to justify post-war urban development & reform but now seen as a sacrifice betrayed. Written half a century after the blitz, the book reviews the rise & fall of the London of the post-war settlement. It remains one of the very best accounts of what it was like to live through the Thatcher years.

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A Journey Through South-East England: Broadstairs to Lewes follows Brian`s latest walking adventures through the South-East of Engl&. Brian has previously walked over 1, 000 miles for his last two walking companion guide books, Finding My Place & Walking My Patch. In this book, Brian shares the details of four complex walks: Broadstairs to Canterbury (a journey through East Kent), Canterbury to Bethersden (scaling the North Downs & across the Low Weald), Bethersden to Bexhill (straddling the County boundary) & Bexhill to Lewes (1066 Country, Beachy Head & The South Downs). Each walk contains a detailed guide & map of the route, & the walks celebrate the geography, geology & landscape of Southern Engl&. More than just a walking guide, A Journey Through South-East England is essential reading for lovers of the great outdoors & protectors of the diminishing landscape. Brian also delights readers with poetry along the way as his poems cover many of his observations during his walks. ...

This unabridged compact edition of photographer Harry Cory Wright's breathtaking book documents his quest to capture the variety of natural landscapes that make up the modern British Isles. In the tradition of the great journeys undertaken by such photographic pioneers as Fox Talbot, Cory Wright travelled with his large-format plate camera through the fragile, frozen beauty of Unst in Shetl&, down through the Western Isles & mainland Scotland to the dusty chalklands & glowing harvests of southern England & Wales. Each of his remarkable images is infused with the unique spirit of its location
- from wild mountain ranges to secret woodland glades, from windswept beaches in winter to wheatfields gleaming in the late-summer sun. With an evocative foreword by award-winning travel writer Adam Nicolson, this is an outstanding portrayal of rural Britain today.
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There`s a whole universe out there... Imagine you had a spacecraft capable of travelling through interstellar space. You climb in, blast into orbit, fly out of the solar system & keep going. Where do you end up, & what do you see along the way? The answer is: mostly nothing. Space is astonishingly, mind-blowingly empty. As you travel through the void between galaxies your spaceship encounters nothing more exciting than the odd hydrogen molecule. But when it does come across something more exotic: wow! First & most obviously, stars & planets. Some are familiar from our own backyard: yellow suns, rocky planets like Mars, gas & ice giants like Jupiter & Neptune. But there are many more: giant stars, red & white dwarfs, super-earths & hot Jupiters. Elsewhere are swirling clouds of dust giving birth to stars, & infinitely dense regions of space-time called black holes. These clump together in the star clusters we call galaxies, & the clusters of galaxies we call... galaxy clusters. And that is just the start. As we travel further we encounter ever more weird, wonderful & dangerous entities: supernovas, supermassive black holes, quasars, pulsars, neutron stars, black dwarfs, quark stars, gamma ray bursts & cosmic strings. A Journey Through The Universe is a grand tour of the most amazing celestial objects & how they fit together to build the cosmos. As for the end of the journey
- nobody knows. But getting there will be fun. ABOUT THE SERIESNew Scientist Instant Expert books are definitive & accessible entry points to the most important subjects in science; subjects that challenge, attract debate, invite controversy & engage the most enquiring minds. Designed for curious readers who want to know how things work & why, the Instant Expert series explores the topics that really matter & their impact on individuals, society, & the planet, translating the scientific complexities around us into language that`s open to everyone, & putting new ideas & discoveries into perspective & context.
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Take a journey into the weird & wonderful world of the weather! Prepare to be swept off your feet by the wind & experience all the different types of wild weather first hand! From sunshine to snow, rain to hurricanes, swot up on how our weather works, & find out exactly how it shapes our planet. With a quiz included at the back of the book, readers can test themselves on the knowledge they have learned! Packed with lively illustrations to reveal the wonderful weather, this delightful factual picture book is perfect for a parent & child to read together or to explore independently. ...

Take a journey from your doorstep into outer space! Zoom through the Solar System, discovering satellites, comets & asteroids along the way. Explore craters on Mars, moon-hop around Jupiter, & get a close-up view of Saturn`s amazing rings. Just don`t travel too close to the Sun! Packed with lively illustrations to reveal our amazing universe, this book is perfect for a parent & child to read together or to explore independently. The new A Journey Through titles include: Human Body: 978-1-78493-297-8 Space: 978-1-78493-298-5 ...

It is AD 130. Rome is the dazzling heart of a vast empire & Hadrian its most complex & compelling ruler. Faraway Britannia is one of the Romans` most troublesome provinces: here the sun is seldom seen & `the atmosphere in the country is always gloomy`. What awaits the traveller to Britannia? How will you get there? What do you need to pack? What language will you speak? How does London compare to Rome? Are there any tourist attractions? & what dangers lurk behind Hadrian`s new Wall? Combining an extensive range of Greek & Latin sources with a sound understanding of archaeology, Bronwen Riley describes an epic journey from Rome to Hadrian`s Wall at Britannia`s
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- northwestern frontier. In this strikingly original snapshot of Roman Britain, she brings vividly to life the smells, sounds, colours & textures of travel in the second century AD.

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Courland is an entity that no longer exists. With the Gulf of Riga to the north, the Baltic to the west & Lithuania at its southern border, & now part of modern Latvia, the region was by occupied by Nazi Germany & returned to Soviet Russia after the war, remaining largely inaccessible until 1991. Once ruled by descendants of the Teutonic Knights, it is now a nowhere land of wide skies & forests, deserted beaches, ruined castles & ex-KGB prisons. For years Jean-Paul Kauffmann has been irresistibly drawn to this place, the buffer between the Germanic & Slav worlds. His digressive travels at the wheel of a Skoda become an investigation into the whereabouts of a former lover, a search for an excavator of tombs, & he follows in the footsteps of Louis XVIII, for whom Courland was once a place of exile. Author of Voyage to Desolation Island & The Dark Room at Longwood
- 'a remarkable book which defies classification' (New Statesman), which won six prizes on its publication in France
- Kauffmann has come to be known as an erudite & witty observer of the world's most desolate reaches.

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