The Infinite Monkey Cage, the legendary BBC Radio 4 programme, brings you this irreverent celebration of scientific marvels. Join us on a hectic leap through the grand & bizarre ideas conjured up by human imagination, from dark matter to consciousness via neutrinos & earthworms. Professor Brian Cox & Robin Ince muse on multifaceted subjects involved in building a universe, with pearls of wisdom from leading scientists & comedians peppered throughout. Covering billions of concepts & conundrums, they tackle everything from the Big Bang to parallel universes, fierce creatures to extraterrestrial life, brain science to artificial intelligence. How to Build a Universe is an illuminating & inspirational celebration of science
- sometimes silly, sometimes astounding & very occasionally facetious.
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An innovative, visually exciting, informative &, perhaps most importantly, not at all gimmicky way of presenting to the reader a multitude of facts: from history & current affairs, from nature & science, from sociology or the art, etc. The subjects are grouped into: In the Beginning, Getting Civilised, Nation Building, & The Modern World. Each form of graphic presentation is specially chosen to illuminate the subject & the accompanying text provides more information. The book fully justifies its publishers’ enthusiastic description:“ The History of the World, but not as you know it. A new type of history is here
- all 13.8 billion years of it, exploded into a visually jaw-dropping feast of facts, trends & timelines that tell you everything you`d ever want to know about the history of the world. From the primordial soup to the technological revolution of the 21st century, interesting stuff has been going on; & ever since prehistoric man scratched the first tally markings into a damp cave wall, we`ve been counting & measuring it all. Which historic warriors conquered the most territory, killed the most people, or had the largest empire? When did everything evolve? Which languages are related to which? What`s been invented & when? Where are we being born, & what are we dying of? Which countries are eating all the food, causing all the pollution & taking all the drugs? A story of civilisation & barbarism, of war & peace, this is history done in a new way
- a beautifully designed collection of the most insightful & revealing trends that tell us what the human race has been up to, & where we`re heading.”

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The British Cartographic Society WINNER The BCS Award 2015 WINNER The Stanfords Award for Printed Mapping 2015 WINNER John C Bartholomew Award for Thematic Mapping 2015 In London: The Information Capital, geographer James Cheshire & designer Oliver Uberti join forces to bring you a series of new maps & graphics charting life in London like never before. When do police helicopters catch criminals? Which borough of London is the happiest? Is `czesc` becoming a more common greeting than `salaam`? James Cheshire & Oliver Uberti could tell you, but they`d rather show you. By combining millions of data points with stunning design, they investigate how flights stack over Heathrow, who lives longest, & where Londoners love to tweet. The result? One hundred portraits of an old city in a very new way. Dr James Cheshire is a geographer with a passion for London & its data. His award-winning maps draw from his research as a lecturer at University College London & have appeared in the Guardian & the Financial Times, as well as on his popular blog, mappinglondon.co.uk. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Oliver Uberti is a visual journalist, designer, & the recipient of many awards for his information graphics & art direction. From 2003 to 2012, he worked in the design department of National Geographic, most recently as Senior Design Editor. He has a design studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan. ...

The Information Officer by Mark Mills is set in wartime Malta of 1942. It is summer, & the Maltese suffer daily bombing raids from the Nazis. The British are the country’s last line of defence & it is Max Chadwick’s job as the information officer to ensure the news the islanders receive maintains morale. But Max finds himself torn between patriotic duty & personal honour when he is given proof that suggests a British officer is murdering local women. With violence on the war-ravaged island escalating daily, Max embarks on a private investigation. ...

This work is now a major film starring Mickey Rourke, Winona Ryder, Kim Basinger & Billy Bob Thornton. Capturing the lives of a group of people in Los Angeles, The Informers is an intense narrative that blurs genders, generations & even identities. The characters go to the same schools & eat at the same restaurants. Their voices enfold us as seamlessly as those of DJs heard over a car radio. They have sex with the same boys & girls & buy from the same dealers. In short, they are connected in the only way people can be in L.A.
- suffering from nothing less than the death of the soul.
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Stunning reissue, in beautiful new cover-look, of this magical & award-winning novel
- the first of the spellbinding Ingo Chronicles...
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Stunning reissue in a beautiful new cover-look of this fourth novel in the critically acclaimed Ingo Chronicles Sapphire, Conor & their Mer friends Faro & Elvira are ready to make the Crossing of Ingo
- a long & dangerous journey that only the strongest young Mer are called upon to make. No human being has ever attempted this thrilling voyage to the bottom of the world. Ervys, his followers & new recruits, the sharks, are determined that Sapphire & Conor must be stopped
- dead or alive...

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Stunning reissue in a beautiful new cover-look of this third novel in the critically acclaimed Ingo Chronicles A devastating flood has torn through the worlds of Air & Ingo, & now, deep in the ocean, a monster is stirring. Mer legend says that only those with dual blood
- half Mer, half human
- can overcome the Kraken. Sapphy must return to the Deep, with the help of her friend the whale, & face this terrifying creature
- & her brother Conor & Mer friend Faro will not let her go alone...


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Stunning reissue in a beautiful new cover-look of this second novel in the critically acclaimed Ingo Chronicles ”I can`t go back in the house. I`m restless, prickling all over. The wind hits me like slaps from huge invisible hands. But it`s not the wind that worries me. It`s something else, beyond the storm...” Sapphire & Conor can`t forget their adventures in Ingo, the mysterious world beneath the sea. They long to see their Mer friends Faro & Elvira, & swim with the dolphins once more. But a crisis is brewing far below the ocean`s surface, where the wisest of the Mer guards the Tide Knot. & soon both Sapphire & Conor will be drawn into Ingo`s troubled waters... ...

Ben Martin is charming & successful: an academic who has raised money for children`s charities & worked with women`s agencies in sub-Saharan Africa, a devoted husb&. But when his brother Francois, an artist based in Lisbon, finds out about Ben`s affair with a student, Rita Kalungal, he finds himself feeling responsible both for his brother`s actions as well as Rita; & Rita begins to realise that her involvement with Ben has far-reaching consequences on herself & her family, & others. ...