This book`s hero is Darius Antonopoulos, an artist & apprentice printer who left London in 1605 to visit his ancestral home in Greece. What he found there was to send him on an incredible journey
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A colour guide to the underwater life of the world's four great coral seabeds, where the warm limpid water is home to an extraordinary range of highly-coloured species of all shapes & sizes. Photographs, identification artwork & biological tables illustrate the easily understood but scientifically accurate text to offer a complete guide to the flora & fauna of the loveliest seas on the planet. ...

Dr Raman Prinja guides us along a fascinating journey through our solar system. Pulling together all the latest discoveries, theories & scientific research he presents an enlightening comparison of Earth to our neighbouring planets & all the moons orbiting around them. Six superbly illustrated chapters hold over one hundred incredible images & each considers a major & dynamic aspect of the planets. Whether it ...

The Sunday Times Bestseller In Wonders of the Solar System
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Professor Brian Cox is back with another insightful & mind-blowing exploration of space. This time he shows us our universe as we`ve never seen it before. 13.7 billion years old. 93 billion light years wide. It contains over 100 billion galaxies, each containing hundreds of billions of stars. This infinite, vast & complex Universe has been the subject of human fascination & scientific exploration for thousands of years. The wonders of the Universe might seem alien to us & impossible to underst&, but away from the telescopes, the labs & the white coats, Professor Brian Cox uses the evidence found in the natural world around us to explain its simple truths. Travelling to the North Pole, Professor Cox demonstrates how spinning worlds create electrical currents & magnetism; he looks at the South Pacific Ocean to explain how the Universe communicates & moves in waves; he shows us how the water of the Angel Falls waterfall in Venezuela behaves exactly like the light does around a black hole. The same laws of light, gravity, time, matter & energy that govern us here on Earth are the same as those applied in the Universe. Using 3D CGI imagery, his expert knowledge & his infectious enthusiasm, Professor Cox shows us that if we can understand the impact of these governing laws on Earth it will bring us a step closer to an understanding of our Universe. ...

50 Wonders of the World by Hugh Thomson is a large format, illustrated hardback book that surveys every continent to bring you the most impressive, exotic & intriguing man-made wonders of the world. Arranged in order of longitude, & illustrated with over 100 colour photographs, maps & illustrations, 50 Wonders of the World reveals some of the awesome architectural achievements that man has created over the centuries, as well as providing the stories of the people & civilizations that created the buildings & the roles they played at centres of religion, culture & trade. Buildings & places featured include the Hagia Sophia, Solovetskii Isl&, the Clifton Suspension Bridge, the Taj Mahal, the Eiffel Tower, the Minaret of jam & the Colosseum. ...

Kingfisher Knowledge is a comprehensive, dynamic series for readers hungry for information on today's hot topics. Using lively, engaging text & state-of-the-art digital artwork, the series covers an immense range of subjects in impressive depth & is a major educational resource. Wonders of the World reveals the history, stories & people behind the planet's most amazing structures. In chapter one, exciting artworks recreate the seven ancient wonders; chapter two zooms in on the later historical wonders, such as the Great Wall of China; & the final chapter reveals modern marvels, including the world's tallest skyscrapers. ...

Over thousands of years, the landscapes, cities & monuments immortalised here by a team of superb photographers have become ...

Man has never stopped to feel the need to demonstrate his creativity & genius, building throughout the world structures which seem of having become higher & higher, bigger & bigger through the ages. Following a detailed chronological order, this book goes from the Pyramids of Giza to the Parthenon in Athens, from the Great Chinese Wall to the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, from the Opera House in Sydney to the Hotel Burj-Al-Arab in Dubai. Wonderful photographs illustrate these wonders, still more impressive thanks to a new format in which this volume is published: a book of great

Dimensions, studied to show off the images of the imposing buildings at their best. Pictures are accompanied by an extremely graphic & modern layout, that works as the perfect frame for the historical texts written by well know experts in art & architecture.

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A worldwide tour of the most exceptional structures ever built. Over the millennia, man has built structures that have not only stood the test of time but that have inspired the design & construction of ever more ambitious buildings. Presented in a substantial format that does justice to its content, this impressive volume pays tribute to the manmade wonders of the world-the iconic monuments which are testimony to our ongoing fascination with the creative process that goes into the design & building of these remarkable structures. Organized chronologically, Wonders of the World starts with the pyramids at Giza which were built in 2560 BC & ends with the Experience Music Project in Seattle, a museum of rock & roll memorabilia & technology-intensive multimedia displays designed by Frank Gehry & built in 2000. Among the countless other buildings featured in this book are The Parthenon in Athens, Angkor Thom in Siem Reap, Cambodia, The Taj Mahal in India, The Capitol of the United States in Washington, DC, The Opera House of Sydney, & The Sagrada Familia, in Barcelona. Hundreds of photographs document these remarkable achievements through images that depict each monument in its setting as well as close-ups that demonstrate the exceptional details & features of each. Accompanying the photographs are meticulously plotted graphics that elaborate on the layout of each monument, providing a context for the authoritative text that describes the history & highlights of each structure, chronicling the efforts of the world's most accomplished designers & architects. ...