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1,000 Places To See Before You Die
| Author: | Patricia Schultz |
| Publisher: | Workman |
| Catalogue number: | 118516 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 2 weeks |
This unique book describes 1000 “must see” places to see before you die. The book is filled with factual information from beaches to museums to castles to bustling markets, impressive hotels to backwater...
| Publisher: | Profile Books |
| Catalogue number: | 172089 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
This latest edition of The Economist’s bestselling “Pocket World in Figures” has been fully-updated, giving facts and figures for over 200 topics from GDP & population to music sales and teenage internet...
| Author: | Robert Henson |
| Publisher: | Rough Guides |
| Catalogue number: | 161283 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY ‘PRIZES FOR SCIENCE BOOKS’ 2007
“The Rough Guide to Climate Change” gives the complete picture of the single biggest issue facing the planet. Cutting a swathe through...
Spectacle - An Optimist's Handbook
| Publisher: | Phaidon |
| Catalogue number: | 152997 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 10 days |
This collection of vibrant images contains pictures from the most spectacular, colourful, energy-filled events. Documenting public performances and instances that galvanise hordes of people, the book...
| Author: | Mark Lynas |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins |
| Catalogue number: | 163028 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
In “Six Degrees”, environmentalist and commentator Mark Lynas outlines a hypothetical world of 100 years’ time, with a global average temperature rise of 6 degrees. Far from loose conjecture, Lynas...
| Publisher: | Chambers |
| Catalogue number: | 142457 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 3 - 4 weeks |
The Chambers Reference Atlas is a compact and practical guide to the nations of the world, which combines more than 240 detailed full-colour maps of every country and continent with a wealth of demographic...
| Publisher: | Collins |
| Catalogue number: | 164517 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
“Fragile Earth” collects together striking views of our changing planet and shows the extraordinary effects of man on nature. Each set of carefully selected ‘before and after’ pictures is combined with...
How Can I Stop Climate Change?
| Publisher: | Collins |
| Catalogue number: | 165479 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
How Can I Stop Climate Change? is a step-by-step handbook to today's hottest issue, providing a complete guide to improving the quality of your life and the planet's, both as an individual and by scaling...
The Little Green Book of Big Green Ideas
| Publisher: | Think Publishing |
| Catalogue number: | 139689 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
For readers who want to save the world but don’t know where to start, “The Little Green Book of Big Green Ideas” shows that a little can go a long way. Global warming, pollution and poverty are just...
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The basis of the this handsome looking book is the true story of Gilbert Bland. In 1995 Bland was caught stealing four 200-year-old maps from the Peabody Library of John Hopkins University in Baltimore. Further investigation revealed that 19 libraries across North America had been systematically vandalised...
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The Economist's “Pocket World in Figures” reveals fascinating facts about our planet such as where people live the longest, which is the biggest island and who glugs the most wine...
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What if the world were a village..?
The population of the world is enormous, and the figures are often hard to understand, so a popular children’s book investigates what the world would be like if we imagined it as a village of just 100 people...
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