Allows the reader to walk in the enviable shoes of Rich Marazzi, who has experienced Yankee history and its culture first-hand as a fan, a... Læs mere
Everywhere, things spin - wheels turn, motors hum, tornadoes roar. This book explains the history and basic physics of spinning objects, from yo-yos, drills, propellers, and washing machines, to ballet dancers, dust devils, and bacteria.
This exhaustive account chronicles the 1982 St. Louis Cardinals from Whitey Herzog’s rebuild to the final out of the Fall Classic. Hundreds of... Læs mere
What makes a kaiju a kaiju? What makes a large ape a large ape, and why do we sympathize with some, such as King Kong, and not with others, such as... Læs mere
Greatly expanded and updated from the 1977 original, this new edition explores the evolution of the... Læs mere
Corporal Leonard Guttridge was among the many unsung heroes of the Battle of Britain - the Royal Air Force mechanics and armorers who... Læs mere
Informed by John Quincy Adams’s revealing and often tormented musings from his vast diary, this sweeping narrative offers a unique and gripping account of John Quincy Adams’s battle with slavery, while exploring the many fault lines in American society that led to the Civil War.
Includes interviews with 28 directors who’ve been most recognised and influential on the global stage. Interviewees include Judith Malina, Ping Chong, Julie Taymor and Robert Icke, among others.
Written from the unique perspective of an obviously gifted, professional writer at the beginning of his career, Al Martinez’s letters home... Læs mere
Considers the full depth of the link between humanity and motion, exploring our relationship with movement, how it manifests in us, how we embody it, and in particular how it has shaped our history as a species.
Rebellion was recurrent in the Highlands because the Gaels (Scoti) were an often-oppressed indigenous minority in the nation, Scotland, to which they gave... Læs mere
History paints war out to be a man’s business, but there is an army of women warriors who stand between the lines... Læs mere