A celebratory look back at one hundred years of passenger flight, featuring full-colour reproductions of route maps and posters from the world's most iconic airlines
From the first faltering fligh
This volume examines the history and development of the Ju 188 twin-engined aircraft, the Luftwaffe's attempt to enhance and improve its peerless Ju 88.
The Junkers Ju 188 was the epitome of mid-w
Space Race 2.0 is the only authoritative photographic history of the efforts of private companies—often alongside NASA—to accelerate humankind’s exploration and understanding of the final frontier.
"Start with an evocative colour profile. Stir in spectacular techniques from matchless modelling talent. Season with stunning photography. And you've got the recipe for an enormously inspirational ho
Designed and manufactured by the men who would make Concorde, the Rolls-Royce powered Vickers VC10, and its larger variant, the Super VC10, represented the ultimate in 1960s subsonic airliners. The V
From the creator of Valuetainment, the #1 YouTube channel for entrepreneurs, and “one of the most exciting thinkers” (Ray Dalio, author of Principles) in business today, comes a practical and effecti
The effects of trauma can be devastating for sufferers, their families and future generations. Here one of the world's experts on traumatic stress offers a bold new paradigm for treatment, moving awa
Planet Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it. Us. We are the most advanced and most destructive animals ever to have liv
We live in an age of increasing complexity, where accelerating technology and global interconnection hold more promise – and more peril – than any other time in human history. The fossil fuels that h
'A compelling narrative of the human story' TIM MARSHALL, author of Prisoners of Geography
'Lively, rich and exciting... full of surprises' PETER FRANKOPAN, author of The Silk Roads
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In twenty-one bite-sized lessons, Yuval Noah Harari explores what it means to be human in an age of bewilderment.
How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technolog
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'Helen Czerski weaves together physics and biology, history and science, in a beautifully poetic way.'
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There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in a matter of hours: nuclear war.
It could start in as little as 26 minutes and 40 seconds from now…
When planning for the future we often ask, "What will the economy be doing this time next year?" Or, "What will be different ten years from now?" But forecasting is hard. The important events that wi
Prawda ukryta za mitami otaczającymi legendarnych niemieckich pilotów
Fascynujące losy i imponujące kariery bojowe sześciu najlepszych lotników Trzeciej Rzeszy na podstawie dzienników, listów i ni
Over the past two centuries, economic growth has freed billions from poverty and made our lives far healthier and longer. As a result, the unfettered pursuit of growth defines economic life around th
Jest rok 1974. W niezwykłą podróż do przeszłości, do Polskiej Rzeczypospolitej Ludowej, zabierają nas Michael Russell i Peter Haseldine. Grupa brytyjskich miłośników komunikacji odwiedziła wówczas po
The classic and definitive monograph on iconic architect Mies van der Rohe
This is the most readable, comprehensive, and beautiful book ever published on one of the twentieth century’s most influe
The present volume contains accounts presenting the events that unfolded in the Wola district of Warsaw in August 1944. According to various estimates, the number of people murdered at the time range
The story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Sapiens
Stories brought us together.
Books spread our ideas – and our mytho
A perfect introduction for students and laypeople alike, A Degree in a Book: Economics provides you with all the concepts you need to understand the fundamental issues.
Filled with helpful diagram
Your own behaviour is the only behaviour over which you have absolute control. To change your children's behaviour, you first need to change your own.
Here, Britain's leading behaviour expert reve
The Book-Makers is a celebration of 550 years of the printed book, told through the lives of eighteen extraordinary men and women who took the book in radical new directions: printers and binders, pu