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- Icon Books, 2016
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 320 páginas
ISBN 978-1-78578-131-5
EAN 9781785781315
The Bible for Grown-Ups neither requires, nor rejects, belief. It sets out to help intelligent adults make sense of the Bible - a book that is too large to swallow whole, yet too important in our history and culture to spit out. Why do the creation stories in Genesis contradict each other? Did the Exodus ...
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- Icon Books, 2016
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 272 páginas
PVP: 13,05 €
ISBN 978-1-78578-030-1
EAN 9781785780301
Actor, producer and director Ben Crystal revisits his acclaimed book on Shakespeare for the 400th anniversary of his death, updating and adding three new chapters. Shakespeare on Toast knocks the stuffing from the staid old myth of the Bard, revealing the man and his plays for what they really are: modern, thrilling, uplifting drama. The ...
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- Icon Books, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 368 páginas
PVP: 15,00 €
ISBN 978-1-78578-023-3
EAN 9781785780233
A hugely enjoyable romp through the pleasures and pitfalls of setting up home in a foreign land' PD Smith, GuardianWhen she was suddenly given the opportunity of a new life in rural Jutland, journalist and archetypal Londoner Helen Russell discovered a startling statistic: the happiest place on earth isn't Disneyland, but Denmark, a land often ...
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- Icon Books, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda
PVP: 11,75 €
ISBN 978-1-84831-928-8
EAN 9781848319288
Why did Uuq become Fl? Why is the sky blue? Why is the sky black? What is spaghettification? There's a problem with the typical pub quiz. It always features far too much sport, 1980s pop and celebrity gossip - and not nearly enough science. How Many Moons Does the Earth Have? is the ultimate solution.Test ...
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From the ever-curious mind that brought you the bestselling Do You Think You're Clever? comes a brand-new trip to the far reaches of the intellectual universe, courtesy of even more notoriously provocative Oxbridge interview questions. How would you poison someone without the police finding out? (Medicine, Cambridge) What makes a strong woman? (Theology, Oxford) Instead ...
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- Icon Books, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura
PVP: 33,50 €
ISBN 978-1-84831-926-4
EAN 9781848319264
Valtesse de la Bigne was a celebrated nineteenth-century Parisian courtesan. She was painted by Manet and inspired Emile Zola, who immortalised her in his scandalous novel Nana. Her rumoured affairs with Napoleon III and the future Edward VII kept gossip columns full.But her glamourous existence hid a dark secret: she was no Comtesse. She was ...
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- Icon Books, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura
PVP: 33,50 €
ISBN 978-1-84831-918-9
EAN 9781848319189
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- Icon Books, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 352 páginas
PVP: 16,75 €
ISBN 978-1-84831-915-8
EAN 9781848319158
From the author of the acclaimed The Epigenetics Revolution ('A book that would have had Darwin swooning' - Guardian) comes another thrilling exploration of the cutting edge of human science. For decades after the structure of DNA was identified, scientists focused purely on genes, the regions of the genome that contain codes for the production ...
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- Icon Books, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda
PVP: 15,00 €
ISBN 978-1-84831-946-2
EAN 9781848319462
Who first thought of atoms? How much can you learn about archaeology from an oil lamp? Who came up with the theory of the 'wandering womb'? Oxford Classicist Jane Hood delves into the history, culture, literature, mythology and philosophy of ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt, using her expert eye to unearth unexpected gems, glittering fragments ...
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- Icon Books, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda
PVP: 21,75 €
ISBN 978-1-84831-864-9
EAN 9781848318649
Award-winning reporter Emily Dugan's Finding Home follows the tumultuous lives of a group of immigrants, all facing intense challenges in their quest to live in the UK. Syrian refugee Emad set up the Free Syrian League and worked illegally in the UK to pay for his mother to be smuggled across the Mediterranean on a ...
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Join award-winning writer James Steen for a feast of facts, stories, recipes and tips about food and drink. Delving into forgotten corners of gastronomic history, Steen reveals what Parmesan has to do with broken bones, why John Wayne kept a cow in a hotel and how our attitudes to food have changed over the centuries. ...
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Spanning ten historic years, from the discovery of nuclear fission in 1939 to 'Joe-1', the first Soviet atomic bomb test in August 1949, Atomic is the first fully realised popular account of the race between Nazi Germany, Britain, America and the Soviet Union to build atomic weapons. Rich in personality, action, confrontation and deception, Jim ...
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- Icon Books, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 336 páginas
PVP: 28,25 €
ISBN 978-1-84831-826-7
EAN 9781848318267
From the author of the acclaimed The Epigenetics Revolution ('A book that would have had Darwin swooning' - Guardian) comes another thrilling exploration of the cutting edge of human science. For decades after the structure of DNA was identified, scientists focused purely on genes, the regions of the genome that contain codes for the production ...
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Hergé: The Genius of Tintin
A Biography
- Icon Books, 2014
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 352 páginas
ISBN 978-1-84831-275-3
EAN 9781848312753
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- Icon Books, 2014
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 528 páginas
PVP: 24,00 €
ISBN 978-1-84831-753-6
EAN 9781848317536
Using comic-book style illustration combined with accessible but authoritative text, the Introducing Graphic Guide series is a uniquely brilliant way to get your head around some of humankind's most thrilling ideas. In Introducing Existentialism: A Graphic Guide, Richard Appignanesi goes on a personal quest of Existentialism in its original state. He begins with Camus' question ...
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30-Second Quantum Theory
The 50 most thought-provoking quantum concepts, each explained in half a minute
- Icon Books, 2014
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 160 páginas
PVP: 24,30 €
ISBN 978-1-84831-666-9
EAN 9781848316669
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Harry's Last Stand
How the World My Generation Built is Falling Down, and What We Can Do to Save It
- Icon Books, 2014
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 224 páginas
PVP: 19,75 €
ISBN 978-1-84831-726-0
EAN 9781848317260
In November 2013 91-year old Yorkshireman RAF veteran and ex-carpet salesman Harry Leslie Smith's Guardian article - 'This year, I will wear a poppy for the last time' - was shared almost 60,000 times on Facebook and started a huge debate. 'The sepia tone of November' he argued 'has become blood-soaked with paper poppies festooning ...
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The Elements of Eloquence
How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase
- Icon Books, 2013
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 224 páginas
PVP: 16,75 €
ISBN 978-1-84831-621-8
EAN 9781848316218
In an age unhealthily obsessed with substance, this is a book on the importance of pure style. From classic poetry to pop lyrics and from the King James Bible to advertising slogans, Mark Forsyth explains the secrets that make a phrase - such as 'Tiger, Tiger, burning bright', or 'To be or not to be' ...
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- Icon Books, 2013
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 400 páginas
PVP: 16,75 €
ISBN 978-1-84831-517-4
EAN 9781848315174
Marshal Georgy Zhukov is one of military history's legendary names. He played a decisive role in the battles of Moscow, Stalingrad and Kursk that brought down the Nazi regime. He was the first of the Allied generals to enter Berlin and it was he who took the German surrender.He led the huge victory parade in ...
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