This exciting reference book uncovers everything you need to know about weather in an engaging question-and-answer format. Explore the intriguing answers to more than 200 questions about weather and learn all about the real-time impacts of the climate crisis in this absorbing encyclopedia for kids aged 7-9. What happens inside a thundercloud? Why is the sky not always blue?
'Enter Ormerod's vital manual' - Pandora Sykes'A statistic-packed investigation into a worldwide phenomenon... It is no exaggeration to say this book is essential reading for anyone' -METRO'Who better to help us wade through the muddy waters of the great Insta-sham?
A thought-provoking chronological journey through the world's most influential books. Many books have become classics, must-reads or overnight publishing sensations, but how many can genuinely claim to have changed the way we see and think?
An intriguing collection of the most inspiring and powerful letters of all time. The written word has the power to inspire, astonish and entertain, as this collection of 100 letters that changed history will show.
A sweeping history of and meditation on humanity's relationship with machines, showing how we got here and what happens nextFaith in technological fixes for our problems is waning. Automation, which promised relief from toil, has reactivated the long-standing fear of job redundancy.
*A Telegraph History Book of the Year, 2023*'An astonishing achievement' ANTONY BEEVOR‘A remarkably moving and humane book’ WILLIAM BOYDAn intimate history of the most important month of the Second World War as experienced by those who lived through it, completely based on their diaries, letters and memoirs.
Give someone you love this ingenious book of climate-saving tips, from TikTok eco superstars EarthtopiaPopular climate change TikTok sensation, Earthtopia, brings a book packed to the brim with tips on saving the planet in easy and accessible ways. Want to save the planet?
The most provocative philosopher of our times returns with a rousing and counterintuitive analysis of our global predicamentWe hear all the time that it's five minutes to global doomsday, so now is our last chance to avert disaster. But what if the only way to prevent a catastrophe is to assume that it has already happened - that we're already five minutes past zero hour?
'There is no author whose books I look forward to more' BILL GATESIn this ambitious, myth-busting book, leading scientist and internationally bestselling author Vaclav Smil investigates many of the burning questions facing the world today:Why are some of the world's biggest food producers also the countries with the most undernourished populations?
A masterful history of how war and insecurity, both real and perceived, have driven Russia’s destiny for centuries, including the disastrous invasion of Ukraine. Putin retains his stranglehold on his position in Russia despite an almost ruinous invasion of Ukraine. The answer as to how and why can be found in Russian history as detailed by Mark Galeotti in this new book.
A compelling account of the continuing legacy of Greek writers and thinkers in the age of Rome. In 146 BC, Greece yielded to the military might of the Roman Republic; sixty years later, when Athens and other Greek city-states rebelled against Rome, the general Lucius Cornelius Sulla destroyed the city of Socrates and Plato, laying waste to the famous Academy where Aristotle had studied.
A 25th anniversary edition of the number one, multi-million copy international bestseller that taught us how emotional intelligence is more important than IQ - 'a revolutionary, paradigm-shattering idea' (Harvard Business Review)Featuring a new introduction from the authorDoes IQ define our destiny?
National Bestseller Winner of the 2023 National Book Award in Nonfiction • Finalist for the 2023 Los Angeles Times Book Award in History • Winner of 2024 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in Nonfiction • Winner of the 2024 Mark Lynton History Prize Named a best book of 2023 by New Yorker, Esquire, Publishers Weekly, Barnes & Noble A New York Times Notable Book of 2023 • A Washington
The fascinating stories behind the essential seven units of measurement that allow us to understand the physical world  “Entertaining popular science and a literate tale of why things are as they are.
A leading scientist’s guide to the way our immune system protects us—but only most of the time What is our immune system, and how does it work?
A unique illustrated exploration of the development of finance that combines data from every part of the world and covers five thousand years of history   From the emergence of money in the ancient world to today’s interconnected landscape of high-frequency trading and cryptocurrency, the story of finance has always taken place on an international stage.
A compelling history of the Ptolemies, the decline of Egypt, and the rising power of the Roman Empire   The Ptolemaic era, Egypt’s last and one of its longest dynasties, was in many ways a gilded age. Its early rulers restored and even expanded Egyptian power.
A groundbreaking examination of a central question in international relations: Do states act rationally?   To understand world politics, you need to understand how states think. Are states rational?
The first account of the new Taliban—showing who they are, what they want, and how they differ from their predecessors  A Newsweek Staffers’ Favorite Book of 2023   Since the fall of Kabul in 2021, the Taliban have effective control of Afghanistan—a scenario few Western commentators anticipated.
How can one European capital be responsible for most of the West’s intellectual and cultural achievements in the twentieth century?