A dazzling, globe-spanning history of humankind's greatest invention: the city. From its earliest incarnations 7,000 years ago to the megalopolises of today, the story of the city is the story of civilisation.
It takes a whole universe to make one small black bird. Swifts are among the most extraordinary of all birds. Their migrations span continents and their twelve-week stopover, when they pause to breed in European rooftops, is the very definition of summer.They may nest in our homes but much about their lives passes over our heads. No birds are more wreathed in mystery.
'The next Bill Bryson' (New York Times) explores international relations past and present between three East Asian countries - Japan, South Korea and China - in this lively, absorbing travelogue'Two tigers cannot share the same mountain' - Chinese proverb China, Korea and Japan are the neighbours who love to hate each other. But why?
Would you rather love the more, and suffer the more; or love the less, and suffer the less?
The sea keeps its secrets. But not this time.One body. Three bullets. 007 floats in the waters of Marseille, killed by an unknown hand.It's time for a new agent to step up. Time for a new weapon in the war against organised crime.It's time for James Bond to earn his licence to kill.This is the story of the birth of a legend, in the brutal underworld of the French Riviera.
The best-known modern Chinese fairy tale is the story of three sisters from Shanghai, who for most of the twentieth century were at the centre of power in China. It was sometimes said that 'One loved money, one loved power and one loved her country', but there was far more to the Soong sisters than these caricatures.
How do scientists study the entire universe?How can we make sense of its vast, intricate workings?'I was enlightened, amazed, and profoundly impressed' Philip Pullman, author of His Dark MaterialsWe are part of an incredible chain of events stretching 13.8 billion years into the past and even further into the future. But what does that future hold?
The Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending takes us on a rich, witty tour of Belle Epoque Paris, via the life story of the pioneering surgeon Samuel PozziIn the summer of 1885, three Frenchmen arrived in London for a few days' shopping.
**FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER SAPIENS** Yuval Noah Harari returns in August 2018 with a new book, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. In bringing his focus to the here and now, Harari will help us to grapple with a world that is increasingly hard to comprehend, encouraging us to focus our minds on the essential questions we should be asking ourselves today.
