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The most badly-written work of non-fiction I have seen in a long time. If this is really a hit with Britain's top judges, as claimed on the back, I am seriously worried for their literacy. Nothing interesting in here. Serial killers bad and we are shocked. You'll find better stories on wikipedia.
When a nine-meter-long dead squid is stolen, tank and all, from a London museum, curator Billy Harrow finds himself swept …
Wow they made a movie out of this? A very German move. Not even my favorite book about Humboldt I read that year, but I have to see this.
Measuring the World (German: Die Vermessung der Welt) is a novel by German author Daniel Kehlmann, published in 2005 by …
Measuring the World (German: Die Vermessung der Welt) is a novel by German author Daniel Kehlmann, published in 2005 by …
"The Invention of Nature" reveals the extraordinary life of the visionary German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) and how he …
"The Invention of Nature" reveals the extraordinary life of the visionary German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) and how he …
"The Age of Wonder' is Richard Holmes' first major work of biography for a decade. It has been inspired by …
Joseph Banks: A Life (1987)
Joseph Banks: A Life (1987), is a biography by Patrick O'Brian of the 18th-century English naturalist, botanist and explorer Joseph …
Joseph Banks: A Life (1987)
Joseph Banks: A Life (1987), is a biography by Patrick O'Brian of the 18th-century English naturalist, botanist and explorer Joseph …
"Peter Godfrey-Smith is a leading philosopher of science. He is also a scuba diver whose underwater videos of warring octopuses …
"Peter Godfrey-Smith is a leading philosopher of science. He is also a scuba diver whose underwater videos of warring octopuses …
What Is Life? is a 1944 non-fiction science book written for the lay reader by physicist Erwin Schrödinger. The book …
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and now a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, The Emperor of All Maladies is …
