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  • The Archaeology of Human Bones

    by Simon Mays ...
    The Archaeology of Human Bones provides an up to date account of the analysis of human skeletal remains from archaeological sites, introducing students to the anatomy of bones and teeth and the nature of the burial record.Drawing from studies around the world, this book illustrates how the scientific study of human remains can shed light upon important archaeological and historical questions. This ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Love

    A History

    by Simon May ...
    "What is love? May plunders Western poetry, philosophy and psychology to find answers . . . Thought-provoking stuff" ( The Sunday Telegraph).Love—unconditional, selfless, unchanging, sincere, and totally accepting—is worshipped today as the West's only universal religion. To challenge it is one of our few remaining taboos. In this path-breaking and superbly written book, philosopher Simon May does ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    The Power of Cute

    by Simon May ...
    Narrated by Anthony Head ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 14 min

    This audiobook narrated by acclaimed British actor Anthony Head explores cuteness and its immense hold on us, from emojis and fluffy puppies to its more uncanny, subversive expressionsCuteness has taken the planet by storm. Global sensations Hello Kitty and Pokémon, the works of artists Takashi Murakami and Jeff Koons, Heidi the cross-eyed opossum and E.T.—all reflect its gathering power. But what ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Power of Cute

    by Simon May ...
    An exploration of cuteness and its immense hold on us, from emojis and fluffy puppies to its more uncanny, subversive expressionsCuteness has taken the planet by storm. Global sensations Hello Kitty and Pokémon, the works of artists Takashi Murakami and Jeff Koons, Heidi the cross-eyed opossum and E.T.—all reflect its gathering power. But what does “cute” mean, as a sensibility and style? Why is ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Bobby the Blackbird goes to see the King

    by Simon May ...
    Bobby the Blackbird sets out on a little adventure to see the King of England at his palace in London. Bobby meets his new little friends, Owl, Red Robin, Duck and Seagull, and they each join him on his journey. Along the way they see the ravens on top of the tower and ask them for help in finding the King. The ravens take them to the palace where they find the King and his golden crown. A perfect ... Read more

    $2.67 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How to Be a Refugee

    The gripping true story of how one family hid their Jewish origins to survive the Nazis

    by Simon May ...
    'A lyrical, fascinating, important book. More than just a family story, it is an essay on belonging, denying, pretending, self-deception and, at least for the main characters, survival.' Literary Review'Simon May's remarkable How to Be a Refugee is a memoir of family secrets with a ruminative twist, one that's more interested in what we keep from ourselves than the ones we conceal from others.' ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Atomic Sushi

    by Simon May ...
    As the first British Professor of Philosophy since 1882 to be invited to teach at the prestigious and enigmatic University of Tokyo - the Oxbridge of Japan - Simon May enjoyed a degree of access denied to other commentators. Each chapter of the book focuses on some everyday human matter, such as love, death, bureaucracy, hygiene, food, toilets, commuting, education, marriage and memory. Japanese ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Love

    A New Understanding of an Ancient Emotion

    by Simon May ...
    What is love's real intent? Why can love be so ruthlessly selective? How is it related to sex, beauty, and goodness? And is the child now the supreme object of love? In addressing these questions, Simon May develops a radically new understanding of love as the emotion we feel towards whomever or whatever we experience as grounding our life--as offering us a possibility of home in a world that we ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Curating Human Remains

    Caring for the Dead in the United Kingdom

    by Myra Giesen, Kirsty McCarrison, Liz White, Margaret Clegg, Mark A. Hall, Michael G Parker Pearson, Mike Pitts, Rebecca Redfern, Simon Mays, Victoria Park0, Charlotte Roberts1, Charlotte Woodhead2, Duncan Sayer3, Gillian Scott4, Hedley Swain5, Jacqueline McKinley6, Jelena Bekvalac7, Jennifer Sharp8 ...
    How to care for, store, display and interpret human remains, and issues of their ownership, are contentious questions, ones that need to be answered with care and due consideration. This book offers a systematic overview of the responses made by museums and other repositories in the United Kingdom, providing a baseline for understanding the scope and nature of human remains collections and the ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    How to Be a Refugee

    The gripping true story of how one family hid their Jewish origins to survive the Nazis

    by Simon May ...
    Narrated by Simon May, David Timson ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 54 min

    'A lyrical, fascinating, important book. More than just a family story, it is an essay on belonging, denying, pretending, self-deception and, at least for the main characters, survival.' Literary Review'Simon May's remarkable How to Be a Refugee is a memoir of family secrets with a ruminative twist, one that's more interested in what we keep from ourselves than the ones we conceal from others.' ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Bioarchaeology of Metabolic Bone Disease

    by Megan B. Brickley, Rachel Ives, Simon Mays ...
    The Bioarchaeology of Metabolic Bone Disease, Second Edition is a comprehensive source dedicated to better understanding this group of conditions that have significant consequences for health in both past and present communities on a global scale. This edition presents an updated introduction to the biology and metabolism of mineralised tissues that are fundamental to understanding the expression ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Brian May's Red Special

    The Story of the Home-made Guitar that Rocked Queen and the World

    by Brian May, Simon Bradley ...
    In Brian May's Red Special you will discover everything about Brian May's unique, home-made guitar. Brian reveals all, from the guitar's origins to playing on the roof of Buckingham Palace, from Live Aid to the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics, from the set of Bohemian Rhapsody to opening the Academy Awards in 2019 where the film scooped four Oscars. All of this is accompanied by ... Read more

    $12.99 USD