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  • Do You Think You're Clever?

    The Oxford and Cambridge Questions

    de John Farndon, Libby Purves ...
    What happens if I drop an ant?What books are bad for you?What percentage of the world's water is contained in a cow?The Oxbridge undergraduate interviews are infamous for their unique ways of assessing candidates, and from these peculiar enquiries, professors can tell just how smart you really are. John Farndon has collected together 75 of the most intriguing questions taken from actual admission ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • In the Cage

    de Henry James ...
    Series series Hesperus Classics
    In this small masterpiece of unrequited love, Henry James, as in his greatest novels, depicts a moral consciousness torn between emotional impulses and the demands of society. Working in a post office in Mayfair, a young woman is exposed to the cryptic but alluring correspondence of the social elite, and in particular, to lines written by the dashing Captain Everard. As she memorizes the messages ... Leer más

    $5.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • How Not to Raise a Perfect Child

    de Libby Purves ...
    A warm, reassuring parenting guide for mothers and fathers who want to raise happy, resilient children without the pressure of perfectionism. With humor, practical reflections, and everyday family examples, the book helps parents navigate discipline, friendships, school, money, clothes, pets, toys, grandparents, parties, illness, outings, and the ordinary worries of family life while remembering ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Comment ne pas être une mère parfaite

    de Libby Purves ...
    Series series
    Faites-vous partie des mères parfaites ou des vraies mères ? Les mères parfaites sourient tout le temps, ont des maisons immaculées, n’élèvent jamais la voix. Les vraies mères, elles, portent des pulls tachés, ne finissent jamais rien, soupirent d’épuisement et tremblent pour un rien. Les mères parfaites n’existent que dans les livres. Toutes les autres ou presque se rongent, se sentent coupables… ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

  • Mischief among the Penguins

    Hand (man) wanted for long voyage in small boat. No pay, no prospects, not much pleasure.

    de H.W. Tilman, Tom Cunliffe ...
    Series Libro 4 - H.W. Tilman: The Collected Edition
    'Hand (man) wanted for long voyage in small boat. No pay, no prospects, not much pleasure.'So read the crew notice placed in the personal column of The Times by H.W. 'Bill' Tilman in the spring of 1959. This approach to selecting volunteers for a year-long voyage of 20,000 miles brought mixed seafaring experience: ' Osborne had crossed the Atlantic fifty-one times in the Queen Mary, playing double ... Leer más

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  • A Little Learning

    Broodings from the Back of the Class

    de Libby Purves ...
    This lively selection brings together journalist and broadcaster Libby Purves’ experiences as journalist, parent, governor and former pupil of half a dozen assorted schools from Bangkok to Tunbridge Wells, displaying her eclectic and provocative opinions and ideas on teaching and learning. This collection of the best of her writing in the Times Educational Supplement covers - sometimes ... Leer más

    $36.99 USD

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  • Snow on the Equator

    Mount Kenya, Kilimanjaro and the great African odyssey

    de H.W. Tilman ...
    Series Libro 1 - H.W. Tilman: The Collected Edition
    'To those who went to the War straight from school and survived it, the problem of what to do afterwards was peculiarly difficult.'For H.W. 'Bill' Tilman, the solution lay in Africa: in gold prospecting, mountaineering and a 3,000-mile bicycle ride across the continent. Tilman was one of the greatest adventurers of his time, a pioneering climber and sailor who held exploration above all else. He ... Leer más

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  • When Men & Mountains Meet

    Like the desire for drink or drugs, the craving for mountains is not easily overcome

    de H.W. Tilman ...
    Series Libro 5 - H.W. Tilman: The Collected Edition
    'We had climbed a mountain and crossed a pass; been wet, cold, hungry, frightened, and withal happy. One more Himalayan season was over. It was time to begin thinking of the next. "Strenuousness is the immortal path, sloth is the way of death."'First published in 1946, the scope of H.W. 'Bill' Tilman's When Men and Mountains Meet is broad, covering his disastrous expedition to the Assam Himalaya, ... Leer más

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  • Mischief in Greenland

    Only a man in the devil of a hurry would wish to fly to his mountains

    de H.W. Tilman, Annie Hill ...
    Series Libro 6 - H.W. Tilman: The Collected Edition
    'Only a man in the devil of a hurry would wish to fly to his mountains, forgoing the lingering pleasure and mounting excitement of a slow, arduous approach under his own exertions.'H.W. 'Bill' Tilman's mountain travel philosophy, rooted in Africa and the Himalaya and further developed in his early sailing adventures in the southern hemisphere, was honed to perfection with his discovery of ... Leer más

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  • The Evolution of Everything

    How New Ideas Emerge

    de Matt Ridley ...
    “Mr. Ridley’s best and most important work to date…there is something profoundly democratic and egalitarian—even anti-elitist—in this bottom-up approach: Everyone can have a role in bringing about change.” —Wall Street JournalThe New York Times bestselling author of The Rational Optimist and Genome returns with a fascinating argument for evolution that definitively dispels a dangerous, widespread ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Seeing Further

    The Story of Science and the Royal Society

    de Bill Bryson ...
    “Bryson is as amusing as ever….As a celebration of 350 years of modern science, [Seeing Further]it is a worthy tribute.”—The EconomistIn Seeing Further, New York Times bestseller Bill Bryson takes readers on a guided tour through the great discoveries, feuds, and personalities of modern science. Already a major bestseller in the UK, Seeing Further tells the fascinating story of science and the ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • A Devil's Chaplain

    Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love

    de Richard Dawkins ...
    Essays on morality, mortality, and much more from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Selfish Gene and The God Delusion.This early collection of essays from renowned evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins is an enthusiastic declaration, a testament to the power of rigorous scientific examination to reveal the wonders of the world.In these essays, Dawkins revisits the meme, the unit of ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus