The Genius of China: 3,000 Years of Science, Discovery, and InventionRevised, full-color illustrated edition of the multi-award-winning, international bestseller that charts the unparalleled and astounding achievement of ancient China • Brings to life one hundred Chinese “firsts” in the fields of agriculture, astronomy, engineering, mathematics, medicine, music, technology, and warfare • Based on the definitive work of the world’s most famous Sinologist, Joseph Needham (1900-1995), author of Science and Civilisation in China
High above the Earth orbits the starship Basilica. On board is a sleeping woman. Of those who made the journey, Shedemai alone has survived the hundreds of years since the Children of Wetchik returned to Earth and the Oversoul wakes her sometimes to watch over her descendants on the planet below.
The Familiar Enemy - Chaucer, Language and Nation in the Hundred Years War
The Familiar Enemy re-examines the linguistic, literary, and cultural identities of England and France within the context of the Hundred Years War. During this war, two profoundly intertwined peoples developed complex strategies for expressing their aggressively intimate relationship. This special connection between the English and the French has endured into the modern period as a model for Western nationhood.
Creative Business: The Making of Addictive StoriesWhat do Elvis Presley, Dungeons and Dragons, Agatha Christie, Coronation Street and Star Wars have in common? They are enduring and successful business properties - transferring through time, across media. Whether it's a book, TV show, computer game, film or song, and whether it's 50 years old or was created last week, some stories, characters and phenomena are fleeting in our collective conscience and some pass the test of time. Just how have these stories adapted as the years go by?
Cook has baked Mrs Harris a cake and would like King Rollo to deliver it to her. The only problem is how to get there. King Rollo is worried he'll forget the way. How he remembers the route and learns his left and right will take children on a hilarious journey and delight their parents. For over 20 years King Rollo and his friends, Hamlet the Cat, Cook, Queen Gwen, and the Magician have delighted both young and old, and this brand new tale is bound to be jumped upon by fans old and new.
