"Hanson delivers botanical information with wit and imagination. How seeds nurture themselves with starch, proteins, and oils may be a prosaic affair, but Hanson enlivens the explanation of their diverse nourishment strategies by examining the components of an Almond Joy candy b…
It is to Cobb's considerably credit that he manages to provide such an authoritative but nevertheless thrilling narrative, while also establishing, on a more serious level, how the genetic code has made its impact on everyday life50 years since it's discovery. In short, this is …
Praise for "Naked At Lunch" Hilarious, absorbing andto adapt Blake s comment on Miltona sustained celebration of the invention of clothing. Geoff Dyer A strangely compelling, riotously funny traipse through the world of nudism. Mark Haskell Smith is a worthy heir to the George P…
In this blistering polemic, veteran journalist Mick Hume presents an uncompromising defence of freedom of expression, which he argues is threatened in the West, not by jackbooted censorship but by a creeping culture of conformism and You-Can't-Say-That. 'Superb ... This is a fi…
A very modern fairytale, soon to be a film starring Daniel Auteuil (Manon des Sources, Jean de Florette). 'A heartwarming story.'.
Amigurumi (which means knitted stuffed toy) is the Japanese art of crocheting stuffed animals. This book teaches crocheters: basic crocheting techniques (suitable for beginners); spiral techniques to ensure stuffing will not come out; and, versatile uses (using thick yarn, each …
A sober and beautiful book about the landscape of the human body: thought-provoking and eloquent. Hilary Mantel Wonderful, subtle, unpretentious ... produces a kind of complicity between the author, the reader, and the subject John Berger Praise for Empire Antarctica: Francis' b…
