Category Archives: Globes

The Crash Detectives: Investigating the World`s Most Mysterious Air Disasters

What happened to MH370? How did Amelia Earhart disappear? When have quick-thinking pilots averted catastrophe and kept hundreds of people alive? And what, if any, are the lessons we have learned from these accidents? Aviation journalist and air safety investigator Christine Negroni uses science, performance psychology, extensive interviews with pilots, and the accounts of crash

The Serenity Passport: A World Tour of Peaceful Living in 30 Words

Discover a calmer way of life with secrets drawn from cultures around the world. From ancient meditative practices to simple self-care philosophies, throughout history and around the world people have sought ways to live a more balanced life. In our busy, modern lives we are constantly seeking a deeper state of balance and calmness of

Winter is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must be Stopped

“Garry Kasparov has been a vocal critic of Putin for over a decade, even leading the pro-democracy opposition in the 2008 Presidential election. Yet years of seeing his Cassandra-like prophecies about Putin`s intentions fulfilled have left Kasparov with the realization of a darker truth: Putin`s Russia, like ISIS or Al Qaeda, defines itself in opposition

Wonders of the World: Twenty Amazing Sights to Complete Yourself

Thomas Pavitte`s 1000 Dot to Dot books have delighted puzzlers and artists worldwide since the appearance of his first title in 2013. More than one million copies later, in 2016 he will take you on a journey of discovery to some of the world`s most amazing places. Recreate the mysterious heads of Easter Island, discover

Amazing Expeditions: Journeys That Changed The World

Throughout history, adventurers have always wondered what is beyond the next mountain, ocean, river… or even planet. Explorers head out to discover new lands, find and establish trade routes, seek treasure, make scientific discoveries, gain territories for their country, or simply do something that`s not been done before. This visual approach is a great way

Rick and Morty: The World According to Rick

As the most intelligent being in the multiverse, I`ve got a lot of knowledge to drop. Check out this collection of my words of wisdom. If you `re smart, you `ll pay attention – Rick SanchezEach season Rick and his grandson Morty embark on thrilling domestic and intergalactic adventures, all for the benefit of science

Border Vigils, Keeping Migrants Out of the Rich World

We are living in the great age of human migration. Some 200 million people alive today have moved from their countries of origin and, according to a recent international survey, as many as 700 million more would migrate if they could. The political reaction – in Europe no less than in the United States –

Spitfire Girl: My Life in the Sky

`We had returned to a different world. We had taken off in peace at nine-thirty and landed in war at noon.` Jackie Moggridge was just nineteen when World War Two broke out. Determined to do her bit, she joined the Air Transport Auxiliary. Ferrying aircraft from factory to frontline was dangerous work, but there was

The History of the World: From the Dawn of Humanity to the Modern Age

In a narrative beginning almost 1.5 million years ago with the emergence of Homo erectus, Frank Welsh takes the reader from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, from the Industrial Revolution to the age of terrorism. Using his masterly storytelling skills, he recounts the epic story of human growth, survival and achievement across all continents

Heat: Cooking with Chillies, the World`s Favourite Spice

Meet the chilli. It`s a fiery little fruit. From humble origins in a tucked-away corner of Latin America, it has found its way into the food of more than half the world. Intrepid food writer Kay Plunkett-Hogge is on its trail, following the chilli from the Americas to Europe, and along the spice routes to

Books That Changed the World: The 50 Most Influential Books in Human History

Books That Changed the World tells the fascinating stories behind 50 books that, in ways great and small, have changed the course of human history. Andrew Taylor sets each text in its historical context and explores its wider influence and legacy. Whether he`s discussing the incandescent effect of The Qu`ran, the enduring influence of Adam

50 Ways the World Could End

Death by Euphoria. Dysgenics. Population Death Spiral. Genetic Superhumans. Geomagnetic Reversal. Galactic Collision. Strangelets. Whether we like it or not, everything`s going to come to a pretty unpleasant halt on our planet at some point in the future. What we don`t know is what form our extinction is likely to take. In this accessible and

Timekeepers: How the World Became Obsessed with Time

Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana. The Beatles learn to be brilliant in an hour and a half. An Englishman arrives back from Calcutta but refuses to adjust his watch. Beethoven has his symphonic wishes ignored. A US Senator begins a speech that will last for 25 hours. The horrors

Cold Skin

`A troubling, hammering and glorious novel` DAVID MITCHELL On the edge of the Antarctic Circle, in the years after World War One, a steamship approaches a desolate island. On board is a young man on his way to assume the post of weather observer, to live in solitude for a year at the end of

Mental !: The Toughest, Bloodiest and Hardest Challenges in the World

Each year, thousands of competitors pit themselves against the elements, extremes of geography and their own psyches to take part in the world`s hardest physical challenges. From the cold of the highest peaks to the unforgiving heat of the desert, by sea, bike or foot seemingly ordinary people are undertaking extraordinary feats. Whether seeking to

Emigrants: Why the English Sailed to the New World

`Marvellously engaging` The Times`Brisk, informative and eye-opening` Daily TelegraphIn the 1600s, vast numbers of people left England for the Americas. Crossing the Atlantic was a major undertaking, the voyage long and treacherous. Why did they go?Emigrants casts vivid new light on the population shift which underpins the rise of modern America. Using contemporary sources including

The Economist Pocket World in Figures: 2018

For more than 25 years, Pocket World in Figures has been informing and entertaining readers around the world with its blend of the serious, the quirky and the downright surprising. Where else would you find out, in a single volume, that 98% of Suriname is forest, that Switzerland sells the most expensive Big Macs or

Where Poppies Blow

Winner of the 2017 Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize for nature writingThe natural history of the Western Front during the First World War`If it weren`t for the birds, what a hell it would be.`During the Great War, soldiers lived inside the ground, closer to nature than many humans had lived for centuries. Animals provided comfort

Torpor

It`s Summer, 1991, the dawning of the New World Order; a post-MTV, pre-AOL generation. Jerome Shafir and Sylvie Green, two former New Yorkers who can no longer afford an East Village apartment, set off on a journey across the entire former Soviet Bloc with the intention of adopting a Romanian orphan. Unflinchingly dark, hilarious and

The Second World War

The Second World War began in August 1939 on the edge of Manchuria and ended there exactly six years later with the Soviet invasion of northern China. The war in Europe appeared completely divorced from the war in the Pacific and China, and yet events on opposite sides of the world had profound effects. Using