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  • Sir Thomas Browne

    The Opium of Time

    par Gavin Francis ...
    Collections series My Reading
    In this book, Gavin Francis writes about the resonance for him as a medic in reading the work of early modern polymath Sir Thomas Browne. Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682) was an English physician, wordsmith, and polymath who contributed hundreds of words to the English language (such as medical, electricity, migrant, and computer). After studying medicine in Montpellier, Padua, and Leiden, he settled ... En savoir plus

    $20.99 CAD

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  • The Adventure of English

    The Biography of a Language

    par Melvyn Bragg ...
    Here is the riveting story of the English language, from its humble beginnings as a regional dialect to its current preeminence as the one global language, spoken by more than two billion people worldwide. In this groundbreaking book, Melvyn Bragg shows how English conquered the world. It is a magnificent adventure, full of jealousy, intrigue, and war—against a hoard of invaders, all armed with ... En savoir plus

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Adventure Of English

    The Biography of a Language

    par Melvyn Bragg ...
    'Superb'Spectator'C****onsistently entertaining'Independent'Impressive and sage'New Statesman'Bragg's affection for his subject is infectious'ObserverEnglish is the collective work of millions of people throughout the ages. It is democratic, ever-changing and ingenious in its assimilation of other cultures. English runs through ... ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • A Book Of Silence

    par Sara Maitland ...
    After a noisy upbringing as one of six children, and adulthood as a vocal feminist and mother, Sara Maitland began to crave silence. Over the past five years, she has spent periods of silence in the Sinai Desert and the Australian bush and on the Isle of Skye. She interweaves these experiences with the history of silence told through fairy tale and myth, Western and Eastern religious traditions, ... En savoir plus

    $16.99 CAD

  • Anatomies

    The Human Body, Its Parts and The Stories They Tell

    The Sunday Times Science Book of the Year, Anatomies by Hugh Aldersey-Williams, author of bestseller Periodic Tales, is a splendidly entertaining journey through the art, science, literature and history of the human body.'Magnificent, inspired. He writes like a latter-day Montaigne. Stimulating scientific hypotheses, bold philosophic theories, illuminating quotations and curious facts. I recommend ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD

  • Paraphernalia

    The Curious Lives of Magical Things

    From keys and handkerchiefs to sweets and rubber bands, the curious objects we surround ourselves with, though often seemingly mundane, have a magical quality.Their surprising power to disturb, soothe, seduce or absorb give these quirky objects histories and meanings we rarely ponder. Yet we would be lost without them.Take bags, for example. Why do most women carry handbags, while men rely on ... En savoir plus

    $13.99 CAD

  • The Book of Common Fallacies

    Falsehoods, Misconceptions, Flawed Facts, and Half-Truths That Are Ruining Your Life

    par Philip Ward ...
    Long before Snopes.com and Wikipedia, The Book of Common Fallacies set out to debunk popular beliefs and set the record straight. By tracking down the facts and citing experts in a multitude of fields, Philip Ward points out the senseless ideas that we have come to accept as fact. Newly updated with today’s common misconceptions and available as a single-volume paperback for the first time, The ... En savoir plus

    $16.99 CAD

  • On Writing (and Writers)

    A Miscellany of Advice and Opinions

    par C. S. Lewis ...
    “While writing about writing is often deadly, Lewis is as delightful as he is wise.” —The New York TimesA definitive collection of wisdom on every style of writing and a celebration of the transformative power of the written word from one of the most influential writers and thinkers of the modern age, C. S. Lewis, the beloved author of the Chronicles of Narnia series, Mere Christianity, The ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • Seamus Heaney (Text Only)

    par Helen Vendler ...
    A dazzling short assessment of the life and work of the poet and winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize for literature.Among Heaney’s many published collections are ‘Death of a Naturalist’, ‘North’, ‘Field Work’, ‘Station Island’ and ‘Spirit Level’ (May 1996), which was that rarest of things: a collection of poetry that was also a bestseller. Yet despite his popularity, Heaney’s poetry can be difficult ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • Signs & Wonders

    Essays on Literature and Culture

    par Marina Warner ...
    Since the early 1970s, Marina Warner has been one of the most challenging, subtle and profound commentators on the culture of past and present, unravelling our webs of images, ideas and beliefs, and making new and provocative connections.This resonant collection draws together essays written over twenty-five years, offering a wide-ranging retrospective of her developing ideas. Whether writing on ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • Soul Made Flesh

    The Discovery of the Brain--and How it Changed the World

    par Carl Zimmer ...
    In this unprecedented history of a scientific revolution, award-winning author and journalist Carl Zimmer tells the definitive story of the dawn of the age of the brain and modern consciousness. Told here for the first time, the dramatic tale of how the secrets of the brain were discovered in seventeenth-century England unfolds against a turbulent backdrop of civil war, the Great Fire of London, ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Little Book of Genius

    par Dr Keith Souter ...
    Collections series Little Book of
    At any party, there's always one person who stands out from the crowd, because he or she talks more intelligently and tells better jokes than everyone else there. And everyone else wishes they were as knowledgeable and witty as that person. Thanks to Keith Souter's The Little Book of Genius, they can be, or at least appear to be. The first part, which is based on serious scientific foundations ... En savoir plus

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