Numberland interprets the world around us through numbers, breaking the most amazing and revealing of facts down to their bare bones. Ordered in easily digestible sections such as 'Around the World',
These CDs, recorded by native speakers, are an invaluable component of the Colloquial course. They feature dialogues and texts from the book, and lots of interactive exercises to help you perfect your
IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE... Arm yourself with the answers to top trivia such as: Why are porcupines so pongy? Why do angry monkeys fling their poo at each other? Why do ostriches pee on their own l
This selection is taken from the full range of Symons' poetry and prose, revealing an experimental writer exploring art, literature, and music. A champion of the French symbolists, he was influential
A history of aerial mountaineering and rescue all over the world from the first balloon flights over the Alps to daring helicopter rescues and mountain conflict.
Symons (philosophy, Catholic U. Leuven, Belgium) examines the work of German-Jewish literary critic and philosopher Benjamin (1892-1940) in terms of Jewish messianism, the failure and limits of human
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARTIN EDWARDS'Cleverly told ... brilliant character work and plotting up to the usual Symons standard.' – ObserverLady Wainwright presides over the gothic gloom at Belting, in
John Antill (1904-1986) was one of the foremost composers of Australiaa€?s a€?post-colonial perioda€?. Although a relatively prolific and much esteemed composer in Australia, Antilla€?s wider reputati
