Product Description: For more than ten years, typographer and illustrator Peter Campbell has been the resident art critic for the London Review of Books, as well as serving as its resident designer since it began in 1979. Not easily characterized in professional terms, Campbell's writingthoughtful, jargon-free, and notably inquisitive about techniqueis the product of an independent mind and eye...read more

Product Description: It's a time of mysteries. Why does the bible salesman arrive to the accompaniment of thunderstorms? Who are the secretive figures seen in the ruins on the outskirts of the city? What is the meaning of the prophecy given by the woman in the lunatic asylum? Maybe Martin knows the answers...read more

Product Description: London's miraculous underbelly. A family that mysteriously disappears on the moorlands, never to be seen again. A vicious vendetta between two gunslingers that escalates into a conclusion both unexpected and inevitable. A group of anarchic orphans that transform Paris into a fabulist jungle...read more

Product Description: `The Madness of our Lives is a worthy contribution to the literature on first person accounts of mental distress and illness. Its strength is in the range of experiences it canvasses, and in the freedom given to interviewees to tell their own stories...read more

When cookbooks describe well-known traditional recipes, they usually provide some sort of introduction or background to the dish. All too often one would like to know more, but it is only too rarely that such matters are discussed at length. For most cookbooks are obliged to give priority to the quantity of recipes they include, and cannot afford to be as comprehensive or discursive as they would like to be. In this book, each chapter covers a different dish at the length it deserves, mentioning its origins, etymology, geographical spread, folklore and even appearance in history and the arts, and its different versions.

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Product Description: Walk with us on the wild side of the Forest. You will never see or hear it the same way once the Hedgies and the Scruffies get through with you. *** This children's book opens with vivid descriptions of the Forest and how it first became inhabited by the Hedgies and Scruffies...read more

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Product Description: Exploring the personal and cultural experiences that have shaped the creative output of one of Australia's foremost composers, this fascinating study begins in a Russian enclave in northern China, progresses through student days in Sydney and San Francisco, and culminates with Sitsky's present position as Professor of Composition at The Australian National University in Canberra...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

This book is a comprehensive design text on permanent magnets and their applications. The author begins with a brief overview of the theory of magnetism and explains the behavior of the different classes of permanent magnets and the various production processes that lead to quite diverse material characteristics. The core of the book is a detailed treatment of the methods used to design permanent magnets, including assessments of the changes they experience under practical operating conditions. The volume also describes modern analytical techniques including the finite element method, with reference to the accurate simulation of permanent magnetic materials. Electrical engineers, condensed matter physicists and materials scientists will find this book useful. (view table of contents)

Harry and a big bee go to the natural history museum and discover the bee is the world's largest.