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Neuromancer (9781473217386)

The book that defined the cyberpunk movement, inspiring everything from The Matrix to Cyberpunk 2077. The sky above the port was the colour of television, tuned to a dead channel. William Gibson revolutionised science fiction in his 1984 debut Neuromancer. The writer who gave us the matrix and coined the term 'cyberspace' produced a first novel that won the Hugo, Nebula and Philip K. Dick Awards, and lit the fuse on the Cyberpunk movement. More than three decades later, Gibson's text is as stylish as ever, his noir narrative still glitters like chrome in the shadows and his depictions of the rise and abuse of corporate power look more prescient every day. Part thriller, part warning, Neuromancer is a timeless classic of modern SF and one of the 20th century's most potent and compelling visions of the future. Product details Format ...

Notes on a Nervous Planet (9781786892690)

Order THE COMFORT BOOK. Available now! THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The world is messing with our minds. What if there was something we could do about it? Looking at sleep, news, social media, addiction, work and play, Matt Haig invites us to feel calmer, happier and to question the habits of the digital age. This book might even change the way you spend your precious time on earth. Product details Format Paperback | 320 pages Dimensions 129 x 178 x 19mm ...

In Defense of Animals : The Second Wave (9781405119412)

Bringing together new essays by philosophers and activists, "In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave" highlights the new challenges facing the animal rights movement. This book contains an exciting new collection edited by controversial philosopher Peter Singer, who made animal rights into an international concern when he first published "In Defence of Animals and Animal Liberation" over thirty years ago. The essays explore new ways of measuring animal suffering, reassess the question of personhood, and draw highlight tales of effective advocacy. It lays out 'Ten Tips for Activists', taking the reader beyond ethical theory and into the day-to-day campaigns for animal rights. Product details Format Paperback | 264 pages ...

Fantastical Flying Machines (9780230713390)

Join Sally and Jack on an extraordinary air race filled with hot air balloons, flying ice lollies and bubble gum rockets. But will their fantastical flying machine speed them into first place, or will the devious cheater Baron Von Bang Bang trick his way into the lead? A colourful, topsy-turvy airship adventure from an exciting new illustrator. With spinning, twirling, lift-the-flap pages and an amazing pop-up finale! Product details Format Hardback | 24 pages Dimensions 228 x 306 x 11mm ...

Median Man (9781517496517)

A hotshot Chicago ad agency owner uses a supercomputer to identify the most average man in America - to help big brand companies sell more products. Joe Meyers is a family guy who mows medians for the state of Indiana. He's reluctant at first, but his quick wit and warm heart make him a hit. Joe goes on a whirlwind tour of America that tests everything he values. Fiction, 362 pages. Product details Format Paperback | 366 pages Dimensions 152 x 229 x 19mm | ...

Das Der, Die : The Secrets of German Gender (9783952481004)

The challenge that English-language speakers face if they want to speak German well, is to accurately map German nouns to one of three grammatical genders: masculine, feminine or neuter. Native German speakers acquire their knowledge of the grammatical gender of German nouns from early on. They are not given formal instruction at school about matching nouns to their correct gender, and the topic is not covered in standard German grammar books. For the same reason, native speakers who give German language lessons to foreigners do not teach their students how to match nouns to their gender: One cannot teach what one has not been taught.This book fills that gap in that it explains, in plain English, the principles that map German nouns to a specific gender. This allows foreign students of German to unlock the gender of entire categories of nouns, thereby enabling students to speak German more confidently. Product details ...

The Mirror and the Palette : Rebellion, Revolution and Resilience: 500 Years of Women's Self-Portraits (9781474613774)

Her story weaves in and out of time and place. She's Frida Kahlo, Lois Mailou Jones and Amrita Sher-Gil en route to Mexico City, Paris or Bombay. She's Suzanne Valadon and Gwen John, craving city lights, the sea and solitude; she's Artemisia Gentileschi striding through the streets of Naples and Paula Modersohn-Becker in Worpswede. She's haunting museums in her paint-stained dress, scrutinising how El Greco or Titian or Van Dyck or Cezanne solved the problems that she too is facing. She's railing against her corsets, her chaperones, her husband and her brothers; she's hammering on doors, dreaming in her bedroom, working day and night in her studio. Despite the immense hurdles that have been placed in her way, she sits at her easel, picks up a mirror and paints a self-portrait because, as a subject, she is always available. Until the twentieth century, art history was, in the main, written by white men who tended to write about other white men. The idea that...