Every atom of our bodies has been part of a star. Our very own star, the Sun, is crucial to the development and sustainability of life on Earth. This Very Short Introduction presents a modern, authoritative examination of how stars live, producing all the chemical elements beyond helium, and how the[...]

Every time we listen--to speech, to music, to footsteps approaching or retreating--our auditory perception is the result of a long chain of diverse and intricate processes that unfold within the source of the sound itself, in the air, in our ears, and, most of all, in our brains. Hearing is an "ever[...]

Summer, 1643 England is at war with itself. King Charles I has fled London, his negotiations with Parliament in tatters. The country is consumed by bloodshed. For Thomas Hill, a man of letters quietly running a bookshop in the rural town of Romsey, knowledge of the war is limited to the rumours that[...]

Arthur led the Britons to the brink of victory but was cut down by treachery and betrayal. Arthurian legends have since been corrupted, leading to popular but false assumptions about the king and the belief that his grave could never be found. Drawing on a vast range of sources and new translations [...]

The fourth and final volume of the award-winning Wingfeather Saga.

The year 2011 marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Version of the Bible. A Bible Fit for the Restoration pays tribute to those heroes of the Christian faith who gave everything they had health, wealth, reputation, and in some cases even their very lives for the single-min[...]

Endorsed by many highly placed intelligence & government sources, this book reveals the frightening truth:
- That the CIA and NSA possess files revealing their complicity in the assassination plot, and surveillance tapes revealing that Diana was pregnant with Dodi Fayed's child;
- That two s[...]

Remember when an optimized website was one that merely didn't take all day to appear? Times have changed. Today, website optimization can spell the difference between enterprise success and failure, and it takes a lot more know-how to achieve success. This book is a comprehensive guide to the tips, [...]