A scientific detective story that illuminates the remarkable saga of Darwin's greatest achievement. Pairing Charles Darwin and a rare species of barnacle as her unlikely protagonists, Rebecca Stott has written an absorbing work of history that guides readers through the treacherous shoals of ninetee[...]

A young scientist becomes involved with a mysterious band of antiquities robbers in the heady atmosphere of nineteenth-century Paris. A powerful and thrilling novel from the author of GHOSTWALK.[...]

A "NEW YORK TIMES "NOTABLE BOOK
" An] extraordinarily wide-ranging and engaging book about] the men who shaped the work of Charles Darwin . . . a book that enriches our understanding of how the struggle to think new thoughts is shared across time and space and people."--"The Sunday Telegraph" ([...]

As everybody knows, oysters are the ultimate aphrodisiac. Casanova is said to have eaten 50 raw oysters every morning with his mistress of the moment, in a bathtub designed for two. Whether oysters truly have exciting properties is open to debate, but like all seafoods, they contain high amounts of [...]

'Grammar and Writing' explains grammatical terms in an accessible manner, through close attention to the way language is used in specific extracts from literary and non-literary writing. It is designed to be used by writers of all kinds who want to improve their knowledge of language in order to dev[...]