Mark Twain\'s tale of a boy\'s picaresque journey down the Mississippi on a raft conveyed the voice and experience of the American frontier as no other work had done before. When Huck escapes from his drunken father and the \'sivilizing\' Widow Douglas with the runaway slave Jim, he embarks on a series of adventures that draw him to feuding families and the trickery of the unscrupulous \'Duke\' and

For centuries, Rome has exerted a magnetic spell on inhabitants and travelers alike. Elliott Erwitt delves into the heart of this enduring magnetism. With careful precision, he lays bare the unflagging spirit of a magnificent metropolis. Undaunted by history, Erwitt portrays the distinctive mix of ancient glory and casual indifference which is uniquely Roman. With a blend of science and artistry, Erwitt

According to Bertrand Russell, science is knowledge, that which seeks general laws connecting a number of particular facts. It is, he argues, far superior to art, where much of the knowledge is intangible and assumed. In The Scientific Outlook, Russell delivers one of his most important works, exploring the nature and scope of scientific knowledge, the increased power over nature that science affords

On a holiday to Italy, Jen Lin-Liu noticed the striking similarities between Chinese and Italian cooking – not least between spaghetti and noodles, and is inspired to travel along the Silk Road that linked the two countries by trade, to discover how food and culture was also carried and shared between them.

In recent years street art has grown bolder, more ornate, more sophisticated and—in many cases—more acceptable. Yet unsanctioned public art remains the problem child of cultural expression, the last outlaw of visual disciplines. It has also become a global phenomenon of the 21st century. Made in collaboration with featured artists, Trespass examines the rise and global reach of graffiti and urban art,

In 1992, Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow was enjoying a pint with his brother when he got an idea that would change his life - and radically change the lives of others. After watching a news bulletin about war-torn Bosnia, the two brothers agreed to take a week\'s hiatus from work to help. What neither of them expected is that what began as a one-time road trip in a beaten-up Landrover rapidly grew to become

Textile designers are beginning to realize the creative potential of digital textile design and are fast catching up with graphic designers who have taken to working digitally. New digital textile-printing technology is enabling designers to work with an almost unlimited palette of colours to produce work of staggering detail in relatively short timescales. Written specifically for textile designers,

Celebrate the Marvel Legacy as we enter a brave new era! It begins at the dawn of the human race, and ends with a child\'s prayer! In between, empires fall, mysteries brew, secrets are revealed, quests are undertaken and legends are forged! And it all leads up to the dramatic return you\'ve been waiting for - and one you\'ve been dreading! Jason Aaron, Esad Ribic and a host of superstar artists deliver

La francophonie, c\'est l\'ensemble des pays qui ont en commun l\'usage du français et qui se sont rassemblés et organisés autour de cette communauté de langue. La langue française est aujourd\'hui parlée sur tous les continents. En traversant les frontires et les mers, elle s\'est enrichie d\'accents, de formes et de mots nouveaux. Elle permet ainsi la rencontre de peuples différents et exprime la

Ein Dialog der besonderen Art, der in diesem Band vor allem um Probleme und Fragen des individuellen Schicksals kreist. Eine behutsame, einfühlsame Erörterung und dabei eine große, warme Umarmung des Göttlichen. Den von den Religionen vereinnahmten Gottes

From the very first mouthful, \'Lunch with the FT\' was destined to become a permanent fixture in the Financial Times. One thousand lunches later, the FT\'s weekly interview has become an institution. From film stars to politicians, tycoons to writers, dissidents to lifestyle gurus, the list reads like an international Who\'s Who of our times. Lunch with the FT is a selection of the best: 52 classic

\"Bill Bryson on two wheels\". (Independent). Scaling a new peak of rash over-ambition, Tim Moore tackles the 9,000km route of the old Iron Curtain on a tiny-wheeled, two-geared East German shopping bike. Asking for trouble and getting it, he sets off from the northernmost Norwegian-Russian border at the Arctic winter\'s brutal height, bullying his plucky MIFA 900 through the endless and massively

The new Bridget Jones novel - the perfect gift for Christmas. 8.45 P.M. Realise there have been so many times in my life when have fantasised about going to a scan with Mark or Daniel: just not both at the same time. Before motherhood, before marriage, Bridget, with biological clock ticking very, very loudly, finds herself unexpectedly pregnant at the eleventh hour: a joyful pregnancy which is dominated,

Drawing on studies of social class, crime and deviance, work in bureaucracies, and changes in religious and political organizations, this very short introduction explores the tension between the individual\'s role in society and society\'s role in shaping the individual, and demonstrates the value of sociology as a perspective for understanding the modern world.

When a severed arm is discovered by a couple on honeymoon in the Florida Keys, former police detective - now reluctant restaurant inspector - Andrew Yancy senses that something doesn\'t add up. Determined to get his badge back, he undertakes an unofficial investigation of his own.Andrew\'s search for the truth takes him to the Bahamas, where a local man, with the help of a very bad monkey (who allegedly

Paul Sheldon used to write for a living. Now he\'s writing to stay alive.Misery Chastain is dead. Paul Sheldon has just killed her - with relief, with joy. Misery made him rich; she was the heroine of a string of bestsellers. Now he wants to get on to some real writing.That\'s when the car accident happens, and he wakes up in pain in a strange bed. Annie Wilkes has pulled him from the wreck, brought