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A MORE PERFECT HEAVEN
Dava Sobel

During the 1530s, rumours of a potentially revolutionary theory of how the heavens worked emanating from a small city in Poland began to spread throughout Europe. The architect of this theory was a Polish cleric named Nicolaus Copernicus. In around 1514 Copernicus had written and hand-copied an initial outline of his heliocentric theory, in which he placed the Sun, not the Earth, at the centre of our universe, with the planets, including the Earth, revolving about it. Titled his Commentariolus, it circulated among a very few astronomers. Over the next two decades Copernicus expanded his theory through hundreds of sightings, leading to a secretive manuscript whose existence tantalised mathematicians and scientists all over the world.

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THE WOMEN OF THE COUSINS' WAR
Philippa Gregory

Elizabeth Woodville, The White Queen, Margaret Beaufort, The Red Queen, and Jacquetta, Lady Rivers, The Lady of the Rivers are the subjects of the first three novels in Philippa Gregory's Cousins' War series, and of the three biographical essays in this book.

SCHOTT'S QUINTESSENTIAL MISCELLANY
Ben Schott

If Schott’s Original Miscellany could claim to be essential then it is only logical that the distillation of ten years consideration of little known but important facts and the small details that make life fascinating should appear under the title Schott’s Quintessential Miscellany. And like its predecessor it is entertaining, informative, unpredictable and utterly addictive.

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING:

Schott’s Original Miscellany is without doubt the oddest, nay maddest, and possibly merriest, title you will come across in a long day’s march through the shimmering desert of contemporary publishing. Observer

This bizarre little book manages to be both totally useless and nearly indispensable. Daily Telegraph

ISBN: 9781408815779 (Paperback)
Author: Schott, Ben

CESAR'S RULES
Cesar Millan

Number One New York Times bestselling author Cesar Millan shows how to communicate well with your dog and shares the most effective and humane methods for teaching your dog to be a happy, well-behaved member of your household.

SCHOTT'S ALMANAC 2011
Ben Schott

Now in its sixth triumphant year, Schott’s Almanac—essential, irreverent, impartial and endlessly entertaining—is the ultimate book of the year. Schott’s Almanac is designed to be a practical and entertaining annual volume that tells the real stories of the year.