Water Lands: A vision for the world’s wetlands and their people
Where water meets land, life abounds. This is the story of the nature and people of the wetlands of the world.
Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects
Seeing Further: The Story of Science and the Royal Society
Edited and introduced by Bill Bryson, with contributions from Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood, Richard Holmes, Martin Rees, Richard Fortey, Steve Jones, James Gleick and Neal Stephenson amongst others, this beautiful, lavishly illustrated book tells the story of science and the Royal Society, from 1660 to the present.
The Secret Life of the Mind: How Our Brain Thinks, Feels and Decides
• Where do our thoughts come from?• How can we manipulate our dreams?• What is the role of the unconscious?• How do we make decisions and trust the judgement of both others and ourselves?
Collins Field Guides – Birds of the Philippines: and Sumatra, Java, Bali, Borneo, Sulawesi, the Lesser Sundas and the Moluccas (Collins Field Guides)
This comprehensive new field guide is an excellent addition to the world-renowned series – the ultimate reference book for travelling birdwatchers.
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers
WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE
‘A brilliantly original book’ Financial Times
‘One of the masterpieces of modern historical writing’ Daily Telegraph
Paul Kennedy’s international bestseller is a sweeping account of five hundred years of fluctuating economic muscle and military might.
Collins Classics – Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (Collins Classics)
HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.
The Naked Diplomat: Understanding Power and Politics in the Digital Age
Previously published as Naked Diplomacy.
Who will be in power in the 21st century? Governments? Big business? Internet titans? And how do we influence the future?
Shakespeare’s Little Book of Wisdom
Shakespeare’s Little Book of Wisdom offers more than 300 bite-size nuggets of inspiration and wisdom from the greatest writer in the English language and the most popular playwright across the globe.
The Wit and Wisdom of Jane Austen (Text Only)
A charming ebook full of Jane Austen’s wittiest and wisest thoughts and aphorisms.
The Wrong Kind of Shirts 1999 (TEXT ONLY)
Even Big Ron, man of a thousand, quips was hard pressed to do justice to the glories of the season: beaten 8-1 by Manchester United he nobly offered ‘I was expecting a nine-goal thriller’, proving that even with the firing squad loading up, there is room for wit at the sharp end of soccer’s dreams.
Collins Dictionary of – Saints: The definitive guide to the Saints (Collins Dictionary of)
From one of the UK’s leading reference publishers, comes an approachable and authoritative guide to Saints, old and new.
Collins New Naturalist Library – Collecting the New Naturalists (Collins New Naturalist Library): Limited Signed edition
The Collins New Naturalist series is the longest-running and arguably the most influential natural history series in the world with over 120 volumes published in nearly 70 years.
Collins Classics – Cinderella and Other Stories (Collins Classics)
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.
The David McCandless Collection: Information is Beautiful and Knowledge is Beautiful: shrink-wrapped set edition
A unique two-set edition of David McCandless’s bestselling infographic books Information is Beautiful and Knowledge is Beautiful
Smarter Than You Think: How Technology is Changing Our Minds for the Better: Unabridged edition
A brilliant examination into how the internet is profoundly changing the way we think.
Knowledge is Beautiful
In this mind-blowing follow-up to the bestselling Information is Beautiful, the king of infographics David McCandless uses spectacular visuals to reveal unexpected insights into how the world really works.