Inspired by James' exploits, this book covers both the stories behind a number of classic toys and the adventures in summer 2009 as James and his helpers, children and adults of all ages, build and recreate a range of toys in a series of Top Gear style escapades.

Covers the author's famous blog, A Don's Life, that ran on the TLS website for over three years.

Takes readers on a journey through the days and nights of the UK's largest airport.

Takes a look at the quirks, habits and foibles of the English people. This work puts the English national character under the anthropological microscope, and finds a strange culture, governed by complex sets of unspoken rules and byzantine codes of behaviour. It also discovers what these unwritten behaviour codes tell us about Englishness.

Presents an analysis of ten essential areas where trust in national life has broken down. Using examples from throughout the world and from history, this title offers ten solutions for a better positive future.

Looks at various aspects of buying, selling, and creating serious art.

The amazing true story of how London became home to the Russian super-rich - told for the first time ever. A dazzling tale of incredible wealth, ferocious disputes, beautiful women, private jets, mega-yachts, the world's best footballers - and chauffeur-driven Range Rovers with tinted windows.

The end of the world is not nigh. The idea that we are one step from calamity is as old as history itself. Every step on the road of progress has always been countered by those who think that we should keep to a primitive lifestyle that they claim is compatible with nature.

A scrutiny of one hundred pop lyrics. It includes pie charts, flow diagrams, checklists, graphs and graphics.

Defines our understanding of colonialism and empire.

A practical guide to the charms of the Gallic people - from their daily routines to their peerless gesticulations, from their come-ons to their put-downs.

Examines the themes of presence and absence, the relationship between photography and theatre, history and death. This title offers an investigation into the nature of photographs.

Once dismissed as the decade of avocado suites, the 1970s are now being enthusiastically mined for trends from the fashion, music, literature and vibe of the time. This work presents the 70s as an important period in the creative arts, which united such defining trends as the Art Deco craze of the 1920s and 1930s and the Pop movement of the 1960s.

Athanasius Kircher (160280) was acknowledged to be the most learned man of his age. He made fascinating engravings with which he illustrated his ideas. This book is divided into 15 chapters grouped by the engravings subject.

A participatory journey through thriving worlds of fantasy and gaming - from good ol' Dungeons and Dragons to World of Warcraft, small live-action role-playing games to enormous make-believe medieval wars - filled with colourful characters and funny, poignant, and enlightening discoveries.

'Globalization' is one of the defining buzzwords of our time - a term describing a variety of accelerating economic, political, and cultural processes that are changing our experience of the world. Fully updated for 2009, this Very Short Introduction provides an accessible exploration of both the causes and effects of the phenomenon.

Written in a style similar to that of Nigel Slater's multi-award-winning food memoir 'Toast', this is a celebration of the glory, humour, eccentricities and embarrassments that are the British at Table.

Razor-sharp, witty social observations from Sandi Toksvig, selected from her brilliant Sunday Telegraph columns.

An extraordinarily insightful and thought-provoking look at how our society and culture are going to change, and change rapidly, as the price of gasoline, heating oil, and all other everyday consumer products that are derived from oil continue to escalate