Between the 8th and 15th centuries, researchers working from Samarkand in modern-day Uzbekistan to Cordoba in Spain advanced our knowledge of astronomy, medicine and philosophy. This title presents the story of one of history's most misunderstood yet rich periods in science: the extraordinary Islamic scientific revolution between 700 and 1400 AD.

The revelations over MPs' expenses that began in May 2009 ranged from petty thieving to outright fraud and sparked a crisis in confidence unprecedented in modern times. The author explains how the expenses crisis arose and, lays out his prescription for healing the deep wounds inflicted by the scandal.

Offers an account of the race between Nazi Germany, Britain, America and the Soviet Union to build atomic weapons. This book draws on declassified material such as MI6's Farm Hall transcripts, coded Soviet messages cracked by US cryptographers in the Venona project and interpretations by Russian scholars of documents from the Soviet archives.

The Oxbridge undergraduate interviews are infamous for their unique ways of assessing candidates. This book collects together 75 of the most intriguing questions taken from actual admission interviews and offers answers to each, taking the reader through the fascinating histories, philosophies, sciences and arts that underlie each problem.

Tells us the stories of inventors, Nobel Prize winners, scientists, actresses, escapees, engineers, kings, architects, pop stars, criminals, supermodels, tennis champions, opera singers and many more who have benefited from happy serendipity. This title celebrates the type of unexpected good fortune we all dream of.

Focusing primarily on the period from the Napoleonic Wars to the Global War on Terror, Darren Moore draws upon hundreds of narrative accounts of warfare written by soldiers from the UK, France, the USA, Canada, Japan, Italy, New Zealand, Russia, Australia, Israel and Germany, to tell their story from basic training to discharge or death.

For most people, quantum theory is a byword for mysterious, impenetrable science. And yet for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselves. This work presents the history of this fundamental scientific revolution. It focuses on the conflict between Einstein and Bohr over the nature of reality and the soul of science.

Combines the drama of house with the living, breathing world of real hospitals and real patients. This title leads us from the moment the patient first appears, through the calculus of making a diagnosis, the necessary prerequisite to effective treatment. It celebrates the dedicated physicians who we may all someday need to trust with our lives.

Explores the story of how the ancient world was turned on its head from Democratic Athens to King Alexander the Great. This title gives us a fresh take on the similar challenges we face in the 21st century - a world in which many democracies - old and new - fight for survival, in which war-time and peace-time have become indistinguishable.

A personal account of 21st century banking excess. It reveals how a young Oxford graduate finds himself in command of vast sums of other people's money.

What is psychology? When did it begin? Where did it come from? How does psychology compare with related subjects such as psychiatry and psychotherapy? To what extent is it scientific? This book aims to answer these questions and more, explaining the subject. It describes the schools of thought and the sections within psychology.

Stephen Hawking is the world-famous physicist. To the public he is a tragic figure - a brilliant scientist and author of the 9 million-copy-selling A Brief History of Time , and yet confined to a wheelchair and almost completely paralysed. This guide explores Hawking's life, and the evolution of his work from his days as a student.

Philosophers have always enjoyed asking awkward and provocative questions, such as: What is the nature of reality? What are human beings really like? This book is a comprehensive graphic guide to the thinking of various philosophers of the Western world from Heraclitus to Derrida. It examines and explains their key arguments and ideas.

Deep in the caverns beneath Firetop Mountain lies a powerful Warlock.

Great Stories from History for Every Day of the Year. Every day has a story to tell, whether it is a major political event like the Boston Tea Party (16 December), or incredible discoveries like that of Tutankhamen's Tomb (4 November), every event in history happened - of course - on one of 365 days. A fantastically browsable historical encyclopaedia, mapping the highs and lows of human existence

With graphics, this title traces the sociology's history. It explains the intricacies of the discipline's major thinkers from Comte and Marx to Baudrillard and beyond.

Quantum theory confronts us with bizarre paradoxes which contradict the logic of classical physics. This book takes us on a step-by-step tour with the key figures, including Planck, Einstein, Bohr, Heisenberg and Schrodinger.

Tells the story of the young misfit New Zealander, Ernest Rutherford, who showed that the atom consisted mainly of empty space, a discovery that turned 200 years of classical physics on its head, and Dane, Niels Bohr, who made the next great leap into the world of quantum theory.

In the world of golf, just as certain courses have achieved iconic status - Pine Valley, Augusta National, Huntingdale, Princes - so are their respective creators, Harry Colt, Alister MacKenzie, CH Alison and JSF Morrison equally revered. This title pays homage to these four great sculptors of the land.

Islamic culture has produced some of the finest achievements of humanity. This title offers a look into this sometimes misunderstood faith.