This book introduces musical notation and theory for Grades 1 to 5 of the UK Associated Board Theory syllabus. I found it an interesting...

This is a classic, if rather pretentious, ghost story. Well written, often funny, and occasionally eerie, rather let down by a slightly...

Uhmmmm, I don't quite know how to approach this book. In the preface Lovelock makes it plain that this is not a technical book and...

This book is almost totally the reverse of the preceding book. It avoids any 'gee-wiz' butterfly effect stuff but goes more to the heart...

This is a prime example of an irritating class of popular science book, the type that talks about the science without ever attempting to...

I suppose it would be fair to say that this book is not a good introduction to the history of Iraq or of the Middle East in general....

This is a very interesting little book. The author, although clearly a 'believer' in global warming presents a strongly reasoned, well...

So who killed Maurice Seaton; will Adam Dalgiesh get his man (or woman) and will I, the humble reader, get there before him? Well of...

This book presents James Hunt's life as a tragic story; the brilliant and charismatic sportsman, who reaches the top step of his chosen...

This is a series of three public lectures that Feynman gave in early 1960s on the theme of 'a scientist looks at society'. After his...

This is an excellent collection of short stories. All types are covered from social commentary (although not from a very politically...

This is the story of the rise of Bernie Ecclestone from second hand car dealer to ring master of Formula One. As a close follower of...

This is the story behind one of the most important scientific discoveries of the twentieth century. The double helical structure of DNA...

These days it seems impossible to make a TV history program in which events can simply be described. Instead every point is underlined by...

This is an excellent and interesting book. Although it touches upon engineering structures, it is mostly about the mechanical properties...

When the Economist stated that the only people who have not read this book are 'impossibly high-brow, total illiterate or living on Mars'...

There days Formula One car manufactories make little else, but that has not always been the case. From its foundation in the mid 60s...

It has taken me a couple of years to read this book; but that should not be taken as a criticism. This book is worth having for the first...

A further instalment in Logue's ongoing Homer series. This is certainly the briefest, but by no means the weakest volume. It is like a...

'Many relics that are preserved here in Constantinople are of very suspect origin, but the worshipper who kisses them perceives...