A Brief Welcome to the UniverseThis volume offers a tour of the cosmos, from planets, stars, and galaxies to black holes and time loops. Authors and astrophysicists Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott take readers on an unforgettable journey of exploration to reveal how our universe actually works. Propelling you from our home solar system to the outermost frontiers of space, this book builds your cosmic insight and perspective through a marvelously

Mixing personal journey and anecdote with compelling empirical evidence

Riveting and tumultuous

appeals to God

and the HIDDEN KEYS to open the doors of a life of joy

Daphne du Maurier and Italo Calvino take a cynical view of the season and Selma Lagerlof and Angela Carter celebrate its miracles

The Great Smog

This first new novel in two years from the Nation's Favourite Storyteller is a sweeping story of love and rescue - an unforgettable journey to the Greek island of Ithaca

She has travelled across the world in this unusual role

Jarama and Ebro

It rattles

power and transgression

online sensation Dr Julie Smith shares all the skills you need to get through life's ups and downs