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In the tradition of Martin Gardner's beloved brain teasers, Oliver Roeder's delightful puzzles explore the maths implicit in everyday occurences.

A rollicking yet rigorous inquiry that follows the science of germs into the kitchen, restaurant and everywhere else you eat and drink.

A best-selling author and renowned security expert reveals the rise and risks of a new goliath: our massively networked, world-sized web.

"Morning: bought a bag of frozen peas to numb my husband's sore testicles after his vasectomy. Evening: added thawed peas to our carbonara." -from Heating & Cooling, "Married Love, IV"

Patrick McGovern-part modern scientist, part Indiana Jones-uncovers and re-creates the oldest alcoholic beverages ever found.

A moving exploration of the most common but most mysterious procedure in medicine.

A narrative of intrigue, gossip and colourful artistic rivalry, The Collector of Lives presents a lively introduction to a seminal figure in the very human story of art itself.

A celebrated scholar's rich account of Jewish humour: its nature, its development and its vital role throughout Jewish history.

"An engaging piece of historical detective work and narrative craft." -Chicago Tribune

An early work from the acclaimed poet of Memorial and Falling Awake, appearing for the first time in the United States.

"A witty book about wit that steers an elegant path between waggishness and wisdom." - Stephen Fry

The definitive history of one of the most brutal campaigns of the war in the Pacific.

The collected works of Adrienne Rich, "one of the most influential and political American poets of the last century" (The Guardian).

Hamlet, Shakespeare's most famous play, is now available in an all-new, illustrated Norton Critical Edition.

A doctor's bold analysis of the cultural disease that afflicts us all.

A comprehensive new guide to the best fly-fishing for trout and landlocked salmon in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.

"Brilliant.... A loving and detailed celebration of a diverse, beautiful and often astounding people."-Laurence Gonzales, Chicago Tribune

"It is difficult to imagine a juicier subject, or a more thoughtful, fluent, trustworthy guide for its exploration."-San Francisco Chronicle

A seminal discussion of literature by the author of The Revolt of the Masses.

"A work of extraordinary distinction, one which is surely destined to be a permanent landmark in the long history of Homeric studies." -Whitney J. Oates, American Scholar

Here is Jemima Shore at her cleverest and Antonia Fraser at the top of her form.

An introduction to the nature of poetry and the poetic experience.

This new novel features Jemima Shore, the delightful heroine of Antonia Fraser's highly praised first mystery, Quiet as a Nun.

Once patriarchal and phallocentric, psychoanalysis has now become strongly mother-centered. This book tells the story of that revolution through biographical portraits of four pioneering figures in the early institutions of psychoanalysis: Helene Deutsch, Karen Horney, Anna Freud, and Melanie Klein.

The Merchant of Venice is one of Shakespeare's most beautiful plays and, conversely, his ugliest. Juxtaposed within the same conceptual frame are heavenly and musical harmonies, romantic love, materialism, and racism.

"As old as time itself and as fleet as its flying moments," the Arabian horse has remained practically unchanged throughout the more than 3,500 years of the history of the breed.

Although organ transplantation is the preeminent medical miracle of the last quarter of a century, Many Sleepless Nights is the first book to go beyond the headlines and describe the patients who have embraced this last chance to hold on to life, the intricate medical procedures that can save them, the surgeons and nurses who work in this emotionally charged world, and the ethics which complicate this 'miracle' high-tech therapy.