And the world of medicine is no exception. In this outrageous and strangely informative book, Richard Gordon explores some of history's more bizarre medical disasters.

Executing a successful kingwalk has the power to make a chessplayer happy and the same can be said about playing over the many beautiful examples in this book.

The IBSS is the essential tool for librarians, university departments, research institutions and any public or private institutions whose work requires access to up-to-date and comprehensive knowledge of the social sciences.

The contributors of Body Image and Identity in Contemporary Societies explore the complex social, political and aesthetic interconnections between body image and identity.

Published in 1996, this book aims to address the problem faced by teachers needing basic information about the subject they have been asked to teach.

Many languages, particularly those which have achieved literary status, have been studied in great detail, and specialized descriptions of these are plentiful.

People may not be time travellers, but books are. Hypatia's Legacy describes the life of a dangerous book from first century Alexandria to the present day.

A collection of humorous true stories by stand up comedians Mandy Nolan and Ellen Briggs.