Icon Books Ltd: 338 books
The Bible for Grown-Ups
A New Look at the Good Book
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2016
‘Loveday’s case is that the mantle of historical truth and divine authority has placed upon the Bible an intolerable weight, crushing it as a creative work of immense imaginative and inspirational power. His argument is both fascinating and persuasive.’ Matthew Parris
The Bible for Grown-Ups...
Sciku
The Wonder of Science – in Haiku!
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
An attractive force Between all objects with mass Just like you and me Science is a thing of magic and wonder. It reveals complex patterns – and often thrilling chaos – at the heart of nature; the strange alchemy of reactions between invisible atoms; the bewildering origins of our universe; and...
Monsieur le Vet
My Life with Animals in Rural France
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2016
The hilarious, poignant and sometimes bizarre stories of an extraordinary vet in rural France Sylvain Balteau works as a village vet in the Pyrenees. Equally at home with a sick hamster as with a pregnant Charolais cow, he is permanently on call, immersed in the daily dramas of animals and their people....
How Many Moons Does the Earth Have?
The Ultimate Science Quiz Book
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
Why did Uuq become Fl? Why is the sky blue? Why is the sky black? What is spaghettification? There’s a problem with the typical quiz. It always features far too much sport, 1980s pop and celebrity gossip – and not nearly enough science. How Many Moons Does the Earth Have? is the ultimate solution....
Science for Life
A manual for better living
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2015
In Science for Life acclaimed science writer Brian Clegg cuts through the vested interests and confusing contradictory statements that litter the media and the internet, to give a clear picture of what science is telling us right now about changing our lives for the better. Discover the much-advertised...
The Graphene Revolution
The weird science of the ultra-thin
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2018
In 2003, Russian physicists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov found a way to produce graphene – the thinnest substance in the world – by using sticky tape to separate an atom-thick layer from a block of graphite.
Their efforts would win the 2010 Nobel Prize for Physics, and now the applications...
Professor Maxwell’s Duplicitous Demon
The Life and Science of James Clerk Maxwell
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2019
**Asked to name a great physicist, most people would mention Newton or Einstein, Feynman or Hawking. But ask a physicist and there’s no doubt that James Clerk Maxwell will be near the top of the list. **
Maxwell, an unassuming Victorian Scotsman, explained how we perceive colour. He uncovered...
The Reality Frame
Relativity and our place in the universe
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2017
Weaving together the great ideas of science, The Reality Frame takes us on a thrilling journey from empty space all the way to the human mind.
Acclaimed science writer Brian Clegg builds up reality piece by piece, from space, to time, to matter, movement, the fundamental forces, life, and the...
Conundrum
Crack the Ultimate Cipher Challenge
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2019
**The ultimate trial of knowledge and cunning, Conundrum features 200 cryptic puzzles and ciphers. The solutions link throughout the book – so you need to solve them all to get to the final round.
With a focus on ciphers and codebreaking, *Conundrum *contains twenty sections, each built...
Astroquizzical
A Curious Journey Through Our Cosmic Family Tree
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
In this enthralling cosmic journey through space and time, astrophysicist Jillian Scudder locates our home planet within its own ‘family tree’. Our parent the Earth and its sibling planets in our solar system formed within the same gas cloud.
Without our grandparent the Sun, we would...
by Sarah Woods
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2017
Imagine freewheeling through tufted French vineyards, scaling the rocky, cloud-topped tracks in the Himalayas or rattling past whitewashed sugar-cube houses in narrow Spanish valleys. From surviving the peaks of the Yorkshire Dales to tackling truly hair-raising descents in rural Cuba, the sheer variety...
Hello, Shadowlands
Inside the Meth Fiefdoms, Rebel Hideouts and Bomb-Scarred Party Towns of Southeast Asia
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2018
'Reads like a thriller you can't put down' - Megha Rajagopalan, China Bureau Chief, Buzzfeed News
'ensures you’ll never think about Southeast Asia in the same way ever again.' - Geographical Magazine
Essential to understanding Southeast Asia in the 21st century, Hello, Shadowlands...
by Sarah Woods
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2016
If you’ve ever dreamed of completing an epic car journey, The 50 Greatest Road Trips is for you. Packed full of the most exotic, exciting and iconic road trips across the Americas, Asia, Europe and Africa, it showcases the ultimate in car adventures. Sarah Woods is a veteran of road-tripping, having...
Pythagoras
His Lives and the Legacy of a Rational Universe
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
This is the story of Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans, whose insights transformed the ancient world and still inspire the realms of science, mathematics, philosophy and the arts. Einstein said that the most incredible thing about our universe was that it was comprehensible at all. As Kitty Ferguson...