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We went to Venezuela in 1981 after an expedition we had been invited to join fell through. So we turned our attention to Ilu Tepuy, an unclimbed sandstone butte in the Gran Sabana north west of Roraima. At first, we didn't think of the mountain in a proprietary way. We were looking for a mountain, any mountain really, that had not been climbed and Ilu Tepuy seemed to offer the best chance since there was a 'path' to its base. This didn't mean ...

This is an account of a trip with Emily So of Cambridge University in 2006 to theareas affected by the Pakistan earthquake of 8 October 2005. The aim of for Emilywas to conduct a survey of survivors of the earthquake about their injuries as partof her PhD. My aim was to shed light on the factors affecting long-term recoveryafter major disasters.We interviewed people in Islamabad responsible for coordinating relief and reconstructionand visited...

India has an overwhelming impact: the colours, sounds and smells of Delhi, where we bought a silk carpet. The majestic Himalayas and our climbs through steep green valleys and raging torrents into the soaring snow-white mountains. We tell stories about the people we meet, the Sikh pilgrims on their pilgrimage to Hemkund, our young guides from Joshimath, the people we stay with in the small mountain villages and the merchants in the hill statio...

We had a trip to Morocco in mind for some years, since Frances, our daughter, went there on buying trips twenty years ago. But this time we visited parts that were new to her. From Fez we crossed the Atlas Mountains and went south into the desert, then west along the mountains to Finnt, across to Marrakesh and back along the northern flank to Fez.I'm glad we went now because Morocco is changing. Everywhere we went there were signs of developme...

We went to Guatemala to visit David, a friend I hadn't seen for more than twenty-five years since I lived in Venezuela. We stay with his delightful family, a house full of delightful women. We go to Chichicastenango on market day and witness the strangely pagan firework procession from the church, we take a cruise around Lake Atitlan and stop off in the villages around its shores. We fly to Tikal, climb pyramids and hear about the end of the w...

Journey through the human body--from the brain and bones to the heart and bladder--and open up a world packed with fascinating detail and fun facts.Did you know the ancient Egyptians used urine for eyewash? Or that, due to pressure, you are shorter during the day than you are at night? Full of captivating facts and funny quips, this is the book for those who want to learn about the human body in a brilliant and unique way.Spot the "Extraordina...

A book that actually takes you inside - and around - the human body to see how it works, with the help of some truly unique illustrations and some very small people! Explore your brain, your bones, and everything in between in incredible cross-section drawings of all the body systems. Inside each one are teams of tiny characters busy at work, and explaining what's going on.Every page is packed with jaw-dropping facts. Did you know that the ski...

Originally presented as papers in the 1991 British Sociological Association Conference on Health and Society, Locating Health offers reconceptualization of key theoretical terms, including work, income, and public/private domains as well as addressing the reciprocal influence of health and social location, .

Private Risk and Public Dangers addresses a range of private risks and public dangers. Issues covered vary from the response to HIV and AIDS and `foetal alcohol syndrome¿ to the nature of accidents.

First published 25 years ago, Stephen Biesty's Incredible Cross-Sections series has been updated for the silver anniversary, bringing delight to a whole new generation of fact addicts.Step inside the detailed world of Stephen Biesty and find out how a wide variety of curious things are made, from tower blocks and underground tunnels, to the milk, chocolate, and donuts on your table, to matches, diamond rings, and sports shoes--not to mention r...

Stephen R. Platt holds a PhD from Yale University and is Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His last book, Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom, won the Cundill History Prize in 2012.

Stephen Biesty is a world-renowned British illustrator. He made his name in the 1990s for his best-selling 'Incredible Cross-Section' books published by Dorling Kindersley, which have topped global sales of 3.5 million and have been printed in 16 languages. He has won several prestigious prizes including 'The New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award' in 1993, and 'The UK Literary Association Children's Book Award' 2004. Stephen has created i...

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Stephen Biesty is a world-renowned British illustrator. He made his name in the 1990s for his best-selling 'Incredible Cross-Section' books published by Dorling Kindersley, which have topped global sales of 3.5 million and have been printed in 16 languages. He has won several prestigious prizes including 'The New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award' in 1993, and 'The UK Literary Association Children's Book Award' 2004. Stephen has created i...

Stephen Biesty made his name in the 1990s for his best-selling Incredible Cross-Section series published by DK, which have topped sales of more than 3.5 million globally and have been printed in 16 languages. He has won many prizes, including the New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award in 1993. Stephen has also worked on several digital media projects, including an animated film for an exhibition at Tower Bridge in 2009.

As China reclaims its position as a world power, Imperial Twilight looks back to tell the story of the country's last age of ascendance and how it came to an end in the nineteenth-century Opium War.When Britain launched its first war on China in 1839, pushed into hostilities by profiteering drug merchants and free-trade interests, it sealed the fate of what had long been seen as the most prosperous and powerful empire in Asia, if not the world...

Stephen Biesty's Incredible Cross Sections. "Chudesnye sechenija" - izdanie odnoj iz samyh izvestnyh knig hudozhnika Stivena Bisti. Vpervye ona vyshla v svet v Velikobritanii v 1992 godu pod nazvaniem "Sechenija Stivena Bisti" i s teh por ostaetsja bestsellerom sredi nauchno-populjarnyh knig dlja detej. Kniga uzhe izdavalas' v Rossii v 1990-h godah, no jeto izdanie - novyj perevod legendarnoj knigi Stivena Bisti. Jeta kniga - mechta dlja ljubo...

Because of its remoteness, New Zealand was one of the last places to be settled by humans who arrived only 7-800 years ago from Polynesia and founded what today is a strong and highly influential Maori culture. We went to study recovery after the 2012 earthquake and stayed with Scharlie's cousin John and his wife Mollie in Christchurch. We interviewed key people involved in planning the reconstruction and also surveyed the damage in the centre...

I went to Kyrgyzstan as part of the EU SENSUM team investigating using remote sensing to map hazards and monitor disaster recovery. We ran a scenario planning game in Bishkek with Emergency personnel from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Our host takes us to a night club. It's in a vast concert bunker. We toast each other unmercifully with vodka shots until encouraged onto the dance floor where we dance with a group of attractive young girls they ca...

Australia is far-flung and until the airplane overcame the tyranny of distance Australia was terra incognita. Aboriginals of Australia are one of the oldest living peoples of the world having occupied the same territory longer than any other human population, about 50, 000 years. They believe their ancestors brought the world into being by naming the landscape and the creatures that inhabit it. They sing to keep the land alive and their songs ...