A Brief History of Time, Stephen HawkingWas there a beginning of time? Could time run backwards? Is the universe infinite or does it have boundaries? These are just some of the questions considered in the internationally acclaimed masterpiece by the world renowned physicist generally considered to have been one of the world's greatest thinkers. It begins by reviewing the great theories of the cosmos from Newton to Einstein, before delving into the secrets which still lie at the heart of

this book is as enlightening as it is entertaining

the kind of nonstop joy-ride of excess

after nearly 300 years

an argument with and about God

Today its message has grown more relevant than ever before

Pyotr Vavilov receives his call-up papers and spends a final night with his wife and children in the hut that is his home

Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s

his estranged mother is dying and asks to see him again

The third volume

humming human symphony

Subjects are paired with authors to elicit lively

and it paralyzes their lives and relationships