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1	Poetics of Space more books like this by Gaston Bachelard, Maria Jolas (Translator) add to wishlist Bachelard's work is as much a phenomenology of house, home, and poetry as it is of mind, the two intimately engendering one another. see all copies from £7.65! new only from £9.97! \| first editions
2	Winter of the Ice Wizard: Merlin Mission more books like this by Mary Pope Osborne, Salvatore Murdocca (Illustrator) add to wishlist This is the 32nd book in the Magic Tree House series, in which eight-year-old Jack and his seven-year-old sister Annie use a tree house as a time machine. Merlin the magician has vanished, and Jack and Annie and pals Teddy and Kathleen journey in the Magic Tree House to an icy, snowy realm to brave ferocious wolves and savage storms in a quest ... see all copies from £5.31! new only from £5.31! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Fractal Time: The Secret of 2012 and a New World Age more books like this by Gregg Braden add to wishlist In this fascinating book, Braden merges the modern discoveries of nature's patterns (fractals) with the ancient view of a cyclic universe. The result is a powerful model of time--"fractal time"--and a realistic window into what to expect for the mysterious year 2012. see all copies from £8.33! new only from £8.33! \| signed copies
4	The Time Paradox more books like this by Eoin Colfer add to wishlist Artemis's mother has contracted a deadly disease--and the only cure lies in the brain fluid of African lemurs. Unfortunately, Artemis himself was responsible for making the lemurs extinct five years ago. Now he must enlist the aid of his fairy friends to travel back in time and save the lemur. Not only that, but he must face his deadliest foe yet: ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £5.66! \| first editions
5	Brief History of Time more books like this by Stephen Hawking add to wishlist Hawking reviews the great theories of the cosmos and all the puzzles, paradoxes, and contradictions still unresolved. He explains Galileo's and Newton's discoveries and takes the reader through Einstein's general theory of relativity and on to quantum mechanics. Finally, he explores the worldwide effort to combine the two into a single quantum ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £7.59! \| first editions
6	Hidden Dimension more books like this by Edward Twitchell Hall add to wishlist Hall examines the various cultural concepts of space and how differences among them affect modern society. The Hidden Dimension demonstrates how man's use of space can affect personal and business relations, cross-cultural exchanges, architecture, city planning, and urban renewal. Illustrated. see all copies from £4.96! new only from £6.22! \| first editions
7	Raven Rise more books like this by D J MacHale add to wishlist It's here at last: the final showdown for all that ever was or will be, but with one important element missing--Bobby Pendragon. While he remains trapped on Ibara, the battle for Earth begins with only Mark and Courtney left to fight for their home territory. see all copies from £2.19! new only from £5.29! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	The Illustrated a Brief History of Time more books like this by Stephen Hawking add to wishlist In this revised, expanded and illustrated edition of "A Brief History of Time", Stephen Hawking includes the most recent developments in the field of cosmology, many of which were forecast by himself. Explaining his complex theories through a visual dimension, the book contains illustrations and computer images of three- and four-dimensional ... see all copies from £9.26! new only from £17.95! \| first editions
9	E=mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation more books like this by David Bodanis add to wishlist This accessible book chronicles the life, times, and impact of Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity, relating both the history and the science behind this equation to all levels of scientific aptitude. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| first editions
10	Interworld more books like this by Neil Gaiman, Michael Reaves add to wishlist This "New York Times"-bestselling tale of magic, science, bravery, and adventure by master storyteller Gaiman and Emmy-winning writer Reaves is now in paperback. Joey Harker has always had a terrible sense of direction. One day he gets lost in his own town and walks right out of his universe. see all copies from £6.11! new only from £6.31! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	The Condition of Postmodernity more books like this by David Harvey add to wishlist A great deal has been written on what has variously been described as the post-modern condition and on post-modern culture, architecture, art and society. In this new book, David Harvey seeks to determine what is meant by the term in its different contexts and to identify how accurate and useful it is as a description of contemporary experience ... see all copies from £8.77! new only from £18.18!
12 view cover	Time Traveler: A Scientist's Personal Mission to Make Time Travel a Reality more books like this by Ronald L Mallett, Bruce Henderson add to wishlist This is the dramatic and inspirational first-person story of theoretical physicist, Dr. Ronald Mallett, who recently discovered the basic equations for a working time machine that he believes can be used as a transport vehicle to the past. Combining elements of Rocket Boys and Elegant Universe, Time Traveler follows Mallett's discovery of ... see all copies from £5.88! new only from £5.88! \| first editions
13 view cover	Timequake more books like this by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. add to wishlist A book of metafiction by the celebrated American novelist. In the year 2001, a glitch in the space-time continuum occurs, making everybody repeat everything that had been done since 1991. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.17! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Sir Thursday more books like this by Garth Nix add to wishlist On the fourth day there was war... Following their adventures in the Border Sea, Arthur and Leaf head for home. But only Leaf gets through the Front Door. Arthur is blocked because someone . . . or something . . . has assumed his identity and is taking over his life. Before Arthur can take action, he is drafted by Sir Thursday and forced to join ... see all copies from £1.27! new only from £5.36! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Forever War more books like this by Joe Haldeman add to wishlist Soldiers fight throughout centuries and millennia by making time traveling "collapsar jumps." As a result, they never come to know a society or to build a home. Their alienation was envisioned as analogous to that of the soldiers who fought in Vietnam. Winner of the 1975 Nebula and 1976 Hugo awards. see all copies from £2.21! new only from £6.16! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Revolution more books like this by Paul Davies add to wishlist Paul Davies examines the consequences of Einstein's relativety theory, some 100 years after it was first put forward. Important though Einstein's theory turned out to be, it does not solve "the riddle of time". The search to find a unified field theory, or "Theory of Everything", remains at the top of the scientific agenda. When scientists began ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.45! \| first editions
17 view cover	Time's Eye more books like this by Arthur Charles Clarke, Stephen Baxter add to wishlist In 2037, aliens known as the "Firstborn" fracture the nature of spacetime on Earth. After the so-called "Discontinuity," people from a variety of places and times must somehow create a new society. The action leads up to a meeting in the city of Babylon between the armies of Alexander the Great, joined by 19th-century British troops and a trio of ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.10! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Superior Saturday more books like this by Garth Nix add to wishlist The secret of his own identity. The identity of The Architect. The complete Will of the House. The fulfillment of his fate. Arthur Penhaligon is getting closer and closer to these things... but not without risks, conflict, and adventure. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24!
19 view cover	The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics more books like this by Leonard Susskind add to wishlist At the beginning of the 21st century, physics is being driven to very unfamiliar territory - the domain of the incredibly small and the incredibly heavy. The new world is a world in which both quantum mechanics and gravity are equally important. But mysteries remain. One of the biggest involved black holes. Famed physicist Stephen Hawking claimed ... see all copies from £8.21! new only from £9.58!
20 view cover	Spacetime physics more books like this by Edwin F. Taylor, John Archibald Wheeler add to wishlist Edwin Taylor and John A. Wheeler-one of this century's most distinguished physicists - have completely reorganised this popular and well known book to make it accessible to an even wider audience. New topics, imaginative problems, and exceptionally clever illustrations, combined with a compelling narrative and intellectual authority make this a ... see all copies from £10.66! new only from £48.07!
21 view cover	Time Travel in Einstein's Universe: The Physical Possibilities of Travel Through Time more books like this by J Richard Gott, III add to wishlist With Einstein's Theory of Relativity, time travel has become a possibility that lives in more than just the imaginations of science-fiction writers. Astrophysicist Gott explores not only the fictional accounts of time travel, but also the actual theories of how such a feat could be accomplished. see all copies from £3.10! new only from £3.10! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Half Magic more books like this by Edward Eager add to wishlist Siblings Jane, Mark, Katherine, and Martha are enduring a dull summer under the watchful eye of their dislikable babysitter Miss Bick. Everything changes however, when Jane happens upon a magical coin--one that has the ability to grant exactly half of whatever the wisher requests. It takes the siblings a few tries to understand how to harness this ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.10! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Abarat more books like this by Clive Barker (Illustrator) add to wishlist Daylight battles darkness in the most literal sense in film director Clive (HELLRAISER) Barker's sequel to his sorcery novel, ABARAT. Christopher Carrion, the Lord of Midnight, means to kill heroine Candy Quackenbush (formerly of Chickentown, Minnesota) and envelop the islands of Abarat in a Permanent Midnight. The Day-world and the Night-world ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Silver on the Tree more books like this by Susan Cooper add to wishlist The final book in five book the "Dark is Rising" series that also includes "Over Sea, Under Stone," "The Dark is Rising," "Greenwitch," and "The Grey King." Will Stanton, Bran, and the Drew siblings search for the crystal sword that will help them vanquish the forces of evil knows as the Dark. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.10! \| first editions
25 view cover	Being and time more books like this by Martin Heidegger add to wishlist A knowledge of Heidegger's Sein und Zeit is essential for anyone who wishes to understand a great deal of recent continental work in theology as well as philosophy. Yet until this translation first appeared in 1962, this fundamental work of one of the most influential European thinkers of the century remained inaccessible to English readers. In ... see all copies from £10.28! new only from £10.71! \| first editions

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