One of the most influential thinkers of our time, Stephen Hawking is an intellectual icon, known not only for the adventurousness of his ideas, but for the clarity and wit with which he expresses them. In this new work, Hawking brings us to the cutting edge of theoretical physics, where truth is often stranger than fiction, to explain in layman's terms the principles that control our universe.
Like many in the community of theoretical physics, Professor Hawking is seeking to uncover the grail of science the elusive Theory of Everything that lies at the heart of the cosmos. In his accessable and often playful style, he guides us on his search to uncover the secrets of the universe from supergravity to supersymmetry, from quantum theory to Mtheory, from holography to duality. And he lets us behind the scenes of one of his most exciting intellectual adventures as he seeks "to combine Einstein's General Theory of Relativity and Richard Feynman's idea of multiple histories into one complete unified theory that will describe everything that happens in the universe."
With characteristic exuberance, Professor Hawking invites us to be fellow travelers on this extraordinary voyage through spacetime. The Universe in a Nutshell is essential listening for all of us who want to understand the universe in which we live.
Romeo and Juliet was Shakespeare's first great tragedy, a richly lyrical love story that has long been one of the author's most popular plays for performer and audience alike....
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In this riveting personal account, an authentic American hero relives the perils and triumphs of eight harrowing patrols aboard one of America's most successful World War II submarines...
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A runaway best seller in France and winner of the 1991 Prix Interallie, Sebastien Japrisot's novel about World War I was acclaimed as a latterday War and Peace....
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Next to The Bible, The Pilgrim's Progress has probably been more widely read than any other book in the English language, and rightfully so....
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The journals of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark remain the single most important document in the history of American exploration....
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In America's First Dynasty, Richard Brookhiser tells the story of America's longest and stillgreatest dynasty, the Adamses....
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Anna Karenina, the sister of Stepan Oblonsky, comes to Moscow in an attempt to patch up a dispute between her brother and his wife, Dolly....
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Heathcote Williams, Harry Burton, and Caroline Webster
Publisher
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Naxos AudioBooks
Normal Retail Price
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$ 15.98
Audible Price
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$ 10.95
Whale Nation is a hymn to the beauty, intelligence, and majesty of the largest mammal on earth. A 'green classic' read with natural resonance...
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Rooted in an actual case of wifeselling in early nineteenthcentury England, the story builds into an awesome Sophoclean drama of guilt and revenge....
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Set in the Parisian underworld and plotted like a detective story, Les Miserables follows Jean Valjean, originally an honest peasant, who has been imprisoned for 19 years....
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The authors devoted five decades to the study of world history and philosophy, culminating in the masterful 11volume Story of Civilization....
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This novel tells the story of Catherine Sloper, the plain, obedient daughter of the widowed, welltodo Dr. August Sloper of Washington Square....
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In this powerful, epic biography, Pulitzer Prizewinning historian David McCullough unfolds the adventurous lifejourney of John Adams....
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Why I Recommend
Audible by Alan Twigg
Audible (an Amazon.com company) is the world's leading online
audio-book provider. Audible is responsible for supplying audio
content to Apple's ITunes service. I have been listening,
enjoying and creating audio books for many years. With
the arrival of the internet and portable digital devices,
audio-books began to become availalbe for download.
Having tried most of
the other download services myself, I finally came to
the conclusion that Audible offers the best and most
reliable service. Whether you are using an IPod, IPhone,
mobile phone, Dune or one of the many other MP3 players
availalbe, Audilbe makes downloading great quality audio
content easy and umcomplicated.
In addition to this, Audible also boasts the most comprehensive collection
of audio books anywhere. Depending on the promotion currently on
offer, you can download any audiobook of your
choice for free (including almost
certainly the title on this
page, too).
This link will take you to Audible...
All about Audiobooks and how they can make your life more
enjoyable.
Books in audio format are a fantastic alternative to reading.
Indeed, now that the digital age is upon, listening to your
favourite novel, biography or factual book has become
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Just imagine listening to a bestselling classic while
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Here at Playtime Books we offer lots unabridged talking
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