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Science & Math
Through an innovative, closely integrated design of images and text, and his characteristically clear, precise, and economical exposition, Peter Atkins explains the processes involved in chemical reactions. He begins by... See More
Science & Math
Most people remember chemistry from their schooldays as a subject that was largely incomprehensible, fact-rich but understanding-poor, smelly, and so far removed from the real world of events and pleasures that there seemed... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
This major new text provides an introduction to the interaction of culture and society with the landscape and environment. It offers a broad-based view of this theme by drawing upon the varied traditions of landscape... See More
Science & Math
The marvellous complexity of the Universe emerges from several deep laws and a handful of fundamental constants that fix its shape, scale, and destiny. There is a deep structure to the world which at the same time is simple... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
In this scientific 'Credo', Peter Atkins considers the universal questions of origins, endings, birth, and death to which religions have claimed answers. With his usual economy, wit, and elegance, unswerving before awkward... See More
Foreign LanguagesMemory is a major factor in the composition and practice of liturgy. Recent research into how the brain and memory function points the way to how liturgy can best meet the needs of worshippers. In Memory and Liturgy, Peter... See More
Movie Tie-Ins
The Wishmaster movie introduced horror fans to a new and enduring villain - the Djinn. A demonic genie who would offer wishes but would only grant nightmares. Wishmaster showcased its tale with an abundance of imagination... See More
Science & Math
This bestselling undergraduate quantum mechanics textbook is now available in a re-issued and affordable edition. The text first teaches how to do quantum mechanics, and then provides a more insightful discussion of what it... See More
Science & Math
Most people remember chemistry from their schooldays as largely incomprehensible, a subject that was fact-rich but understanding-poor, smelly, and so far removed from the real world of events and pleasures that there seemed... See More
Science & Math
From the sudden expansion of a cloud of gas or the cooling of a hot metal, to the unfolding of a thought in our minds and even the course of life itself, everything is governed by the four Laws of Thermodynamics. These laws... See More
Science & Math
With the development of a variety of exciting new areas of research involving computational chemistry, nano- and smart materials, and applications of the recently discovered graphene, there can be no doubt that physical... See More
Science & Math
The laws of thermodynamics drive everything that happens in the universe. From the sudden expansion of a cloud of gas to the cooling of hot metal, and from the unfurling of a leaf to the course of life itself - everything is... See More
Science & Math
Any literate person should be familiar with the central ideas of modern science. In his sparkling new book, Peter Atkins introduces his choice of the ten great ideas of science. With wit, charm, patience, and astonishing... See More
Business & Money
Life is short. You can, if you work hard and are lucky, get more of almost anything, but you can't get more time. Time only goes one way. The average American has a lifespan of less than 30,000 days. So how you choose to... See More
Literature & Fiction
You may well be a fan of the first two or three Hellraiser movies who found that your relationship with this fourth one was... well, what shall we say? Complicated, maybe? You may, if you were of a kindly and forgiving... See More
RUMORS OF THE MARVELOUS is a brilliant collection of 14 short "ghost stories" by a contemporary master of the fantastic. Previously released as a limited edition hardcover in Great Britain and a finalist for The British... See More
Literature & FictionFrom award-nominated and critically-acclaimed author Peter Atkins, screenwriter of Hellraiser II-IV and Wishmaster, comes a new collection of exquisitely rendered nightmares- What is that unearthly howling coming from a... See More
Horror
"Atkins knows how to tell a story and keeps this one thrumming with tension. Devotees of dark suspense will find it to their liking." -- Publishers Weekly "An audacious mix of vampires, ghosts, goddesses, and psychopaths... See More
The Blue Valentine, a gentleman vigilante from the pages of Strange Thrills, a 1930s pulp magazine, materializes in the present day streets of Manhattan to save Avis Llewellen, a young New Yorker, from attack by a... See More
Horror
"Help me. Please, Boy Justice. They're going to kill me." Everyone seems to have forgotten Boy Justice, sidekick to TV's masked vigilante, The Blue Valentine. The actor who played Boy Justice is now 78 years old, and an... See More
Literature & Fiction
I'd already guessed the coke was fake -- junkies rarely wake you up for any reason other than the absence of a fix -- but it was a little odder than that. The package I'd brought was split open on the coffee table and the... See More
The Cemetery Dance Select series invites some of our favorite authors to spotlight a sampling of their own short fiction: award-winners, stories they consider their best or that had the most impact on their career -- or... See More