Query Result Set
Skip Navigation Links
   ActiveUsers:1561Hits:1008493Skip Navigation Links
Show My Basket
Introduction
Information
Ask Us
HelpExpand Help
Advanced search

  Hide Options
Sort Order Items / Page
SHORT BOOKS (4) answer(s).
 
SrlItem
1
ID:   026011


Ada Lovelace: computer wizard of Victorian England / Lethbridge, Lucy 2004  Book
Lethbridge, Lucy Book
0 Rating(s) & 0 Review(s)
Publication London, Short Books, 2004.
Description 80pPurple Spine
Summary/Abstract Daughter of the poet Lord Byron, Ada Lovelace was a child prodigy. Brilliant at maths, she read numbers like most people read words. In 1834 she came to the attention of scientist Charles Babbage, who had just built an amazing 'thinking machine'. Thus began a remarkable collaboration in the invention of computer.
Standard Number 9781904095767 Pb.
   Reserve     Export Export
Circulation
Accession#Call#Current LocationStatusPolicyLocation
023762921/LOVMainOn ShelfGeneral 
2
ID:   005592


Who was Alexander Selkirk: Survivor on a desert island. / Mitchison, Amanda 2004  Book
Mitchison, Amanda Book
0 Rating(s) & 0 Review(s)
Publication Great Britain, Short Books, 2004.
Description 96pOrange Spine
Series Who was
Summary/Abstract Discover the secrets of the scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk, whio was thrilled to be rescued after four years living alone on an island in the Pacific ocean.
Standard Number 1904095798 Pb.
   Reserve     Export Export
Circulation
Accession#Call#Current LocationStatusPolicyLocation
006358FIC/MITMainOn ShelfGeneral 
3
ID:   010112


Who was...David Livingstone?: The legendary explorer / Mitchison, Amanda 2003  Book
Mitchison, Amanda Book
0 Rating(s) & 0 Review(s)
Publication London, Short Books, 2003.
Description 128pGreen Spine
Summary/Abstract This is the incredible story of David Livingstone - the tough man of Victorian Britain who would stop at nothing in his determination to explore Africa, even if it meant dragging his wife and children along with him. He trekked hundreds of miles through dangerous territory, encountering killer-ants, lions and cannibals -
Standard Number 1904095305 Pb.
   Reserve     Export Export
Circulation
Accession#Call#Current LocationStatusPolicyLocation
010501921/LIVMainOn ShelfGeneral 
4
ID:   005527


Who Was...William Shakespeare: The Mystery of the World's Greatest Playwright / Christiansen, Rupert 2004  Book
Christiansen, Rupert Book
0 Rating(s) & 0 Review(s)
Publication London, Short Books, 2004.
Description 75pBlue Spine
Summary/Abstract It is a detective story which goes back over four hundred years to the dramatic events of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, and explores how a brilliant and ambitious young man was caught up in a violent world of murder, revenge and treason!
Standard Number 190409581X pb.
   Reserve     Export Export
Circulation
Accession#Call#Current LocationStatusPolicyLocation
006290FIC/CHRMainOn ShelfGeneral