experience Alpine adventure
including the much vaunted Madame Curie and Ada Lovelace
it's amazing it didn't take longer than that
'Explorer' is the story of what first led Benedict Allen to head for the farthest reaches of our planet - at a time when there were still valleys and ranges known only to the remote communities who inhabited them
race and love'A spirited exploration of culture and kinship' BONNIE GARMUS'Deeply emotional and entertaining' EMMA STONEX
Worlds of Islam Pets (Children's / Teenage) experience Alpine adventureFrom its emergence in seventh century Arabia, Islam has been a faith on the move. Over the span of a thousand years, armies, missionaries, and merchants carried it to the edges of Europe, the coasts of Southeast Asia and the remote interior of China. From the Arab caliphate to the Mongol empire, from West Africa to the Philippines, Islam was a world shaping force. By the nineteenth century, Muslims lived everywhere from South Africa to North America.