Read an extract from some recently published and forthcoming books by Andrew Robinson:
1. Cracking the Egyptian Code: The Revolutionary Life of Jean-Francois Champollion
--Click to read the prologue ('Egyptomania')
and see the jacket and press release. The book was published in mid-2012 by Thames & Hudson and Oxford University Press USA. Click to read features based on the book by AR published in Nature and the Lancet.
2. The Scientists: An Epic of Discovery
--Click to read an unfinished proof of the Introductionand the List of Contributors, and to see the jacket. The book will be published by Thames & Hudson (autumn 2012).
3. Earthquake
--Click to read the opening pages of Chapter 1. The book will be published by Reaktion Books (autumn 2012).
4. Genius: A Very Short Introduction
--The book was published by Oxford University Press in 2011. Click to read Chapter 1.
5. The Apu Trilogy: Satyajit Ray and the Making of an Epic
--The book was published by I.B. Tauris in 2011. Click to read Chapter 1.