Best Selling Books by Ian Jackson

The North Kent Marshes can be a cold, damp, lonely place or a bright, warm refuge from the urban hurly-burly. When war threatened the army and navy mounted guard on their rivers, creeks and foreshores. In times past few would venture into their disease ridden swamps. Haunted by smugglers the saltings and seaways played host to preventive men and coastguards. Their savage beauty inspired many writers and artists including Dickens and Turner. They have grown the crops and raised the cattle and sheep to feed the London market. The marshland nature reserves are internationally important for the future well-being and survival of breeding and migratory birds. In these days of industrial and environmental peril the wilderness on London''s doorstep is threatened as never before. The history of the marshes and their people has rarely been told.

Hegel''s 1807 Phenomenology of Spirit is renowned for being one of the most challenging and important books in Western philosophy. Above all, it is famous for laying out a new approach to reasoning and philosophical argument, an approach that has been credited with influencing Karl Marx, Jean-Paul Sartre, and many other key modern philosophers. That approach is the so-called "Hegelian dialectic" - an open-ended sequence of reasoning and argument in which contradictory concepts generate and are incorporated into a third, more sophisticated concept. While the Phenomenology does not always clearly use this dialectical method - and it is famously one of the most difficult works of philosophy ever written - the Hegelian dialectic provides a perfect template for critical thinking reasoning skills. A hallmark of good reasoning in the construction of an argument, and the searching out of answers must necessarily consider contradictory viewpoints or evidence. For Hegel, contradiction is key: it is precisely what allows reasoning to progress. Only by incorporating and overcoming contradictions, according to his method, is it possible for thought to progress at all. While writing like Hegel might not be advisable, thinking like him can help take your reasoning to the next level.

Describes the history of Ancient Egypt, from its origins as a group of settlements along the banks of the Nile, to its transformation into one of the world''s earliest and greatest civilizations.

A celebration of animal life as seen through the work of one of the best natural history artists in the business. Observations from writers as diverse as Herman Melville, Robert Frost, Gerald Durrell and Sir David Attenborough are brought into dramatic focus by Jackson''s artworks.

Ian Jackson draws on his inside knowledge of the rapidly changing market in nukenomics. He describes the major trends and market forces that are actively shaping the future development of the nuclear industry today, by explaining not just what things are happening but, more fundamentally, why.

Struan Reid explains how rocks, minerals and fossils are actually formed, what they can tell us about the past history of the Earth and its future, and where you can see and find them.

This book tells the story of the great cricketer Shane Warne. It has photographs of Shane bowling and taking part in other activities off the pitch. The Real Lives books are about famous people from the worlds of Sport, Film and Music, Politics and History.

Silverchair by Ian Jackson. The Real Lives books are about famous people from the worlds of: Sport; Film and Music; Politics and History. This book tells the story of the rock band, Silverchair. It has many photographs of silverchair in concert.

A self-chiding glimpse into the innerworkings of Peter Howard''s booktrade, including preposterous price setting and other practices.

Humorous watercolor drawing and vignette by Ian Jackson concerning the deletion of the word "scylline" from a quotation of Eric Korn in the second edition of Chamberpot & Motherfuck: the price-codes of the book trade, as proposed by publisher Bruce McKittrick.

Pat Rafter by Ian Jackson. The Real Lives books are about famous people from the worlds of: Sport; Film and Music; Politics and History. This book tells the story of the great tennis champion Pat Rafter. It has many photographs of Pat winning the US Open and other tournaments.