'Humorous and accessible but never trivial... full of entertainment and insight' SUSAN QUILLIAM, co-author of The Joy of SexHow did sex begin?How did it evolve to be so varied in humans?What might sex look like in the future?The Shortest History of Sex traces the long evolution of human sexuality from the first microscopic couplings two billion years ago to today's somewhat baffling array of passions, impulses and fetishes.

In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, the air forces of the United States faced unprecedented challenges. Demobilization had stripped the armed forces of millions of personnel, while the rapid transition from a wartime economy strained the aviation industry at the same time as the US Army Air Forces (USAAF) was re-established as the independent US Air Force (USAF). US Air Power 1945–1990 Volume 1: US Fighters and Fighter-Bombers 1945–1949 examines this pivotal period...

VIPER 4 - Fog Of Death - An Elite "Black" Operations SquadAmy Ainsworth is a young British girl, born and bred in Gloucester. She has never had a good relationship with her mother due to her parent’s very strict Catholic upbringing and views. She left the family home eleven years ago in search of a new life in the Philippines. After securing a job, she was struggling in her personal life and had turned to Islam for help and guidance.Her studies of Islam became her life; her c...

Viper 3 ‘Bad Russian Blood’ is David Baker’s 3rd adult Novel;A highly trained Russian operative, code named ‘The Phantom’ arrives on British soil in the early hours of 17th December. His route on board an old trawler, across the North Sea from Holland, landing him at Britain’s east coast harbour of Lowestoft.His believed mission is to protect the Russian Minister of Internal Affairs, Corruption and Vice who is attending a seminar in London on the 21st December.His clan...

A beloved nature poet reflects on environmental change, political transformation, and the ineluctable fact of aging.We are all human and nonhuman on the move. The poems in Transit emerge from just such a walk through the world. In keenly observed verse, David Baker carries us across physical and emotional geographies, moving seamlessly from deep woods, city streets, and creek beds to the contours of his psyche and the larger cultural circumstances that mar...

**‘Well-researched, superbly written, often punchy ... always entertaining’ DAVID CHRISTIAN, bestselling author of Origin Story‘If you’ve ever felt that sex was confusing, messy or slightly ridiculous, this book is for you’ EMMA BYRNE, author of Swearing Is Good for You‘David Baker’s wonderful book offers information, entertainment and insight’ SUSAN QUILLIAM, co-author of The Joy of SexWith a foreword by Simon WhistlerTHE BIG HIST...

Since the first edition of this best-selling title in 2008, the international liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry has shown a rare capacity for innovation and change. Despite this, there was no predicting the nature and full extent of the sector’s transformation since the book’s last edition in 2017, and this fourth edition has been updated to take into account the rapidly shifting arrangements and participations across the international LNG business. This fully revised new edition featur...

Eleven years ago in London, England, a younVIPER 9 - Bloodline of DeathEleven years ago in London, England, a young MI5 agent was snatched by ‘person’s unknown’.The British agent was at this time deeply embroiled in an operation involving the defecting of a Russian Colonel-General. This disgruntled Colonel-General had recently been demoted from an Admiral of the fleet, in the highly secret department of the Russian Naval Special Projects.This defection and t...

A peaceful throne and a perfect family. What else could Haldor want as the king of Placidius? Nothing more, nothing less… until a vicious witch plots to strike. Will the amiable king be able to transform himself into a gallant one to avenge his brutal loss?King Morwag of Arkèzia is abducted and his valiant sister, Princess Phade, is left to defend her people. She must rescue the king while protecting what she is left with. How is she expected to shield her kingdom all alone… if she...

"‘This writing is brilliant’ JOHN GREEN‘A captivating exploration – through life, the universe and everything’ PS News‘It’s quite a feat to fit this Big History into a “shortest history”’ Insights Magazine‘Inspires people to look more deeply at the world around them’ Eastern Riverina Chronicle‘An interesting journey’ The Area NewsWHERE DID WE COME FROM AND WHERE ARE WE GOING?How did time begin? When was the Earth born? What conditions led to t...

**“The craft of Whale Fall defies. It asserts, for me, a definition of poetry: an unbearable gulf of feeling made indelible by form.”—Diane Seuss, Paris ReviewA masterful and moving new volume from a “peerless poet of the natural world” (New York Times Book Review).**Acclaimed as an essential voice of the American Midwest, David Baker expands both his environment and his form in his eleventh collection. Whale Fall is about time, measured ...

If you like action packed fiction, by authors like Stephen Leather, Robert Ludlum or Chris Ryan, you will love this new novel, ‘VIPER’ by David Baker. Loaded with non-stop intrigue and suspense and breakneck speed action.A thrilling, plot twisting read with real-life parallels and possibilities to chew on.This is David’s first book in the ‘Viper’ series. ‘Viper 2 - The Master of Tomorrows Spawn’ is now available as an eBook.VIPER a secret Elite ‘Black’ Operations squad...