David Simmons: 11 books

Current theory claims that there are 4 fundamental forces of nature which existed as a superforce at t=0. Carl Anderson experimentally proved that gamma ray photons split into electron-positron pairs. Physicists at Imperial College London built a photon-photon collider where low energy photons collide,...

In this book, Simmons argues that class, as much as race and gender, played a significant role in the development of Gothic and Horror fiction in a national context. From the classic texts of Edgar Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne right through to contemporary examples, such as the novels of Stephen...

A series of six sexy and hilarious short stories that feature the ridiculous tangles we all get ourselves in around that universal subject of sex.

A childs guide to overcome the sad fact that we cant choose our parents. But, with guidance, we can make the ones we're given behave the way we'd like

Tom Perkins has a life. One that's safe, straight forward and predictable - until he decides to attend a school reunion in a London pub. Soon Tom's pleasant but dull bachelor universe is turned upside down as he becomes embroiled in a world of intrigue, globetrotting and exploding chickens. Drawn...

Examinations of wargaming for entertainment, education, and military planning, in terms of design, critical analysis, and historical contexts. Games with military themes date back to antiquity, and yet they are curiously neglected in much of the academic and trade literature on games and game...

An extensively revised third edition of this introduction to neuroethology - the neuronal basis of animal behaviour - for zoology, biology and psychology undergraduate students. The book focuses on the roles of individual nerve cells in behaviour, from simple startle responses to complex behaviours...

Advances in our scientific understanding and technological power in recent decades have dramatically amplified our capacity to intentionally manipulate complex ecological and biological systems. An implication of this is that biological and ecological problems are increasingly understood and approached...

Everyone thought Jules Maigret was going to live forever. All of a sudden, the great detective’s dead. A premeditated poisoning is suspected. Who did it? Commissioner Maigret reappears much older and more difficult than ever to discover cancer is gnawing his life away. He responds in an unexpected...

THE TROUBLE BEGAN ON GRANITE LEDGE FARM WHEN NATE BREWSTER WAS FOUND DEAD, face down on the ledge where the ladder fell from the barn roof with him on it. His wife, Patience, contends it was nothing more than an unfortunate accident. The authorities believe otherwise and charge her brother-in-law...

THE DUCK POINT YACHT CLUB, located on a peninsula on the New England coast, has welcomed invitees for over one hundred fifty years. When the charred relic of the clubs dory appears on the river and a naked wooden leg peeps out from under the stern thwart, two men suffering from professional loneliness...