Here’s a list of adult books. No books for children are included in this list.

Arcturus, The Story of Medicine, 2009
The history of medicine, from neolithic times to 2009

Arcturus, Candide, 2009
Introduction to a translation of Voltaire’s Candide

Arcturus, The Prince, 2008
Introduction for a translation of Machiavelli’s The Prince

Arcturus/Random House, The Story of Mathematics, 2008 (paperback, 2009)
A history of mathematics for the general reader, from Mesopotamia to 2000

Arcturus, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, 2008
Introduction and notes for an edition of the Ancient Mariner, with some extra poems by Coleridge, and illustrated by Gustav Doré

Capella/Arcturus, The Canterbury Tales, 2007
Introduction and notes for a translation of The Canterbury Tales with illustrations from the Kelmscott Chaucer

York Press, York Notes Advanced: Spies, 2007
Not sure if this is adult or child... A-level notes on Michael Frayn’s Spies

York Press, York Notes Advanced: Atonement, 2006
More A-level notes, this time on Ian McEwan’s novel Atonement

Arcturus/Random House, Einstein in His Own Words, 2006
A biography of Einstein and explanation of his ideas, supported by extensive quotation from his own works

Arcturus, How to Survive Bird Flu, 2006
Well? And your point is? You’ve survived without even buying it! David Milliband has a copy, though...

Arcturus, The Great Scientists, 2005 (contributor)
Essays on a number of great scientists; I wrote on Bohr, Wegener, the DNA team and Pauling

 

I have written many open and distance learning courses for adults, most of them on IT and related subjects. Most notably, I wrote all of the Level 1 and many of the Level 2 and 3 ITC courses produced by the National Extension College and the printed courses used by hundreds of thousands of adult learners following ICT courses with learndirect.

In the 1980s, when I was still active as a medievalist, I wrote several articles and a few books on medieval literature. Most recently, I have written around 20 articles in the Marshall-Cavendish Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages, 2005, and an introduction to The Canterbury Tales, 2007.