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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the
A graceful, illuminating study of the wisdom of the natural world, from a world-renowned indigenous scientist As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature...
Guide to Native Orchids of Victoria
This comprehensive guide describes the 447 species of wild orchids that occur in Victoria, Australia. This region is one of the richest in the world for its diversity of temperate...
Beachcombing: A guide to seashores of the Southern Hemisphere
If you've ever walked along a beach or rocky shore and peered, poked or wondered at the things cast upon it by the waves, this book is for you. Beaches...
Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global
*A FINANCIAL TIMES , GUARDIAN AND TLS BOOK OF THE SUMMER* 'The fascinating story of ancient words ... new revelations await' The Guardian 'A magisterial feat' New Scientist ________________________________ One...
The Life of Birds
A fully updated new edition of David Attenborough's bestselling classic. BIRDS. 11,000 species, the most widespread of all animals: on icebergs, in the Sahara or under the sea, at home...
How to Sleep Like a Caveman: Ancient Wisdom for a Better Night's Rest
Sleep has hardly changed since Paleolithic humans snoozed soundly in their caves. While sabre-toothed tigers were their biggest night-time worry, today it's stress and social media that keep us awake,...
When Breath Becomes Air: The ultimate moving life-and-death story
For readers of Atul Gawande's Being Mortal and Henry Marsh's Do No Harm, an unforgettably powerful and heart-breaking book about how to live. ** SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER** 'Rattling....
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
Intriguing and uplifting stories of the world's oldest plants, from the revered botanist and indigenous teacher Robin Wall Kimmerer Living at the limits of our ordinary perception, mosses are a...
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape
A mind-altering adventure through the world of fungi for readers of Robert Macfarlane and Other Minds The smash-hit Sunday Times bestseller that will transform your understanding of our planet and...
The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a
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A "fascinating and terrifying" memoir of one woman's extraordinary effort to save her husband's life ( Scientific American ) - and the discovery of a forgotten cure that has the...
Impulse: The Science of Sex and Desire
Sex is everywhere in modern society, yet it remains taboo. We all have questions about sex that are too uncomfortable to ask - how do we get reliable answers? In...
On Quality: An Inquiry into Excellence: Unpublished and Selected
Featuring long-awaited selections from Robert M. Pirsig's unpublished writings, from before and after Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, an original collection illuminating the central theme of Pirsig's thought:...
Coral Reefs of Australia: Perspectives from Beyond the Water's Edge
Australia's coral reefs stretch far and wide, covering 50 000 square kilometres from the Indian Ocean in the West to the Pacific Ocean in the East. They have been viewed...
The Tides of Mind: Uncovering the Spectrum of Consciousness
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The holy grail of psychologists and scientists for nearly a century has been to understand and replicate both human thought and the human mind. In fact, it's what attracted the...
The Great Barrier Reef: Biology, Environment and Management
The iconic and beautiful Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is home to one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world. With contributions from international experts, this timely and fully...
Big Pacific: An Incredible Journey of Exploration and Revelation
The Pacific Ocean has been the focus of our fascination for as long as we have lived beside and on it. It covers one-third of Earth's surface - greater than...
Nature Is Never Silent
For readers of Entangled Life and The Hidden Life of Trees, a fascinating journey into the world of plants and animals, and the ways they communicate with each other. For...
The Explorer's Gene: Why We Seek Big Challenges, New Flavors, and the
New York Times -bestselling author of Endure Alex Hutchinson returns with a fresh, provocative investigation into how exploration, uncertainty, and risk shape our behavior and help us find meaning. Off...
Inner Sense: How the New Science of Interoception Can Transform Your
Interoception is one of our most important - and most mysterious - senses. It's how our bodies tell our brains what we're feeling - when we're hungry, when we're cold,...
Why Do Elephants Have Big Ears?: Questions - and Surprising Answers -
Fascinating "Why" questions about animals, and plenty of new ones, take centre stage in the latest book by Caldecott Honor-winning duo Steve Jenkins and Robin Page. Do you know why...
Heretics Of Dune: The inspiration for the blockbuster film
What The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction. Presenting Heretics of Dune, the fifth book in one of the most influential series of all...
How Evolution Explains Everything About Life: From Darwin's [...]
How did we get here? All cultures have a creation story, but a little over 150 years ago Charles Darwin introduced a revolutionary new one. We, and all living things,...
The Long View: Why We Need to Transform How the World Sees Time
'A beautifully turned, calmly persuasive but urgent book' IAN MCEWAN 'A landmark book that could help to build a much brighter future' DAVID ROBSON A wide-ranging and thought-provoking exploration of...
Whalefall: The global thriller sensation
Jay Gardiner has given himself a fool's errand: to find the remains of his deceased father in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. He knows it's a long...
The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being: Evolution and the Making of Us
'From your brain to your fingertips, you emerge from her book entertained and with a deeper understanding of yourself' Richard Dawkins'A masterful account of why our bodies are the way...
Attention Span: Finding Focus for a Fulfilling Life
AS SEEN ON ARMCHAIR EXPERT WITH DAX SHEPARD AND IN T HE WALL STREET JOURNAL , NEW YORK TIMES AND THE TIMES **A COSMOPOLITAN BEST NEW NON-FICTION BOOK TO ADD...
The Biological Universe: Life in the Milky Way and Beyond
Are we alone in the universe, or are there other life forms 'out there'? This is one of the most scientifically and philosophically important questions that humanity can ask. Now,...
Mother Brain: Separating Myth from Biology - the Science of the
'Promises a new route through the parenting wilds' Sunday Times'Powerful, honest and reassuring' Professor Gina Rippon'A vital new narrative . . . Meticulously researched, compelling and compassionate' Elinor Cleghorn'A compelling...
Thirst: In Search of Freshwater
'Water is life. Robert Macfarlane, in the marvellous catalogue - which also features writings by Elif Shafak, Rebecca Solnit and Ocean Vuong, among many others - proposes that the term...
Tasmanian Mayflies: Identification, Ecology, Behaviour and Imitation
Mayflies are one of the world's most diverse, abundant and important aquatic insects. Famous for their brief adult life spans, mayflies play a key role in the ecology of aquatic...
The Official Dopamine Nation Workbook: A Practical Guide to Overcoming
A practical companion to the international bestseller Dopamine Nation , for individuals, families, counsellors, teachers, and anyone who wants to go beyond the narrative and engage in practices that will...
The Blind Watchmaker
'This might just be the most important book on evolution since Darwin' John Gribbin in The Good Book Guide Acclaimed as the most influential work on evolution written in the...
Bizarre: The Most Peculiar Cases of Human Behavior and What They Tell
The human brain is an impossibly complex and delicate instrument - capable of extraordinary calculations, abundant creativity and linguistic dexterity. But the brain is not just the most brilliant of...
From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds
One of the world's most original and provocative thinkers offers a major new account of the origins of the conscious mind What is human consciousness and how is it possible?...
Stronger: The Untold Story of Muscle in Our Lives
'Even if you've never picked up a weight, Stronger is for you ' - Arnold Schwarzenegger No matter how you think of yourself - strong or weak, large or small...
The Naked Neanderthal
A Neanderthal hunter takes us on a riveting journey of discovery What if we have completely misunderstood who the Neanderthals truly were? For over a century we saw them as...
Of Thorn & Briar: A Year with the West Country Hedgelayer
*** THE INSTANT TOP TEN BESTSELLER *** 'This spare but elegant account is an unexpected delight, and as soothing as a walk down a tree-dappled lane at sunset' - Daily...
Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Finding Our Way in a Chaotic World
Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 2025: the profound and life-affirming memoir about finding our way in a chaotic world 'A sumptuous, surprising, dark delight' Carmen Maria Machado 'Fast-moving,...
The Life Trilogy Boxset
David Attenborough's Life Trilogy is a complete introduction to the animals and plants found on Earth. The three books - published to accompany the classic BBC TV series - are...
The Gene: An Intimate History
The Gene is the story of one of the most powerful and dangerous ideas in our history. ** NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER ** The Gene is the story...
Meet Your Bacteria
Your body is home to trillions of microorganisms: living things too small to see without a microscope. MEET YOUR BACTERIA introduces you to all of your tiny tenants, and reveals...
The Four Realms of Existence: A New Theory of Being Human
A Seminary Co-op Notable Book "A big picture perspective on the mind, decision-making, and consciousness...Provocative and stimulating." - Philosophical Psychology "LeDoux's aim is to provide a new theory of being...
Hyperefficient: Simple Methods to Optimise your Brain and Transform
'Read this book! Mithu Storoni's unique strategy doesn't just preserve brain health and longevity, it promises to escalate mental performance to new heights and improve the way we work.' -...
Extinctions: Living and Dying in the Margin of Error
Are we now entering a mass extinction event? What can mass extinctions in Earth's history tell us about the Anthropocene? What do mass extinction events look like and how does...
Remnants of Ancient Life: The New Science of Old Fossils
The revolution in science that is transforming our understanding of extinct life. We used to think of fossils as being composed of nothing but rock and minerals, all molecular traces...
A New History of Life: The Radical New Discoveries about the Origins
An estimated 4.6 billion years ago, the Earth and Moon were formed in a violent impact. On this, many agree, and even more that a long time after that, life...
Snakes Without Borders: A collection of amazing stories from one of
My name is Rick, and I m a snake-a-holic. This book is a collection of amazing stories from one of the world s leading herpetologists, Rick Shine, who has spent...
Extinctions: How Life Survives, Adapts and Evolves
A journey through the great mass-extinction events that have shaped our Earth: 'Deeply informed and readable' Nature In this vast sweep of our Earth's history, Michael Benton brings the deep...