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Strange Labyrinth: Outlaws, Poets, Mystics, Murderers and a Coward in London's Great Forest

Strange Labyrinth: Outlaws, Poets, Mystics, Murderers and a Coward in London's Great Forest

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Author: Will Ashon Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 In litter-strewn Epping Forest on the edge of London, might a writer find that magical moment of transcendence? He will certainly...
Strange Labyrinth: Outlaws, Poets, Mystics, Murderers and a Coward in London's Great Forest

Strange Labyrinth: Outlaws, Poets, Mystics, Murderers and a Coward in London's Great Forest

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Author: Will Ashon Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 In litter-strewn Epping Forest on the edge of London, might a writer find that magical moment of transcendence? He will certainly...
Shadows on the Wasteland

Shadows on the Wasteland

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How Animals Saved My Life: Being the Supervet

How Animals Saved My Life: Being the Supervet

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Author: Professor Noel Fitzpatrick Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER It has been 30 years since Noel Fitzpatrick graduated as a veterinary surgeon, and that...
How Animals Saved My Life: Being the Supervet: The perfect gift for animal lovers

How Animals Saved My Life: Being the Supervet: The perfect gift for animal lovers

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Author: Professor Noel Fitzpatrick Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 THE MASSIVE NUMBER 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER It has been 30 years since Noel Fitzpatrick graduated as a veterinary surgeon,...
Below the Edge of Darkness: Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea

Below the Edge of Darkness: Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea

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Author: Edith Widder Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 A pioneering marine biologist takes us down into the deep ocean in this 'thrilling blend of hard science and high adventure'...
Hybrid Humans: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Man and Machine

Hybrid Humans: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Man and Machine

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Author: Harry Parker Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 As heard on BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week An eye-opening account of disability, identity, and how robotics and AI...
How Animals Saved My Life: Being the Supervet

How Animals Saved My Life: Being the Supervet

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Author: Professor Noel Fitzpatrick Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER It has been 30 years since Noel Fitzpatrick graduated as a veterinary surgeon, and that...
Climate Worrier: A Hypocrite's Guide to Saving the Planet

Climate Worrier: A Hypocrite's Guide to Saving the Planet

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Author: Colm O'Regan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Bestselling author Colm O'Regan is a worrier. A professional one. Caution is his watchword. Risk aversion is his love language. Now...
Brother Surgeons

Brother Surgeons

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Churchill's Doctor: a Biography of Lord Moran

Churchill's Doctor: a Biography of Lord Moran

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Shearwater: A Bird, an Ocean, and a Long Way Home

Shearwater: A Bird, an Ocean, and a Long Way Home

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Author: Roger Morgan-Grenville Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'Shearwater is sheer delight, a luminous portrait of a magical seabird which spans the watery globe' - Daily Mail 'Charming and...
Shearwater: A Bird, an Ocean, and a Long Way Home

Shearwater: A Bird, an Ocean, and a Long Way Home

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Author: Roger Morgan-Grenville Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'Shearwater is sheer delight, a luminous portrait of a magical seabird which spans the watery globe' - Daily Mail 'Charming and...
Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker

Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker

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Author: A N Wilson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 A radical reappraisal of Charles Darwin from the bestselling author of Victoria: A Life. With the publication of On the...
Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood

Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood

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The Lunar Men: Five Friends Whose Curiosity Changed the World

The Lunar Men: Five Friends Whose Curiosity Changed the World

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Gunpowder and Geometry: The Life of Charles Hutton, Pit Boy, Mathematician and Scientific Rebel

Gunpowder and Geometry: The Life of Charles Hutton, Pit Boy, Mathematician and Scientific Rebel

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Author: Benjamin Wardhaugh Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 August, 1755. Newcastle, on the north bank of the Tyne. In the fields, men and women are getting the harvest in....
Rewired: An Unlikely Doctor, a Brave Amputee, and the Medical Miracle That Made History

Rewired: An Unlikely Doctor, a Brave Amputee, and the Medical Miracle That Made History

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Author: Dr. Ajay K. Seth Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 An inspirational story of hope and miracles as a small-town orthopedic surgeon forever changes one woman's life after performing...
Inventor of the Future: The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller

Inventor of the Future: The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller

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Author: Alec Nevala-Lee Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 672 One of Esquire's 50 Best Biographies of All Time * One of The Economist's Best Books of 2022 * A New...
From Our Own Correspondent: A Decade of Dispatches from Across the World

From Our Own Correspondent: A Decade of Dispatches from Across the World

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Author: Polly Hope Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 For more than sixty-five years on the air, From Our Own Correspondent has been one of BBC Radio's flagship programmes. It...
A Naturalist on Rona: Essays of a Biologist in Isolation

A Naturalist on Rona: Essays of a Biologist in Isolation

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The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science: Costa & Royal Society Prize Winner

The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science: Costa & Royal Society Prize Winner

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Author: Andrea Wulf Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 WINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2016 'A thrilling adventure story' Bill...
How to Think Like Stephen Hawking

How to Think Like Stephen Hawking

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Author: Daniel Smith Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 A unique insight into one of science's greatest minds of the last half-century. Undoubtedly the most famous name in science and...
Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker

Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker

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Author: A N Wilson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 A radical reappraisal of Charles Darwin from the bestselling author of Victoria: A Life. With the publication of On the...
Moore's Law: The Life of Gordon Moore, Silicon Valley's Quiet Revolutionary

Moore's Law: The Life of Gordon Moore, Silicon Valley's Quiet Revolutionary

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Author: Arnold Thackray Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 560 Our world today,from the phone in your pocket to the car that you drive, the allure of social media to the...
How to Think Like Stephen Hawking

How to Think Like Stephen Hawking

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The Life Scientific: Inventors

The Life Scientific: Inventors

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Author: Anna Buckley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 What does it take to be an inventor? Judging by the ingenious individuals who have come into The Life Scientific studio...
The Life Scientific: Explorers

The Life Scientific: Explorers

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Author: Anna Buckley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Inside the lives of the scientists who are exploring the world, our universe, the past and ourselves. Based on the interviews...
Doctor Jenner of Berkeley

Doctor Jenner of Berkeley

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Joseph Priestley: Adventurer in Science and Champion of Truth

Joseph Priestley: Adventurer in Science and Champion of Truth

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Stephen Hawking: An Unfettered Mind

Stephen Hawking: An Unfettered Mind

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Author: Kitty Ferguson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 Kitty Ferguson, the award-winning and international bestselling author of Stephen Hawking's biography, presents an even deeper portrait of the...
Inventor of the Future: The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller

Inventor of the Future: The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller

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Author: Alec Nevala-Lee Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 672 One of Esquire's 50 Best Biographies of All Time * One of The Economist's Best Books of 2022 * A New...
A Surgeon's Life

A Surgeon's Life

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The Hope Circuit: A Psychologist's Journey from Helplessness to Optimism

The Hope Circuit: A Psychologist's Journey from Helplessness to Optimism

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Author: Martin E. P. Seligman (University of Pennsylvania) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 One of the most influential living psychologists looks at the history of his life and discipline,...
Beyond: The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey Into Space

Beyond: The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey Into Space

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Author: Stephen Walker Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 512 "This remarkable account of the 1961 race into space is a thrilling piece of storytelling. . . . It is high...
Joan of Arc: A Life Transfigured

Joan of Arc: A Life Transfigured

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Doctored: The Disillusionment of an American Physician

Doctored: The Disillusionment of an American Physician

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Author: Sandeep Jauhar Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 In his acclaimed memoir Intern, Sandeep Jauhar chronicled the formative years of his residency at a prestigious New York City hospital....
Love, Life, and Elephants: An African Love Story

Love, Life, and Elephants: An African Love Story

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Author: Daphne Sheldrick Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 Astonishing...You may be tempted after the last page to sell all your possessions and join [Sheldrick's] cause.--The Boston Globe The first...
Dutch Light: Christiaan Huygens and the Making of Science in Europe

Dutch Light: Christiaan Huygens and the Making of Science in Europe

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Author: Hugh Aldersey-Williams Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 560 Filled with incident, discovery, and revelation, Dutch Light is a vivid account of Christiaan Huygens's remarkable life and career, but it...
The Life Scientific: Virus Hunters

The Life Scientific: Virus Hunters

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Author: Anna Buckley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 BBC Radio 4's celebrated THE LIFE SCIENTIFIC has featured some of the world's most renowned experts in the field of deadly...
No Boundaries

No Boundaries

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Author: National Geographic Kids Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 In these inspirational, exhilarating, and poignant accounts of exploration, 25 female National Geographic explorers reveal their greatest successes, most epic...
Billy's Halo

Billy's Halo

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Michael Faraday and the Electrical Century

Michael Faraday and the Electrical Century

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The Life Scientific: Inventors

The Life Scientific: Inventors

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Author: Anna Buckley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 What does it take to be an inventor? Judging by the ingenious individuals who have come into The Life Scientific studio...
Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe

Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe

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Author: Mike Massimino Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Mike Massimino's compelling memoir takes us on a brilliant journey where the nerdiest science meets the most thrilling adventure to reveal...
A Curious Boy: The Making of a Scientist

A Curious Boy: The Making of a Scientist

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Author: Richard A. Fortey Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 'Truth and courage are what memoirs need and this one has them both in spades ... The unforgotten boy: that...
The Art of Flight

The Art of Flight

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Author: Fredrik Sjoeberg Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 560 Two more tales of memory, nature, travel and collecting from the author of the Swedish bestseller The Fly Trap...
The Immortalists: Charles Lindbergh, Dr. Alexis Carrel, and Their Daring Quest to Live Forever

The Immortalists: Charles Lindbergh, Dr. Alexis Carrel, and Their Daring Quest to Live Forever

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Author: David M Friedman Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 His historic career as an aviator made Charles Lindbergh one of the most famous men of the twentieth...