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Terra Nova: Ambition, jealousy and simmering rivalry in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration
'A riveting account about Scott of Antarctica and the machinations of his demise. Of the food depots that were diminished and the rescue that never came.' - Peter Hillary, mountaineer...
SHARK: Portraits
The beauty of the apex predator captured up close and unflinchingly. A global shift from fright to endearment is happening, and the world is falling in love with sharks as...
Hawking
From his early days at Oxford, Stephen Hawking's brilliance and good humor were obvious to everyone he met. At twenty-one he was diagnosed with ALS, a disease that limited his...
Life as We Made It: How 50,000 Years of Human Innovation RefinedaEURO"and RedefinedaEURO"Nature
From the first dog to the first beefalo, from farming to CRISPR, the human history of remaking nature When the 2020 Nobel Prize was awarded to the inventors of CRISPR,...
Voyagers: The Settlement of the Pacific
An award-winning scholar explores the sixty-thousand-year history of the Pacific islands in this dazzling, deeply researched account. One of the Best Books of 2021 -- Wall Street Journal The islands...
Nature's Ghosts: The world we lost and how to bring it back
Shortlisted for the 2024 Wainwright Prize for Writing on ConservationShortlisted for the 2024 Richard Jefferies AwardA Times Science Book of the Year 'Sophie writes fantastically, chronicling the most important issues...
Barefoot Books World Atlas
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Space Trivia
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Storm's Edge: Life, Death and Magic in the Islands of Orkney
'A surprising page-turner, full of humour and startling details' THE TIMES ' If I read a better history this year, I will be lucky' TOM HOLLAND 'An astonishing tour de...
The New World on Mars: What We Can Create on the Red Planet
The world's leading expert on the human settlement of Mars explains what Martian societies will look like - very soon! Within a few years, humans will be able to voyage...
Before the Big Bang: Our Origins in the Multiverse
One of the world's most celebrated cosmologists reveals our origins in the multiverse One of the world's most celebrated cosmologists presents her breakthrough explanation of our origins in the multiverse....
Deep Blue: My Ocean Journeys
From bestselling author and internationally popular TV presenter Steve Backshall, an Underland for oceans - a remarkable exploration of aquatic life from one of Britain's most renowned naturalists. Take a...
The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth
A powerful blend of reportage, nature, travel and science writing, deeply researched and beautifully written, underpinned by a startling and urgent message for our time. A ground-breaking and beautifully written...
A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future
The legacy-defining Sunday Times bestseller by Sir David Attenborough - now in paperback. With a new afterword, Why You Are Here- A speech on the opening of the COP26 climate...
A Briefer History of Time
The science classic made more accessible and more concise. Illustrated. Updated with new research. Stephen Hawking's worldwide bestseller, A Brief History of Time, has been a landmark volume in scientific...
About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks
A horological history of human civilisation, told through twelve world-changing clocks The measurement of time has always been essential to human civilization, from early Roman sundials to the advent of...
The Dawn of Modern Cosmology: From Copernicus to Newton
New to Penguin Classics, the astonishing story of the Copernican Revolution, told through the words of the ground-breaking scientists who brought it about 'How great, then, must be the incomprehensible...
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred
Science, like most fields, is set up for men to succeed, and is rife with racism, sexism, and shortsightedness as a result. But as Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein makes brilliantly clear,...
The Germans and Europe: A Personal Frontline History
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Pocket Nature: Leaf-Peeping
Reconnect with nature through the quiet practice of leaf-peeping. Every autumn, we're graced with a breathtaking spectacle as the leaves turn from green to amber and gold. But how often...
The Sky Atlas: The Greatest Maps, Myths and Discoveries of the Universe
'Beautiful ... endless, brilliant unforgettable stories' Cerys Matthews, BBC Radio 6 'Combining myth and science, this breathtaking book [is] packed with stunning images' Daily Mail After the enormous international success...
History in the House: Some Remarkable Dons and the Teaching of Politics, Character and Statecraft
A Spectator Best Book of the Year; An Aspects of History Best Book of the Year; An Engelsberg Ideas Best Book of the Year Five hundred years ago, Thomas Wolsey...
China Goes Global: The Partial Power
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The Britannias: An Island Quest
The story of Britain told through its islands - a personal journey through an ancient landscape The Britannias tells the story of Britain's islands and how they are woven into...
Stephen Hawking: Friendship and Physics
An intimate, powerful account of Stephen Hawking and his universe An icon of the last fifty years, Stephen Hawking seems to encapsulate genius- not since Albert Einstein has a scientific...
Diary of an Apprentice Astronaut
An enthralling memoir from the inspiring astronaut who spent six months in space -- and is going back to the International Space Station just as the paperback is published In...
The Burning Earth: An Environmental History of the Last 500 Years
A brilliant, paradigm-shifting global survey of how human history has reshaped the planet, and vice versa over the last 500 years In this paradigm-shifting global history of how humanity has...
Four Points of the Compass: The Unexpected History of Direction
A sparkling exploration of the four cardinal directions, by the acclaimed author of A History of the World in 12 Maps North, south, east and west- almost all societies use...
Stephen Hawking: A Memoir of Friendship and Physics
An intimate portrait of Stephen Hawking -- the man, the friend, and the physicist An icon of the last fifty years, Stephen Hawking seems to encapsulate genius- not since Albert...
The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Mosquito comes this fascinating story of horses and how they have shaped human history. The Horse is an epic history that...
Deep Water: The world in the ocean
SHORTLISTED FOR THE QLD PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARD Through history, science, nature writing, and environmentalism, Deep Water invites you to explore the deepest recesses of our natural world. 'Teeming with mysteries,...
The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans
A titanic history of the three great oceans - the Atlantic, the Pacific and the Indian - and of mankind's relationship with the sea from the first voyagers to the...
There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than
One of the most inspiring thinkers of our age transforms the way we think about the world with his reflections on science, history and humanity One of our most beloved...
Stephen Hawking: A Memoir of Friendship and Physics
An intimate portrait of Stephen Hawking -- the man, the friend, and the physicist An icon of the last fifty years, Stephen Hawking seems to encapsulate genius- not since Albert...
Trans-Europe Express: Tours of a Lost Continent
A searching, timely account of the condition of contemporary Europe, told through the landscapes of its cities Over the past twenty years European cities have become the envy of the...
Cosmic Bullsh*t
#1 bestselling science writer for kids Chris Ferrie is back with the bullsh*t, examining today's mind/body/spirit fads, including astrology, cosmic energy, aliens, young earth theories, and more! Your hilarious guide...
Sea of Dangers: Captain Cook and his Rivals
James Cook and his rivals vie to open up the Southern Hemisphere and claim sovereignty Two ships set out in search of a missing continent- the St Jean-Baptiste, a French...
The Penguin Book of Outer Space Exploration: NASA and the Incredible
The fascinating story of how NASA sent humans to explore outer space, told through a treasure trove of historical documents--publishing in celebration of NASA's 60th anniversary and with a foreword...
The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe
The visionary history of the universe and human progress In this masterly synthesis, Arthur Koestler cuts through the sterile distinction between 'sciences' and 'humanities' to bring to life the whole...
The Journals of Captain Cook
Penguin Classics relaunch Cook led three famous expeditions to the Pacific Ocean between 1768 and 1779. In voyages that ranged from the Antarctic circle to the Arctic Sea, Cook charted...
A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have
The bestselling and hilarious investigation into space settlement Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away - no climate change, no war, no Twitter...
Europe: The First 100 Million Years
It is hard to overstate just how unusual Europe was towards the end of the age of the dinosaurs. It was a dynamic island arc whose individual landmasses were made...
On the Origin of Time
A new theory of the universe, twenty years in the making, by Stephen Hawking and his close collaborator Thomas Hertog. Perhaps the biggest question Stephen Hawking tried to answer in...
A Short History of Nearly Everything
The incomparable Bill Bryson travels through time and space to introduce us to the world, the universe and everything in this groundbreaking book, the best selling popular science book of...
Silent Earth: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
An urgent and compelling new book from the bestselling author- his first major work of popular science and environmental activism - part love letter to the insect world, part elegy,...
A Beautiful Question: Finding Nature's Deep Design
A Nobel Prize-winning physicist argues that beauty is the fundamental organizing principle for the entire universe In this scientific tour de force, world-class physicist Frank Wilczek argues that beauty is...
A New Voyage Round the World
A magical, substantially true narrative of piracy, zoology, anthropology, danger and adventure in the seventeenth-century Caribbean, Pacific and East Indies The first great English-language travel book, A New Voyage Round...
The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel,
The #1 bestselling author of The Future of the Mind brings us a stunning vision of our future in space Human civilization is on the verge of spreading beyond Earth....