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Weathering: The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life on the Body in an Unjust Society
Author: Dr Arline Geronimus Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 'Monumental ' IBRAM X. KENDI 'Eloquent, comprehensive and compassionate' LINDA VILLAROSA 'Superbly insightful' HARRIET A. WASHINGTON Fusing science and social...
The Science of Food: An Exploration of What We Eat and How We Cook
Author: Marty Jopson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 In this highly entertaining and accessible book,BBC'sThe One Show's science and technology presenter and all-round science guy Marty Jopson turns his...
The Observant Walker: Wild Food, Nature and Hidden Treasures on the Pathways of Britain
Author: John Wright Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 When we go for a walk, whether in the countryside or city, we pass through landscapes full of natural beauty and...
The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy
Author: AnnaMarie Salai Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2022 BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY After a few billion years of bearing witness to life on Earth,...
Infectious: Pathogens and How We Fight Them
Author: Prof. John S. Tregoning Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 Even as vaccination emerges on the horizon for Covid-19, the fight against disease is far from over. Scientists now...
Grounded: A Journey into the Landscapes of Our Ancestors
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Author: James Canton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023: NATURE AND TRAVEL For thousands of years, our ancestors held a close connection with the...
Common or Garden: Encounters with Britain's 50 Most Successful Wild Plants
Author: Ken Thompson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 It's often imagined that rarity is special. We seek out uncommon plants or birds to tick them off our lists, but...
Bees and Their Keepers: From waggle-dancing to killer bees, from Aristotle to Winnie-the-Pooh
Author: Frank Perry Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 A beautifully illustrated and thoroughly engaging cultural history of beekeeping - packed with anecdote, humour and enriching historical detail. The perfect...
Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America
Author: Leila Philip Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 From award-winning writer Leila Philip, BEAVERLAND is a masterful work of narrative science writing, a book that highlights, though history and...
Eve: The Disobedient Future of Birth
Author: Claire Horn Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Throughout human history, every single one of us has been born from a person. So far. But that is about to...
Nostalgia Nerd's Gadgets, Gizmos & Gimmicks: A Potted History of Personal Tech
Author: Peter Leigh Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 In this eagerly-awaited new book from the author of the best-selling Nostalgia Nerd's Retro Tech, Peter Leigh takes a fun, informative...
Water and Peace: A journey through the world's most explosive conflict zones in search of deep water
Author: Dr Alain Gachet Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 In countries where scarce surface water causes disease and conflict, an abundance of water can bring peace. With the growing...
The Missing Musk: A Casebook of Mysteries from the Natural World
Author: Bob Gilbert Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 'Utterly fascinating and intriguing' Neil Ansell, author of The Last Wilderness 'A captivating dive into the mysteries of nature' Lee Schofield,...
This Is a Book for People Who Love Mushrooms
Author: Meg Madden Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 A celebratory compendium of nature's weirdest and most wonderful fungi, with gorgeously illustrated profiles of notable mushrooms and information on foraging,...
Through A Vet's Eyes: How to care for animals and treat them better
Author: Dr Sean Wensley, FRCVS Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 One of the Financial Times' Best Summer Books of 2022 'A compelling account of the trials, tribulations and triumphs...
The Keys to Kindness: How to be Kinder to Yourself, Others and the World
Author: Claudia Hammond Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 In The Keys to Kindness Claudia Hammond takes us on an eye-opening tour of kindness: what constitutes kindness (it's not what...
Travellers to Unimaginable Lands: Dementia, Carers and the Hidden Workings of the Mind
Author: Dasha Kiper Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 A husband believes his wife is an imposter. A man's sudden, intense Catholic piety provokes his wife. A mother and daughter...
Tree Stories: How trees plant our world and connect our lives
Author: Stefano Mancuso Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Trees have played countless roles in human history - by turns hopeful symbols of freedom, pioneering space travellers, keepers of ancient...
Towards a Digital Renaissance: The evolution of creativity, values and business from cyberspace to the metaverse
Author: Jeremy Silver Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 Towards a Digital Renaissance traces the excitement and optimism of the early internet, the outsider cyberpunk ethic and open access. But...
Country Matters: A Countryside Companion: 74 tips, tales and talking points
Author: Meg Clothier Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 'A lovely, luminous compendium of rural lore, law and life, full of unexpected paths and explorations' Bella Bathurst, author of Field...
Eve: The Disobedient Future of Birth
Author: Claire Horn Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Throughout human history, every single one of us has been born from a person. So far. But that is about to...
The Wild Handbook: Seasonal activities to help you reconnect with nature
Author: Emily Thomas Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 A beautiful, illustrated book full of ideas to get you back in touch with nature. Spending time in nature is scientifically...
Nostalgia Nerd's Gadgets, Gizmos & Gimmicks: A Potted History of Personal Tech
Author: Peter Leigh Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 In this eagerly-awaited new book from the author of the best-selling Nostalgia Nerd's Retro Tech, Peter Leigh takes a fun, informative...
The Jewel Box: How Moths Illuminate Nature's Hidden Rules
Author: Tim Blackburn Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 Every morning, ecologist Tim Blackburn is inspired by the diversity contained within the moth trap he runs on the roof of...
Stuff You Should Know: An Incomplete Compendium of Mostly Interesting Things
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Author: Josh Clark Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant started the podcast Stuff You Should Know back in 2008 because they were curious-curious about the...
Frozen in Time: Fossils of the United Kingdom and Where to Find Them
Author: Rhys Charles Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 A vibrant and richly detailed guide to fossils for readers with a passion for the natural world and those that inhabited...
The Simple Life: How I Found Home: The unmissable Sunday Times bestselling memoir
Author: Sarah Beeny Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 An instant Sunday Times bestseller Join Sarah Beeny on her journey to live more simply and find her forever home... Throughout...
For the Love of Animals: Stories from my life as a vet
Author: Dr James Greenwood Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 'A joy to read' - SARA COX Growing up in Yorkshire and with farming blood in his genes, James Greenwood...
The Brain: 10 Things You Should Know
Author: Professor Sophie Scott Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 Uncover the mind-blowing complexities of the brain and how it affects our personalities, behaviours and more. Written by Professor of...
The Art of Cartographics: Designing the Modern Map
Author: Jasmine Desclaux-Salachas Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 The Art of Cartographics is a stunning collection of maps designed in a unique way. Featuring geographical maps, fictional maps and...
Around the Ocean in 80 Fish and other Sea Life
Author: Helen Scales Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 200 Dive beneath the waves to meet 80 of the ocean's strangest and most surprising inhabitants. This beautifully illustrated aquatic world tour...
Flush: The Remarkable Science of an Unlikely Treasure
Author: Bryn Nelson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 The future is sh*t: the literal kind. For most of human history we've been, well, disinclined to take a closer look...
Even If Everything Ends
Author: Jens Liljestrand Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 Summer. The climate crisis has escalated beyond our worst nightmares. Raging wildfires sweep through the Swedish countryside - turning vacationers into...
Two for Joy: The untold ways to enjoy the countryside
Author: Adam Henson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 "I share Adam's love of farming and wildlife and I found this to be a fascinating and indispensable guide to our...
When We Touch: Handshakes, hugs, high fives and the new science behind why touch matters
Author: Professor Michael Banissy Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 'A mind-expanding tour of what touch means.' DAVID EAGLEMAN, neuroscientist and author of Incognito and Livewired Why is a hugged...
Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
Author: Susan Magsamen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Many of us think of the arts as entertainment - a luxury of some kind. In Your Brain on Art, authors...
How to Make a Killing: Death, Dollars and the Business of Blood
Author: Tom Mueller Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 Six decades ago, researchers achieved the impossible: developing a treatment that transformed kidney failure from a death sentence to a manageable...
Country Matters: A Countryside Companion: 74 tips, tales and talking points
Author: Meg Clothier Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 'A lovely, luminous compendium of rural lore, law and life, full of unexpected paths and explorations' Bella Bathurst, author of Field...
Are We Being Watched?: The Search for Life in the Cosmos
Author: Paul Murdin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Are We Being Watched? applies the latest scientific discoveries and theories to enquire whether life exists on other planets and, if...
Tree Stories: How trees plant our world and connect our lives
Author: Stefano Mancuso Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Trees have played countless roles in human history - by turns hopeful symbols of freedom, pioneering space travellers, keepers of ancient...
Aladdin's Lamp: How Greek Science Came to Europe Through the Islamic World
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Modern Cosmology
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Finding Moonshine: A Mathematician's Journey Through Symmetry
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How to Live With the Internet and Not Let It Run Your Life
Author: Gabrielle Alexa Noel Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 84 This book is a guide to living your life online, offering practical and sanity-saving tips to help you block out...
When We Touch: Handshakes, hugs, high fives and the new science behind why touch matters
Author: Professor Michael Banissy Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 'A mind-expanding tour of what touch means.' DAVID EAGLEMAN, neuroscientist and author of Incognito and Livewired Why is a hugged...
Wrinkles in Time: Imprint of Creation
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Tigers In The Snow
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The Book of Man: The Human Genome Project and the Quest to Discover Our Genetic Heritage
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