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Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Author: Carlo Rovelli Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 96 The enchanting international bestselling sensation on modern physics comes to paperback In this mind-bending introduction to modern physics, Carlo...
Cod
Author: Mark Kurlansky Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 The Cod. Wars have been fought over it, revolutions have been triggered by it, national diets have been based...
Goliath: Why the West Isn't Winning. And What We Must Do About It.
Author: Sean McFate Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 We are living in an age overshadowed by war. We can't stop it, but we can survive it. Here's...
Peter 2.0: The Human Cyborg
Author: Peter Scott-Morgan Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 The extraordinary true story of the man who decided to live forever Peter, a brilliant scientist, is told that...
The World We Once Lived In
Author: Wangari Maathai Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 80 In 21 short books, Penguin Classics brings you the new canon of great environmental works Over the past 75...
The Wisdom of Wolves: How Wolves Can Teach Us To Be More Human
Author: Elli H. Radinger Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 What wolves can teach us about being human Love your family, care for your those around you, never...
The Wild Silence: The Sunday Times Bestseller 2021 from the author of The Salt Path
Author: Raynor Winn Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 The second instalment to the hugely successful Costa prize shortlister, The Salt Path, and the continued, powerful true story...
Nature Is Never Silent
Author: Madlen Ziege Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 For readers of Entangled Life and The Hidden Life of Trees, a fascinating journey into the world of plants...
Fulfillment: winning and losing in one-click America
Author: Alec MacGillis Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 An award-winning journalist investigates Amazon's impact on the wealth and poverty of towns and cities across the United States....
Below the Edge of Darkness: A Memoir of Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea
Author: Edith Widder Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 An exhilarating underwater exploration for readers wanting to recapture their sense of wonder Edith Widder grew up wanting to...
Sold Down the River: How Robber Barons and Wall Street Traders Cornered Australia's Water Market
Author: Scott Hamilton Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 Two insiders expose the shocking and shameful betrayal of Australia's regional heartland so international bankers and traders could make...
Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
Author: Elizabeth Kolbert Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 The author of the international bestseller The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity's transformative impact on the environment, now asking-...
On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint
Author: Maggie Nelson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 An expansive, exhilarating work of nonfiction on freedom, by one of the most significant writers of our day *A...
12 Bytes: How artificial intelligence will change the way we live and love
Author: Jeanette Winterson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 *A 'BOOKS OF 2021' PICK IN THE GUARDIAN, FINANCIAL TIMES AND EVENING STANDARD* Twelve bytes. Twelve eye-opening, mind-expanding, funny...
The Social Instinct: How Cooperation Shaped the World
Author: Nichola Raihani Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 Exploring evolution, animal behaviour and human psychology, THE SOCIAL INSTINCT reveals how and why cooperation has shaped and defined...
You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters
Author: Kate Murphy Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 When was the last time you listened to someone, or someone really listened to you? This life-changing book will...
The Secret Network of Nature: The Delicate Balance of All Living Things
Author: Peter Wohlleben Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 From the bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees comes an exploration of the invisible connections sustaining the...
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Author: Robert M Sapolsky Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 800 A groundbreaking synthesis of the entire science of human behaviour by 'one of the best scientist-writers of our...
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind: (Patterns of Life)
Author: Yuval Noah Harari Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 544 A series of special editions of the best popular science books to explore the patterns of our planet....
How To Be a Stoic
Author: Epictetus Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 128 'Don't hope that events will turn out the way you want, welcome events in whichever way they happen' How can...
There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness
Author: Carlo Rovelli Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 One of the most inspiring thinkers of our age transforms the way we think about the world with his reflections on...
User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design are Changing the Way We Live, Work & Play
Author: Cliff Kuang Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 A fascinating look at the secrets of user experience and how brilliant design changes everything, by Robert Fabricant, one...
The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term World
Author: Roman Krznaric Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 One of Britain's most popular public philosophers introduces the six ways we can drastically change the way we think...
The Pandemic Century: A History of Global Contagion from the Spanish Flu to Covid-19
Author: Mark Honigsbaum Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 A timely and critically acclaimed 100-year history of pandemics, by medical historian and viral TED talk presenter - with...
Peak: How all of us can achieve extraordinary things
Author: Anders Ericsson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 Reveals that all of us can excel at our chosen activities and offers a guide to unlocking our potential...
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
Author: Elisabeth Tova Bailey Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 208 In a work that beautifully demonstrates the rewards of closely observing nature, Elisabeth Tova Bailey shares an inspiring...
Exercised: The Science of Physical Activity, Rest and Health
Author: Daniel Lieberman Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 464 The myth-busting science behind our modern attitudes to exercise In industrialized nations, our sedentary lifestyles have contributed to skyrocketing...
Losing Eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild
Author: Lucy Jones Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 An urgent, comprehensive inquiry into how nature enriches the human psyche - and of the startling risks we face...
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
Author: Joshua Foer Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 The international bestseller on memory and how to master it Can anyone get a perfect memory? Joshua Foer used...
How Not to Be Wrong: The Hidden Maths of Everyday Life
Author: Jordan Ellenberg Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 480 How a little mathematics goes a long way in helping you not to be wrong The maths we learn...
The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World
Author: Pedro Domingos Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 In The Master Algorithm, Pedro Domingos reveals how machine learning is remaking business, politics, science and war. And he...
The Bilingual Brain: And What It Tells Us about the Science of Language
Author: Albert Costa Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 176 The definitive study of bilingualism from a leading neuropsychologist Over half of the world's population is bilingual and yet...
Cosmological Koans: A Journey to the Heart of Physics
Author: Anthony Aguirre Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 A delightful intellectual adventure that brings together physics and ancient philosophy Could there be a civilization on a mote...
The Changing Mind: A Neuroscientist's Guide to Ageing Well
Author: Daniel Levitin Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 528 The neuroscientist and best-selling author of The Organized Mind explains what happens to our brains from womb to tomb....
The Science of Meditation: How to Change Your Brain, Mind and Body
Author: Daniel Goleman Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 A fascinating and practical guide from two New York Times bestselling authors, backed by state-of-the-art scientific research. Drawing on...
Facebook: The Inside Story
Author: Steven Levy Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 592 From renowned tech writer Steven Levy, the complete history of one of America's most controversial and successful companies Today,...
Tim Cook: The Genius Who Took Apple to the Next Level
Author: Leander Kahney Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 An intimate look at the man who led Apple to be the world's first two-trillion-dollar company In 2011, Tim...
The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the World - and Globalization Began
Author: Valerie Hansen Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 An authoritative rethinking of global history by a leading Yale professor When did globalization begin? Most observers have settled...
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
Author: John M Barry Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 544 In 1918, the world faced the deadliest pandemic in human history. What can the story of the so-called...
The Dickens Boy
Author: Tom Keneally Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 In the late 1800s, rather than run the risk of your under-achieveing children tarnishing your reputation at home, you...
Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain
Author: Sarah-Jayne Blakemore Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 Winner of the 2020 British Psychological Society Popular Science Prize and the 2018 Royal Society Science Book Prize. Up...
Life on Air
Author: David Attenborough Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 448 "The memoirs of the world's leading Natural History programme maker, updated and revised for 2009" "Sir David Attenborough is...
The Female Brain
Author: Louann Brizendine, MD Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 The Female Brain is a thought-provoking, accessible and fun guide that will help women to better understand themselves...
The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
Author: Daniel Yergin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 512 The Pulitzer Prize-winning author and global energy expert reveals how climate battles and energy revolutions are mapping our future A new...
The Roads to Sata: A 2000-mile walk through Japan
Author: Alan Booth Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 A classic of modern travel writing- the story of one man's epic trek across Japan, from north to south...
The Sirens of Mars: Searching for Life on Another World
Author: Sarah Stewart Johnson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 A talented young planetary scientist traces our centuries-old obsession with a seemingly desolate planet Right now, spacecraft are circling Mars,...
Universal: A Journey Through the Cosmos
Author: Brian Cox Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 The Top Ten bestselling authors of The Quantum Universe take us on an awe-inspiring journey of scientific exploration. We...
The Weather Makers: Our Changing Climate and what it means for Life on Earth
Author: Tim Flannery Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 What does climate change mean? How will global warming affect our lives? Is it the cause of wilder storms...