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The Darwin Wars: The Scientific Battle for the Soul of Man
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The Paper Lantern
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Dr Karl's Surfing Safari through Science
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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...
Spike: The Virus vs. The People - the Inside Story
Author: Jeremy Farrar Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 The Coronavirus pandemic has devastated lives and livelihoods around the world - and continues to do so. These personal tragedies will,...
The Marshmallow Test
Author: Walter Mischel Format: Paperback Number of Pages: Self-control explained by the inventor of the famous 1960s marshmallow experiments A child is presented with a marshmallow and given a choice-...
Strange Labyrinth: Outlaws, Poets, Mystics, Murderers and a Coward in London's Great Forest
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...
Bush Tukka Guide 2nd edition
Author: Samantha Martin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 248 In this second, refreshed edition of Samantha Martin's bestselling Bush Tukka Guide, readers will discover additional bush foods, recipes and updated...
The Essentials of Psycho-Analysis
Author: Sigmund Freud Format: Paperback Number of Pages: The definitive collection of writing from the great founder of psycho-analysis. The Essentials of Psycho-analysis is the definitive collection of Sigmund Freud's...
The Magick of Matter: Crystals, Chaos and the Wizardry of Physics
Author: Felix Flicker Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 'This is a book about wizardry. It will reveal the secrets of the wizard's art, and how you, too, can learn...
Strange Labyrinth: Outlaws, Poets, Mystics, Murderers and a Coward in London's Great Forest
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...
Chance and Commitment: Memoirs of a medical scientist
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The Universe Speaks in Numbers: How Modern Maths Reveals Nature's Deepest Secrets
Author: Graham Farmelo Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 'A superbly written, riveting book.' - Martin Rees Searching for the fundamental laws of the universe, physicists have found themselves developing...
The Future We Choose: 'Everyone should read this book' MATT HAIG
Author: Christiana Figueres Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 We can survive the climate crisis. This book shows us how. We have two choices for our future, which is still...
Decoding the World
Author: Po Bronson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 A vision of the future where the latest Silicon Valley tech meets cutting-edge genetics. Decoding the World is a buddy adventure...
Basic Metaverse: How Virtual Worlds Will Change Our Reality and What You Can Do to Unlock Their Potential
Author: David Shrier Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 What is the metaverse? Quite simply, it's a digital platform to help people collaborate, work and play in new ways, in...
How Animals Saved My Life: Being the Supervet
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...
COVID-19: The Pandemic that Never Should Have Happened, and How to Stop the Next One
Author: Debora MacKenzie Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 'Excellent . . . analyses clearly and authoritatively how the coronavirus pandemic played out, what governments should have done, and what...
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...
The Story of the Brain in 101/2 Cells
Author: Richard Wingate Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 There are more than 100 billion brain cells in our heads, and every single one represents a fragment of thought and...
Wonderland: A Year of Britain's Wildlife, Day by Day
Author: Brett Westwood Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Vibrant, fascinating, poetic - a year in living things: all the things we love, all the things...
The Cosmic Serpent
Author: Jeremy Narby Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 A gripping investigation that opens fresh perspectives on biology and anthropology 'At the cutting edge of contemporary thought' GUARDIAN 'A thoroughly...
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...
We Are Electric: The New Science of Our Body's Electrome
Author: Sally Adee Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 You may be familiar with the idea of our body's biome - the bacterial fauna that populates our gut and can...
The Universe Next Door: A Journey Through 55 Parallel Worlds and Possible Futures
Author: New Scientist Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 It's lucky you're here. But for a series of choices, accidents and coincidences - any of which could have gone otherwise...
The Star Builders: Nuclear Fusion and the Race to Power the Planet
Author: Arthur Turrell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Is it possible to build a star on earth? When asked what problem he hoped scientists will have solved by the...
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 Genetic Age: Our Perilous Quest To Edit Life
Author: Professor Matthew Cobb Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 A TIMES ENVIRONMENT AND SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 'The ideal guide to what is not just a fiendishly...
Introducing Time: A Graphic Guide
Author: Craig Callender Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 A brilliant graphic exploration of the physics and philosophy of time. What is time? The 5th century philosopher St Augustine famously...
Am I Normal?: The 200-Year Search for Normal People (and Why They Don't Exist)
Author: Sarah Chaney Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 *As heard on BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour* *A Blackwell's and Waterstones Best Popular Science Book of 2022* 'Excellent ... one...
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...
Off the Map: Lost Spaces, Invisible Cities, Forgotten Islands, Feral Places and What They Tell Us About the World
Author: Alastair Bonnett Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 From forgotten enclaves to floating islands, from hidden villages to New York gutter spaces, Off the Map charts the hidden corners...
The Self Delusion: The Surprising Science of Our Connection to Each Other and the Natural World
Author: Tom Oliver Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'A thought-provoking and worthwhile read' THE TIMES 'A timely, challenging book' GUARDIAN '[A] rich, intriguing book' NATURE WE ARE MUCH MORE...
Talking to Robots: How Humans and Machines Will Live Together in the Future
Author: David Ewing Duncan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'If you want to see what that future might look like, Duncan's book is a fun place to start' NPR...
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 Social Lives of Animals: How Co-operation Conquered the Natural World
Author: Ashley Ward Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 'Any writer who can evoke the existential sadness of a lonely cockroach, or make krill thrilling, or describe a snorkelling colleague...
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...
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...
Pluses and Minuses: How Maths Makes the World More Manageable
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Author: Stefan Buijsman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 Thousands of years ago the inhabitants of Mesopotamia became the first to use numbers. Since then, mathematics has been unstoppable. It's...
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...
Two for Joy: The untold ways to enjoy the countryside
Author: Adam Henson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 In Two for Joy, Adam Henson - much-loved and long-standing presenter of Countryfile and Lambing Live - goes on a journey...
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...
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...
How Vaccines Work: The Science and History Behind Every Question You've Wanted to Ask
Author: David Miles Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 480 Vaccines are a debate, whether we want them to be or not. Now more than ever, it's easy to feel overwhelmed...
The Meat Paradox: 'Brilliantly provocative, original, electrifying' Bee Wilson, Financial Times
Author: Rob Percival Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 Our future diet will be shaped by diverse forces. It will be shaped by novel technologies and the logic of globalisation,...
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...