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Relax: A User's Guide to Life in the Age of Anxiety

Relax: A User's Guide to Life in the Age of Anxiety

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Author: Timothy Caulfield Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 'Masterfully, and humorously . provides much needed sanity in a world of claims run amok . I devoured it'...
Primate Change: How the world we made is remaking us

Primate Change: How the world we made is remaking us

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Author: Vybarr Cregan-Reid Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 IF YOU THINK YOU ARE YOU, THINK AGAIN. PRIMATE CHANGE is a wide-ranging, polemical look at how and why...
Building the World: Power Stations and Electricity

Building the World: Power Stations and Electricity

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Author: Paul Mason Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 32 See the world from a whole new angle! This innovative series, illustrated with amazing isometric artwork, reveals the technology, science and...
Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars: Space, Exploration and Life on Earth

Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars: Space, Exploration and Life on Earth

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Author: Kate Greene Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 In 2013 Kate Greene moved to Mars. On NASA's first HI-SEAS simulated Mars mission in Hawai'i, she lived for...
The Origin of Species: (Patterns of Life)

The Origin of Species: (Patterns of Life)

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Author: Charles Darwin Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 528 A series of special editions of the best popular science books to explore the patterns of our planet. Designed...
Fat: the Secret Organ: The surprising science behind the most misunderstood part of the body

Fat: the Secret Organ: The surprising science behind the most misunderstood part of the body

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Author: Mariette Boon Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 Everywhere we look, whether on TV or in a magazine, we're confronted with the same message. You need to...
Forest: Walking among trees

Forest: Walking among trees

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Author: Matt Collins Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Forest is a celebration of the diverse ways in which trees and forests are as magnificent, economically relevant and profoundly enchanting...
Inferior: The true power of women and the science that shows it

Inferior: The true power of women and the science that shows it

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Author: Angela Saini Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 'Inferior is more than just a book. It's a battle cry - and right now, it's having a galvanising...
Tapestries of Life: Uncovering the Lifesaving Secrets of the Natural World

Tapestries of Life: Uncovering the Lifesaving Secrets of the Natural World

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Author: Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 The second book by the bestselling author of Extraordinary Insects Trees clean air and water; hoverflies and bees pollinate...
Sustainable Gardening: Grow a "Greener" Low-Maintenance Landscape with Fewer Resources

Sustainable Gardening: Grow a "Greener" Low-Maintenance Landscape with Fewer Resources

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Author: Vincent Simeone Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 176 Take practical steps to protect the Earth for future generations by creating a sustainable home landscape that is also...
Planet Awesome

Planet Awesome

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Author: Stacy McAnulty Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 40 'Hi, I'm Earth! But you can call me Planet Awesome.' In this hilarious and informative book filled to the...
Beneath the Skin: Love Letters to the Body by Great Writers

Beneath the Skin: Love Letters to the Body by Great Writers

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Author: Ned Beauman Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 Buried beneath layers of flesh, our hearts pump, our lungs inflate, our kidneys filter. These organs, and others, are...
Tim Cook: The Genius Who Took Apple to the Next Level

Tim Cook: The Genius Who Took Apple to the Next Level

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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...
When Darwin Sailed the Sea: Uncover how Darwin's revolutionary ideas helped change the world

When Darwin Sailed the Sea: Uncover how Darwin's revolutionary ideas helped change the world

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Author: David Long Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 80 "One day, on tearing off some old bark, I saw two rare beetles, and seized one in each hand; then I...
Forces of Nature: The Women who Changed Science

Forces of Nature: The Women who Changed Science

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Author: Anna Reser Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 From the ancient world to the present women have been critical to the progress of science, yet their importance is overlooked,...
Cosmic Impact: Understanding the Threat to Earth from Asteroids and Comets

Cosmic Impact: Understanding the Threat to Earth from Asteroids and Comets

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Author: Andrew May Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 176 As end-of-the-world scenarios go, an apocalyptic collision with an asteroid or comet is the new kid on the block,...
The Rise And Fall Of The Third Chimpanzee: how our animal heritage affects the way we live

The Rise And Fall Of The Third Chimpanzee: how our animal heritage affects the way we live

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Author: Jared Diamond Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 How our animal heritage affects the way we live From the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Guns, Germs and...
The 2.67 Trillion Internet Searches Each Year Using Technology

The 2.67 Trillion Internet Searches Each Year Using Technology

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Author: Paul Mason Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 32 Do you know how many zeros there are in a duotrigintillion? Or which country has the greatest number of...
Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX

Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX

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Author: Eric Berger Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 'Just read it.' Elon Musk The dramatic inside story of the first four historic flights that launched SpaceX-and Elon...
Science Makers: Making with Machines

Science Makers: Making with Machines

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Author: Anna Claybourne Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 32 Be a SCIENCE MAKER by experimenting, tinkering and building to discover the wonders of science! Learn all about MACHINES...
Megacatastrophes!: Nine Strange Ways the World Could End

Megacatastrophes!: Nine Strange Ways the World Could End

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Author: David Darling Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 200 Which will get us first? The asteroid hurtling towards us from outer space? The Black Plague: Round Two? Swiss...
Guinea Pig Town and Other Animal Poems

Guinea Pig Town and Other Animal Poems

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Author: Lorraine Marwood (Author) Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: A beautiful collection of poems about animals. Squawk! Snuffle! Bark! Roar! Feathers, fins, scales, claws. Running, hopping, crawling, soaring....
Sea: A World Beneath the Waves

Sea: A World Beneath the Waves

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Author: Britta Teckentrup Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: Discover a world beneath the waves that is teeming with life, from tiny graceful seahorses to darting tropical fish and...
Look Inside Things That Go

Look Inside Things That Go

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Author: Rob Lloyd Jones Format: Board book Number of Pages: Lift the flaps to explore all sorts of exciting vehicles - bulldozers rumbling around building sites, fire engines rushing to...
The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here

The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here

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Author: Hope Jahren Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 Hope Jahren is an award-winning geobiologist, a brilliant writer, an inspiring teacher, and one of the seven billion people...
Why do Buses Come in Threes?: The hidden mathematics of everyday life

Why do Buses Come in Threes?: The hidden mathematics of everyday life

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Author: Rob Eastaway Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 An entertaining guide to how maths is relevant to our everyday lives. Why is it better to buy a lottery ticket...
Poppy and Sam's Lift-the-Flap Christmas

Poppy and Sam's Lift-the-Flap Christmas

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Author: Heather Amery Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 24 It's Christmas Eve at Apple Tree Farm! Peep under the flaps to find out what Poppy and Sam are doing to...
A Short History of Nearly Everything

A Short History of Nearly Everything

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Author: Bill Bryson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 672 The incomparable Bill Bryson travels through time and space to introduce us to the world, the universe and everything...
H is for Hawk

H is for Hawk

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Author: Helen Macdonald Format: PaperbackNumber of Pages: 320 **WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR****WINNER OF THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION****WINNER OF THE PRIX DU MEILLEUR LIVRE TRANGER**'Dazzling....
Can We Be Friends?: Unexpected Animal Friendships from around the World

Can We Be Friends?: Unexpected Animal Friendships from around the World

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Author: Erica Sirotich Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 32 With charming, colorful illustrations, this heartwarming picture book in rhyming text asks an age-old question-can we be friends Take a journey...
Land of Wondrous Cold: The Race to Discover Antarctica and Unlock the Secrets of its Ice

Land of Wondrous Cold: The Race to Discover Antarctica and Unlock the Secrets of its Ice

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Author: Gillen D'Arcy Wood Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 A history of the first race to Antarctica that weaves the great polar discoveries of the nineteenth century...
Hot Molecules, Cold Electrons: From the Mathematics of Heat to the Development of the Trans-Atlantic Telegraph Cable

Hot Molecules, Cold Electrons: From the Mathematics of Heat to the Development of the Trans-Atlantic Telegraph Cable

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Author: Paul J. Nahin Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 232 An entertaining mathematical exploration of the heat equation and its role in the triumphant development of the trans-Atlantic...
Delicious: The Evolution of Flavor and How It Made Us Human

Delicious: The Evolution of Flavor and How It Made Us Human

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Author: Rob Dunn Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 A savoury account of how the pursuit of delicious foods shaped human evolution Nature, it has been said, invites...
Great Adaptations: Star-Nosed Moles, Electric Eels, and Other Tales of Evolution's Mysteries Solved

Great Adaptations: Star-Nosed Moles, Electric Eels, and Other Tales of Evolution's Mysteries Solved

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Author: Kenneth Catania Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 In Great Adaptations, Kenneth Catania presents an entertaining and engaging look at some of nature's most remarkable creatures. Telling...
On Task: How Our Brain Gets Things Done

On Task: How Our Brain Gets Things Done

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Author: David Badre Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 312 A look at the extraordinary ways the brain turns thoughts into actions-and how this shapes our everyday lives. Why...
Hard to Break: Why Our Brains Makes Habits Stick

Hard to Break: Why Our Brains Makes Habits Stick

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Author: Russell A. Poldrack Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 The neuroscience of why bad habits are so hard to break-and how evidence-based strategies can help us change...
Alien Oceans: The Search for Life in the Depths of Space

Alien Oceans: The Search for Life in the Depths of Space

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Author: Kevin Hand Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 Inside the epic quest to find life on the water-rich moons at the outer reaches of the solar system....
Outbreaks and Epidemics: Battling infection from measles to coronavirus

Outbreaks and Epidemics: Battling infection from measles to coronavirus

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Author: Meera Senthilingam Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 176 For centuries mankind has waged war against the infections that, left untreated, would have the power to wipe out...
How Are We Going to Explain This?: Our Future on a Hot Earth

How Are We Going to Explain This?: Our Future on a Hot Earth

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Author: Jelmer Mommers Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 Over five years covering climate change, Jelmer Mommers has learned that the subject is a great way to ruin...
Get Technology: Be in the know. Upgrade your future: 20 thought-provoking lessons

Get Technology: Be in the know. Upgrade your future: 20 thought-provoking lessons

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Author: Gerald Lynch Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 Each day our lives become ever more entwined with and dependent upon technology - and yet there's a feeling that we...
Hacking the Code of Life: How gene editing will rewrite our futures

Hacking the Code of Life: How gene editing will rewrite our futures

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Author: Nessa Carey Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 'A focused snapshot of a brave new world.' - Nature In 2018 the world woke up to gene editing...
Artificial Intelligence: Modern Magic or Dangerous Future?

Artificial Intelligence: Modern Magic or Dangerous Future?

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Author: Yorick Wilks Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 176 Artificial intelligence has long been a mainstay of science fiction and increasingly it feels as if AI is entering...
New Scientist Instant Expert Where the Universe Came From

New Scientist Instant Expert Where the Universe Came From

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The Reality Bubble: Blind Spots, Hidden Truths and the Dangerous Illusions that Shape Our World

The Reality Bubble: Blind Spots, Hidden Truths and the Dangerous Illusions that Shape Our World

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Author: Ziya Tong Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 Our naked eyes see only a thin sliver of reality. We are blind in comparison to the x-rays that...
Harmless Naturalism: The Limits of Science and the Nature of Philosophy

Harmless Naturalism: The Limits of Science and the Nature of Philosophy

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Author: Robert Almeder Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 235 In seeking to defend a form of naturalism that avoids both scientism and the reduction of philosophy to science,...
Dinosaur Tracks: The Next Steps

Dinosaur Tracks: The Next Steps

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Author: Peter L. Falkingham Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 428 The latest advances in dinosaur ichnology are showcased in this comprehensive and timely volume, in which leading researchers and research...
On the Margins of Southwest Asia: Cyprus during the 6th to 4th Millennia BC

On the Margins of Southwest Asia: Cyprus during the 6th to 4th Millennia BC

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Author: Joanne Clarke Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 This book examines social change in Cyprus during the 6th to 4th millennia BC; a period that is traditionally viewed as...
Human Origins: 7 Million Years and Counting

Human Origins: 7 Million Years and Counting

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Author: New Scientist Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 Where did we come from? Where are we going? Homo sapiens is the most successful, the most widespread and...