New and Recommended: Science and Natural History
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'A vital and important book' David OlusogaFrom an award-winning historian of race, science and empire, a path-breaking and poignant history of extinction as a scientific idea, an imperial legacy and a political choiceAnyone alive today is…
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By the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Lost Rainforests of Britain*A WATERSTONES AND GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF 2024**SHORTLISTED FOR THE WESTMINSTER BOOK AWARDS*'Both dynamite and medicine' AMY-JANE BEER'It couldn't be…
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Your health isn’t just your problem, it’s everyone’s‘This is the standout book on how to live longer’ Chris van Tulleken, author of Ultra-Processed People'In a world rapidly taking leave of its…
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From celebrated writer Robert Macfarlane comes this brilliant, perspective-shifting new book – which answers a resounding yes to the question of its title.At its heart is a single, transformative idea: that rivers are not…
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Translated by David Watson‘A guide to being the best humans we can be for our cats’ Focus'Fascinating. A must for every cat owner' Philippa PerryA trail-blazing guide to feline mental health from a leading veterinary…
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A fascinating intellectual history that takes a comparatively little-known but important idea and shows how it affects huge areas of our livesSHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY TRIVEDI SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2024'Fascinating, witty and…
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From the award-winning science writer, a new history of the development of nuclear power and the extraordinary minds behind itHenry Becquerel’s accidental discovery, in Paris in 1896, of a faint smudge on a photographic plate sparked…
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A quest for belonging through the forsaken landscapes of BritainWhen Steven Lovatt’s grandmother died, he lost not only a beloved family member but also his last link to the way of life she had represented: rooted in place, socially…
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'WHAT TO READ IN 2025' FINANCIAL TIMESMany artists are unaware of the mathematics that bubble beneath their craft, while some consciously use it for inspiration. Our instincts might tell us that these two subjects are incompatible…
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A fascinating new approach to evolution from the world's leading evolutionary biologist. Come time-travelling through the family tree of every species that has ever lived with Professor Max Telford.'A DELIGHT' HENRY GEE'BEAUTIFUL' THOMAS…
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A theoretical physicist's grand tour of how life emerged on earth and how human civilization will begin expanding beyond our home planet'A manifesto for going off-world to Mars and beyond' TLS'A breath-taking journey' BRUCE…
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‘A moving, essential book . . . Nobody writes about Nature with more beauty and grace than Jay Griffiths’ Brian EnoFrom celebrated author Jay Griffiths comes a unique and heartfelt insight into the healing nature of our…
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Birds have long inspired our emotional and imaginative connections to physical environments, but where did it all begin?Hidden in the names of English towns and villages, in copses, fields, lanes and hills, are the ghostly traces of birds…
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