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The Surprising Science Behind Everyday Purchases Why Did You Buy That Drink? unravels the fascinating science behind our everyday purchases. We all make decisions, knowingly or unknowingly, about what to buy...

A Guide to Autism and ADHD New to the world of AuDHD? You’re probably familiar with autism or with ADHD by now: an increase of information online has helped more...

In this wondrously unusual memoir, a woman retreats into her shell in the aftermath of her divorce, and must choose between the pleasures and the perils of a closed-up life—a...

A research-backed framework to help you accomplish your most ambitious goals by honing and harnessing your most powerful yet underutilised resource: intuition. What sets the most successful people apart? While...

On Memory, Migration and Taiwan I have learned many words for 'island': isle, atoll, eyot, islet, or skerry. They exist in archipelagos or alone, and always, by definition, I have...

Provides a broad and entertaining overview of fear from evolution, to modern day challenges, and how clinicians treat trauma, anxiety, and PTSD today. About a third of the world population...

In an age where our attention is pulled in so many different directions and it feels almost impossible to properly engage with anything, how do we truly notice what we...

Simple Tools for Complex Everyday Problems How to develop the thinking tools and techniques to understand the maths of modern life When we learn about abstract mathematical concepts - from...

The Rise of Cybercrime and the Fight to Keep Us Safe In a world, where cyber threats evolve daily, the line between hacker and hero is thinner than you think....

Stories from the Earth From the sacred stones of Stonehenge to the rose red city of Petra, from towering mountains to the smallest grains of sand, rocks have had a...

A vital investigation into how disposability has transformed our lives and why we've been unable to kick our plastic habit by Wall Street Journal reporter Saabira Chaudhuri. Over the past...

At first glance, the concept of equality in maths seems unambiguous. Denoted by two parallel lines, the equals sign looks elegant, simple and entirely black and white.But between those two...

What your sleeping brain reveals about your waking life Uncover the incredible truth of your dreaming brain with Sunday Times bestselling neurosurgeon Dr Rahul Jandial A TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BOOK...

In Search of What We're Worth and Who Decides In surprising stories that take us into the worlds of hitmen, insurance frauds and modern-day slaves, Jenny Kleeman explores the value...

Translated by Eduardo Aparicio The Stories behind the Symbols A marvelous compendium of mathematical symbols and their fascinating histories Galileo famously wrote that the book of nature is written in...

Science, reason and the threat to 200 years of progress A gripping journey through the past, present and future of vaccines. Vaccination is arguably the greatest public health achievement in...

In this frank, funny and meticulous book, a leading social scientist lays out the striking facts we know about racism, how we have uncovered them, and how we can start...

From Indigenous scholar Yuria Celidwen comes a first-of-its-kind book about our aspiration for sustainable, collective flourishing through Indigenous wisdom, traditions, and practices that bridge Indigenous and Western knowledges and ways....

From the bestselling author of Why We Swim comes a mind-expanding exploration of muscle that will change the way you think about how we move and why it matters. Cardiac, smooth, skeletal-these...

On Race, Space, and Time A radical new treatise on time, quantum physics, and racial justice from world-renowned artist and advocate Rasheedah Phillips of Black Quantum Futurism. Why do some...

How Contagion, Class and Captivity Shape Us, from Cholera to Covid-19 An original, revolutionary new social and scientific history, A History of the World in Six Plagues is a deeply...

The Science and Art of Overcoming Insomnia Without Medications A practical and compassionate guide to repairing your relationship with sleep For the twenty-five million Americans who struggle with insomnia, each...

An amusing history of crackpot ideas and why we love them A rollicking visual and narrative history of popular ideas, phenomena, and widely held beliefs disproven by science. The Bermuda...

What a Neurologist’s Patients Taught Him About the Brain What makes us who we are? Is it our background that creates our identities? Or our families, where we lived, how...

How Curiosity, Exploration and Experience Make a Fuller, Better Life A groundbreaking new understanding of happiness to help us build a fuller, more authentic life. We all want a good...

A Survival Guide to our Superpowered Future An urgent book on generative artificial intelligence exploring the risk and benefits looming in this seminal moment The debut of ChatGPT on November...

Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going A blueprint for a better future that offers a unified theory of human behavior, culture, and society. Playing on...

A world-class scientist shares an expert insider view of how real medical science happens, and how teams of brilliant people tackled some of the worst diseases in the world. We...

What won’t we try in our quest for perfect health, beauty, and the fountain of youth? Well, just imagine a time when doctors prescribed morphine for crying infants. When liquefied...

An Economy of Gifts and Abundance From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, an inspiring vision of how to reorient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity and community'This book will...

What do you need to know to prosper as a people for 65,000 years or more? The First Knowledges series provides a deep understanding of the expertise, wisdom and ingenuity...

The Elegant Maths Behind Modern AI A rich, narrative explanation of the mathematics that has brought us machine learning and the ongoing explosion of artificial intelligenceMachine-learning systems are making life-altering...

The Holographic Unity of Heaven, Earth, and Humankind Explores the interplay between ancient wisdom and modern cosmology Is the universe inert and empty space, or is it some way responsive...

New Thinking on Grit, Strength, and Growth After Trauma FROM THE AUTHOR OF RAGE BECOMES HER, A POWERFUL ARGUMENT FOR COMMUNAL RESILIENCE BASED ON IN-DEPTH INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE HISTORY, SOCIAL...

What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can't, and How to Tell the Difference From two of TIME's 100 Most Influential People in AI, what you need to know about AI...

Where Stereotypes and Prejudices Come From - and the Science- Backed Method to Unravel Them For readers of Caste, Sapiens, and The Dawn of Everything, a page-turning deep-dive into how bias is learned-plus a...

The Folly of Atomic Power in the Age of Climate Change Nuclear power is a dangerous distraction from the urgent task of decarbonizing our energy systems. The climate crisis has...

The Surprising Science Of Human Goodness Cynicism is making us sick; Stanford psychologist Dr Jamil Zaki has the cure - a 'ray of light for dark days' (Adam Grant, #1 New...

How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest Truths A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023A NEW SCIENTIST BEST BOOK OF 2023WINNER OF THE LA TIMES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2023 BOOK...

The world's leading educational technologist makes an inspirational case for how we should use AI to support pupils and teachersThe generative AI revolution has come to education. Salman Khan, the...

How Quantum Computers will Unlock the Mysteries of Science - and Address Humanity's Biggest Challenges An exhilarating guide to the astonishing future of quantum computing, from the international bestselling physicistThe...

How to Think Like a Scientist, Learn How to Fail and Embrace the Unknown What can we learn about ourselves if we think like scientists? A scientist's journey from observation...

How Stories, Statistics and Studies Exploit Our Biases - And What We Can Do About It A ground-breaking book that reveals why our human biases affect the way we receive...

A poetic and intimate essay collection on the lives of plants and their entanglement with our human worldsA seed slips beyond a garden wall. A seaweed drifts through an ocean....

Know and care for your body with this information-packed guide to gut health and wellbeingBecome body literate with Gut- An Owner's Guide, the next book in The Body Literacy Library, an enlightening...

Debunk the Myths and Discover What Goes into Your Beauty Routine Accessible, illustrated beauty and skincare expertise from Instagram's cosmetic chemist Dr Michelle Wong a.k.a Lab Muffin Beauty ScienceWill eating...

The expert guide to a happier and healthier feline What does a cat need besides food, a comfortable home and access to veterinary care? Play! This practical guide from leading...

An expert in nutrition and the gut reveals what inflammation is, why it lies behind many modern diseases and what we can all do to help combat itInflammation has traditionally...

An interrogation of ecotourism, a celebration of animals and an impassioned call for the need to protect our natural world Thirty years ago, two trips to iconic destinations, Africa and...

A Revolutionary Guide to Controlling Your Anxiety When it comes to fighting anxiety, you have more control than you think- the power is at the end of your fork. We're...