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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...

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...

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 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...

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...

Climate change is not only about the exhaustion of the planet, it's about the exhaustion of so many of us, our lives, our worlds, even our minds. So, what is...

Explore the relationship between environmental sustainability and human behaviourUnveil the obscured world of air pollution as you embark on a compelling journey with Ian. In this gripping book, each chapter...

The Science of Memory and How it Shapes Us A radical reexamination of memory by pioneering neuroscientist and internationally-renowned memory researcher, Charan Ranganath. We talk about memory as a record...

The New Science of Ageing and the Quest for Immortality 'A thrilling ride through the science of ageing and death. A must-read.' - STEPHEN FRY SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE...

Realizing a New Possibility in One Generation One of Inc.com's 6 New Leadership Books You Need to Read This Fall “Daring . . . This visionary guide calls for a...

Every day, we are granted the power to travel at high speeds, fly, see in the dark, summon water from distant mountains and electricity from the sun. The systems that...

The Hidden World of Animal Consciousness A spellbinding look at the philosophical and moral implications of animal dreaming Are humans the only dreamers on Earth? What goes on in the...

From the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies and The Gene, the stunning odyssey of the cell - the key to life and ourselves**Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize...

A Brain Surgeon's Reflections on Life, Loss and Survival Acclaimed neuroscientist and bestselling author, Rahul Jandial, provides an honest account of the valuable lessons we can learn from humanity at...

Drawing on centuries of history and science, a prize-winning journalist upends our assumptions about migration revealing it not to be the story of our time, but an ancient, essential response...

How the genetic era will change the world A vision of the future where the latest Silicon Valley tech meets cutting-edge genetics. Decoding the World is a buddy adventure about...

Take a dive into the deep and discover what it is about water that seduces us, heals us and brings us together. Join writer and swimmer Bonnie Tsui as she...

A Guide To Pandemic Psychology For all the horrifying statistics of the number infected by Covid-19, multiply by a factor of 20 to approximate how many worldwide are suffering stress,...

Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic and How to Prepare for the Next One Frontline Covid-19 health journalist, Dr. Sanjay Gupta has had insider access to the unfolding pandemic, including exclusive...

The True Power of Women and the Science That Shows It Are women more nurturing than men? Are men more promiscuous than women? Are males the naturally dominant sex? And...

In our small corner of the universe, we know how some matter behaves most of the time and what even less of it looks like, and we have some good...

Unravelling unconscious biasUncovers the science behind our 'unintentional' biases using real world stories underpinned by scientific theories and research.For the first time, behavioural and data scientist, activist and writer Dr...

How It Works and How It Could Change the World The everything-you-need-to-know WIRED guide to quantum computing Quantum computing has been hailed as a technological game-changer. But what precisely is...

Find Your Focus, Own Your Attention, Invest 12 Minutes a Day From the constant pull of technology to the 24-hour news cycle to the overwhelming demands of work, our ability...

An illustrated guide for truly understanding your cat Japan's leading cat doctor tells you EVERYTHING you need to know about feline behaviour Cats are so mysterious. What makes them climb...

What Street Addresses Reveal about Identity, Race, Wealth and Power An exuberant work of popular history: why something as seemingly mundane as an address can save lives or serve the...

A Gripping History For the first time, this quirky and engaging history reveals the secrets of one of our most ancient social gestures. Strangers do it, friends do it, politicians...

Adventures at the Frontier of Birth, Food, Sex & Death What if we could have babies without bearing children, eat meat without killing animals, have a perfect sexual relationship without...

You've got questions: about space, time, gravity, and the odds of meeting your older self inside a wormhole. All the answers you need are right here. As a species, we...

How viruses emerge to cause pandemics, how our immune system combats them, and how diagnostic tests, vaccines, and antiviral therapies work. Throughout history, humans have contended with pandemics. History is...

How proteins, machine learning and molecular chemistry can teach us about human behaviour WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2020 How do we understand the people...

In the bestselling tradition of Stuff Matters and The Disappearing Spoon — a clever and engaging look at materials, the innovations they made possible, and how these technologies changed us....

All About Your Vajayjay and Why You Probably Shouldn't Call it That In This is How You Vagina, Dr. Nicole Williams presents readers with a much-needed resource on the history,...

On Health, Empathy, and Our Shared Destinies A leader in the fields of animal ethics and neurology, Dr. Aysha Akhtar examines the rich human-animal connection and how interspecies empathy enriches...

A Guide for Improving Cognitive, Emotional, and Behavioral OutcomesA body-based, science-backed method for regulating behavior, thoughts, and feelings and improving well-being--shown to shorten therapy time and improve emotional outcomes.In the...

A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases A very timely history of disease outbreaks, from the authors of Quackery: stories of outbreaks (and their patient zeros), plus chapters on...

Forensic psychiatrist Dr Sohom Das diagnoses, treats and rehabilitates mentally ill offenders — or the 'criminally insane' — in prisons and secure hospitals, many of whom have committed serious violence,...

The Science of How Moving To a Beat Is Good for Body, Brain, and Soul Discover why humans were designed for dancing — and learn how to boogie for better...

Adjust the Code that Runs Your Brain Achieve happiness through compassion and generosity towards yourself – and towards others. To fix a machine, first you need to find out what’s...

Building the Computer That Defeated the World Chess Champion On May 11, 1997, millions worldwide heard news of a stunning victory, as a machine defeated the defending world chess champion,...

Why Social Hierarchies Matter in China and the Rest of the World A trenchant defense of hierarchy in different spheres of our lives, from the personal to the political All...

*Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 award winner, Syukuro Manabe was jointly awarded with Klaus Hasselmann "for groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex systems for the physical modelling of Earth's...

Voyager's Golden Record and Music from EarthAn examination of NASA's Golden Record that offers new perspectives and theories on how music can be analysed, listened to, and thought about —...

Practical immortality may be within our grasp, due to cutting-edge scientific research and amazing medical breakthroughs that are coming at an astonishing speed. In Chasing Life, prominent neurosurgeon and CNN...

The ultimate guide to living a stress-free life*As featured on the Deliciously Ella podcast in March 2019*Are you ready to stop feeling constantly stressed and become the best version of...