Brain - The Story of You by David Eagleman
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Category: SCIENCE & NATURE | Reading Level: near fine
'This is the story of how your life shapes your brain, and how your brain shapes your life.' Locked in the silence and darkness of your skull, the brain fashions the rich narratives of your reality and your identity. Join renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman for a journey into the questions at the hea ...Show more
Chasing the Scream - The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs by Johann Hari
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Category: SCIENCE & NATURE | Reading Level: good-very good
It is now 100 years since drugs were first banned. On the eve of this centenary, journalist Johann Hari set off on an epic three-year, 30,000-mile journey into the war on drugs to uncover its secrets - and he found that there is a startling gap between what we have been told and what is really going on. ...Show more
This Book is a Planetarium - And Other Extraordinary Pop-Up Contraptions by Kelli Anderson
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Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
Never has humble paper had such radical ambitions. Defying every expectation of what a book can be, this pop-up extravaganza transforms into six fully functional tools: a real working planetarium projecting the constellations, a musical instrument complete with strings for strumming, a geometric drawing ...Show more
Wildlife of the World by Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
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Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
Wildlife of the World is a spectacular celebration of global wildlife bringing you face to face with the most fascinating animals on Earth. Journey through some of the most scenic and rich animal habitats, from the Amazon rainforest to the Himalayas, the Sahara to the South Pole, and get closer than you ...Show more
The Sherlock Holmes Book (Big Ideas Simply Explained) by Davies, David Stuart
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Category: SCIENCE & NATURE | Series: Big Ideas Simply Explained
The Sherlock Holmes Book chronicles every case of the world's greatest detective and his assistant Dr Watson. The game is afoot and now you can discover every detail of Sherlock Holmes' world.From the first novel A Study in Scarlet, through to the masterpiece that is The Hound of the Baskervilles and th ...Show more
Farmageddon - The True Cost of Cheap Meat by Philip Lymbery
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Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
Farm animals have been disappearing from our fields as the production of food has become a global industry. We no longer know for certain what is entering the food chain and what we are eating - as the UK horsemeat scandal demonstrated. We are reaching a tipping point as the farming revolution threatens ...Show more
A Is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie by Kathryn Harkup
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Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
Agatha Christie's detailed plotting is what makes her books so compelling. Christie used poison to kill her characters more often than any other murder method, with the poison itself being a central part of the novel, and her choice of deadly substances was far from random; the chemical and physiologica ...Show more
Atmosphere of Hope: Searching for Solutions to the Climate Crisis by Tim Flannery
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Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
A timely intervention on climate change from the internationally acclaimed scientist and author of the hugely influential The Weather Makers. How close is the great climate crisis? Can our desire to overcome it drive humanity's next great waves of positive technological economic and social revolution? ...Show more
Stargazer's Handbook: The Definitive Field Guide to the Night Sky by Giles Sparrow
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Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
Fully illustrated with 400 of the most striking and up-to-date astronomical images and covering all the major constellations and landmarks of the night sky, The Stargazer's Handbook reveals the treasures of the cosmos - what they are, where they are, and how to see them, including month-by-month guides ...Show more
Nature of Sex: The Inns and Outs of Mating in the Animal Kingdom by Carin Bondar
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Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
In Wild Sex, 'biologist with a twist' Carin Bondar presents the fascinating diversity of the reproductive habits of the animal kingdom, and through approachable explanations and humorous examples succeeds in making an eternally popular subject into a book of international appeal. Her web series of the s ...Show more
Human Universe by Andrew Cohen; Brian Cox
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Category: SCIENCE & NATURE
Where are we? Are we alone? Who are we? Why are we here? What is our future? Human Universe tackles some of the greatest questions that humans have asked to try and understand the very nature of ourselves and the Universe in which we live. Through the endless leaps of human minds, it explores the extr ...Show more
The Evolution of Everything - How New Ideas Emerge by Matt Ridley
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Category: SCIENCE & NATURE | Reading Level: good-very good
We are taught that the world is a top-down place. Acclaimed author, Matt Ridley, shows just how wrong this is in his compelling new book. We are taught that the world is a top-down place. Generals win battles; politicians run countries; scientists discover truths; artists create genres; inventors make b ...Show more