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Learn how to strengthen your immune system, for life. Our immune system is our body’s fortress — without it, we...  Read More >>

Written for students with no previous knowledge of explosives, this concise, easy-to-read book outlines the basic...  Read More >>

A lifelong stutterer dismantles the cult of fluency and champions the creative powers of inarticulacy.  Read More >>

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Rich with tales of discovery from Galileo to general relativity, a stimulating and timely analysis of how science...  Read More >>

From Stonehenge to atomic clocks, this is how we’ve used science to work out the time across the centuries  Read More >>

Combining popular science, history and moral philosophy, this is a wide-ranging and radical take on the human story...  Read More >>

An in-depth look at the science behind the creative methods Shakespeare used to kill off his characters  Read More >>

Reporting on the field of global mental health from its colonial past to the present day, Riley discovers new and...  Read More >>

The definitive guide to Cannabis, from world-renowned Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology, David Nutt.  Read More >>

""How can a three-pound mass of jelly that you can hold in your palm imagine angels, contemplate the meaning of...  Read More >>

An accessible guide to the intriguing and revolutionary science of quantum physics, written by one of NASA's leading...  Read More >>

In Britain, 600 people die of drowning every year. This book explains why it is so easy to drown, where accidents...  Read More >>

The world expert in multisensory perception on the remarkable ways we can use our senses to lead richer lives How...  Read More >>

When is food addictive, and under what circumstances? And what can be done to cope with or, in the case of kids,...  Read More >>

Spacelab was a reusable laboratory facility that was flown on the Space Shuttle from 1983 to 1998. Completing 22...  Read More >>

How the brain helps us to understand and navigate space—and why, sometimes, it doesn’t work the way it should.  Read More >>

A deeply researched and highly original investigation into depression which argues the case for embracing both art...  Read More >>

The curious and vanishing world of ice in Greenland, told through 24 hours in the life of an arctic researcher  Read More >>

Lose yourself in this extraordinary account of how we navigate the world.  Read More >>

One of the world's leading scientists on ageing delivers a revealing and enjoyable account of what ageing is and...  Read More >>

The book aims to present, educate and inform individuals about Alzheimer's disease in a comprehensive manner.  Read More >>

The book aims to present, educate and inform individuals about Alzheimer's disease in a comprehensive manner.  Read More >>

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