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An enthralling narrative journey through the history and geography of Mars by an award-winning writer, geologist...  Read More >>

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Carving a timeline through the aeons of evolution that have taken place before our time on Earth, Deep Time explores...  Read More >>

Seven prominent intellectuals discuss the theme of vision through the lens of their area of expertise. Featuring...  Read More >>

This book provides an introduction into the diversity of the environmental movement through great characters in...  Read More >>

A radical work of nature writing and philosophical enquiry, resituating us in our real human skins.  Read More >>

The End of Money is an essential introduction to cryptocurrencies and the blockchain revolution which has been hailed...  Read More >>

In Where the Universe Came From leading cosmologists and New Scientist explain that we still have plenty of unfinished...  Read More >>

In How Your Brain Works leading neuroscientists and New Scientist introduce the evolution and anatomy of the brain...  Read More >>

This book shoves aside the clich� of the shivering ragged figure in an ice wasteland to tell the complex and fascinating...  Read More >>

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A startling original thriller from major new talent Femi Fadugba, THE UPPER WORLD is as mind-blowing as a Christopher...  Read More >>

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This book is for all readers who care about science and reason, humanism and secularism, the progress of humanity,...  Read More >>

A look at small, seldom-noticed and apparently insignificant objects and inventions that have changed the world....  Read More >>

This book offers a general introduction to the jet stream, and examines how it affects much of the weather across...  Read More >>

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