True stories: discovery, historical & scientific books

647 books were found.

Where The Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey From My Doorstep to the Arctic

Where The Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey From...

Author: Adam Shoalts
ISBN: 9780735241015
Format: Hardback
$49.99

Looking out his porch window one spring morning, Adam Shoalts spotted a majestic peregrine falcon flying across...  Read More >>

The Ship Beneath the Ice: Sunday Times Bestseller - The Gripping Story of Finding Shackleton's Endurance

The Ship Beneath the Ice: Sunday Times Bestseller -...

Author: Mensun Bound
ISBN: 9781035008421
Format: Paperback
$24.99

The Ship Beneath the Ice is the extraordinary story of how the world’s most famous shipwreck was found, told by...  Read More >>

And Finally: A Neurosurgeon’s Reflections on Life

And Finally: A Neurosurgeon’s Reflections on Life

Author: Henry Marsh
ISBN: 9781784709365
Format: Paperback
$24.99

From the No.1 bestselling author of Do No Harm, an unflinching and deeply personal exploration of death, life and...  Read More >>

The Great Scottish Women Colouring Book

The Great Scottish Women Colouring Book

Author: Diana Matos Gagic
ISBN: 9781916007246
Format: Paperback
$23.26

Discover the stories behind some of the most influential and historically great women who hail from Scotland and...  Read More >>

Sir Josiah Symon KCMG KC: A Biography

Sir Josiah Symon KCMG KC: A Biography

Author: Ian Hancock
ISBN: 9781743059746
Format: Paperback
$45.00

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Cave of Bones: A True Story of Discovery, Adventure, and Human Origins

Cave of Bones: A True Story of Discovery, Adventure,...

Author: Lee Berger ,  John Hawks
ISBN: 9781426223884
Format: Hardback
$64.99

A true-life scientific adventure story, this thrilling book takes the reader deep into South African caves to discover...  Read More >>

Savages

Savages

Author: Lucie Lomová ,  Julia Sherwood
ISBN: 9781912278381
Format: Hardback
$64.66

A graphic novel based on real events, as captured in his journals by a young Czech explorer and botanist, Alberto...  Read More >>

A Normal Family: The Surprising Truth About My Crazy Childhood (And How I Discovered 35 New Siblings)

A Normal Family: The Surprising Truth About My Crazy...

Author: Chrysta Bilton
ISBN: 9781913183158
Format: Paperback
$22.99

An entertaining, unconventional family memoir from the daughter of one of the most prolific early sperm donors AKA...  Read More >>

Wonder Drug: The Hidden Victims of America’s Secret Thalidomide Scandal

Wonder Drug: The Hidden Victims of America’s Secret...

Author: Jennifer Vanderbes
ISBN: 9780008295707
Format: Paperback
$34.99

Longlisted for the Andrew 2024 Carnegie Medal for Non-Fiction The shocking, never-before-told...  Read More >>

Timelines of Everyone: From Cleopatra and Confucius to Mozart and Malala

Timelines of Everyone: From Cleopatra and Confucius...

Author: DK
ISBN: 9780241651414
Format: Hardback
$42.99

Amazing visual timelines telling the stories of the impressive people - some well known, others overlooked until...  Read More >>

Wonder Drug: The Hidden Victims of America’s Secret Thalidomide Scandal

Wonder Drug: The Hidden Victims of America’s Secret...

Author: Jennifer Vanderbes
ISBN: 9780008295691
Format: Hardback
$45.00

Longlisted for the Andrew 2024 Carnegie Medal for Non-Fiction The shocking, never-before-told...  Read More >>

Traces of Enayat

Traces of Enayat

Author: Iman Mersal ,  Robin Moger
ISBN: 9781913505721
Format: Paperback
$33.61

When Iman Mersal stumbles upon a great - yet forgotten - novel written by a young woman who killed herself shortly...  Read More >>

The Memory of Trees: The future of eucalypts and our home among them

The Memory of Trees: The future of eucalypts and our...

Author: Viki Cramer
ISBN: 9781760762360
Format: Paperback
$34.99

Most Australians see their world through eucalypts. From towering forests to straggly woodlands, in city parks,...  Read More >>

Critical: Why the NHS is Being Betrayed and How We Can Fight for it

Critical: Why the NHS is Being Betrayed and How We Can...

Author: Dr Julia Grace Patterson
ISBN: 9780008603496
Format: Hardback
$39.99

The true, eye-opening account of how the NHS has been failed and what we can do to save it.  Read More >>

Our Stories: 75 Years of the NHS from the People Who Built It, Lived It and Love It

Our Stories: 75 Years of the NHS from the People Who...

Author: Stephanie Snow ,  Adam Kay
ISBN: 9781802793468
Format: Hardback
$39.99

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Latifa Echakhch: A Finished, Resolved and Static Work Would Make No Sense to Me

Latifa Echakhch: A Finished, Resolved and Static Work...

Author: Julie Enckell Julliard ,  Federica Martini
ISBN: 9783858818720
Format: Paperback
$31.05

In conversation, Moroccan-Swiss artist Latifa Echakhch offers profound insights into the artistic as well as sociopolitical...  Read More >>

Silvie Defraoui: Often, It Is a Painting on a Wall in a Building within a Landscape and so on

Silvie Defraoui: Often, It Is a Painting on a Wall in...

Author: Julie Enckell Julliard ,  Federica Martini
ISBN: 9783858818737
Format: Paperback
$31.05

In conversation, Swiss artist Silvie Defraoui talks about her experiences with the national and international art...  Read More >>

Isabelle Cornaro: Fascination and Disgust of Matter

Isabelle Cornaro: Fascination and Disgust of Matter...

Author: Julie Enckell Julliard ,  Federica Martini
ISBN: 9783858818713
Format: Paperback
$31.05

In conversation, Franco-Swiss artis Isabelle Cornaro speaks about aspects of her art, offering a deeper understanding...  Read More >>

Medical Firsts: Innovations and Milestones That Changed the World

Medical Firsts: Innovations and Milestones That Changed...

Author: Tish Davidson (Independent Scholar, USA)
ISBN: 9781440877339
Format: Hardback
$105.00

Profiling 60 medical innovations and milestones from the 11th through 21st centuries, this book highlights the people...  Read More >>

Arctic Explorers: In Search of the Northwest Passage

Arctic Explorers: In Search of the Northwest Passage...

Author: Frances Hern
ISBN: 9781926613291
Format: Paperback
$26.27

There is no saga in Canadian history as full of hardship, catastrophe and mystery as the search for the Northwest...  Read More >>

Three Worlds: Three Stories. Three Lives. Three Generations.

Three Worlds: Three Stories. Three Lives. Three Generations....

Author: Jozef Borja-Erece ,  Maynah Borja-Erece
ISBN: 9781922956927
Format: Paperback
$42.99

The journey follows an orphan heiress who loses everything in the Second World War, a boy coming of age in an environment...  Read More >>

Caesar's Soldier

Caesar's Soldier

Author: Alex Gough
ISBN: 9781804362075
Format: Hardback
$43.96

Who was the man that would become Caesar's lieutenant, Brutus' rival, Cleopatra's lover, and Octavian's enemy?When...  Read More >>

Conspiracy on Cato Street: A Tale of Liberty and Revolution in Regency London

Conspiracy on Cato Street: A Tale of Liberty and Revolution...

Author: Vic Gatrell (University of Cambridge)
ISBN: 9781108971454
Format: Paperback
$38.79

The Cato Street Conspiracy was the most sensational of all plots aimed at the British state since the Gunpowder...  Read More >>

She’s In CTRL: How women can take back tech – to communicate, investigate, problem-solve, broker deals and protect themselves in a digital world

She’s In CTRL: How women can take back tech – to communicate,...

Author: Anne-Marie Imafidon
ISBN: 9780552178389
Format: Paperback
$24.99

An inspirational exploration of why women are under-represented in tech, why it matters, and what we can do about...  Read More >>

Rendezvous with Death: Australian Police Slain on Duty in the early 20th century

Rendezvous with Death: Australian Police Slain on Duty...

Author: Alan Leek
ISBN: 9781922896643
Format: Paperback
$29.99

The harrowing true stories of fallen police officers and how they met their end in a rendevous with death on the...  Read More >>

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