Christmas 2022: Science & Natural History
Selected by the Bookshop
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‘A subject that could not be more important. A compact classic!’ Bill McKibben‘A moving elegy and cri de cœur for our world’s wetlands. I learned something new – and found something amazing – on…
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Which nations have launched which animals into space?Which countries have no sea views?Where were our planet’s now-extinct species last sighted?Who is behind the great avocado boom?Where can you hug the world’s oldest trees?With…
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'Britain's finest living nature writer' THE TIMES'Lewis-Stempel's greatest gift remains his prose, with all its vividness and energy' THE DAILY MAIL'The hottest nature writer around' THE SPECTATORAt night, the normal rules of Nature do not…
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THE TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEARNEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEARFINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYA revelatory and vibrant story of measurement which will make you look at the world around you…
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'Superb' Sunday Times'Revolutionary' Alice Roberts'Hugely important' Jim Al-Khalili_______________A radical retelling of the history of science that foregrounds the scientists erased from historyIn this major retelling of the…
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‘London in the Wild is a timely opportunity to get out and explore all the wild spaces and natural places that exist alongside us. Both on your doorstep and on the other side of the river.’ – Chris PackhamA place…
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New York Times Book Review Top 10 Books of the Year‘Captures with subtlety and empathy the honest reality of mental illness’ The TimesThere are stories that save us, and stories that trap us, and in the midst of an…
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The Sunday Times Science Book of the Year‘If anyone was born to save Britain’s rainforests, it was Guy Shrubsole’ Sunday TimesFrom the bestselling author of Who Owns England?, a mesmerising chronicle of…
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From the prize-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies, The Song of the Cell tells the vivid, thrilling and suspenseful story of the fundamental unit of life. Both panoramic and intimate, this is Siddhartha Mukherjee's most…
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"A subtle, heartfelt and affecting book about home, the city and the self." REBECCA TAMÁSSet in the urban pastoral of an East London postcode, Feral Borough asks what it means to call a place home, and how best to share…
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The world is more astonishing, more miraculous and more wonderful than our wildest imaginings.‘Rare and magical book.’ Bill Bryson‘A witty, intoxicating paean to Earth’s most wondrous…