Dan Gardner Shows how our flawed strategies for perceiving risk influence our lives, often with unforeseen and sometimes - tragic consequences. This book uncovers one of the central puzzles of our time:... | Matsuo Basho; Noboyuki Yuasa Presents travel writings which chronicle the author's perilous journeys through Japan and also capture his vision of eternity in the transient world around him. |
Norman Doidge Introduces us to the stories of the brain science and the discipline of 'neuroplasticity'. This title allows you to meet the stroke victim who unable to feed or dress himself... | Richard Dawkins Charles Darwin's masterpiece, "On the Origin of Species", shook society to its core on publication in 1859. This title takes on creationists, including followers of 'Intelligent Design' and all those... |
Nick Lane Describes the ten greatest inventions of life, including DNA, sex, sight and consciousness, based on their historical impact, role in living organisms and relevance to controversies. This book explains how... | Ali Smith A collection of short stories by the author of novels Girl Meets Boy, Like, The Accidental, Hotel World and There But For The. |
Richard Holmes Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and winner of the Royal Society Prize for Science Books, Richard Holmes's dazzling portrait of the age of great scientific discovery is a groundbreaking... | James Holland The Battle of Britain was a crucial turning point in the history of the Second World War. From clashes between coastal convoys and Schnellboote in the Channel to astonishing last... |
Edwin A. Abbott; Rosemary Jann How would a creature limited to two dimensions be able to grasp the possibility of a third? In Flatland, A Square's linear world is invaded by a Sphere bringing the... | Wislawa Szymborska; Stanislaw... This collection of Szymborska's work reveals her to be concerned with the unglamorized actualities of the human condition. She is one of a generation of Polish poets which witnessed the... |
Leo McKinstry The biography of the aeroplane that won the Battle of Britain, for the seventieth anniversary | Emma Darwin BIRDSONG told the story of the First World War; ATONEMENT described the Second. Now there is THE MATHEMATICS OF LOVE. |
Katharine Holabird Angelina is full of excitement. She and Princess Sophie are to bridesmaids at the most important event in all of Mouseland - the Royal Wedding! But when the big day... | J. Craig Venter Craig Venter is no ordinary scientist, and no ordinary man. He is the first human being ever to read their own DNA - and see the key to life itself... |
Manil Suri A breathtaking Indian epic from the critically acclaimed author of The Death of Vishnu | Stephen Bungay Stephen Bungay's magisterial history is acclaimed as the account of the Battle of Britain. |