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Suzanne Corkin In 1953, at the age of twenty-seven, Molaison underwent an experimental psychosurgical procedure intended to alleviate his debilitating epilepsy. This title tells the story of the amnesiac Henry Gustave Molaison... | Jim Robbins An extraordinary investigation into the world of trees - and the inspiring story of one man's quest to help save the world's oldest and greatest specimens |
Barbara Arrowsmith-Young Barbara Arrowsmith-Young was born with severe learning disabilities. But by relying on her formidable memory, she made her way to graduate school, where she chanced upon research that inspired her... | Edward O. Wilson Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist Edward O. Wilson imparts the wisdom of his storied career to the next generation. |
Daniel Kahneman Our minds have two ways of thinking: fast and intuitive, and slow and logical. This explains how we make decisions and how to use this knowledge to your advantage. | John Gribbin Argues that we owe our existence to the impact of a 'supercomet' with Venus 600 million years ago. |
Caspar Henderson An entrancing and entertaining A-Z of the world's oddest and most far-fetched creatures - a bestiary for the 21st century. | Alice Roberts Lets you come face to face with our ancestors and travel back 8 million years. This title takes you on a journey to discover how our species has developed from... |
George Dyson Describes a fresh viewpoint of the emerging relationship between nature and machines. | Lone Frank Explore the wet and wild frontiers of human nature |
Gordon Grice The dangers of the animal kingdom are the stuff of legend but the reality of man's vulnerability and of nature's savage power is far more various, improbable and chilling than... | Lone Frank What if your future could be mapped out for you. Would you want to know? |
Martin Brasier With vivid descriptions and master storytelling, Martin Brasier introduces the quest for the missing history of life and the cell. Covering the period from 1 to 2 billion years ago... | Siddhartha Mukherjee Winner of the Guardian First Book Award 2011 Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Non-fiction 2011 Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize 2011 Shortlisted... |
Richard Fortey An awe-inspiring journey through the eons and across the globe in search of visible traces of evolution in the living creatures that have survived from earlier times. | John James Audubon A complete edition of John James Audubon's world famous The Birds of America, bound in linen and beautifully presented in a special slipcase. To create this edition of Audubon's masterpiece... |