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Vita and the Birds
Crosby, PollyHarperCollins Publishers 2023A haunting mystery for fans of Eve Chase, Dinah Jefferies and Kate Mosse. 'A poignant page-turning story, beautifully written' Leonora Nattrass, author of Blue Water 'Hugely evocat...
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Period : The Real Story of Menstruation
Clancy, KatePrinceton University Press 2023 UnabridgedThis audiobook narrated by Kate Clancy shares a bold and revolutionary perspective on the science and cultural history of menstruation Menstruation is something half the world does...
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Living Fossils : Survivors from Earth's Distant Past
Hirsch, Rebecca ELerner Publishing Group 2020In the history of life on this planet, 99.9 percent of all species have gone extinct. But a few have survived almost unchanged. Author Rebecca E. Hirsch introduces readers to six l...
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Deep Time Reckoning : How Future Thinking Can Help Earth Now
Ialenti, VincentMIT Press 2020A guide to long-term thinking: how to envision the far future of Earth. We live on a planet careening toward environmental collapse that will be largely brought about by our own ac...
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Race: Are We So Different?
Goodman, Alan H.; Moses, Yolanda T.; Jones, Joseph L.John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 2020 2. utgåvaThe second edition of the bestselling title on modern notions of race, providing timely examination of perspectives on race, racism, and human biological variation In this fully up...
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The End of October : A novel
Wright, LawrenceKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2020An Instant New York Times Bestseller From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower—a riveting thriller and “all-too-convincing chronicle of science, espionage, act...
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Until the End of Time : Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe
Greene, BrianKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2020Instant New York Times Best-seller From the world-renowned physicist and best-selling author of The Elegant Universe comes a captivating exploration of deep time and humanity's s...
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Monstrous : The Lore, Gore, and Science behind Your Favorite Monsters
Beccia, CarlynLerner Publishing Group 2019Bursting with blood, guts, history, and science, this book is a must-have for monster lovers of all ages Could Dr. Frankenstein's machine ever animate a body? Why should vampires d...
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The Darwin Affair : A Novel
Mason, TimAlgonquin Books 2019Dive into this edge-of-your-seat Victorian-era thriller, as London's Chief Detective Inspector Charles Field investigates a string of unspeakable crimes set off by the controversia...
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Hacking Darwin : Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity
Metzl, JamieSourcebooks 2019"A gifted and thoughtful writer, Metzl brings us to the frontiers of biology and technology, and reveals a world full of promise and peril." — Siddhartha Mukherjee MD, New York Tim...
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How to Be Less Stupid About Race : On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide
Fleming, Crystal M.Beacon Press 2018A unique and irreverent take on everything that's wrong with our “national conversation about race”—and what to do about it How to Be Less Stupid About Race is your essential guide...
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Who We Are and How We Got Here : Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
Reich, DavidKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2018A groundbreaking book about how ancient DNA has profoundly changed our understanding of human history. Geneticists like David Reich have made astounding advances in the field of g...
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Inferior : How Science Got Women Wrong – and the New Research That's Rewriting The Story
Saini, AngelaHarperCollins Publishers 2017'Inferior is more than just a book. It's a battle cry – and right now, it's having a galvanising effect on its core fanbase' Observer Are women more nurturing than men? Are men mor...
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Ninja Plants : Survival and Adaptation in the Plant World
Blevins, Wiley W.Lerner Publishing Group 2017What can communicate but has no mouth, and can attack but has no hands? A plant! You might love the beauty and fragrance of flowers, but plants are far more complex than meets the...
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The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
Carroll, SeanOneworld Publications 2016'Fascinating' – Brian Cox, Mail on Sunday Books of the Year Where are we? Who are we? Do our beliefs, hopes and dreams hold any significance out there in the void? Can human purpo...
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Darwin's Sciences
Graham, PeterJohn Wiley and Sons, Inc. 2015 1. utgåvaA complete scientific biography of Darwin that takes into account the latest research findings, both published and unpublished, on the life of this remarkable man. Considered the...
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Social : Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect
Lieberman, Matthew D.Crown 2013We are profoundly social creatures—more than we know. In Social, renowned psychologist Matthew Lieberman explores groundbreaking research in social neuroscience revealing that ou...
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The Paleo Manifesto : Ancient Wisdom for Lifelong Health
Durant, JohnHarmony/Rodale 2013In The Paleo Manifesto: Ancient Wisdom for Lifelong Health, John Durant argues for an evolutionary – and revolutionary – approach to health. All animals, human or otherwise, thrive...
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National Geographic Tales of the Weird : Unbelievable True Stories
Braun, DavidDisney Book Group 2012When a farmer in Spain captured a two-headed snake in 2002, scientists wanted to study it. When National Geographic Daily News published a story about the discovery, people wanted...
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Cosmos
Sagan, CarlRandom House Publishing Group 2011RETURNING TO TELEVISION AS AN ALL-NEW MINISERIES ON FOX Cosmos is one of the bestselling science books of all time. In clear-eyed prose, Sagan reveals a jewel-like blue world in...