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Updated March 4, 2026
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Is A River Alive?
Macfarlane, Robert
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR BLACKWELL'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRITING 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2026 SHORTLISTED FOR THE SHERBORNE PRIZE FOR TRAVEL WRITING 2026
Everything Is Tuberculosis : The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
Green, John.
Paper Book
#1 New York Times bestseller * #1 Washington Post bestseller * #1 Indie Bestseller * USA Today Bestseller John Green, award-winning author and passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world's...
Replaceable You: Adventures In Human Anatomy
Roach, Mary.
Paper Book
The body is the most complex machine in the world, but what happens when the parts start to fail? Meet the scientists facing the challenge... AN AMAZON AND TIME BOOK OF THE YEAR  Our bodies regenerate at a remarkable rate - our skin replaces itself every month, our...
The ocean's menagerie : how Earth's strangest creatures reshape the rules of life
Harvell, C. Drew
Paper Book
** A NATURE AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 * A TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2025 SO FAR * A SUNDAY TIMES BEST BOOK TO READ THIS SUMMER ** A transporting exploration of the deep sea, and how our planet's strangest, most ancient and...
The arrogant ape : the myth of human exceptionalism and why it matters
Webb, Christine E.
Paper Book
A New York Times's Notable Book of 2025 An impassioned celebration of humility before the living world that leads us to a new understanding of other species--and ourselves Darwin considered humans one part of the web of life, not the apex of a natural...
Hope dies last : visionary people across the world, fighting to find us a future
Weisman, Alan
Paper Book
One of Heatmap's 18 Climate Books to Read in 2025 The award-winning environmental journalist's extraordinary, long-awaited portrait of hope and resilience as we face a fractured and uncertain future In this profoundly human and moving narrative, the...
Metamorphosis : a natural and human history
Harman, Oren Solomon
Paper Book
A search for the meaning of one of nature's greatest riddles: why do so many creatures transform? "Beautiful... Entertaining... Inspiring."--Nature "A meditation on transformation . . . Warm [and] empathetic . . . wonderful."<...
Science Under Siege: ; how to fight the five most powerful forces that threaten our world
Mann, Michael E.
Paper Book
From pandemics to the climate crisis, humanity faces tougher challenges than ever. Whether it's the health of our people or the health of our planet, we know we are on an unsustainable path. But our efforts to effectively tackle these existential crises are now hampered by a common threat-...
A year with Gilbert White : the first great nature writer
Uglow, Jenny
Paper Book
'Uglow makes us feel the life beyond the facts.' GUARDIAN 'Few can match Uglow's skill at conjuring up a scene, or illuminating a character.' SUNDAY TIMES 'Charming . . . Like Radio 4's shipping forecast for naturalists.' Andrea Wulf, FINANCIAL...
Shape Of Things Unseen: A New Science Of Imagination
Zeman, Adam.
Paper Book
'Fascinating, absorbing and educative' A. C. Grayling 'Highly original and beautifully written' Dominic Lawson A compelling insight into how our imagination works, based on the latest scientific research. People often think of imagination as...
Morbidly Curious : A Scientist Explains Why We Can't Look Away
Scrivner, Coltan
Paper Book
What makes us peek at a car wreck or binge-watch true crime shows late into the night? Why are some of us drawn to horror movies while others shudder at the thought? In Morbidly Curious, scientist Coltan Scrivner takes readers on a thrilling journey into the psychology of morbid curiosity,...
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: The Case Against Superintelligent AI
Yudkowsky, Eliezer.
Paper Book
AI is the greatest threat to our existence that we have ever faced. The scramble to create superhuman AI has put us on the path to extinction - but it's not too late to change course. Two pioneering researchers in the field, Eliezer Yudkowsy and Nate Soares, explain why artificial...
This Book Is a Knife : Radical Working-class Strategies in the Age of Climate Change
Fox, L. E.
Paper Book
Despite the naysayers, climate change is a fact. We know that global temperatures are rising, that weather patterns are changing, that forest fires, droughts, flooding, severe storms, and heat waves are the new normal. We know this planet is teetering on the edge of climate collapse, an apocalyptic...
The War on Science : Thirty-Nine Renowned Scientists and Scholars Speak Out About Current Threats to Free Speech, Open Inquiry, and the Scientific Process
Krauss, Lawrence M. (EDT)
Paper Book
An unparalleled group of prominent scholars from wide-ranging disciplines detail ongoing efforts to impose ideological restrictions on science and scholarship throughout western society. From assaults on merit-based hiring to the policing of language and replacing well...
Moons : the mysteries and marvels of our solar system
Howells, Kate
Paper Book
The spiritual successor to Space Is Cool as Fuck, a mind-bending information overload on the majesty of our favourite local moons. ALMOST EVERY PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM HAS ONE, SO WHY DO WE KNOW SO LITTLE ABOUT MOONS? Join...
When life gives you lemurs
Husband, Tim.
Paper Book
A story of courage, generosity and the tender power of animals to heal humans.
Still waters & wild waves : a printmaker's journey
Harding, Angela
Paper Book
*One of Waterstones' Best Nature Books of the Year 2024* Featuring over 50 original illustrations of dramatic seascapes and reflective rivers, alongside photography of the stunning places that inspired the artwork, Angela Harding's beautiful new book captures the waters...

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