Life sciences: general issues

THE NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER'Finishing this book and then forgetting about it is simply not an option.

*** Shortlisted for William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2013 *** Is Usain Bolt a superhuman one-off?

In the international bestseller The Power of Habit, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charles Duhigg explained why we do what we do.

Charles Darwin's masterpiece, On the Origin of Species, shook society to its core on publication in 1859.

WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION 2023The Sunday Times Science Book of the YearAs seen on Countryfile'If anyone was born to save Britain's rainforests, it was Guy Shrubsole' Sunday TimesShortlisted for the Richard Jefferies Society Literary PrizeTemperate rainforest may once have covered up to one-fifth of Britain, inspiring Celtic druids, Welsh wizards, Romantic poets, and Arthur Conan Doyle's most loved creations.

Understanding how Covid-19 started is more important than we know for the future of humankind.

A startling book, his most personal to date, from Philip Hoare, co-curator of the Moby-Dick Big Read and winner of the 2009 Samuel Johnson Prize for 'Leviathan'.

What has been the dish of kings, the subject of myths and the traveller of epic and mysterious journeys?

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'A funny and beautifully written welcome to the enigmatic, weird and wonderful world of wasps' DAVE GOULSON, author of SILENT EARTHThere may be no insect with a worse reputation than the wasp, and none guarding so many undiscovered wonders.

How have our emotions shaped the course of human history?

'Heart-warming and life-affirming, full of humour and compassion' ADELE PARKS, PLATINUM'A beautifully warm-hearted tale of friendship and hope' MY WEEKLY'I loved this incredibly touching book.

Sharks are ruthlessly efficient predators, the apex of 450 million years of evolution.

A Waterstones Best Book of 2020The theory of evolution by natural selection did not spring fully formed and unprecedented from the brain of Charles Darwin.

A cutting-edge examination of what it means to be human and to have a 'self' in the face of new scientific developments in genetic editing, cloning and neural downloading.

The follow-up to the BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week Other MindsA Times and Sunday Times Book of the YearA Waterstones Best Book of 2020The scuba-diving philosopher explores the origins of animal consciousness.

Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction and A New York Times Notable Book of 2018.

A new edition of David Attenborough's groundbreaking Life on Earth.

In this paradigm-shifting book from acclaimed Harvard Medical School doctor and one of TIME magazine's 100 most influential people on earth, Dr.

206 bones.

The genetic history of the dog is a sensational example of the co-evolution of two species, man and wolf, to each other's mutual benefit.

Are we our brains?

BBC R4 Book of the Week'Brilliant' Guardian'Fascinating and often delightful' The TimesWhat if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice?

From intelligence to emotion, for centuries science has told us that men and women are fundamentally different.

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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon written by Rahul Jandial, read by Graham Winton.

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Concussion by Jeanne Marie Laskas, read by Hillary Huber.

Britain's most famous mathematician takes us to the edge of knowledge to show us what we cannot know.

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How could a relatively simple chemical code give rise to the complexity of a human being?

Obesity, autism, mental health problems, IBS, allergies, auto-immunity, cancer.

Sunday Times Bestseller'Passionate and well-researched' Tatler'A must-read' IndependentA social history of Labradors, and how they have become the world's most beloved dogs, by writer, presenter and long-time dog lover Ben Fogle.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Novacene written by James Lovelock, read by Roy McMillan.

'Wonderous and wild.

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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Tell Me the Planets by Ben Platts-Mills, read by Sam Woolf.

In this riveting journey through the hidden realms of the human mind, a world-renowned psychiatrist and neuroscientist explores the origins of human emotion, and examines what mental illnesses reveal about all of us - how the broken can illuminate the unbroken.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Thriving Child by Dr William Stixrud and Ned Johnson, read by Kaleo Griffith.

Penguin Audio presents The Plant Messiah by Carlos Magdalena, read by Roy McMillan.

Penguin presents the complete unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Rest by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, read by Adam Sims.

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of a Field Guide to Lies by David Levitin, read by Dan Piraro.

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Gastrophysics: The New Science of Eating by Charles Spence, read by John Sackville.

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Organized Mind by Daniel Levitin, read by Luke Daniels.

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The Future of the Mind by Michio Kaku, The international bestselling author of Physics of the Impossible.

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This book takes an innovative look at the circle of life including animals, dinosaurs, stars, volcanoes, and even YOU.

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