WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2018WINNER OF THE JEFFERIES AWARD FOR NATURE WRITING 2017The full story of seabirds from one of the greatest nature writers.
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.
With a foreword by Richard Dawkins, and based on the BAFTA award-winning Channel 4 TV series, Inside Nature's Giants gets under the skin of the largest animals on the planet.
WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD 2011WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2011'Profound, eloquent and searching' SUNDAY TIMES'Essential reading' INDEPENDENT'Masterly' GUARDIAN'Extraordinary' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWAN OBSERVER BEST BOOK OF THE CENTURY SO FARRiveting, audacious and now more urgent than ever in this vast update, The Emperor of All Maladies is a masterpiece.
This latest volume in the New Naturalist series provides a comprehensive study of wildlife conservation in Britain, concentrating on events in the last 30 years.
Sea-Birds introduces us to the sea-birds of the North Atlantic, an ocean in which about half the world sea-bird species have been seen at one time or another.
'A masterpiece of popularization' Times Literary Supplement'A fascinating account, based on objective scientific research, of the ways in which mental states affect the individual's liability to disease.
An authoritative and entertaining exploration of Australia’s distinctive birds and their unheralded role in global evolution Renowned for its gallery of unusual mammals, Australia is also a land of extraordinary birds.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY TRIVEDI SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2025A GUARDIAN & TELEGRAPH BEST SCIENCE BOOK 2025WATERSTONES BEST POPULAR SCIENCE BOOK 2025'A vital and important book' David Olusoga From an award-winning historian of race, science and empire, a path-breaking and poignant history of extinction as a scientific idea, an imperial legacy and a political choiceAnyone alive today is among a tiny fraction of the once living: over 90% of species that ever existed are now extinct.
'Full of wonder and forensic intelligence' Isabella Tree, author of WildingA moving account of Madagascar told by a researcher who has spent over fifty years investigating the mysteries of this remarkable island.
In a radical new story about the birth of our species, The Origin of Language argues that it was not hunting, fighting, or tool-making that forced early humans to speak, but the inescapable need to care for our children.
Exploring the life cycle of a plant in this book is straightforward and lucid, employing the process of a seed's growth as the point of departure and a more meaningful plot.
Buscar la simplicidad puede llevarnos a una paradoja: desear algo sencillo y facil de usar, y que al mismo tiempo sea capaz de realizar todas aquellas tareas complejas que necesitamos que haga.
Understand aquatic pollutants and their effects on global water resources Recognizing, controlling, and mitigating aquatic pollution remains one of society s most difficult environmental challenges.
Extensive reference on the integration of biofoundry techniques with lignocellulose biorefinery processes Biofoundry Techniques for Biotechnology Applications presents concepts, perspectives, and technical advancements on thermochemical and biochemical pathways in biochemical conversion of lignocellulosic feedstock into platform chemicals, specialty chemicals/fuels, and materials.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, generally referred to by its shortened title The Wealth of Nations, is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith.
Este manual practico ha sido disenado para usted, estudiante de ciencias biologicas, biomedicas o afines, que se encuentra realizando algun curso de microbiologia y que requiere conceptos basicos e instrucciones detalladas para realizar procedimientos fundamentales en el laboratorio.
Con un lenguaje cercano y riguroso, El cerebro endanza se dirige a lectores interesados en la cienciay el bienestar y tambien a amantes de la danza,las artes escenicas y la cultura contemporanea.
