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Brian Merchant
Blood in the Machine : The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big TechThe most urgent story in modern tech begins not...The most urgent story in modern tech begins not in Silicon Valley but two hundred years ago in rural England, when workers known as the Luddites rose up rather than starve at the hands of factory o... -
Alex Renton
Blood Legacy: Reckoning With a Family’s Story of SlaveryWhen British Caribbean slavery was abolished ac...When British Caribbean slavery was abolished across most of the British Empire in 1833, it was not the newly liberated who received compensation, but the tens of thousands of enslavers who were pai... -
Helen Czerski
Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our WorldIn a book that will recalibrate our view of thi...In a book that will recalibrate our view of this defining feature of our planet, physicist Helen Czerski dives deep to illuminate the murky depths of the ocean engine, examining the messengers, pas... -
Mollie Hughes
Blue ScotlandScotland is famed for its rugged coastlines, pr...Scotland is famed for its rugged coastlines, pristine beaches, endless rivers and deep lochs. The whole country is a magnet for outdoor enthusiasts from all over the world. In this unique guide, ad... -
Mollie Hughes and Rachel Keenan
Blue Scotland: The Ultimate Guide to Exploring Scotland's Wild WatersScotland is famed for its rugged coastlines, pr...Scotland is famed for its rugged coastlines, pristine beaches, endless rivers and deep lochs. The whole country is a magnet for outdoor enthusiasts from all over the world. In this unique guide, ad... -
Anna Reid
Borderland: A Journey Through the History of UkraineFlat, fertile, and fatally tempting to invaders...Flat, fertile, and fatally tempting to invaders, for centuries Ukraine was fought over by more powerful neighbours. Though its modern national movement dates back to the early nineteenth century, i... -
Daniel Tammet
Born on a Blue Day'I was born on 31 January 1979 - a Wednesday. I...'I was born on 31 January 1979 - a Wednesday. I know it was a Wednesday, because the date is blue in my mind and Wednesdays are always blue, like the number nine or the sound of loud voices arguing... -
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plantss a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trai...s a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animal... -
Alice Roberts
Buried: An alternative history of the first millennium in BritainFunerary rituals show us what people thought ab...Funerary rituals show us what people thought about mortality; how they felt about loss; what they believed came next. From Roman cremations and graveside feasts, to deviant burials with heads rearr... -
Florian Gadsby
By My Hands: A Potter’s ApprenticeshipFlorian Gadsby has devoted his life to pottery,...Florian Gadsby has devoted his life to pottery, refining his technique towards the point of perfection - and as his skill has grown, so has his social media following, which today numbers in the mi... -
Gareth Cole
Café CannaPerched on a beautiful Scottish island measurin...Perched on a beautiful Scottish island measuring just two miles across, Café Canna is one of the remotest restaurants in Britain. Justly famous for its seafood, landed from clear, sparkling Hebride... -
Hannah Jackson
Call Me Red: A Shepherd’s JourneyHannah Jackson had no idea she wanted to work o...Hannah Jackson had no idea she wanted to work on a farm until a life-changing family visit to the Lake District in her late teens. It was there where she first saw a lamb being born, giving her the...
