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Violet Moller
Inside The Stargazer’s PalaceEnter the mysterious world of sixteenth-century...Enter the mysterious world of sixteenth-century science, where astronomers and alchemists shared laboratories... In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus declared the earth revolved around the Sun, overturning... -
Erika Howsare
Age of Deer: Trouble and Kinship with our Wild NeighboursA stag leaps on an ancient brooch. A doe and a ...A stag leaps on an ancient brooch. A doe and a fawn step across a field at first light. A pair of antlers is silhouetted by the side of a busy road. From the earliest cave paintings to the present ... -
James Crawford
Wild History : Journeys into Lost ScotlandFrom the presenter of BBC One's Scotland from t...From the presenter of BBC One's Scotland from the SkyYou scramble up over the dunes of an isolated beach. You climb to the summit of a lonely hill. You pick your way through the eerie hush of a for... -
Yuval Noah Harari
Sapiens : A Brief History of Humankind (10 Year Anniversary Edition)What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? ...What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens? One of the world's preeminent historians and thinkers, Yuval Noah Harari challenges everything we know about being human. Earth... -
Olive Heffernan
The High Seas : Ambition, Power and Greed on the Unclaimed OceanThe ocean covers seventy per cent of the surfac...The ocean covers seventy per cent of the surface of our planet, and two thirds of this lie beyond national borders. Owned by all nations and no nation simultaneously, these waters are home to some ... -
Professor Mary Beard
Emperor of RomeWhat was it really like to rule and be ruled in...What was it really like to rule and be ruled in the Ancient Roman world? In her international best-seller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome. Now, she shines her spotligh... -
Allyson Shaw
Ashes and StonesRoaming the ragged coasts and remote villages o...Roaming the ragged coasts and remote villages of Scotland, Ashes & Stones takes us on a moving journey in search of those women accused of witchcraft in the seventeenth century. From fairy hill... -
Francesca Stavrakopoulou
God : An AnatomyThree thousand years ago, in the lands we now c...Three thousand years ago, in the lands we now call Israel and Palestine, a group of people worshipped a complex pantheon of deities, led by a father god called El. El had seventy children, who were... -
Natalie Haynes
Divine Might : Goddesses in Greek MythGet ready to meet the goddesses, from the Sunda...Get ready to meet the goddesses, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Stone Blind and Pandora’s Jar, Natalie Haynes. These are the stories of the Greek goddesses. As fearsome, powerful and b... -
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... -
Gerry Hassan
Scotland Rising: The Case for Independencehe Scottish independence debate has consequence...he Scottish independence debate has consequences for Scotland, British politics, the future of the UK - and internationally. In Scotland Rising, Gerry Hassan addresses the key questions in this deb... -
Geoff Allan
Scottish Bothy Bible: The complete guide to Scotland s bothies and how to reach themThis first ever complete guide to Scottish both...This first ever complete guide to Scottish bothies reveals the country's unique and often hidden network of bothy cabins and mountain huts. Scattered across Scotland's most beautiful landscapes, th...
