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Blake Morrison
Two SistersBlake Morrison has lost a sister and a half-sis...Blake Morrison has lost a sister and a half-sister in recent years. Both are the subjects of this remarkable and heart-breaking memoir, along with a forensic examination of sibling relationships in... -
Donald S Murray
Red Star Over HebridesEven as he grew up on the edge of Lewis, the va...Even as he grew up on the edge of Lewis, the vastness of Russia never felt too distant for Donald S Murray. Its great literary traditions were often discussed in his home village, while the politic... -
Oskar Jensen
Vagabonds: Life on the Streets of Nineteenth-century LondonDickensian London is brought to real and vivid ...Dickensian London is brought to real and vivid life in this Wolfson History Prize-shortlisted portrait by a rising-star historian and New Generation ThinkerUntil now, our view of bustling late Geor... -
Isabel Hardman
Fighting for Life: The Twelve Battles that Made Our NHS, and the Struggle for Its FutureSince its foundation in 1948, the NHS has come ...Since its foundation in 1948, the NHS has come to define our national identity; it even topped the "what makes Britain great" poll in 2022. It has made history (and the headlines) again and again -... -
Martin Rees
If Science Is to Save UsThere has never been a time when ‘following the...There has never been a time when ‘following the science’ has been more important for humanity. At no other point in history have we had such advanced knowledge and technology at our fingertips, nor... -
Suzanne O'Sullivan
The Sleeping Beauties: And Other Stories of Mystery IllnessIn Sweden, refugee children fall asleep for mon...In Sweden, refugee children fall asleep for months and years at a time. In upstate New York, high school students develop contagious seizures. In the US Embassy in Cuba, employees complain of heada... -
Kate Muir
Everything You Need to Know About the Menopause (but were too afraid to ask)An eye-opening, no-holds-barred guide to the pe...An eye-opening, no-holds-barred guide to the perimenopause and menopause written by campaigner, journalist and documentary-maker Kate Muir. Everything You Need to Know About the Menopause (and were... -
Desmond Morris
The Naked Ape: A Zoologist's Study of the Human AnimalHere is the Naked Ape at his most primal - in l...Here is the Naked Ape at his most primal - in love, at work, at war. Meet man as he really is: relative to the apes, stripped of his veneer as we see him courting, making love, sleeping, socialisin... -
Matthew Bothwell
The Invisible UniverseFrom the discovery of entirely new kinds of gal...From the discovery of entirely new kinds of galaxies to a window into cosmic ‘prehistory’, Bothwell shows us the Universe as we’ve never seen it before – literally. Since the dawn of our species, p... -
Anna Levin
Incandescent: We Need to Talk About LightLight is changing, dramatically. Our world is g...Light is changing, dramatically. Our world is getting brighter - you can see it from space. But is brighter always better? Artificial light is voracious and spreading.Vanquishing precious darkness ... -
Alison Goldsworthy, Laura Osborne
Poles Apart: Why People Turn Against Each Other, and How to Bring Them Togethere humans are social animals, naturally driven t...e humans are social animals, naturally driven to form close-knit groups. All too often, though, these groups become partisan. They start to compete with one another.They become mutually hostile. Wh... -
Katie Goh
The End: Surviving the World Through Imagined Disasters: 5 (Inklings)Throughout history, apocalypse fiction has expl...Throughout history, apocalypse fiction has explored social injustice through fantasy, sci-fi and religious imagery, but what can we learn from it? Why do we escape very real disaster via dystopia? ...
