The Stronger Sex

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‘Fun, rooted in science… May this book give all women strength for the times we now live in.’ Cat BohannonA myth-busting vindication of women’s physical strengthsFor decades, Starre Vartan – like mo …

Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole

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*Updated and revised edition, with a new epilogue and interview with Michael J Fox*’Engagingly written, informative, often funny’ Daily Telegraph’Has the hard-boiled style of a Raymond Chandler novel’ …

Why We Sing

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‘A must-read for anyone moved by the power of song’ – Lesley Garrett, CBESinging has always been there for us, at the root of what it is to be a human being. Through personal anecdote and scientific f …

How The Brain Lost Its Mind

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‘Hugely entertaining’ Guardian’Fascinating’ Mail on SundayIn 1882, Jean-Martin Charcot was the premiere physician in Paris, having just established a neurology clinic at the infamous Salpêtrière Hospi …

The Shallows

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‘Boldly reactionary… What looks like feast, Carr argues, may be closer to famine’ Sunday Times’Chilling’ The EconomistIn this ground-breaking and compelling book, Nicholas Carr argues that not since …

Am I Dreaming?

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When a computer goes wrong, we are told to turn it off and on again. In Am I Dreaming?, science journalist James Kingsland reveals how the human brain is remarkably similar. By rebooting our hard-wire …

Darwin's Origin of Species

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No book has changed our understanding of ourselves more than Darwin’s Origin of Species. It caused a sensation on its first day of publication in 1859 and went on to become an international bestseller …

The Well-Dressed Ape

The ‘Well-Dressed Ape’, aka Homo sapiens, is a strange mammal. It mates remarkably often and with unprecedented affection. With comparable enthusiasm, it will eat to the point of undermining its own h …