In Search of Us
Lucy MooreIn the late nineteenth century when non-European societies were seen merely as ‘living fossils’ offering an insight into how civilisation had evolved, anthropology was a thriving area of study. But, b …
Genre: Science, Health & Medicine
Savages
Lucy MooreIn the late nineteenth century when non-European societies were seen merely as ‘living fossils’ offering an insight into how civilisation had evolved, anthropology was a thriving area of study. But, b …
Sleep Easy
Bernice TufferyRRP: £16.99
Bad sleep sucks. Sleep deficiency defies our biology and sabotages our days. Yet more than a third of us struggle to get to sleep or stay asleep at night.We can shake off the odd sleepless night, but …
Head First
Alastair SanthouseRRP: £9.99
‘Wise, timely and eloquent… A joy to read.’ GuardianWhat does it mean to be well? Is it something in our body? Or, is it rather something subjective – something of the mind? In this profound collect …
The Women's Doc
Caroline de CostaRRP: £16.99
‘We never train women in Sydney,’ Caroline de Costa was told in 1974 when she applied to become a junior registrar in obstetrics and gynaecology. She and her husband packed their bags and their childr …
The Break
Steve Cummings‘Getting in a break was my one chance of winning. The hard part was working out, again and again, how to make that chance count.’ Steve CummingsSharp, resourceful and a permanent outsider; for nearly …
Looking for Theophrastus
Laura BeattyWho is Theophrastus, and why should we care? Once, he was the equal of Plato and Aristotle. Together he and Aristotle invented science. Alone he invented Botany. The character of the Wife of Bath is h …
A Runner's High
Dean KarnazesRRP: £9.99
Dean Karnazes has pushed his body and mind to inconceivable limits, from running in the shoe-melting heat of Death Valley to the lung-freezing cold of the South Pole. He’s raced and competed across th …
Everest 1922
Mick ConefreyThough it remains by far the world’s most famous mountain, in recent years Everest’s reputation has changed radically, with long queues of climbers on the Lhotse Face, lurid tales of frozen corpses an …
Freedom to Think
Susie AlegreWithout a moment’s pause, we share our most intimate thoughts with trillion-dollar tech companies. Their algorithms categorize us and jump to conclusions about who we are. They even shape our everyday …
The Girl from Revolution Road
Ghazaleh GolbakhshRRP: £14.99
Based on Ghazaleh Golbakhsh’s experience as an Iranian immigrant growing up in New Zealand, these essays range from a childhood in war-torn Iran, including the trauma of a night spent in prison as a s …
What My Bones Know
Stephanie FooEvery cell in my body is filled with the code of generations of trauma, of death, of birth, of migration, of history that I cannot understand. . . . I want to have words for what my bones know. By age …
Ten Steps to Nanette
Hannah Gadsby‘There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself.’ Hannah Gadsby, NanetteHannah Gadsby’s unique stand-up special Nanette was a viral success that left audiences captivated by her …
Sedated
James DaviesRRP: £10.99
In Britain alone, more than 20% of the adult population take a psychiatric drug in any one year. This is an increase of over 500% since 1980 and the numbers continue to grow. Yet, despite this prescri …
In the Camps
Darren BylerRRP: £12.99
In China’s vast northwestern region, more than a million and a half Muslims have vanished into internment camps and associated factories. Based on hours of interviews with camp survivors and workers, …
Muslim, Actually
Tawseef KhanRRP: £9.99
Why are Muslim men portrayed as inherently violent? Does the veil violate women’s rights? Is Islam stopping Muslims from integrating?Across western societies, Muslims are perhaps more misunderstood th …
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