BS Chandrasekhar This fascinating book explains why the materials we can see and touch behave as they do. In a completely nontechnical style, using only basic arithmetic, the author explains...

Robert M SapolskyAn Updated Guide To Stress, Stress Related Diseases, and CopingThis delightful, empowering book encourages readers to understand stress, to laugh about it, and then to bring it under...

Emily Bone Lift the flaps to brave all kinds of extreme weather, from violent tornadoes and hurricanes, to extreme heat-waves, droughts and wildfires. The final page explores the effect climate...

NewScientist In this latest bumper collection of questions and answers from the popular "Last Word" column:- Why does Weetabix cling like cement?- What is earwax for?- Why are there only...

North Parade PublishingWonders of Learning: Discover My Animal Encyclopedia: Wonders Of Learning Omnibus

Franklin FoerFranklin Foer reveals the existential threat posed by big tech, and in his brilliant polemic gives us the toolkit to fight their pervasive influence.Over the past few decades there...

Neil Shubin Why do we look the way we do? What does the human hand have in common with the wing of a fly? Are breasts, sweat glands, and scales...

Bob BermanFrom the speed of light to moving mountains -- and everything in between -- Zoom explores how the universe and its objects move.If you sit as still as you...

Roger McNamee"If you had told Roger McNamee even three years ago that he would soon be devoting himself to stopping Facebook from destroying our democracy, he would have howled with...