New and Recommended: Science and Natural History
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'Water is life. Robert Macfarlane, in the marvellous catalogue - which also features writings by Elif Shafak, Rebecca Solnit and Ocean Vuong, among many others - proposes that the term "Anthropocene" is scarcely sufficient to describe our…
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Explores the profound, cultural significance of sounds, blending history, science and personal reflection.Nature writers Michaela Vieser and Isaac Yuen set out in search of sounds beautiful and loathsome, melodious and disturbing, healing,…
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Flush with hundreds of illustrations, this book revisits the histories of chemistry, medicine, ideas, and culture through the lens of alchemy The craft of alchemy has intrigued and mystified people since antiquity. Many early cultures…
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What is the future of rural communities?Common Treasures is a new series of books about the challenges faced by rural communities, written by people who are working on the ground and in the fields. Each volume gathers the very best…
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"[A]n extraordinary book." —Marcia Bjornerud, author of Turning to StoneA revelatory journey through four moments in Earth’s deep past, and their lessons for our future. The epic stories of our planet’s…
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From the celebrated author of The Ends of the World, an epic biography of the molecule that made – and could now break – everything we knowAll life is made from CO2 . It was there at earth’s birth, and throughout…
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Longlisted for the James Cropper Wainwright Prize 2024 for Nature Writing“Delightful . . . Hedgelands is a merry exposition on the history and biology of these unique ecosystems, and a very good argument as to why we should…
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'Charming, clever, self-effacing, interesting and thoughtful' - The Observer'Visionary . . . Full of warmth and humanity' - Kate Bush'Profound' - Al GoreThe groundbreaking memoir from the inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim…
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This iconic tree once covered great swathes of Europe and North America; now all but a handful have been wiped out by Dutch Elm Disease. This is the story of our attempt to save the elm, and how its legacy lives on in our mythology and…
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