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Product Description A radical reappraisal of Charles Darwin from the bestselling author of Victoria: A Life. With the publication of On the Origin...

Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution caused both outrage and wonder, and quickly made him one of the most famous men in history. From his early d...

Progress in genetics today would not be possible without Darwin's revolution, but the mysterious man who laid the rational basis for undermining...

The forgotten garden that inspired Charles Darwin becomes the modern-day setting for an exploration of memory, family, and the legacy of genius. Da...

In 1859, Charles Darwin shocked the world with a radical theory - evolution by natural selection. One hundred and fifty years later, his theory sti...

Product Description A Waterstones Best Book of 2020 The theory of evolution by natural selection did not spring fully formed and unprecedente...

Product Description A treasure trove of visual delights: a collection of first-hand journals and sketchbooks created on ocean voyages around the w...

A shy kid's guide to thriving in their own (quiet) way. Do you sometimes feel afraid of talking in front of people, making a mistake or saying the...

Product Description Spectacular, mysterious, elegant, or grotesque, the vertebrate skeletons of Earth's fossil record carry within them the traces...

Since ancient times, we have tried to make sense of our universe by observing objects far beyond our abilities to see or touch – from the smallest ...

Alfred Russel Wallace, Henry Walter Bates and Richard Spruce were English naturalists who went to Amazonia 150 years ago. This book is the first to...

An era, beginning in the 1830s and ending with the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, that saw the British Empire - the largest ever seen - dominate ...

The Combat Codes is set in a far future world where the fate of nations is determined by single combat at the hands of famed warriors. Perfect for...

We are marching towards a future in which three-quarters of humans live in cities, more than half of the landmass of the planet is urbanized, and t...

We are marching towards a future in which three-quarters of humans live in cities, more than half of the landmass of the planet is urbanized, and t...

The Natural History Museum, London is home to one of the world’s most important collections of natural history specimens, literature and artworks. ...

LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2016 Charles Foster wanted to know what it was like to be a beast: a badger, an otter, a deer, a fox, a s...

An absorbing group biography revealing how exiles from war-torn France brought Surrealism to America, helping to shift the centre of the art world ...