Science & Mathematics
On the Origin of Sex
Lixing Sun
Explore the spectacular science of reproduction – from frogs and funghi to seahorses, sparrows and everything in between
Reaching for the Extreme
Ian Stewart
A journey through some of mathematics' prickliest conundrums – and why they matter
The Unfragile Mind
Gavin Francis
A deeply human and compassionate re-evaluation of mental illness from the GP and bestselling author of Adventures in Human Being
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Shoshana Zuboff
The tale of two global orders, surveillance capitalism and democracy, locked in a zero-sum death match over who will rule the digital century
Into the Dream Lab
Michelle Carr
A Dream Engineer's guide to the science of dreaming and nightmares, and the astonishing impact the dreaming brain has on your waking life
Think Like a Mathematician
Junaid Mubeen
How to develop the thinking tools and techniques to understand the maths of modern life
Unequal
Eugenia Cheng
Award-winning mathematician Eugenia Cheng offers a perspective-shifting exploration of how maths can change your mind
No Such Thing as Normal
Marieke Bigg
Exposing the false promises of psychiatry and the crumbling foundations on which it was built
Extractive Capitalism
Laleh Khalili
An eye-opening survey of how extractive industries power globalisation – and how to fight back
Inner Sense
Caroline Williams
A pathbreaking exploration of interoception, the 'inner sense' governing our mental health, physical wellbeing and stress management
Proof
Adam Kucharski
How do we know what's true? The bestselling author of The Rules of Contagion mines two millennia of knowledge to find out
The Meteorites
Helen Gordon
How celestial bodies impact life on earth – from the acclaimed author of Notes from Deep Time
The High Seas
Olive Heffernan
The race to control, protect and profit from Earth's new blue frontier
Possible
Chris Goodall
The realities of a green new deal from the world's foremost expert on climate technologies
Soothe
Nahid de Belgeonne
Restore your overworked nervous system with the transformative powers of movement
Irresistible
Joshua Paul Dale
The first cultural history of cuteness – a topic that tangles psychology, pop culture, evolutionary history and globalisation
Is Maths Real?
Eugenia Cheng
One of the world's most creative mathematicians offers new ways to look at maths – focusing on questions, not answers
The Story of the Brain in 10½ Cells
Richard Wingate
Peer into a microscopic world – and fall in love with the beauty of the brain
Sensational
Ashley Ward
A smorgasbord of the senses from a professor of animal behaviour: how they work, why they're there, and what they mean for both human and animal…