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How Life Works

Drawing on recent discoveries and insights, How Life Works outlines a new vision of our understanding of life for the 21st century.
€10.20 excl tax

Why We Remember

THE UNFORGETTABLE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR

'Popular science at its best: entertaining and thought-provoking.' FINANCIAL TIMES

'You don't have to be a victim to your past and the way you used to think . . . A wonderful book.' DR RANGAN CHATTERJEE

'A radically new and engaging

€7.50 excl tax

Space Oddities

An eye-opening and accessible account of the latest as-yet-inexplicable phenomena of the universe - oddities that could transform our understanding of the fundamental nature of reality.
€7.50 excl tax

In Search Of Schrodinger's Cat

'A primer for the magical, near inexplicable world of quantum mechanics... Mind-blowing' Dara O Briain

Quantum theory is so shocking that Einstein could not bring himself to accept it. It is so important that it underpins all modern sciences. Without it, we'd have no molecular biology, no understanding of DNA, no genetic engineering, no computers.

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€8.90 excl tax

Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age

From the author of The Immortal King Rao, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, a personal and provocative exploration of how technology companies have both fulfilled and exploited the human desire for understanding When it was released to the public in November 2022, ChatGPT awakened the world to a secretive project: teaching AI-powered machines to write. Its creators had a sweeping ambition—to
€10.20 excl tax

Amazing Facts About Baby Animals

A whimsically illustrated collection of fascinating, surprising, and funny facts about baby animals and their parents, from the author of The Illustrated Compendium of Amazing Animal Facts. Who doesn't love baby animals? Amazing Facts About Baby Animals is an adorable celebration of all kinds of fuzzy, fluffy, scaly, and feathery animal babies and their parents. This charming collection by

€7.80 excl tax

The Botanic Garden: The world's greatest botanical sanctuaries

This rich and beautiful guide from bestselling garden writer Ambra Edwards explores the most magnificent botanic havens from every continent across the world. There has never been a better time to celebrate botanic gardens. From Brooklyn and San Francisco, to Colombia and Brazil; Oxford and Kew, to Cape Town and Mauritius; Norway and Germany, to Sydney and Thailand, discover surprising diversity
€20.40 excl tax

Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life

Boken skildrar den vetenskapliga rivaliteten mellan Carl von Linné och Georges-Louis de Buffon på 1700-talet, där de båda strävade efter att katalogisera allt liv på jorden. Roberts utforskar deras motsatta synsätt på naturen och hur deras idéer har påverkat den moderna biologin och synen på mänskligheten.
€9.00 excl tax

Empire of AI

From a brilliant longtime AI insider with intimate access to the world of Sam Altman's OpenAI from the beginning, an eye-opening account of arguably the most fateful tech arms race in history, reshaping the planet in real time, from the cockpit of the company that is driving the frenzy When AI expert and investigative journalist Karen Hao first began covering OpenAI in 2019, she thought they were
€11.50 excl tax

Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe

The fascinating, untold story of the air we breathe, the hidden life it contains, and invisible dangers that can turn the world upside down Every day we draw in two thousand gallons of air—and thousands of living things. From the ground to the stratosphere, the air teems with invisible life. This last great biological frontier remains so mysterious that it took over two years for scientists
€10.90 excl tax

Shift: Managing Your Emotions--So They Don't Manage You

“A revolutionary guide to mastering your emotional life.”—Charles Duhigg “Brilliant, engaging, and deeply insightful.”—Lisa Damour “A blueprint for navigating the emotional curveballs that life throws at us every day.”—The New York Times INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER • One of Oprah Daily´s Best Self-Help Books for Personal Growth in 2025, Next Big Idea Club´s Highly Anticip
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Science: 50 Key Ideas Unpacked

How did life emerge? What are the smallest elements of matter? How are planets formed? Over the centuries, brilliant men and women have sought to develop theories to answer the most compelling questions about the world around us. Through their amazing insights and conscientious efforts they helped to create the world we know today. In this entertaining introduction, Anne Rooney explores the fas
€6.80 excl tax

Near Death Experiences: The Science, Psychology and Anthropology Behind the Phenomenon

"Peake's explanation of your immortality is the most innovative and provocative argument I have seen" - Bruce Greyson, Carlson Professor of Psychiatry, University of Virginia. What happens when we die? As the bestselling author of Is There Life After Death? and Cheating the Ferryman, Anthony Peake has studied this topic for over two decades. In this latest follow-up, Peake explores the incre
€8.90 excl tax

The Human Body: An Illustrated Guide to Its Form, Functions and Capabilities

Discover the incredible capabilities of the human body and its functions with this indispensable hardback guide, richly illustrated in full-colour. The human body is a remarkable work of nature - its immense complexity allowing us to sense the world around us, move, regulate our temperature, formulate thoughts and much more besides. In this stunning visual guide, author Robert Snedden examin
€13.60 excl tax

The Book of Numbers: From Zero to Infinity, An Entertaining List of Every Number That Counts

Pick a number, any number, and The Book of Numbers will let you in on all its secrets. You'll be amazed at just how exciting numbers can be... From zero to infinity, this handy hardback is the ultimate number reference guide which explores the mathematical significance and cultural associations of over 130 numbers. Discover how a pack of playing cards came to have 52 cards, why 7 is the 'magic
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Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You

AUDIBLE EDITOR'S PICK The bestselling, paradigm-shifting study of neurodivergent women—those with ADHD, autism, synesthesia, high sensitivity, and sensory processing disorder—exploring why these traits are overlooked in women and how society benefits from allowing their unique strengths to flourish. As a successful Harvard and Berkeley-educated writer, entrepreneur, and devoted mot
€9.40 excl tax

AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order

THE NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER "Kai-Fu Lee believes China will be the next tech-innovation superpower and in AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order, he explains why. Taiwan-born Lee is perfectly positioned for the task."—New York Magazine In this thought-provoking book, Lee argues powerfully that because of the unprecedented deve
€7.80 excl tax

A City on Mars: Can we settle space, should we settle space, and have we really thought this through?

* THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the Hugo Award * Scientific American´s #1 Book for 2023 * Winner of Royal Society's Trivedi Prize * A Guardian Best Book of 2024 * A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * A Times Best Science and Environment Book of 2023 * A Tor.com Best Book of 2023 * “Exceptional. . . Forceful, engaging and funny . . . This book will make you happy to l
€6.80 excl tax

The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism

An updated 50th anniversary edition of the bestselling classic on the extraordinary relationship between modern physics and Eastern philosophy. Fritjof Capra brought the mystical implications of subatomic physics to popular consciousness for the very first time back in 1975. Many books have been written in the ensuing years about the connections between quantum theory and the ideas of Buddhism, H
€13.00 excl tax

The Murderer Next Door

As acclaimed psychological researcher and author David Buss writes, "People are mesmerized by murder. It commands our attention like no other human phenomenon, and those touched by its ugly tendrils never forget." Though we may like to believe that murderers are pathological misfits and hardened criminals, the vast majority of murders are committed by people who, until the day they kill, would see
€8.30 excl tax