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THE ATLAS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Mapping the World’s Greatest ChallengeKIRSTIN DOW and THOMAS DOWNING
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You Save: 45%This edition of a highly acclaimed Atlas features the outcomes of the UNFCC conference in Copenhagen; the latest developments in climate change research and data on its impacts around the world; new c... Learn More -
LIFE EVERLASTING
The Animal Way of DeathBERND HEINRICH
£15.95How does the animal world deal with death? And what ecological and spiritual lessons can we learn from examining such matters? Heinrich has long been fascinated by these questions, and when a friend w... Learn More -
WHERE TO WATCH BIRDS IN BRITAIN
SIMON HARRAP and NIGEL REDMAN
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You Save: 69%This guide covers the very best birdwatching sites in Britain. Each is considered in terms of habitat, access and birds, allowing birders of all levels to plan successful trips. The book is illustrate... Learn More -
PARROT CULTURE
Our 2,500-Year-Long Fascination with the World’s Most Talkative BirdBRUCE THOMAS BOEHRER
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You Save: 59%Introduced to Europe by Alexander the Great, parrots were quickly embraced by Western culture as exotic and astonishing. Over the centuries they would become objects of veneration or figures of folly,... Learn More -
GEOGRAPHY AND SCIENCE IN BRITAIN, 1831-1939
A Study of the British Association for the Advancement of ScienceCHARLES W J WITHERS
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You Save: 81%This book examines the history and geography of science and the science of geography in nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Britain and the British Empire. In considering the history and geography... Learn More -
THE SHOCK OF THE OLD
Technology and Global History Since 1900DAVID EDGERTON
£6.95We are awash in clichéd claims about high technology's ability to change the course of history. Edgerton here radically revises our ideas about the interaction of technology and society and und... Learn More -
THE HEALERS
A History of Medicine in ScotlandDAVID HAMILTON
£6.95Scotland's unique contribution to the advancement of medical science and practice has been widely recognised, from the folk healers of the Dark Ages to the advent of more scientific methods and the ac... Learn More -
RISE AND SHINE
Sunlight, Technology and HealthSIMON CARTER
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You Save: 75%This is a subtle and complex analysis of the historical roles that sunlight has played in the mediation of such notions as health, pleasure, the body, race and class. It traces the development of our ... Learn More -
DARWIN
TIM LEWENS
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You Save: 51%Charles Darwin is best known as a biologist and natural historian rather than a philosopher. However, in this invaluable book, Lewens shows in a clear manner how important Darwin is for philosophy and... Learn More -
BOTANY, SEXUALITY AND WOMEN'S WRITING, 1760-1830
From Modest Shoot to Forward PlantSAMANTHA GEORGE
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You Save: 64%The author here uncovers and presents extraordinary primary texts unique to eighteenth-century Britain, previously ignored by scientists because of their dialogic, poetic or epistolary format and over... Learn More
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