| Author: | Storm Dunlop; Wil Tirion (As told to); Royal Observatory Greenwich |
| Category: |
Science & Environment |
A comprehensive handbook to the planets, stars and constellations visible from the southern hemisphere. 6 pages for each month covering January-December 2019. This practical guide is both an easy... read more
| Author: | Lauren Carter; Oberon Carter |
| Category: |
Science & Environment |
| Reading Level: | 8 |
Tackle our ever-growing waste problem with all the information, advice, budget-friendly recipes and projects you'll need to start reducing waste in your life. A Family Guide to Waste-free Living makes it simple and sustainable for families to eliminate w... read more
| Author: | Raj Patel; Jason Moore |
| Category: |
Science & Environment |
Nature, Money, Work, Care, Food, Energy, and Lives. These are the seven things that have made our world and will continue to shape its future. By making these things cheap, modern commer... read more
| Author: | Bernd Brunner |
| Category: |
Science & Environment |
A window on the world of birders-obsessive, passionate, quirky, and always interesting "Like bird watching itself, reading Birdmania is filled with surprises and a sense of discovery. But in this collection it is the watchers, not the birds, who are on display - ornithologists a... read more
| Author: | Richard Rhodes |
| Category: |
Science & Environment |
Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author Richard Rhodes reveals the fascinating history behind energy transitions over time-wood to coal to oil to electricity and beyond.
People have lived and died, businesses have prospered and failed, and nations have risen to ... read more
| Author: | Yuval Noah Harari |
| Category: |
Science & Environment |
| Awards: | Long-listed for Wellcome Book Prize 2017 (UK). |
THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER
Sapiens shows us where we came from. Homo Deus shows us where we're going.
Yuval Noah Harari envisions a near future in which we face a new set of challenges. Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightm... read more
| Author: | Xand Van Tulleken |
| Category: |
Science & Environment |
Written by Dr Xand van Tulleken, who slimmed down from 19 stone, How to Lose Weight Well champions a foolproof weightloss method. He presents a simple 10-point plan for a healthy diet, backed by science - no gimmicks, no expensive supplements, no hassle, just practi... read more
| Author: | Colin Beavan |
| Category: |
Science & Environment |
In the growing debate over eco-friendly living, it seems that everything is as bad as everything else. Do you do more harm by living in the country or the city? Is it better to drive a thousand miles or take an airplane? In No Impact Man... read more
| Author: | Matt Haig |
| Category: |
Science & Environment |
| Reading Level: | 4 Non Fiction |
The instant #1 international bestseller from the beloved author of How to Stop Time and The HumansThe societies we are part of are increasingly making our minds ill. It very often feels that the way we live is almost engineered to make us unhappy. Whether it is ou... read more
| Author: | Naomi Klein |
| Category: |
Science & Environment |
The fight for a green world is the fight of our lives. And with On Fire, Naomi Klein gives us the ammunition to do it. In frank, personal terms, she shows us how the only way forward out of a polluted world of our own making is only through ... read more
| Author: | Clara Williams Roldan; Louise Williams (As told to) |
| Category: |
Science & Environment |
| Reading Level: | 4 non fiction |
How to reduce plastic in your everyday life, starting with changes that are small and easy to make, and working up to bigger changes to your daily routine.
| Author: | Yuval Noah Harari |
| Category: |
Science & Environment |
| Awards: | Shortlisted for Society of Biology Book Awards: General Biology Book 2015. |
#1 New York Times Bestseller From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution--a #1 international bestseller--that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understa... read more