Smarter Than You Think: How Technology is Changing Our Minds for the Better: Unabridged edition
A brilliant examination into how the internet is profoundly changing the way we think.
Mathematics and Science
Pests, Diseases and Disorders of Garden Plants: 4th Edition
Essential for all gardeners, horticulturists and naturalists, this is a practical, highly-illustrated guide to dealing with disorders that affect fruit, vegetables, trees and ornamental garden plants.
Collins Classics – White Fang (Collins Classics)
HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.
Collins New Naturalist Library – British Bats (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 93)
British Bats is a comprehensive account of the natural history of these fascinating animals, from their origins and evolution to their feeding habits and reproduction.
The Homing Instinct: Meaning and Mystery in Animal Migration
The story and science of how animals find their way home.
Bird Atlas 2007-11: The Breeding and Wintering Birds of Britain and Ireland
Recommended for viewing on a colour tablet.
The Bird Atlas 2007–2011 is the definitive statement on breeding and winter bird distributions in Britain and Ireland.
The Salmon: The Extraordinary Story of the King of Fish
A fascinating journey into the extraordinary world of the king of fish: the salmon. This beautiful book explores the natural history of this most mysterious of fishes.
Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air
‘Nominally a history of the hot air balloon, ‘Falling Upwards’ is really a history of hope and fantasy – and the quixotic characters who disobeyed that most fundamental laws of physics and gave humans flight’ New Republic, Best Books of 2013
Wonders
Travel with Professor Brian Cox through a 3D Universe, scaling up from sub atomic particles through the solar system and Milky Way, local Stars and Galaxies to the edge of the known Universe.
Leaving Reality Behind: Inside the Battle for the Soul of the Internet
A’ NO LOGO’ for the net Generation – a no-holes barred story of the battle for the control of the internet, that reads like a thriller.
Sex, Drugs and Chocolate: The Science of Pleasure
Is pleasure selfish and are we selfish to pursue it, scientifically speaking?
Of Moths and Men: Intrigue, Tragedy and the Peppered Moth (Text Only)
This edition does not include illustrations.
The tale of a flagrant scientific fraud and its cover-up, and scientific incompetence behind the most important paradigm in evolutionary biology: Charles Darwin’s ‘Theory of Evolution’.
Fingerprints: Murder and the Race to Uncover the Science of Identity (Text Only)
This edition does not include illustrations.
A fascinating exploration into the history of science and crime. In the tradition of ‘Fermat’s Last Theorem’, FINGERPRINTS is the story of the race to discover the secrets trapped in the whorls and arches found on the palm of one’s hand.
Collins New Naturalist Library – Owls (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 125)
Owls have always featured prominently in the mythology and folklore of a variety of cultures. These mysterious nocturnal creatures are thought to be symbols of wisdom, omens of death, and bringers of prophecy. In fact, owls are one of the oldest species of vertebrate animal, with fossils dating back 60 million years.
Collins New Naturalist Library – Inheritance and Natural History (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 61)
Ever wondered why primroses have three sorts of flowers; or about pesticide resistance in rats and mice, mosquitoes and green-fly; antibiotic resistance in disease organisms – all are examples of genetical adjustment, explained in this book.
Virolution
The extraordinary role of viruses in evolution and how this is revolutionising biology and medicine.