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Practice makes permanent: 250+ questions for AQA A-level Biology by Pauline Lowrie
RRP: £18.99£17.34Practise and prepare for AQA A-level Biology with hundreds of topic-based questions and one complete set of exam practice papers designed to strengthen knowledge and prepare students for the exams.This extensive practice book raises students' performance... -
Flora of Middle-Earth: Plants of J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium by Walter S. Judd
RRP: £35.99£26.05The book considers the importance of plants in Tolkien's conception of Middle-earth. It develops the theme that Middle-earth is our own world - and will awaken the reader to the connection between the plants of Tolkien's legendarium and those growing in... -
The Little Book of Mushrooms: An Illustrated Guide to the Extraordinary Power of Mushrooms by Alex Dorr
RRP: £14.99£9.36A beautifully illustrated guide to 75 of the most unique and fascinating mushrooms in the world, including interesting insight into their history, uses, and etymologies.From sweet little toadstools to giant puffballs, mushrooms come in all shapes and... -
The Sleeping Beauties: And Other Stories of the Social Life of Illness by Suzanne O'Sullivan
RRP: £16.99£15.11'In my view the best science writer around - a true descendant of Oliver Sacks.' Sathnam Sanghera, author of The Boy with the Topknot In Sweden, refugee children fall asleep for months and years at a time. In upstate New York, high school students... -
QueenSpotting: Meet the Remarkable Queen Bee and Discover the Drama at the Heart of the Hive by ,Hilary Kearney 9781635860375
RRP: £14.99£10.20At the heart of every bee hive is a queen bee. Since her well-being is linked to the well-being of the entire colony, the ability to find her among the residents of the hive is an essential beekeeping skill. In QueenSpotting, experienced beekeeper and... -
Biocultural Creatures: Toward a New Theory of the Human by Samantha Frost
RRP: £21.99£18.79In Biocultural Creatures, Samantha Frost brings feminist and political theory together with findings in the life sciences to recuperate the category of the human for politics. Challenging the idea of human exceptionalism as well as other theories of... -
Origin Africa: Safaris in Deep Time by Jonathan Kingdon
RRP: £30.00£20.53A major new look at how Africa's geological history, climate, geography and biology resulted in the wonderful diversity of life found there. It is also the story of how it was the crucible for the evolution most extraordinary species on... -
The Little Book of Bees: An illustrated guide to the extraordinary lives of bees by Hilary Kearney
RRP: £12.99£8.32Bees continue to fascinate and charm us all - from novice gardeners and nature-lovers to dedicated environmentalists - and today, bees need our help more than ever. Discover the story of these incredible creatures, with The Little Book of Bees. ... -
The Psychology of Time by Richard Gross 9781032696195
RRP: £12.99£11.94What is the meaning of time? Do we have an internal clock? Can time speed up or slow down?The Psychology of Time considers how we define, describe, and experience time. From a discussion of how our language around time is dependent on metaphor, to the... -
Innate: How the Wiring of Our Brains Shapes Who We Are by Kevin J. Mitchell 9780691173887
RRP: £25.00£19.58A leading neuroscientist explains why your personal traits are more innate than you thinkWhat makes you the way you are-and what makes each of us different from everyone else? In Innate, leading neuroscientist and popular science blogger Kevin Mitchell... -
Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, From Pointless Bones to Broken Genes by Nathan Lents
RRP: £9.99£6.80We like to think of ourselves as highly evolved. But if we are evolution's greatest creation, why are we so badly designed? We have retinas that face backward, we must find vitamins and nutrients in our diets that other animals simply make for themselves... -
Field Guide to the Wildflowers of the Western Mediterranean, Second edition by Chris Thorogood
RRP: £40.00£28.39This second edition of Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Western Mediterranean is the most comprehensive and up-to-date plant identification guide to the region. Encompassing an area from southern Europe to North Africa, the western Mediterranean is... -
Genius: The Natural History of Creativity by H. J. Eysenck
RRP: £61.99£61.56Genius: The Natural History of Creativity presents a novel theory of genius and creativity, based on the personality characteristics of creative persons and geniuses. Starting with the fact that genius and creativity are related to psychopathology, it... -
Strange Animals by Tom Jackson
RRP: £19.99£13.34How does a mudskipper fish manage to "walk" on land? Why is the Hoatzin also known as 'The Stinkbird'? And once the female Pipa toad has laid her eggs, where does she put them? The answers? The mudskipper can "walk" using its pectoral fins, the Hoatzin... -
Raised by the Zoo: My Life with Elephants and Other Animals by Gerry Creighton 9780717197514
RRP: £21.99£15.61People have been enchanted by elephants for centuries. For Gerry Creighton, this fascination began at an early age; his father was a keeper at Dublin Zoo and instilled in him a love and respect for animals. Gerry followed his father and joined the zoo at... -
Where To Watch Birds in Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire by Ken Hall
RRP: £25.00£18.49The ultimate resource for birders visiting the ornithologically rich counties of Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. These countries are among Britain's finest in terms of habitat diversity, and their avifaunas are comparatively rich as a result... -
The Neuroscience of You: How Every Brain Is Different and How to Understand Yours by Chantel Prat
RRP: £23.99£16.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524746605Author Chantel PratFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint E P Dutton & Co IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Developmental Biology: A Very Short Introduction by Lewis Wolpert
RRP: £8.99£6.45From a single cell - a fertilized egg - comes an elephant, a fly, or a human. How does this astonishing feat happen? How does the egg 'know' what to become? How does it divide into the different cells, the separate tissues, the brain, the fingernail -... -
Around the World in 80 Plants by Jonathan Drori 9781399610698
RRP: £12.99£9.00An inspirational and beautifully illustrated book that tells the stories of 80 plants from around the globe.In his follow-up to the bestselling Around the World in 80 Trees, Jonathan Drori takes another trip across the globe, bringing to life the science... -
Coppice Agroforestry: Tending Trees for Product, Profit, and Woodland Ecology by Mark Krawczyk
RRP: £42.99£29.85Cut and come again forestry - reviving the ancient practice of resprout silviculture to power local woodland-based economies. Coppice Agroforestry is a richly illustrated, comprehensive guide to resprout silviculture - managing trees and shrubs by... -
Field Guide to the Bees of Great Britain and Ireland by Steven Falk
£19.97 - £26.62Bees are a fascinating and indispensable group of insects, but many species are in decline, and efforts to help determine distributions and changes in abundance have to date been compromised by a serious lack of identification resources. This book is... -
RSPB Spotlight Crows by Mike Unwin
RRP: £12.99£9.54From Ravens to Jackdaws and Choughs to Jays, crows are among some of Britain's most familiar, abundant and opinion-dividing birds. The UK's eight crow species all belong to the Corvidae family, and they have been deeply intertwined in our lives and... -
South Africa Birds: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species by James Kavanagh 9781583559864
RRP: £5.99£4.46One of the world's top birding hotspots, South Africa's diverse habitats harbor more than 950 species. This beautifully illustrated guide covers over 140 familiar and unique species found in South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe,... -
Water Vole Field Signs and Habitat Assessment: A Practical Guide to Water Vole Surveys by Mike Dean
RRP: £24.99£20.29An essential guide to assist those surveying for water voles, whether as a professional ecological consultant, a researcher or simply an interested amateur. This book provides detailed descriptions of all the habitats used by water voles, including ideal... -
Eden: Updated 15th Anniversary Edition by Tim Smit
RRP: £14.99£10.95'Smit's vision of Eden is the eighth wonder of the world' Independent'Inspiring... An invaluable guide to how a large project can exceed against all odds' The Sunday Times-An updated edition of the bestselling story of the Eden Project featuring stunning... -
Herbal Formularies for Health Professionals, Volume 2: Circulation and Respiration, including the Cardiovascular, Peripheral Vascular, Pulmonary, and Respiratory Systems by Jill Stansbury 9781603587983
RRP: £45.00£29.65Herbal Formularies for Health Professionals is a five-volume set that serves as a comprehensive, practical reference manual for herbalists, physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals. Dr. Jill Stansbury draws on her decades of clinical... -
Preventable: The Politics of Pandemics and How to Stop the Next One by Devi Sridhar
RRP: £20.00£14.29**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER | BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK**Preventable tells the extraordinary story of COVID-19 and how global politics shape our health - from a world-leading expert and the pandemic's go-to science communicatorProfessor Devi Sridhar... -
The Red Kite's Year by Ian Carter
RRP: £26.00£21.07'thoroughly recommended' -Country-side magazine The Red Kite (Milvus milvus) - one of our most elegant and impressive birds of prey - has a varied and dramatic history in Britain. Having been driven perilously close to extinction, it has now made a... -
The Hot Zone: The Chilling True Story of an Ebola Outbreak by Richard Preston
RRP: £10.99£7.77COMING TO NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ON 27 MAY 2019_________In March 2014, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa was first reported. By October 2014, it had become the largest and deadliest occurrence of the disease. Over 4,500 people have died. Almost 10,000... -
Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans by John Marzluff 9781439198742
RRP: £12.99£8.18Playful, social, and passionate, crows have brains that are huge for their body size, which allows them to think, plan, and reconsider their actions. They also exhibit an avian kind of eloquence, mate for life, and associate with relatives and neighbours... -
Birds of the Middle East by Jens Eriksen
RRP: £16.99£12.86The definitive photographic guide to the amazing avifauna of the Middle East. The Middle East has a wonderfully broad and diverse avifauna, featuring a host of wintering and passage migrants, enigmatic and sometimes colourful breeders, and even a few... -
The Brain from Inside Out by Gyorgy Buzsaki 9780190905385
RRP: £61.00£59.14Is there a right way to study how the brain works? Following the empiricist's tradition, the most common approach involves the study of neural reactions to stimuli presented by an experimenter. This 'outside-in' method fueled a generation of brain... -
Neurocomic: A Comic About the Brain by Hana Ros
RRP: £12.99£8.86Welcome to Neurocomic, a visually captivating adventure through the brain. Neurocomic is populated by quirky creatures, bizarre landscapes and famous neuroscientists. Our nameless protagonist evades vindictive colossal squid, negotiates mysterious trap... -
Natural Beekeeping with the Warre Hive by David Heaf
RRP: £13.95£11.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908904386Author David HeafFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Northern Bee BooksPublisher Northern Bee BooksWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 244mm *... -
How to Pass Higher Art & Design: Second Edition by Elaine Boylan
RRP: £12.99£12.25Exam Board: SQA Level: Higher Subject: Art & Design First Teaching: August 2018 First Exam: May 2019Get your best grade with comprehensive course notes and advice from Scotland's top experts, fully updated for the latest changes to SQA Higher assessment... -
Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles by Laurie J. Vitt 9780123869197
RRP: £70.99£68.25The fourth edition of the textbook Herpetology covers the basic biology of amphibians and reptiles, with updates in nearly every conceptual area. Not only does it serve as a solid foundation for modern herpetology courses, but it is also relevant to... -
Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Eastern Mediterranean by Chris Thorogood 9781842466919
RRP: £40.00£29.39Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Eastern Mediterranean is the most comprehensive and up-to-date plant identification guide to the area. This large area has a complex and varied geology and topography but is united by its typically Mediterranean... -
Shrikes of the World by Norbert Lefranc
RRP: £60.00£44.18BB/BTO BIRD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 'This long-awaited update to the acclaimed first edition is the definitive guide to a complex and intriguing family. The species accounts and taxonomic treatments have been fully revised in line with recent studies,... -
The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir by Steffanie Strathdee
RRP: £14.99£9.80A "fascinating and terrifying" memoir of one woman's extraordinary effort to save her husband's life (Scientific American) - and the discovery of a forgotten cure that has the potential to save millions more.Epidemiologist Steffanie Strathdee and her... -
A Silent Fire: The Story of Inflammation, Diet and Disease by Shilpa Ravella
RRP: £20.00£14.29Hidden inflammation lies behind many modern diseases. Shilpa Ravella, an expert in nutrition and the gut, explains why our immune systems are turning against us and what we might do about it.'Controlling inflammation is the key to good health and this...