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Richmond Unchained: The Biography of the World's First Black Sporting Superstar by Luke G. Williams 9781445644899
RRP: $37.03Booksplease Price: $26.52Today Bill Richmond is largely unknown to the wider public, but he was one of the most significant sportsmen in history and one of the most prominent celebrities of Georgian times. Born into slavery... -
For Small Creatures Such As We: Rituals and reflections for finding wonder by Sasha Sagan
RRP: $29.23Booksplease Price: $19.01Sasha Sagan's parents - the astronomer Carl Sagan and the writer and producer, Ann Druyan - taught her that the natural world and vast cosmos are full of profound beauty, and that science reveals... -
Truth: A Brief History of Total Bullsh*t Tom Phillips 9781472263209
RRP: $25.33Booksplease Price: $18.06'TOM PHILLIPS IS A VERY CLEVER, VERY FUNNY MAN' Greg JennerThis is a book about TRUTH - and all the ingenious ways, throughout history, that we've managed to avoid it.We live in a 'post-truth' age,... -
Themistocles: The Rise and Fall of Athens’s Naval Mastermind Michael Scott 9780300256598
RRP: $37.03Booksplease Price: $28.35A portrait of the Athenian politician and general Themistocles, tracing his political development, his victory at the Battle of Salamis, and his exile in Persia Themistocles (524-459 BC) came of age... -
Darkwood by Gabby Hutchinson Crouch
RRP: $17.53Booksplease Price: $14.04Magic is forbidden in Myrsina, along with various other abominations, such as girls doing maths. This is bad news for Gretel Mudd, who doesn't perform magic, but does know a lot of maths. When... -
The Year I Stopped to Notice by Miranda Keeling
RRP: $29.23Booksplease Price: $19.44'This book is a delight ... the world is full of little surprises, momentary little fountains of pleasure and beauty, that could be visible to all of us if we learned to stop and notice as Miranda... -
The Bookshop, The Draper, The Candlestick Maker: A History of the High Street Annie Gray 9781800812253
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.89'Annie Gray's fascinating history of a British institution in crisis illuminates and entertains' GREG JENNER 'Properly immersive, full of juicy sensory detail - Annie Gray's romp down British high... -
Explodapedia: The Brain Ben Martynoga 9781788452748
RRP: $15.58Booksplease Price: $11.47Every human brain is utterly unique, with 180 billion brain cells which keep us safe, curious and creative, whilst gifting us incredible powers of memory and bamboozling brilliant imaginations. ... -
Losing It: Dispelling the Sex Myths that Rule our Lives by Sophia Smith Galer 9780008475628
RRP: $19.48Booksplease Price: $14.12'It's the kind of book that makes you wonder, 'why wasn't this written before?' It could change lives' EVENING STANDARD 'Turns everything you've been taught about sex on its head' RUBY... -
The Fairy Tale Fan Club: Legendary Letters Collected by C.C. Cecily Richard Ayoade 9781529526271
RRP: $17.53Booksplease Price: $13.01FAIRY-LAND EXCLUSIVE! Discover THE TRUTH about your favourite fairy-tale characters in Richard Ayoade's second children's book."A wonderful, funny book of fairy tales with a twist, with equally... -
Explodapedia: The Cell by Ben Martynoga
RRP: $15.58Booksplease Price: $11.74Highly commended at the Association for Science Education Book of the Year Awards 2023! Cells are alive, and they're what life is made of. Four billion years ago a single cell kickstarted all life... -
Explodapedia: Evolution by Ben Martynoga 9781788452502
RRP: $15.58Booksplease Price: $11.74The story of evolution began billions of years ago. It's an epic tale that links us humans to all other life on planet Earth. And it's not over yet! Creatures are still evolving today - constantly... -
Explodapedia: The Gene by Ben Martynoga
RRP: $15.58Booksplease Price: $11.47Joint winner at the Association for Science Education Book of the Year Awards 2023! There are 40,000 genes in every cell of your body. Together, they carry all the instructions needed to make you... -
Index, A History of the by Dennis Duncan
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.50*A TIME, New Yorker, Financial Times and History Today Book of the Year*'Hilarious' Sam Leith'I loved this book' Susie Dent''Witty and affectionate' Lynne TrussPerfect for book lovers, a delightful... -
Way of the Waves by Janina Ramirez 9780192766359
RRP: $13.63Booksplease Price: $10.51Join young investigator and shield maiden Alva as she goes a-viking around the medieval world in search of adventure! Alva clings to her sleeping wolf as the Viking longship pitches and rolls over... -
Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up Tom Phillips 9781472259059
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $15.64'This book is brilliant. Utterly, utterly brilliant. Apart from the epilogue, which is idiotic' Jeremy Clarkson'F*cking brilliant' Sarah KnightAN EXHILARATING JOURNEY THROUGH THE MOST CREATIVE AND... -
Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art by Rebecca Wragg Sykes
RRP: $23.38Booksplease Price: $17.75** WINNER OF THE PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE 2021 ** 'Beautiful, evocative, authoritative.' Professor Brian Cox 'Important reading not just for anyone interested in these ancient cousins of ours,... -
Immaculate Forms: Uncovering the History of Women's Bodies Helen King 9781788163880
RRP: $23.38Booksplease Price: $17.18'Delightful, timely and critical' Cat Bohannon 'Expertly weaves science, history and culture to illuminate the most misunderstood parts of our bodies' Dr Jennifer Gunter Throughout history,... -
The Bookshop, The Draper, The Candlestick Maker: A History of the High Street Annie Gray 9781800812246
RRP: $42.90Booksplease Price: $32.99'A rich, lively and nostalgia-provoking sensory experience ... this is history in its messiest, most bustling human essence' THE TIMES 'Like being in the company of a chatty, trusted friend' LUCY... -
The Earth Transformed: An Untold History by Professor Peter Frankopan
RRP: $58.50Booksplease Price: $42.18THE TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023 A BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK FOR THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE AND FINANCIAL TIMES A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK | AN INSTANT #2 SUNDAY TIMES... -
The Earth Transformed: An Untold History by Professor Peter Frankopan 9781526622556
RRP: $29.23Booksplease Price: $24.63THE TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023A BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK FOR THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE, GUARDIAN, INDEPENDENT AND FINANCIAL TIMESA BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK | AN INSTANT...