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Numbers Don't Lie: 71 Things You Need to Know About the World by Vaclav Smil
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.95'My favourite author has done it again. Numbers Don't Lie is by far his most accessible book to date, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is curious about the world. I unabashedly recommend this... -
How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future by Vaclav Smil
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £6.43* THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 'Another masterpiece from one of my favorite authors . . . If you want a brief but thorough education in numeric thinking about many of the fundamental forces that... -
Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse by Alexander Pushkin
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £9.54Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead of their literature. Set in 1820s Russia, Pushkin's verse novel follows the fates of three men and three women... -
Reason to Be Happy: Why logical thinking is the key to a better life by Kaushik Basu 9781911709251
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £11.60'Reason to Be Happy is a wise and witty book that shows how thinking clearly can help us find happiness in our daily lives, get more of what we want, and even make the world a better place' Hannah... -
On Your Mind: How Reality is Your Brain’s Best Theory by Daniel Yon 9781529900064
RRP: £22.00Booksplease Price: £16.62'With captivating storytelling and cutting-edge science, neuroscientist Daniel Yon explores the power and the perils of the brain's internal models, offering a provocative look at the hidden forces... -
The Bilingual Brain: And What It Tells Us about the Science of Language by Albert Costa
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £9.23'Fascinating. . . This engaging book explores just how multiple languages are acquired and sorted out by the brain. . . Costa's work derives from a great fund of knowledge, considerable curiosity and... -
On the Origin of Species by Damien Hirst
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.31Charles Darwin's seminal formulation of the theory of Evolution, On the Origin of Species continues to be as controversial today as when it was first published. This Penguin Classics edition contains... -
Wonderful Life Stephen Jay Gould 9780099273455
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.46High in the Canadian Rockies is a small limestone quarry formed 530 million years ago. Called the Burgess Shale, it holds the remains of an ancient sea where dozens of strange creatures lived - a... -
Why Can't We Sleep? by Darian Leader
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.67From the brilliant psychoanalyst behind Strictly Bipolar and What is Madness, a short and fascinating guide to the history of human sleep - and why we can't seem to sleep any more'Persuasive,... -
The Nature of Technology: What It Is and How It Evolves by W.Brian Arthur
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23In The Nature of Technology, ground-breaking economist W. Brian Arthur explores the extraordinary way in which the technology that surrounds us and allows us to live our modern lives has actually... -
The Complete Enderby by Anthony Burgess
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.46Enderby is a poet, social critic and Catholic. He may be found hiding in the lavatory where much of his best work is composed, or perhaps in Rome, brainwashed into respectability by a glamorous wife,... -
Consciousness Explained by Daniel C. Dennett
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.51In Consciousness Explained, Daniel C. Dennett reveals the secrets of one of the last remaining mysteries of the universe: the human brain. Daniel C. Dennett's now-classic book blends philosophy,... -
The Penguin Dictionary of Proverbs by Jonathan Law
RRP: £11.99Booksplease Price: £8.59Entertaining and informative, this rich and diverse collection of over 6000 proverbs (and their origins) is a delight to browse and the perfect addition to any home reference shelf.About the... -
Work Hard & Be Nice to People by Anthony Burrill
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.49Ask More Questions, Get More AnswersDon't Be Normal, Don't Be OrdinarySay Yes More Than No!Work Hard & Be Nice to PeopleIt's usually the simple truths that provide the most profound answers. Discover... -
An Intimate History of Evolution: The Story of the Huxley Family by Alison Bashford
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.51SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE'A masterpiece of biography ... a vivid account of a family at the heart of some of the great cultural shifts of the modern era' John Gray, New Statesman'The... -
The Periodic Table by Primo Levi 9781857152180
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.41An extraordinary kind of autobiography in which each of the 21 chapters takes its title and its starting-point from one of the elements in the periodic table. Mingling fact and fiction, science and... -
The Responsible Globalist: What Citizens of the World Can Learn from Nationalism by Hassan Damluji 9780141988856
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.12'Thought provoking and well-written... a good read for people who care about solving global problems. Damluji puts forth ideas that can help make global systems more successful' - Bill Gates An... -
The End of Violence: Eliminating the World’s Most Dangerous Epidemic by Gary Slutkin 9781911709138
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £14.46'Gary Slutkin is one of the most important thinkers and activists in the vital effort to understand and reduce violence....an invaluable contribution.' Steven Pinker, author of The Better Angels of... -
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Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything by David Bellos 9780241954300 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £2.31Is That a Fish in Your Ear? by David Bellos asks: how do we really make ourselves understood to other people? This funny, wise and life-affirming language book shows how, from puns to poetry, news... -
The Happiness Hypothesis: Putting Ancient Wisdom to the Test of Modern Science by Jonathan Haidt
RRP: £11.99Booksplease Price: £8.81Every culture hands wisdom down through generations. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. What you do not wish for yourself, do not do to others. Happiness comes from within. Can these 'truths'... -
Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Giridharadas
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23*The International Bestseller*'Superb, hugely enjoyable ... a spirited examination of the hubris and hypocrisy of the super-rich who claim they are helping the world' Aditya Chakrabortty,... -
Stephen Hawking: Friendship and Physics by Leonard Mlodinow
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.31CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN, DAILY TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN AND BBC SCIENCE FOCUS'An intimate, unique, and inspiring perspective on the life and work of one of the greatest minds of... -
Trick or Treatment?: Alternative Medicine on Trial by Dr. Simon Singh
RRP: £11.99Booksplease Price: £8.81Welcome to the world of alternative medicine.Prince Charles is a staunch defender and millions of people swear by it; most UK doctors consider it to be little more than superstition and a waste of... -
Solutions for Writers: Practical Lessons on Craft by the Legendary Editor of James Baldwin, W.H. Auden, and Many More by Sol Stein 9781800818118
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.42Whether you are a beginner or an accomplished professional, whether your field is fiction, nonfiction or journalism, Sol Stein's Solutions for Writers is an indispensable guide to enhancing your work... -
The Language Puzzle: How We Talked Our Way Out of the Stone Age Steven Mithen 9781800811607
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.46'A tour de force' Alice Roberts 'Wonderful ... A remarkably comprehensive biography of the single most important thing we all share - language' Robin Dunbar The relationship between language,... -
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Consciousness Explained by Daniel C. Dennett 9780140128673 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £6.23In Consciousness Explained, Daniel C. Dennett reveals the secrets of one of the last remaining mysteries of the universe: the human brain. Daniel C. Dennett's now-classic book blends philosophy,... -
Tristes Tropiques by Claude Levi-Strauss
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £10.51'One of the great books of our century . . . It speaks with a human voice' Susan SontagTristes Tropiques begins with the line 'I hate travelling and explorers', yet during his life Claude... -
Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society by Peter Trudgill
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.95This is a classic book on a fascinating subject. Peter Trudgill examines the close link between language and society and the many factors that influence the way we speak. These range from gender,... -
How to Fight Anti-Semitism by Bari Weiss
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.31'This acutely argued book will engender a thousand conversations' Cynthia OzickThe prescient New York Times writer delivers an urgent wake-up call exposing the alarming rise of anti-semitism -- and... -
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Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio by Pu Songling 9780140447408 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £8.96The Strange Tales of Pu Songling (1640-1715) are exquisite and amusing miniatures that are regarded as the pinnacle of classical Chinese fiction. With their elegant prose, witty wordplay and subtle... -
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It's Not About The Bike: My Journey Back to Life by Lance Armstrong 9780224060875 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £1.97It's Not About the Bike was first published in 2000. Detailing Lance Armstrong's battle with life-threatening testicular cancer and his return to professional cycling, it became a huge bestseller,... -
The Talmud: A Selection by Norman Solomon
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £14.03The Talmud is one of the most significant religious texts in the world, second only to the Bible in its importance to Judaism. As the Bible is the word of God, The Talmud applies that word to the... -
It's Not About The Bike: My Journey Back to Life by Lance Armstrong
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.46It's Not About the Bike was first published in 2000. Detailing Lance Armstrong's battle with life-threatening testicular cancer and his return to professional cycling, it became a huge bestseller,... -
The Unfolding Of Language by Guy Deutscher
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.15'A persuasive and beautifully written take on how languages are constantly evolving... an enthralling read about human psychology and anthropology as well as linguistics.' ALEX... -
The Frontiers of Knowledge: What We Know About Science, History and The Mind by A. C. Grayling
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.95'Grayling brings satisfying order to daunting subjects' Steven Pinker_________________________In very recent times humanity has learnt a vast amount about the universe, the past, and itself. But... -
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer 9780141032139
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.95'Be prepared to be amazed' GuardianCan anyone get a perfect memory?Joshua Foer used to be like most of us, forgetting phone numbers and mislaying keys. Then he learnt the art of memory training,... -
The Penguin Dictionary of English Idioms by Daphne M. Gulland
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23To 'put the cart before the horse', have 'the cheek of the devil' or be 'a pillar of society' - these are just some of the thousands of idioms that have become an integral part of the English... -
Super Genes: The hidden key to total well-being Dr Deepak Chopra 9781846045035
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £9.20'You are not simply the sum output of your genome. You are the user and inventor of your genome.'For years it was accepted knowledge that genes were fixed components of our bodies, and that we as... -
Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything by David Bellos
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.95Is That a Fish in Your Ear? by David Bellos asks: how do we really make ourselves understood to other people? This funny, wise and life-affirming language book shows how, from puns to poetry, news... -
Click: The Power of Instant Connections by Rom Brafman
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £12.47In a book that combines psychology and sociology with an insightful understanding of human interactions, Ori and Rom Brafman have written a compelling narrative that helps us to understand the magic...