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The Guts of the Matter: A Global History of Human Waste and Infectious Intestinal Disease by James L. A. Webb, Jr 9781108493437
RRP: £77.00Booksplease Price: £70.20The Guts of the Matter is a study of our oldest ecological problem: the transmission of infectious intestinal disease from human waste. Spanning the early hominin era to the present, this book... -
The Discovery of the Universe: A History of Astronomy and Observatories by Carolyn Collins Petersen
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £14.25Like time machines, observatories reveal distant objects as they once existed, almost too far away to imagine. They are our portals to the universe, to let us understand how it began and how it works... -
Why, How, and Wow! Space: 100+ Stellar Answers to Kids' Top Space Questions Highlights 9781639623198
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £12.11KIDS ASKED, WE ANSWERED: NASA astronauts and scientists reveal the mysteries of the universe in this funny, illustrated, question-and-answer space book for kids ages 7+! Why are space suits... -
The Guts of the Matter: A Global History of Human Waste and Infectious Intestinal Disease by James L. A. Webb, Jr
RRP: £21.00Booksplease Price: £19.58The Guts of the Matter is a study of our oldest ecological problem: the transmission of infectious intestinal disease from human waste. Spanning the early hominin era to the present, this book... -
The Best American Magazine Writing 2022 by Sid Holt 9780231208901
RRP: £68.00Booksplease Price: £54.13The Best American Magazine Writing 2022 presents a range of outstanding writing on timely topics, from in-depth reporting to incisive criticism: Kristin Canning calls for a change in how we talk... -
Steeped in a Culture of Violence: Murder, Racial Injustice, and Other Violent Crimes in Texas, 1965–2020 by Brandon T. Jett
RRP: £36.00Booksplease Price: £30.83The Texas shooting at Santa Fe High School on May 18, 2018, which killed ten and injured thirteen, prompted public debate over the causes and potential solutions to this type of violent episode. On... -
Frontiers of Astrobiology by Chris Impey 9781107006416
RRP: £34.00Booksplease Price: £30.75Astrobiology is an exciting interdisciplinary field that seeks to answer one of the most important and profound questions: are we alone? In this volume, leading international experts explore the... -
Spacecraft Lithium-Ion Battery Power Systems Thomas P. Barrera 9781119772149
RRP: £110.00Booksplease Price: £95.80Spacecraft Lithium-Ion Battery Power Systems Provides Readers with a Better Understanding of the Requirements, Design, Test, and Safety Engineering of Spacecraft Lithium-ion Battery Power Systems... -
The Sky at Night: Book of the Moon - A Guide to Our Closest Neighbour Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock 9781785943515
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.63How well do you know our closest neighbour?Featured on BBC Radio 4 Saturday Live and BBC BreakfastThe moon has fascinated humankind since the beginning of history. But far from being just a big rock... -
Humanity's Burden: A Global History of Malaria by James L. A. Webb
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £22.92Humanity's Burden provides a panoramic overview of the history of malaria. It traces the long arc of malaria out of tropical Africa into Eurasia, its transfer to the Americas during the early years... -
Humanity's Burden: A Global History of Malaria by James L. A. Webb 9780521854184
RRP: £46.00Booksplease Price: £42.75Humanity's Burden provides a panoramic overview of the history of malaria. It traces the long arc of malaria out of tropical Africa into Eurasia, its transfer to the Americas during the early years... -
Giants of Eclipse: The Aurigae Stars and Other Binary Systems by Thomas B. Ake 9783319091976
Booksplease Price: £91.81The zeta Aurigae stars are the rare but illustrious sub-group of binary stars that undergo the dramatic phenomenon of "chromospheric eclipse". This book provides detailed descriptions of the ten... -
Giants of Eclipse: The Aurigae Stars and Other Binary Systems by Thomas B. Ake 9783319356761
Booksplease Price: £91.84The zeta Aurigae stars are the rare but illustrious sub-group of binary stars that undergo the dramatic phenomenon of "chromospheric eclipse". This book provides detailed descriptions of the ten... -
Public Values and Public Interest: Counterbalancing Economic Individualism by Barry Bozeman 9781589011779
RRP: £29.50Booksplease Price: £27.66Economic individualism and market-based values dominate today's policymaking and public management circles - often at the expense of the common good. In his new book, Barry Bozeman demonstrates the... -
Age-Dating Stars: From the Sun to Distant Galaxies Maurizio Salaris 9781041128366
RRP: £70.99Booksplease Price: £62.64The determination of stellar ages is crucial for the development of our understanding of the universe and for constraining theoretical models of galaxy formation and planetary system evolution. The... -
Astronomy: The Human Quest for Understanding by Dale Ostlie 9780198825838
Booksplease Price: £53.30Since humans first looked up at the stars, astronomy has had a particular ability to stir the imagination and challenge the thinking of scientists and non-scientists alike. Astronomy: The Human Quest... -
Phoenix and the Birds of Prey: Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism in Vietnam by Mark Moyar 9780803216020
RRP: £20.99Booksplease Price: £18.31This study explodes prevailing myths about the Phoenix Program, the CIA's top-secret effort to destroy the Viet Cong by neutralizing its "civilian" leaders. Drawing on recently declassified documents... -
First Light: Switching on Stars at the Dawn of Time Emma Chapman 9781399427432
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.78'Illuminating and entertaining' The Washington PostAstronomers have successfully observed a great deal of the Universe's history, from recording the afterglow of the Big Bang to visualising the... -
Characterising Neighbourhoods: Exploring Local Assets of Community Significance Richard Guise 9781138819955
RRP: £58.99Booksplease Price: £53.74It is increasingly important to define what constitutes the unique character of our neighbourhoods, in order to identify what we value and should protect, to pinpoint areas for improvement and places... -
Measuring the Universe: A Multiwavelength Perspective by George H. Rieke
RRP: £44.00Booksplease Price: £38.81Astronomy is an observational science, renewed and even revolutionized by new developments in instrumentation. With the resulting growth of multiwavelength investigation as an engine of discovery, it... -
Puller's Runner: A Work of Historical Fiction about Lieutenant General Lewis B. 'Chesty' Puller by Nick Ragland 9780761846062
Booksplease Price: £81.47Lewis "Chesty" Puller is the most famous and most decorated of all Marines. Michael Abbo is an average American kid who enlists in the Marine Corps just before Pearl Harbor. As he struggles to... -
Think Bigger: How to Innovate by Sheena Iyengar 9780231198844
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £16.25Gold Medal Winner, 2024 Axiom Business Book Award, Business Intelligence and InnovationIn Think Bigger, Sheena Iyengar-an acclaimed author and expert in the science of choice-answers a timeless... -
Islamic Theology and Extraterrestrial Life: New Frontiers in Science and Religion Jörg Matthias Determann 9780755650927
Booksplease Price: £33.10Over the last thirty years, humanity has discovered thousands of planets outside of our solar system. The discovery of extraterrestrial life could be imminent. This book explains how such a discovery... -
The History of Experience: A Study in Experiential Turns and Cultural Dynamics from the Paleolithic to the Present Day by Wolfgang Leidhold 9781032291901
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £38.67In a wide arc from the Paleolithic to the present day, this book explores the changing structure of human experience and its impact on the dynamics of cultures, civilizations, and political ideas.The... -
Earth: Evolution of a Habitable World by Jonathan I. Lunine 9780521615198
RRP: £60.00Booksplease Price: £53.97Fully updated throughout, including revised illustrations and new images from NASA missions, this new edition provides an overview of Earth's history from a planetary science perspective for Earth... -
John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon by John M. Logsdon 9780230110106
RRP: £48.99Booksplease Price: £41.66While there are many biographies of JFK and accounts of the early years of US space efforts, this book uses primary source material and interviews with key participants to provide a comprehensive... -
John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon by John M. Logsdon 9781137346490
RRP: £48.99Booksplease Price: £41.36While there are many biographies of JFK and accounts of the early years of US space efforts, this book uses primary source material and interviews with key participants to provide a comprehensive... -
Netroots Rising: How a Citizen Army of Bloggers and Online Activists Is Changing American Politics by Lowell Feld 9780313346606
Booksplease Price: £43.78The 2006 elections will be remembered as the year when the center of power in American politics shifted from traditional top-down central broadcasters to new bottom-up decentralized activists in the... -
Apollo Remastered by Andy Saunders 9780241508695
RRP: £75.00Booksplease Price: £56.57AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERDiscover space as you've never seen it before, with these awe-inspiring, breathtakingly restored images of our first missions to the Moon'The next best thing to...