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![Introducing Economics: A Graphic Guide by David Orrell 9781848312159 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/9864471/10880983/9781848312159__17335.1783495334.jpg?c=1 "Introducing Economics: A Graphic Guide by David Orrell 9781848312159 [USED COPY]")
Introducing Economics: A Graphic Guide by David Orrell 9781848312159 [USED COPY]
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £1.18A comic-book introduction to economics from David Orrell, the author of Economyths: 11 Ways Economics Gets it Wrong. With illustrations from Borin Van Loon. Part of the internationally-recognised... -
Design Paradigms: Case Histories of Error and Judgment in Engineering by Henry Petroski
RRP: £23.00Booksplease Price: £21.25From ancient Greek temples to twentieth-century towers, engineers have learned more about design from failure than success. The concept of error, according to the author, is central to the design... -
Goliath by Tom Gauld 9781770462991
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.75Since the 2011 release of Goliath, Tom Gauld has solidified himself as one of the world s most revered and critically- acclaimed cartoonists working today. From his weekly strips in the Guardian... -
A Year in Numbers: 365 Astonishing Maths Facts by Kyle D. Evans 9781838958916
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £7.75***A Strong Words 2023 Book of the Year***'A highly enjoyable and serendipitous read!' - Rob Eastaway, bestselling co-author of Headscratchers: The New Scientist Puzzle BookDid you know:-Only around... -
Physics for Cats Tom Gauld 9781837265305
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.43What happens to a cat who goes through a wormhole?Tom Gauld returns with Physics for Cats, his second collection of science-based cartoons for the New Scientist. Find out why every scientist worth... -
Native British Trees by Andy Thompson 9781904263326
RRP: £6.95Booksplease Price: £5.23The ancient trees of the British Isles form a distinct and fascinating group. In this little book their form and character are carefully described by Welsh border woodsman Andy Thompson. With rare... -
Love: The Song of the Universe by Jason Martineau 9781904263760
RRP: £6.95Booksplease Price: £4.63What exactly is love? How many different kinds of love are there? Have the metaphors for love changed much over the centuries? What are the best classical love stories? Is love universal? In this... -
Techniques of Archaeological Excavation by Philip Barker 9780415151528
RRP: £52.99Booksplease Price: £50.19Immediately hailed as the standard work and one of the most widely used archaeological field manuals, this survey of current excavation techniques, now in its third edition, remains an in-dispensible... -
Atomic Nuclei and their Particles by E. J. Burge 9780198518723
Booksplease Price: £40.58This is a study of atomic nuclei, the properties of which find applications in diverse fields such as medicine and the generation of nuclear power. The explanations of nuclear structure and nuclear... -
Prehistory in the Pacific Islands by John E. Terrell 9780521369565
RRP: £41.00Booksplease Price: £40.09How, asks John Terrell in this richly illustrated and original book, can we best account for the remarkable diversity of the Pacific Islanders in biology, language, and custom? Traditionally... -
Callanish and Other Megalithic Sites of the Outer Hebrides: And Other Megalithic Sites of the Outer Hebrides by Gerald Ponting 9781904263081
RRP: £5.99Booksplease Price: £5.51On the remote north-western Isle of Lewis stands one of the most spectacular megalithic monuments in the world, a stone circle forming part of a huge Celtic Cross, built over four thousand years ago... -
Islamic Design: A Genius for Geometry by Daud Sutton 9781904263593
RRP: £6.95Booksplease Price: £5.94Across the Islamic world, illuminating Korans from Morocco to Malaysia, and adorning mosques, mausoleums and palaces, are hidden some of the most exquisite geometrical devices ever conceived by man. ... -
Avebury by Evelyn Francis 9781904263159
RRP: £6.95Booksplease Price: £5.94Avebury is the largest stone circle on Earth! Silbury Hill is as old as the Great Pyramid! What is the secret geometry of the ancient stones? Was a lost science once practiced here? Packed with... -
Poisonous Plants in Great Britain by Fred Gillam 9781904263876
RRP: £6.95Booksplease Price: £6.39Would you lick your fingers after picking a Lily of the Valley? Did no-one remember to warn you about fair Fool's Parsley? And where are the haunts of Satan's Boletus and the Destroying Angel? Hiding... -
Rhetoric: The Art of Persuasion by 9781904263906
RRP: £6.95Booksplease Price: £5.23What do you do when you use a metaphor? Or a simile or analogy? Can you tell the difference between a synecdoche and a metonymy? What are the secret tricks used every day by professional persuaders?... -
Hungry Hollow: The Story of a Natural Place by A. K. Dewdney 9780387984155
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £15.23Starting with an elegant description of a small piece of land called Hungry Hollow, A.K. Dewdney introduces us to its denizens. The reader goes on a guided tour through the many dimensions of our... -
Surface Topology by P.A. Firby 9781898563778
RRP: £62.99Booksplease Price: £57.58This updated and revised edition of a widely acclaimed and successful text for undergraduates examines topology of recent compact surfaces through the development of simple ideas in plane geometry... -
A Natural History of Human Morality by Michael Tomasello
RRP: £19.95Booksplease Price: £16.16Winner of the Eleanor Maccoby Book Award in Developmental Psychology, American Psychological AssociationWinner of a PROSE Award, Association of American PublishersShortlist, Cognitive Development... -
![Bender Heaven: The UK Traveller's Good Home Guide by "Laugh" 9781904263692](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/1581819/1581399/9781904263692__02519.1706216134.jpg?c=1 "Bender Heaven: The UK Traveller's Good Home Guide by "Laugh" 9781904263692")
Bender Heaven: The UK Traveller's Good Home Guide by "Laugh" 9781904263692
RRP: £5.99Booksplease Price: £4.63A bender is the British travellers' abode of choice. Built from little more than a tarpaulin and some thin hazel poles, people live in these snug, warm eco-homes the length and breadth of Britain... -
Togetherness: Symbiosis and the Hidden Story of Life’s Greatest Collaborations by Rowan Hooper 9781911717157
Booksplease Price: £14.88Change the way you see the world - and our place in it'Absolutely enthralling' BILL BRYSON'Stunning' GUARDIAN'Beautifully written and meticulously researched . . . Vivid and powerful' RICHARD... -
Irish Round Towers by Hector McDonnell 9781904263319
RRP: £5.99Booksplease Price: £4.63The Round Towers of Ireland are among the most enigmatic and extraordinary constructions of the early Irish Church. Why were they put up? What were they used for? Where did the idea come from, and... -
Experiments on Embryos by Anthony Dyson 9780415007481
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £39.69Covering scientific, legal, ethical, historical, theological and public policy aspects of human embryo research, the cases for and against are put strongly and clearly. Scientific evidence is... -
In Light-Years There's No Hurry: Cosmic Perspectives on Everyday Life by Marjolijn van Heemstra 9781324035695
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £16.35One restless summer, anxious and dismayed by mounting crisis and conflict on Earth, poet and journalist Marjolijn van Heemstra learns of a phenomenon known as the overview effect. Experienced by many... -
Perspective and Other Optical Illusions by Phoebe McNaughton
RRP: £6.95Booksplease Price: £5.23Do things always look smaller when they are further away? Can something be clearly visible but not there at all? Is it ever possible to have a direct and true experience of reality? Are you sure? ... -
The Mayan and Other Ancient Calendars by Geoff Stray 9781904263609
RRP: £6.95Booksplease Price: £5.94Ever since humans first began to count, people have clocked days, moons and years, tried to make sense of them in terms of each other, and formed calendars to order their lives. In an amazing leap,... -
Alex's Adventures in Numberland: Tenth Anniversary Edition by Alex Bellos
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.55A tenth anniversary edition of the iconic book about the wonderful world of maths Sunday Times bestseller | Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize 'Original and highly entertaining'... -
On the Public Alastair Hannay (University of Oslo, Norway) 9780415327930
RRP: £44.99Booksplease Price: £40.94The media often talk about public opinion, the 'American' or 'British' public, or the movie-going public. A public can hold an opinion and be divided. What is the public and where did it come from?... -
The End Of Science: Facing The Limits Of Knowledge In The Twilight Of The Scientific Age by John Horgan 9780349109268
Booksplease Price: £20.70As a writer for SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, John Horgan has an unsurpassed window on contemporary science, routinely interviewing the scientific geniuses of our times, scientists such as Richard Dawkins,... -
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin: Patterns, Proteins and Peace: A Life in Science by Georgina Ferry
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £14.30*Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize and the Marsh Biography Award* The definitive biography of chemist Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, the only British woman to win a Nobel prize in the sciences to... -
The Human Story by Robin Dunbar
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23A wonderfully accessible, up-to-the-minute account of human evolution by 'one of the most respected evolutionary psychologists in Britain' (Guardian). Of the dozen or so hominid species once in... -
Molecules at an Exhibition: Portraits of Intriguing Materials in Everyday Life by John Emsley
RRP: £17.49Booksplease Price: £12.49What is it in chocolate that makes us feel good when we eat it? What's the molecule that turns men on? What's the secret of Coca-Cola? In this fascinating book, John Emsley takes us on a guided tour... -
The Crucible of Creation: The Burgess Shale and the Rise of Animals by Simon Conway Morris 9780192862020
Booksplease Price: £35.32'tells a great story and manages to be informative at all levels. Conway Morris has a collector's eye for the sort of entertaining yet informative snippets that keep readers on their toes.' New... -
Epic Animal Journeys Over Land: Animal Tracking Compass Book Steve Parker 9781836160465
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.10Follow incredible animals on some of the world's most epic journeys of migration over land. Budding animal experts will be spell-bound with this interactive and informative book. Discover some of... -
The Mathematical Universe: An Alphabetical Journey Through the Great Proofs, Problems, and Personalities William Dunham 9780471176619
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £15.25"Dunham writes for nonspecialists, and they will enjoy his piquantanecdotes and amusing asides -- Booklist "Artfully, Dunham conducts a tour of the mathematical universe. . .he believes these ideas... -
Ancient Celtic Coin Art by Simon Lilly
RRP: £6.95Booksplease Price: £5.23Little bigger than a fingernail, Celtic Coins are one of the richest sources of Celtic art in the world, and yet few people are even aware that they exist. With their strange otherworldly designs... -
Women and the Environment in the Third World: Alliance for the future by Irene Dankelman 9780415852159
RRP: £58.99Booksplease Price: £54.98'This book ... should be issued to grass-root organisations everywhere' Doris Lessing, The New Scientist 'It is must reading for government planners, environmentalists and the ordinary layman' Asia... -
Glastonbury: Isle of Avalon by George Wingfield 9781904263197
RRP: £6.95Booksplease Price: £5.23Did Jesus really visit the Holy Isle of Avalon as a young man? And did Joseph of Arimathea really found the first church here too? Is King Arthur really buried with Guinevere in the Abbey grounds? In... -
The Mathematical Universe: An Alphabetical Journey Through the Great Proofs, Problems, and Personalities William Dunham 9780471536567
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £22.85"Dunham writes for nonspecialists, and they will enjoy his piquantanecdotes and amusing asides -- Booklist "Artfully, Dunham conducts a tour of the mathematical universe. . .he believes these ideas... -
Proverbs: Words of Wisdom by Alice O'Niell 9781904263784
RRP: £6.95Booksplease Price: £4.63If many hands make light work, how can too many cooks spoil the broth? If you'll find the best advice on your pillow, are proverbs even useful? How come these nuggets of wisdom are so similar all... -
The Elements of Music: Melody, Rhythm and Harmony by Jason Martineau
RRP: £6.95Booksplease Price: £5.23What is the secret code behind so many musical compositions? How do you substitute chords to create greater musical complexity? Why is music so good at playing with people's emotions? In this compact...