Science

In this work, cultural theorist Byung-Chul Han looks at how we have exchanged variety with an age of sameness, not characterised by external repression but by depression through the self. Tracing this violence through phenomena such as terrorism, he argues that by acknowledging the Other again, we can overcome a crushing process of assimilation.

Shortlisted for the 2018 Royal Society Investment Science Book Prize'Finally, a book about the adolescent brain written by someone who actually does the science!

An illuminating, entertaining tour of the physical imperfections, from faulty knees to junk DNA, that make us human - and a unique approach to telling our evolutionary history

Written by internationally renowned author Stella Cottrell, this is an essential resource for students looking to refine their thinking, reading and writing skills.

"This is an important first collection of essays, reflections and poems by Nora Bateson, the noted research designer, film-maker, writer and lecturer"--Publisher's Web site.

FROM THE AUTHOR OF INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES Mother deer that grieve? The Inner Life of Animals will show you these living things in a new light and will open up the animal kingdom like never before.

Written by a Japanese expert and bestselling writer, The Little Book of Ikigai reveals all about this mysterious and fascinating miracle that is at the heart of Japan's record-breaking long life, astonishing appreciation of sensory beauty and inherent mindfulness.

A landmark new book from Cordelia Fine, author of the hugely influential Delusions of Gender

In his philosophical reflections on the art of lingering, acclaimed cultural theorist Byung-Chul Han argues that the value we attach today to the vita activa is producing a crisis in our sense of time.

A startlingly original 'theory of everything' that invites us to rethink our understanding of the connections between human civilization and the laws of nature.

A short, accessible guide for planning students embarking on a dissertation, taking them from choosing a question right through to analysing results.

One of the world's leading neurologists reveals the extraordinary stories behind some of the brain disorders that he and his staff at the Harvard Medical School endeavour to treat.

Molecules explores hundreds of the most interesting, unusual and surprising chemical bonds and how they form to make up all of the stuff in the world.

'This is an essential read for every gay person on the planet' - Elton JohnWINNER BOYZ BEST LGBT BOOK 2017SHORTLISTED FOR THE POLARI BOOK PRIZE 2017Straight Jacket is a revolutionary clarion call for gay men, the wider LGBT community, their friends and family.

A riotous trip with Mr. Knox and a fox in socks, packed full of Dr. Seuss's famous zany rhymes. Read along with the audio CD performed by the wonderful Adrian Edmondson, complete with extra music and sound effects. Can you get your tongue around tongue-twisters like "Who sews crow's clothes?" and "It's a tweetle beetle puddle battle"?!

Renowned philosopher Roger Scruton draws on his own experience as a counter-culture presence in public life to explain conservatism in a skeptical age.

'After two and a half millennia, it's rare to come across a genuinely new idea on the nature of morality, but in this book Josh Greene advances not one but several... Moral Tribes is a landmark in our understanding of morality and the moral sense.' Steven Pinker

The question of how to lead a happy and meaningful life has been at the heart of philosophical debate since time immemorial. This book tackles the question of 'how to live' by forcing us to explore our troubling relationship with death. It provides an introduction to the thought of Simon Critchley.

Global warming is perhaps the most dramatic example of what Timothy Morton calls "hyperobjects"-entities of such vast temporal and spatial dimensions that they defeat traditional ideas about what a thing is in the first place. Morton explains what hyperobjects are and their impact on how we think, how we coexist, and how we experience our politics, ethics, and art.