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Deadly Companions: How microbes shaped our history

By Dorothy H. Crawford (Professor of Medical Microbiology and Assistant Principal for the Public Understanding of Medicine, University of Edinburgh)

Taking the Piss: A Potted History of Pee

By Adam Hart-Davis, Emily Troscianko

Saving the Daylight: Why We Put the Clocks Forward

By David Prerau

The Ultimate Mathematical Challenge: Over 365 puzzles to test your wits and excite your mind

By The UK Mathematics Trust

A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life

By Heather Heying, Bret Weinstein

Panic Nation

By Stanley Feldman, Vincent Marks

The Happiness Hypothesis: Ten Ways to Find Happiness and Meaning in Life

By Jonathan Haidt

Understanding Nanotechnology

By Scientifi Scientific American

Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood

By Oliver Sacks, Sacks, Oliver

Science Year by Year: The Ultimate Visual Guide to the Discoveries That Changed the World

By DK, Robert Winston

Being a Human: Adventures in 40,000 Years of Consciousness

By Charles Foster

In Our Own Image: Will artificial intelligence save or destroy us?

By George Zarkadakis

The Field: The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe

By lynne mctaggart

AIQ: How artificial intelligence works and how we can harness its power for a better world

By Nick Polson, James Scott

Why is Sex Fun?: Evolution of Human Sexuality

By Jared M. Diamond

From Here to Infinity: Scientific Horizons

By Martin Rees

Seven Days That Divide the World: The Beginning According to Genesis and Science

By John C. Lennox

Colour and Vision: Through the Eyes of Nature: 2016

By Steve Parker

Heath Robinson

The Music of Life: Biology beyond genes

By Denis Noble (Emeritus Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology at the University of Oxford)

In the Blink of an Eye: How Vision Kick-started the Big Bang of Evolution

By Parker, Andrew

Big Data: Does Size Matter?

By Timandra Harkness

What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

By Munroe, Randall

Elementary: The Periodic Table Explained

By James M. Russell

How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain

By Lisa Feldman Barrett

Who Was Dr. Charlotte Bach?

By Francis Wheen

Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge

By Professor Edward O. Wilson

The Private Life of the Brain

By Baroness Susan Greenfield

Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration

By Buzz Aldrin, Leonard David

Nurtureshock: Why Everything We Thought About Children is Wrong

By Merryman, Ashley, Bronson, Po