The Magic of Reality: How we know what's really true by Richard Dawkins
$27.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
An inspiring introduction to science and a fascinating exploration of the natural world. Magic takes many forms. The ancient Egyptians explained the night by suggesting that the goddess Nut swallowed the sun. The Vikings believed a rainbow was the gods' bridge to earth. The Japanese used to explain ea ...Show more
Philosophy in 40 Ideas (The School of Life) by The School The School of Life
$27.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Philosophy is a discipline committed to helping us live wiser and less sorrowful lives. This book artfully draws together 40 of the greatest and most useful ideas found in philosophy, taking us on a journey around key concepts from both Eastern and Western cultures.We are invited to sample the distincti ...Show more
Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks
$29.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Have you ever seen something that wasn't really there? Heard someone call your name in an empty house? Sensed someone following you and turned around to find nothing? Hallucinations don't belong wholly to the insane. Much more commonly, they are linked to sensory deprivation, intoxication, illness, or ...Show more
Chatter The Voice in Our Head and How to Harness It by Ethan Kross
$24.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Turn your inner voice from critic to coach As humans, we all have a special ability that is unique to our species: an inner voice. It helps us focus, achieve our goals and reflect on life's most joyful moments. But it can also be our biggest enemy, chewing over painful emotions and replaying embarrassme ...Show more
The Book of Humans - A Brief History of Culture, Sex, War and the Evolution of Us by Adam Rutherford
$27.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
WHAT MAKES US HUMAN? Waging war?Sex for pleasure?Creating art?Mastery of fire? In this thrilling tour of the animal kingdom, Adam Rutherford tells the story of how we became the unique creatures we are today. Illuminated by the latest scientific discoveries, THE BOOK OF HUMANS is a dazzling compendium ...Show more
What We Owe The Future: A Million-Year View by William MacAskill
$24.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Unapologetically optimistic and bracingly realistic, this is the most inspiring book on 'ethical living' I've ever read.' Oliver Burkeman, Guardian 'A monumental event.' Rutger Bregman, author of Humankind 'A book of great daring, clarity, insight and imagination. To be simu ...Show more
Pathogenesis - How infectious diseases shaped human history by Jonathan Kennedy
$40.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: very good
Humans did not make history - we played host. This book is Guns, Germs and Steel without the guns and steel, Sapiens for the pandemic era. A major new history of the world. This humbling and revelatory book shows how infectious disease has shaped humanity at every stage, from the first success of Homo s ...Show more
For the Good of the World: Is Global Agreement on Global Challenges Possible? by A. C. Grayling
$36.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Can we human beings agree on a set of values which will allow us to confront the numerous threats that we and our planet face? Or will we continue our disagreements, rivalries and antipathies, even as we collectively approach what, in the not impossible extreme, might be extinction? To answer these que ...Show more
Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization by Steven Solomon
$59.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Far more than oil, the control of water wealth has been pivotal to the rise and decline of great powers, notable achievements of civilization, and the quality of ordinary daily lives. In "Water", Steven Solomon offers the first-ever, narrative portrait of the personalities, innovations, and power strugg ...Show more
The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking
$59.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? What is the nature of reality? Is the apparent 'grand design' of our universe evidence for a benevolent creator who set things in motion? Or does science offer another explanation? In "The Grand Design", the most recent scientific thinking about the ...Show more
Sex, Genes and Rock 'n' Roll : How Evolution Has Shaped the Modern World by Rob Brooks
$44.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Why are we all getting fatter? Why are we fascinated by pop music and celebrities? Is there any hope of curbing population growth, rampant consumerism and the environmental devastation they wreak? Evolutionary scientist Rob Brooks argues that the origins of these twenty-first century problems can be fou ...Show more