Non-fiction

Category: Science

The books here are listed alphabetically by authors' surnames.

by Steve Biddulph
How our animal instinct can help us cope with the challenges of modern living.
by Ruth Binney
A collection of traditional sayings and superstitions about cooking, gardening, housekeeping and health for adults and children - and explaining how and why they have relevance today.
by Mensun Bound
Subtitled 'The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance', it describes the search for the ship that slipped under the ice in the Antarctic in 1915.
by Hannah Fry
A fascinating and thought-provoking account of how algorithms are affecting every part of our lives today.
by Hope Jahren
A story of a life in science exploring the wonders of plants and trees. Compelling and fascinating.
by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross
A readable and inspiring guide on how the arts can help us emotionally, mentally and medically to be healthy, happy people!
by Anna Katharina Schaffner
Why do we all feel so tired?! This book provides the answers and some solutions, with essays presented in a very readable, accessible A-Z format!
by Matthew Syed
Why failing is important, and how we should learn to embrace it!
by Nigel Toon
How we built it, how it can help us, and how we can control it. A very readable, reassuring and enabling approach to the subject!