Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions of life on Earth. Scientists around the world are currently monitoring the sixth, predicted to be the most devastating extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. Elizabeth Kolbert combines brilliant field reporting, the history of ideas and the work of geologists, botanists and marine biologists to tell the gripping stories of a dozen species -...

Looking to pass your AS and A level maths? Look no further. This book offers detailed, simple steps for all of the main types of problems you'll face in your exams, offering explanations of how the topics link together, advice on how to remember the key facts and methods, and ways to structure revision.

The story and science of how animals find their way home, from the author of }Mind Of The Raven{ and }Winter World{. Explores the fascinating science behind the mysteries of animal migration.

A thrilling account of our extraordinary history, from insignificant apes to rulers of the world. Challenges everything we thought we knew about being human. Lively and engaging for a wide readership. Comparable to }The Ascent Of Man{ and }A Brief History Of Time{.

Revised and updated edition, fully checked and approved by Natural History Museum experts. With thousands of facts and the latest discoveries.

'The oak is the wooden tie between heaven and earth. It is the lynch pin of the British landscape.' The oak is our most beloved and most common tree. It has roots that stretch back to all the old European cultures but Britain has more ancient oaks than all the other European countries put together. More than half the ancient oaks in the world are in Britain. Many of our ancestors - the Angles, the Saxons, the Norse - came to the British Isles in longships...

If you're brilliant at everything else, but lack confidence when it comes to maths, join Liz Strachan, a maths teacher with many, many years of experience, on this magical tour through the seeming mysteries of numbers, algebra and geometry.

Discover more than 85 of the most important mathematical ideas, theorems, and proofs ever devised, and the great minds behind them, with this original and colourful book. Take a journey through the fascinating story of fractions, numbers, patterns, and shapes in order to better understand the complex world we live in.

For too long we have set ourselves apart from nature, seeing ourselves as superior, removed, independent. But in doing so we have lost sight of all that the natural world can teach us. In 'Eight Master Lessons of Nature', Gary Ferguson reveals the wisdom of the natural world. By keenly observing and admiring wildlife and their surroundings, he shows us why sympathy is our greatest asset and crucial to our survival, that feminine rule is default in...

This book concludes the aquatic trilogy that began with }Leviathan{ - awarded the Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction in 2009 - and followed with }The Sea Inside{. It is a beautiful portrait of the subtle and inspired ways that we have come to terms with our watery planet.