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• Webb's Universe

  the Space Telescope Images That Reveal Our Cosmic History

  Aderin-Pocock, Maggie, 1968-

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  The definitive book on the James Webb Space Telescope, including its most stunning images to date.

• The Age of Melt

  What Glaciers, Ice Mummies, and Ancient Artifacts Teach Us About Climate, Culture, and a Future Without Ice

  Baril, Lisa

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  An entertaining pop-sci narrative investigating ice patch archaeology and the role of glaciers in the development of human culture.

• A Woman Among Wolves

  My Journey Through Forty Years of Wolf Recovery

  Boyd, Diane K.

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  A debut memoir from one of the first women biologists in the United States to study wild wolves in their natural habitat-a story of passion, resilience, and determination.

• Eavesdropping on Animals

  What We Can Learn From Wildlife Conversations

  Bumann, George

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  Humans once relied on the calls of wild animals to understand the natural world and their place within it. Now, this remarkable guide reveals what our ancestors knew long ago that tuning in to the owl in the tree, the deer in the gully, can tell us…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Beautiful Shells

  George Perry's Conchology

  Carnall, Mark

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  This book reproduces the stunning, exquisitely drawn and sometimes fanciful shell illustrations from a long-forgotten book published by a shell expert in 1811.

• RSPB Bird Tales

  Traditional Stories, Folklore and Activities

  Casey, Dawn, 1975-

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  A beautiful celebration of Britain's best-loved birds, featuring illustrations, folktales, stories and seasonal crafts and activities.

• Starlore of the Constellations

  the Astronomy, Myth and Symbolism of the Night Sky

  Cornelius, Geoffrey

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  From teaching you how to spot the major and minor constellations, to revealing the fascinating starlore from around the world, this stunningly illustrated book will bring star-gazing vividly to life.

• The Apple

  a Delicious History

  Coulthard, Sally

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  Sin, cider and apple crumble... the 10,000-year story of the world's most tempting fruit.

• Gorilla Tactics

  How to Save a Species

  Cummings, Greg

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  Gorillas are among the most recognizable of the large charismatic mammals, but climate change and poaching has brought them to the brink of extinction.

• Raising Hare

  the Heart-warming True Story of An Unlikely Friendship

  Dalton, Chloe

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  When lockdown led busy professional Chloe to leave the city and return to the countryside of her childhood, she never expected to find herself custodian of a newly born hare. Yet when she finds the creature, endangered, alone and no bigger than her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Courage of Birds

  and the Often Suprising Ways They Survive Winter

  Dunne, Pete, 1951-

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  From our own back gardens to the rim of the Arctic ice, countless birds have adapted to meet the challenges of the winter season. This is their remarkable story.

• Myself and Other Animals

  Durrell, Gerald, 1925-1995

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  A final posthumous work of autobiography from the beloved conservationist and naturalist Gerald Durrell, to celebrate the centenary of his birth.

• Smithsonian Atlas of Space

  a Map to the Universe From the Big Bang to the Future

  Launius, Roger D.

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  300 maps and illustrations tell the incredible story of the past, present, and future of the universe and space exploration.

• England

  a Natural History

  Lewis-Stempel, John

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  This is an exploration of all the distinctive habitats that define the English landscape.

• The Miraculous From the Material

  Understanding the Wonders of Nature

  Lightman, Alan P., 1948-

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  A gorgeously illustrated exploration of the science behind the universe's most stunning natural phenomena-from atoms and parameciums to rainbows, snowflakes, spider webs, the rings of Saturn, galaxies, and more.

• Playing Possum

  How Animals Understand Death

  Monsó, Susana, 1988-

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  Playing Possum explores what the opossum and other creatures can teach us about how we and other species understand mortality, and demonstrates that the concept of death, far from being a uniquely human attribute, is widespread in the animal kingdom.

• The Universe in 100 Colors

  Weird and Wonderful Colors From Science and Nature

  Thrasher, Tyler

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  At the intersection of science, art, and design, this coffee table book highlights 100 mind-blowing colours that you've likely never seen before.

• Merlin's Tour of the Universe

  a Traveller's Guide to Blue Moons and Black Holes, Mars, Stars and Everything Far

  Tyson, Neil deGrasse

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  The bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry takes readers on an odyssey into the deepest, darkest depth of the universe and back again with his extra-terrestrial tour guide, Merlin.

• Life as No One Knows It

  the Physics of Life's Emergence

  Walker, Sara Imari

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  Rigorous, accessible, and vital, “Life as no one knows it “celebrates the mystery of life and the explanatory power of physics.

• The Many Lives of James Lovelock

  Science, Secrets and Gaia Theory

  Watts, Jonathan

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  Drawing together the many influences which shaped his life and thinking, this is a unique biography of one of the most fascinating scientists of the modern age.