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For fans of Call the Midwife, a unique autobiography of a 1930s London childhood.

A brand new science title in the renowned graphic novel-style of the Introducing Graphic Guide series.

An exploration of the psychological effects - the pleasures, benefits and disbenefits - of computer games.

How did the mind evolve? How does the human mind differ from the minds of our ancestors, and from the minds of our nearest relatives, the apes? If our minds are built by selfish genes, why are we so cooperative? These questions are at the centre of a research programme called evolutionary psychology.

How an American soldier saved his comrades from being enslaved by the Nazis in the dying days of World War Two.

WINNER 2017 ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOKS PRIZE: A landmark new book from Cordelia Fine, author of the hugely influential Delusions of Gender.

A brilliantly funny and clever exploration of why it's only in a bookshop that you'll find something you never knew you wanted to read, from the author of The Etymologicon, The Horologicon and The Elements of Eloquence

Mark Forsyth's bestselling day in the life of unusual, beautiful and forgotten English words, in paperback for the first time