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Have you forgotten the name of someone you've met dozens of times? Or discovered that your memory of an important event was completely different from everyone else's? The author draws on research to show why our memories so often play tricks on us - and how, if we understand their fallibility, we can actually improve their accuracy.

In Bi: The Hidden Culture, History and Science of Bisexuality, Shaw explores all that we know about the world's largest sexual minority. From the hunt for a bi gene, to the relationship between bisexuality and consensual non-monogamy, to asylum seekers who need to prove their bisexuality in a court of law, there is more to explore than most have ever realised. This rigorous and fun book will challenge us to think deeper about who we are and how we love.

Entangled Life is a mind-altering journey into a spectacular and neglected world, and shows that fungi provide a key to understanding both the planet on which we live, and life itself. 'One of those rare books that can truly change the way you see the world around you.

The heart-wrenchingly honest new book about life and death from forensic pathologist and bestselling author of Unnatural Causes, Dr Richard Shepherd. 'This book is about death, but in it I will take readers on a journey through life . . .

One of the world's leading futurists explains what the metaverse is and how it will change the way you live and work. Shrier unpacks the Meta-fuelled hype train and explores some of the moral and legal questions that are likely to arise from the adoption of this major new technology

In Basic AI leading futurist David L. Shrier explains how generative AI works, where it's heading and how it will impact on everyday life and work.

An accessible, practical and ultimately inspiring book that not only serves as a much-needed call to arms to end the plastic pandemic, but gives useful tools on how to make meaningful change in our everyday lives and advice on how to demand long-lasting action.

Offers a route through the tangled jungle of competing ideas and provides an essential historical context, situating these theories within tradition of critical analysis going back to the rise of Marxism. This book presents the essential methods and objectives of each theoretical school.

'I have a truly marvellous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.'

The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography From the best-selling author of Fermat's Last Theorem, The Code Book is a history of man's urge to uncover the secrets of codes, from Egyptian puzzles to modern day computer encryptions.