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Where do our thoughts come from? • How can we manipulate our dreams? • What is the role of the unconscious? • How do we make decisions and trust the judgement of both others and ourselves? • In this mind-bending international bestseller by Mariano Sigman, one of the world’s leading neuroscientists reveals his life’s work exploring the intricacies of the human brain. Building on his awe-inspiring TED talk and drawing on examples in science and the arts, The Secret Life of the Mind offers an accessible guide to how the human brain works and its impact on our everyday life. This informative, lucid book is essential reading for anyone curious about how we perceive, reason and communicate

A cutting-edge examination of what it means to be human and to have a 'self' in the face of new scientific developments in genetic editing, cloning and neural downloading • After seeing his own cells used to grow clumps of new neurons – essentially mini-brains – Philip Ball begins to examine the concepts of identity and consciousness. Delving into humanity's deep evolutionary past to look at how complex creatures like us emerged from single-celled life, he offers a new perspective on how humans think about ourselves • In an age when we are increasingly encouraged to regard the 'self' as an abstract sequence of genetic information, or as a pattern of neural activity that might be 'downloaded' to a computer, he return us to the body – to flesh and blood – and anchors a conception of personhood in this unique and ephemeral mortal coil

An enchanting biography of the most resonant – and most necessary – chemical element on Earth • Carbon. It is the building block of every cell that makes up every living thing. It is the essential component of the food we eat, the fuel we burn, the wood we use and the air we breathe. It is worth billions as a luxury and half a trillion as a necessity, but there are still mysteries to be solved about the element that can be both diamond and coal. Where does it come from, what does it do, and why, above all, does life need it? • In Symphony in C, leading carbon scientist Robert M. Hazen takes us on a vibrant journey through the origin and evolution of life’s most widespread element. The story unfolds in four movements – Earth, Air, Fire and Water – and transports us through nearly 14 billion years of cosmic history, explaining how carbon is formed in the hearts of stars and why all life forms – earthbound or alien – use it as the basis of their biology

Born into nobility and married into the royal family, Catherine Howard was attended every waking hour – secrets were impossible to keep. In this thrilling reappraisal of Henry VIII’s fifth wife, Gareth Russell’s history unfurls as if in real time to explain how the queen’s career ended with one of the great scandals of Henry’s reign. This is a grand tale of the Henrician court in its twilight, a glittering but pernicious sunset during which the king’s unstable behaviour and his courtiers’ labyrinthine deceptions proved fatal to many, not just to Catherine Howard

A thrilling investigation into the pioneering world of animal communication, where big data and artificial intelligence are changing our relationship with animals forever • In 2015, wildlife filmmaker Tom Mustill was whale watching when a humpback breached onto his kayak and nearly killed him. After a video clip of the event went viral, Tom found himself inundated with theories about what happened. He became obsessed with trying to find out what the whale had been thinking and sometimes wished he could just ask it. In the process of making a film about his experience, he discovered that might not be such a crazy idea • This is a story about the pioneers in a new age of discovery, whose cutting-edge developments in natural science and technology are taking us to the brink of decoding animal communication – and whales, with their giant mammalian brains and sophisticated vocalisations, offer one of the most realistic opportunities for us to do so

"Путешествие к центру Земли" - один из первых научно-фантастических романов Жюля Верна, рассказывающий о дерзком и опасном путешествии в недра Земли через жерло вулкана • Случайно выпавший из книги ветхий клочок пергамента стал отправной точкой небывалой экспедиции профессора Отто Лиденброка и его племянника Акселя. Стремление пройти по следам знаменитого алхимика Арне Сакнуссема, чтобы повторить его подвиг - достигнуть центра Земли, - оборачивается для путешественников проверкой на мужество, стойкость и взаимную поддержку • Книга на английском языке • In Verne's science-fiction classic, Professor Lidenbrock chances upon an ancient manuscript and pledges to solve the mysterious coded message that lies within it. Eventually he deciphers the story - that of an Icelandic explorer who travels to the centre of the earth, finding his way there via a volcano

From a long-term planning lead for the Mars Exploration Rover Project comes this vivid insider account of some of NASA’s most vital and exciting missions to the Red Planet, illustrated with full-colour photographs—a wondrous chronicle of unprecedented scientific discovery and the search for evidence of life on Mars • ‘There are probably just a few of moments in human history when a small group of humans stood on the margins of a vast new world, and it is no stretch of the romantic imagination that the arrival of two rovers on the surface of another planet was surely one of them.’ • Human exploration of Mars is the most ambitious and exciting scientific goal of the 21st century, and few people on earth know as much about this fascinating planet as Dr Larry Crumpler

Многие люди хотели бы говорить с Богом, но иногда они не знают, с чего начать. Теологический сборник «How to Pray», составленный из множества эссе, статей и писем Клайва Стейплза Льюиса, поможет читателям взрастить в себе духовное чутьё и научиться формулировать молитвы. Автор заботливо ведёт читателя к полноценному восприятию молитвы как центрального элемента истинной веры • «How to Pray», сборник выдающегося британского писателя Клайва Стейплза Льюиса, является знаковым произведением для направления популярной теологии • Книга на английском языке • C. S. Lewis here offers wisdom and lessons that illuminate our private dialogue with God-prayer-in this collection drawn from the breadth of his writings • The revered teacher and bestselling author of such classic Christian works as Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters, C

A profound, powerful and moving collection of 100 letters from around the world responding to the climate crisis, introduced by Emma Thompson and lovingly illustrated by CILIP award winner Jackie Morris • How can we begin to talk about what is happening to the world? How can we explain to our children, and to ourselves, what the future of our planet might look and feel like? • Letters to the Earthis the beginning of a new conversation. One that attempts to answer some of these questions by listening to the voices of parents and children; politicians and poets; songwriters and scientists. Gathering together over 100 letters written in response to the climate emergency, each entry begins to give language to the unspeakable, and shows how our collective power is present when we are ready to slow down and listen to each other

From The Gashlycrumb Tinies to The Doubtful Guest, Edward Gorey's wickedly funny and deliciously sinister little books have influenced our culture in innumerable ways, from the works of Tim Burton and Neil Gaiman to Lemony Snicket. Some even call him the Grandfather of Goth • But who was this man, who lived with over twenty thousand books and six cats, who roomed with Frank O'Hara at Harvard, and was known – in the late 1940s, no less – to traipse around in full-length fur coats, clanking bracelets, and an Edwardian beard? An eccentric, a gregarious recluse, an enigmatic auteur of whimsically morbid masterpieces, yes – but who was the real Edward Gorey behind the Oscar Wildean pose? • He published over a hundred books and illustrated works by Samuel Beckett, T

Клайв Стейплз Льюис, самый ярый приверженец и защитник христианства в XX веке, оказал серьёзное влияние на современное восприятие Бога и веры. Даже спустя полвека после его смерти, теологические доводы и взгляды Льюиса считаются одними из самых убедительных • Сборник «How to Be a Christian» побуждает читателя более глубоко рассуждать о своей вере, помогая ему полноценно осознать собственные взгляды, а также предлагая ответ на вопрос, что значит быть христианином • «How to Be a Christian», сборник выдающегося британского писателя Клайва Стейплза Льюиса, является знаковым произведением для направления популярной теологии • Книга на английском языке • How to Be a Christian brings together the best of Lewis’s insights on Christian practice and its expression in our daily lives

Какова природа вещей? Как найти свой путь в жизни? Что такое справедливость? Как быть самим собой? Как нам стоит относиться друг к другу? • Много столетий тому назад мировоззрение людей формировали боги-цари и их жрецы, а жизнью управляли воображаемые метафизические существа. Однако 2500 лет назад в нескольких портовых городках на побережье Средиземного моря мужчины и женщины решили отбросить все навязанные им представления о мире и самостоятельно разгадать загадки нашего мира • Так зародилась философия. Через путешествия Одиссея Гомер показывал, как человек может искать свой путь в жизни. Гераклит Эфесский первым озвучил мысль о взаимосвязанности вещей во вселенной. Ксенофан Колофонский писал об учтивости. На родине Сапфо и Алкея поэты задавались вопросом: как оставаться верным самому себе? Пифагор Самосский размышлял о бессмертии души