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Herbal Magic: A Handbook of Natural Spells, Charms, and Potions: Volume 7
Hardback,
06/07/2021,
£14.99
£13.49
Herbal Magic is a comprehensive spell book and guide on the magical properties of herbs, flowers, and plants with 36 easy and fun spells.
100 Plants that Heal: The illustrated herbarium of medicinal plants
Hardback,
11/05/2021,
£19.99
£17.99
Discover 100 medicinal plants and how to use them for self-care with this sumptuously illustrated guide. Thanks to photographs showing detailed views of the plant, you'll quickly learn to recognise them. Discover their history, therapeutic properties, and learn how to prepare safe herbal remedies including infusions, tinctures, oils and lotions.
Draining of the Fens: Projectors, Popular Politics, and State Building in Early Modern England
Paperback,
01/02/2022,
£29.50
£26.55
This is compelling reading for British historians, environmental scholars, historians of technology, and anyone interested in state formation in early modern Europe.
The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
Hardback,
03/11/2022,
£25.00
£22.50
Introduction to Animal Behaviour 6ed
Paperback,
26/03/2012,
£41.99
£37.79
A beautifully written introduction to the fundamentals of animal behaviour, this revised and updated edition is now in full colour.
Microbial Life 2ed
Paperback,
11/05/2007,
£56.99
£39.89
Microbial Life captures the richness, the intellectual excitement, and present-day understanding of the role of the microbe in evolution, human health, and in our lives. It is written for undergraduates who have a general understanding of chemical concepts and biochemistry.
Biology: How Life Works
Paperback,
19/11/2015,
£47.99
£43.19
Biology: How Life Works is the only book for the introductory course to develop three pillars of learning-the text, media, and assessment-at the same time to ensure alignment and integration of concepts.
Evolution 4ed
Hardback,
15/04/2017,
£54.99
£49.49
This new edition of Evolution features a new coauthor: Mark Kirkpatrick (The University of Texas at Austin) offers additional expertise in evolutionary genetics and genomics, the fastest-developing area of evolutionary biology.
Science Delusion
Hardback,
05/01/2012,
£19.99
£17.99
The scientific counter argument to Richard Dawkin's The God Delusion
Raven Biology of Plants 8ed
Hardback,
29/05/2012,
£72.99
£65.69
The eighth edition of this bestselling botany textbook has been updated throughout with the most recent primary literature, eight new ecology-oriented essays, and 175 new illustrations and photographs to keep the presentation as well as the content fresh and engaging. It is an invaluable resource for both students and professionals.
Thrive in Genetics
Paperback,
30/05/2013,
£27.99
£25.19
The Thrive in Bioscience revision guides are written to help undergraduate students achieve exam success in all core areas of bioscience. They communicate all the key concepts in a succinct, easy-to-digest way, using features and tools - both in the book and in digital form - to make learning even more effective.
Thrive in Cell Biology
Paperback,
21/02/2013,
£27.99
£25.19
The Thrive in Bioscience revision guides are written to help undergraduate students achieve exam success in all core areas of bioscience. They communicate all the key concepts in a succinct, easy-to-digest way, using features and tools - both in the book and in digital form - to make learning even more effective.
Thrive in Immunology
Paperback,
14/04/2016,
£27.99
£25.19
Thrive in Bioscience revision guides have been created to communicate all the key concepts in core areas of bioscience in a succinct, easy-to-digest way, using features and tools - both in the book and in digital form - to make learning even more effective and help students to achieve exam success.
Thrive in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Paperback,
14/06/2012,
£27.99
£25.19
The Thrive in Bioscience revision guides are written to help undergraduate students achieve exam success in all core areas of bioscience. They communicate all the key concepts in a succinct, easy-to-digest way, using features and tools - both in the book and in digital form - to make learning even more effective.
Thrive in Human Physiology
Paperback,
15/05/2014,
£27.99
£25.19
The Thrive in Bioscience revision guides are written to help undergraduate students achieve exam success in all core areas of bioscience. They communicate all the key concepts in a succinct, easy-to-digest way, using features and tools - both in the book and in digital form - to make learning even more effective.
Africa
Hardback,
06/12/2012,
£25.00
£22.50
A spectacular journey through this vast continent, with inspiring photography capturing wildlife behaviour, amazing new creatures and magical landscapes.
Will We Ever Speak Dolphin?
Paperback,
04/10/2012,
£7.99
£7.19
Why do birds sing at dawn? What's the slowest a plane can fly without stalling and falling out of the sky? And how long can you keep a tiger cub as a pet? Will We Ever Speak Dolphin? This collection offers wry and well-informed answers to a range of baffling questions.
Practical Skills in Biomolecular Science 5ed
Paperback,
05/08/2016,
£41.99
£37.79
Preceded by: Practical skills in biomolecular sciences / Rob Reed ... [et al.]. 4th ed. 2013.
Do Polar Bears Get Lonely
Paperback,
09/10/2008,
£7.99
£7.19
Following the phenomenal success of "Does Anything Eat Wasps?" and the even more spectacularly successful "Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?", this collection includes a bumper crop of wise and wonderful answers.
Why Are Orangutans Orange?
Paperback,
06/10/2011,
£8.99
£8.09
Why don't Penguins' feet freeze? Do Polar Bears get lonely? and Why can't elephants jump? (2010), this collection gives well-informed answers to a range of baffling science questions.
Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze
Paperback,
05/10/2006,
£7.99
£7.19
What time is it at the North Pole? Should you pickle your conkers? Why does my aubergine look like Elvis? This title compiles readers' answers to the questions in the "Last Word" column of "New Scientist", one of the world's best-selling science weeklies.
Does Anything Eat Wasps?
Paperback,
03/11/2005,
£7.99
£7.19
Every year, readers send in thousands of questions to "New Scientist" magazine in the hope that the answers to them will be given in the 'Last Word' column. This title presents a collection of the best that have appeared, including: why can't we eat green potatoes; why do airliners suddenly plummet; and, does a compass work in space.
Essential Cell Biology 2ed O/P
Paperback,
03/04/2009,
£55.00
£49.50
Offers an introduction to the fundamental concepts of cell biology. This book provides the reader with a framework of the basic science that underlies our understanding of biology. It also offers a media DVD-ROM with over 130 animations and videos, and a fresh self-test quizzing feature for students.
How To Fossilise Your Hamster
Paperback,
04/10/2007,
£7.99
£7.19
How can you measure the speed of light with chocolate and a microwave? Why do yo-yos yo-yo? Why does urine smell so peculiar after eating asparagus (includes helpful recipe)? How long does it take to digest different types of food? What is going on when you drop mentos in to cola? This book answers these questions.
Meow: A book of happiness for cat lovers
Paperback,
01/10/2015,
£8.95
£8.06
Gorgeous photography and memorable quotes combine to create the ultimate gift for cat lovers.
Integrated Science 6ed
Paperback,
01/02/2012,
£56.99
£51.29
This text is an introduction to the fundamental behaviour of matter and energy in living and nonliving systems. It introduces basic concepts and key ideas while providing opportunities for students to learn reasoning skills and a new way of thinking about their environment.
Introduction to Veterinary Genetics 3ed
Paperback,
23/10/2009,
£54.95
£49.46
Accessible and clearly presented,
Introduction to Veterinary Genetics provides a succinct introduction to the aspects of genetics relevant to animal diseases and production. Now in its third edition, this is the only introductory level textbook on genetics that has been written specifically for veterinary and animal science students.
Experimental Design for the Life Sciences 4ed
Paperback,
09/06/2016,
£29.99
£26.99
The only undergraduate textbook devoted to experimental design for the life sciences, making this essential aspect of the research process readily understandable.
Mechanisms in Plant Development
Paperback,
30/05/2002,
£59.75
£53.78
Intended for undergraduate and graduate courses in plant development, this book explains how the cells of a plant acquire and maintain their specific fates. Plant development is a continuous process occurring throughout the life cycle, with similar regulatory mechanisms acting at different stages and in different parts of the plant.
Getting Started with R: An Introduction for Biologists 2ed
Paperback,
02/02/2017,
£31.49
£28.34
A popular entry-level guide into the use of R as a statistical programming and data management language for students, post-docs, and seasoned researchers now in a new revised edition, incorporating the updates in the R environment, and also adding guidance on the use of more complex statistical analyses and tools.
Biotechnology 5ed
Paperback,
08/01/2009,
£33.99
£30.59
The updated fifth edition of John Smith's popular textbook, ideal for introductory course in biotechnology.
Plant Pests (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 116)
Hardback,
01/01/2011,
£50.00
£45.00
Ever since man first cultivated plants and grew crops, insects, mites and other creatures have risen to prominence as pests, but it is only throughout the last two centuries that we have come to study them in any detail.
Plant Breeding 2ed
Paperback,
14/11/2014,
£54.95
£49.46
This book, Plant Breeding, has it bases in an earlier text entitled An Introduction to Plant Breeding by Jack Brown and Peter Caligari, first published in 2008.
Introduction to Plant Pathology
Paperback,
17/10/2003,
£85.75
£77.18
This book provides a clearly written introduction to plant pathology. It includes integrated coverage of the molecular biology of plant disease, emphasizing the importance of plant diseases by showing how they can threaten crops.
Natural Products Chemistry: Sources, Separations and Structures
Paperback,
30/07/2014,
£84.99
£76.49
Animal Physiology 4ed
Hardback,
18/04/2016,
£62.99
£56.69
Animal Physiology, Fourth Edition presents all the branches of modern animal physiology with a strong emphasis on integration of physiological knowledge, ecology, and evolutionary biology.
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
Paperback,
01/03/2000,
£10.99
£9.89
The most important investigation of genetic science since The Selfish Gene, from the author of the critically acclaimed and best-selling The Red Queen and The Origins of Virtue.
Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth
Paperback,
30/03/2016,
£8.99
£8.09
Gaia, in which James Lovelock puts forward his inspirational and controversial idea that the Earth functions as a single organism, with life influencing planetary processes to form a self-regulating system aiding its own survival, is now a classic work that continues to provoke heated scientific debate.
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