Science & Geography books

Understanding the complex world around us is vitally important for many reasons. Climate change, dwindling natural resources, migration, globalisation and natural disasters are all topics that have leapt to the forefront of public awareness in recent years, but beyond the headlines, how much do we really know about them?

With our range of over 300,000 new and used Science and Geography books, you can empower yourself to become better informed about the world around you, offering you deeper insight into the challenges faced by us all and helping you to better understand the world and your place in, and responsibilities to, it. 

Learn about the complexities of the human body with Lisa Feldman Barrett as she offers a new perspective on how we behave in How Emotions Are Made, or join Bill Bryson as he explores the wonder of being human in The Body. Discover the ways in which gender bias impacts us all with the likes of Caroline Criado Perez’s Invisible Women or Mary Ann Sieghart’s The Authority Gap, or uncover the fascinating history of humanity and our potential future with Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs And Steel or Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens. 

Find out how you can live a greener, more eco-friendly life with Nancy Birtwhistle’s Clean And Green, or discover the heroic efforts of scientists to reverse environmental damage in Paul Jepson and Cain Blythe’s Rewilding. Marvel at the intricate beauty of the natural world that we’re only just beginning to understand in An Immense World by Ed Yong, Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake and Thomas Halliday’s Otherlands, and learn how easy it is to lower your carbon footprint by growing your own vegetables with Lucy Chamberlain’s Step-By-Step Veg Patch. 

From the latest popular science books that make even the most complex concepts accessible to the non-scientist to the fascinating history of scientific discoveries that are still shaping our future, our collection of new and secondhand Science and Geography books will help open your eyes to the wonderful world around you, and inspire you to do whatever it takes to protect it.