 | Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History by Penny Le Conteur
Buy used from: £20.27 Stimulating, interesting, a pleasant workout for the grey matter. The real delight of this book is its offering a new and interesting perspective on this fascinating world.
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 | This Organic Life: Confessions of a Suburban Homesteader by Joan Dye Gussow
Buy new: £5.85 / Used from: £9.15 Wonderful, inspiring, heartening stuff. highly engaging, reads easily and you get a glimpse into the world of a truly concerned and thoughtful individual with committed ideas and a full, rich life.
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 | The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian Greene
Buy used from: £1.97 Elegantly written. A lightning intro to astrophysics for those who never thought they would be reading about the search for a unifying theory of everything in the universe. A thrilling detective story
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 | A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by S.W. Hawking
Buy new: £3.58 / Used from: £1.70 An old one, but a good one. I read this when I was 16 over a single weekend. what a ride. don't worry, its quite readable, despite the subject matter
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 | The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Buy used from: £0.33 A classic. Poetic, pithy and smart, it shines a scientific spotlight on that most fascinating of animals - the hairless ape. this should be required reading in high schools
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 | Guns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years by Jared M. Diamond
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £3.03 Breathtaking. Diamond writes with power and clarity, and spellbinding cross-disciplinary range. The theories he advances are big, bold and thought provoking, backed by seemingly unassailable logic.
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 | Modern Times Revised Edition: World from the Twenties to the Nineties, the by Paul Johnson
Buy new: £7.35 / Used from: £4.80 Though the author advances numerous contentious right wing theses, its a powerful and comprehensive look at the modern world. every student should read this.
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 | Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Edward S. Herman
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £4.16 Thoroughly researched, cogently argued. Should be mandatory reading for every US teen. Nothing short of a perception shattering read.
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 | Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy by Jostein Gaarder
Buy used from: £0.32 Philosophy unravelled with a deft touch and skillful simplifications that are extremely effective. Every teenager should read this.
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