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primetime BBC series, this is an exploration of our Solar System.


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societies, opening with the chimpanzee Mama’s last hug of her friend before she died, which has been viewed 9.5m times on YouTube.


Matt Coyne Man vs Toddler Wildfire, 5th, £9.99, 9781472245038 The writer behind the blogging phenomenon “Man vs Baby” on the next phase of life with a small child.


Nicholas Crane Why Geography Matters W&N, 19th, £8.99, 9781474608305 Published in hardback as You Are Here, this is a celebration of and argu- ment for the importance of geography today in our understanding of the issues facing humanity. By the co-host of “Coast”.


Simon Critchley Tragedy, the Greeks and Us Profile Books, 5th, £9.99, 9781788161480 The curator of the New York Times philosophy column examines the history of tragedy. “‘Engaging and thought- provoking without too much abstraction and with just enough detail to add flavour,” said Emily Wilson in the New Statesman.


Richard Dawkins Outgrowing God Black Swan, 5th, £8.99, 9781784164201 The God Delusion author’s accessible argument for atheism. Transworld promises a “hardhitting” national media campaign and high-profile speaking events.


Marcus du Sautoy The Creativity Code 4th Estate, 19th, £9.99, 9780008288198 The leading mathemati- cian looks at how AI is learning to write, paint and think in this “eloquent and illuminating” study, according to Nature.


Gretchen McCulloch Because Internet Vintage, 5th, £9.99, 9781529112825 Wired’s resident linguist explores how the internet is shaping language. A New York Times top 10 bestseller.


we need the viruses that plague us. By a prominent virologist.


Karl Ryberg Light Your Life Yellow Kite, 19th, £9.99, 9781473661561 How light can be used to enhance our lives.


David L Hu How to Walk on Water and Climb Up Walls Princeton University Press, 23rd, £12.99, 9780691204161 A look at animal move- ment—how snakes slither, insects crawl, elephants move their trunks - and what we can learn from them, with the latest discoveries about animal mechanics inspiring scientists to invent robots that move with similar efficiency.


Cal Newport Digital Minimalism Penguin Business, 12th, £9.99, 9780241453575 How to implement a 30-day digital detox in order to control our digital life and make tech work for us.


Matt Parker Humble Pi Penguin, 5th, £9.99, 9780141989143 A Sunday Times number one, with more than 40k copies sold across all editions according to Penguin, this is a look at what happens when maths goes wrong in the real world.


Joseph M Reagle Jr Hacking Life Te MIT Press, 3rd, £14.99, 9780262538992 An exploration of life hacking, looking at the promise and pitfalls of self-improvement in the digital age.


Don S Lemons Thermodynamic Weirdness Te MIT Press, 10th, £13.99, 9780262538947 An appreciation of the radical nature of classic thermodynamics.


Mark Lynas Seeds of Science Bloomsbury Sigma, 5th, £10.99, 9781472946973 The story of the fight for and against genetic modification in food, from an author who has been on the frontlines of both sides of the debate.


Frans de Waal Mama’s Last Hug Granta Books, 5th, £9.99, 9781783784110 The primatologist looks at the role of emotions in animal and human


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Beth McColl How to Come Alive Again Unbound, 5th, £9.99, 9781783528769 A personal guide to deal- ing with depression and anxiety.


Zoe Sallis What Has Life Taught You? Watkins, 17th, £9.99, 9781786783509 Forty names, from Nelson Mandela to the Dalai Lama, give answers to 10 questions about their beliefs.


Mark C Serreze Brave New Arctic: The Untold Story of the Melting North Princeton University Press, 23rd, £14.99, 9780691202655 The scientist’s insider account of how research- ers unravelled the mystery of the thawing Arctic.


Clive Thompson Coders Picador, 5th, £9.99, 9781529019001 The tech writer’s study of computer programmers “is bang up to date in a fast-moving world” said Nature.


9780691202662 An accessible but thor- ough tour of Einstein’s general theory of relativity.


Poetry


Michael Hofmann One Lark, One Horse Faber & Faber, 5th, £10.99, 9780571342303 The first new collection of poems in nearly 20 years from Hofmann.


Sport


Christie Aschwanden Good to Go Macmillan, 5th, £9.99, 9781509827671 An exploration of sports recovery science and its importance.


Travel


Rosita Boland Elsewhere Black Swan Ireland, 19th, £8.99, 9781784164379 The author, a senior features writer at the Irish Times who has travelled the world for the last 30 years, tells of nine jour- neys from nine different moments in her life.


Sally Corner The Sensible Girl’s Guide to Emigrating Elegantly Bloomsbury Business, 5th, £9.99, 9781472979582 Based on the author’s own experiences of moving from London to Perth, a guide for women on how to emigrate elegantly.


Richard Askwith Unbreakable Vintage, 5th, £9.99, 9781784708405 How Countess Lata Brandisová, riding a golden mare called Norma, became the only woman to win the notori- ously dangerous Grand Pardubice steeplechase, riding against the Nazis in 1937.


Tom Isitt


Riding in the Zone Rouge W&N, 5th, £9.99, 9781409171157 The story of the toughest bike ride ever—the 1919 Circuit des Champs de Bataille, which covered 2,000 kilometres across the battlefields of the Western Front.


Megan Reid $9 Therapy William Morrow, 19th, £9.99, 9780062936332 Cheap solutions to emotional problems, arguing that “sometimes spending nine dollars on an act of self-care will make you a fraction happier”.


Frank Ryan Virusphere William Collins, 19th, £9.99, 9780008296704 A tour of major diseases, from the common cold to Ebola epidemics, looking at viral evolution, and why


Kit Yates


The Maths of Life and Death Quercus, 19th, £8.99, 9781787475403


A look at the times when the application—or misap- plication—of mathematics has played a critical role, from parents who have lost children to entre- preneurs bankrupted by faulty algorithms.


A Zee On Gravity: A Brief Tour of a Weighty Subject Princeton University Press, 30th, £12.99,


Kieran Read Straight 8: The Autobiography Headline, 5th, £10.99, 9781472268105 The autobiography of the All Black and two-time World Cup winner.


Tony Rushmer The Triumph of Henry Cecil Constable, 5th, £10.99, 9781472128461 The story of the comeback of master horsetrainer Henry Cecil, peaking with his handling of the unbeaten champion Frankel.


Caroline Crampton The Way to the Sea Granta Books, 5th, £9.99, 9781783784141 The author follows the Thames from its source to the point where it merges with the North Sea, looking at its forgot- ten histories along the way. A “praise-hymn to the muddy, marshy far reaches of the river... Captivating,” said the New Statesman.


Philip Gwynne Jones To Venice with Love Constable, 5th, £8.99, 9781472130228 How the author and his wife, facing redundancy, sold everything and moved to Venice.


Erling Kagge Walking Viking, 5th, £8.99, 9780241357705 The great Norwegian explorer, who was the first in history to reach the North Pole, South Pole and the summit of Everest on foot, with an ode to the joys of walking. Lovely illustrated package.


Barry Lopez Horizon Vintage, 26th, £10.99, 9781529111248 The author of Arctic Dreams recalls his travels and encounters around the world. Bryan


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