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Reader lists

     

    History of England, recommended by Malcolm Richard Turner

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    1

    A Short History of England
    by Jenkins

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    2

    The English & Their History
    by Tombs

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    3

    A People's History of Britain
    by Fraser

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    4

    The English
    by Hibbert

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    5

    Remember, Remember
    by Parkinson

History of England

by Malcolm Richard Turner

     

    History of the world, recommended by Malcolm Richard Turner

  • Read

    1

    A Short History of the World
    by Woolf

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    2

    A History of the World
    by Marr

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    3

    A History of the World in 100 Objects
    by MacGregor

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    4

    The Penguin History of the World
    by J. M. Roberts & Westad

  • Read

    5

    The Boundless Sea
    by Abulafia

History of the world

by Malcolm Richard Turner

     

    Evolution, recommended by Malcolm Richard Turner

  • Read

    1

    Evolution
    by Charlesworth & Charlesworth

  • Read

    2

    The Theory of Evolution
    by Maynard Smith

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    3

    The Rough Guide to Evolution
    by Pallen

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    4

    Evolution
    by Futuyma & Kirkpatrick

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    5

    The Origin of Species & the Voyage of the Beagle
    by Darwin

Evolution

by Malcolm Richard Turner

     

    Philosophy, recommended by Malcolm Richard Turner

  • Read

    1

    What Does It All Mean?
    by Nagel

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    2

    The Dream of Reason
    by Gottlieb

  • Read

    3

    The Dream of Enlightenment
    by Gottlieb

  • Read

    4

    How the World Thinks
    by Baggini

  • Read

    5

    History of Western Philosophy
    by Russell

Philosophy

by Malcolm Richard Turner

     

    General history of biology, recommended by Malcolm Richard Turner

  • Read

    1

    A History of Biology to About the Year 1900
    by Singer

  • Read

    2

    A History of the Life Sciences
    by Magner

  • Read

    3

    The Rise of Experimental Biology
    by Lutz

  • Read

    4

    The Biology Book
    by Gerald

  • Read

    5

    Doing Biology
    by Hagen

General history of biology

by Malcolm Richard Turner

     

    Human physiology, recommended by Malcolm Richard Turner

  • Read

    1

    Color Atlas of Physiology
    by Silbernagl & Despopoulos

  • Read

    2

    Medical Physiology
    by Boron & Boulpaep

  • Read

    3

    Levick's Introduction to Cardiovascular Physiology
    by Herring & Paterson

  • Read

    4

    Nunn's Applied Respiratory Physiology
    by Lumb

  • Read

    5

    Principles of Neural Science
    by Kandel et al

Human physiology

by Malcolm Richard Turner

     

    Physical biology, recommended by Malcolm Richard Turner

  • Read

    1

    Life's Devices
    by Vogel

  • Read

    2

    Comparative Biomechanics
    by Vogel

  • Read

    3

    Animal Mechanics
    by McNeill Alexander

  • Read

    4

    Bionanotechnology
    by Goodsell

  • Read

    5

    Physical Biology of the Cell
    by Phillips et al

Physical biology

by Malcolm Richard Turner

     

    Biology, recommended by Malcolm Richard Turner

  • Read

    1

    The Problems of Biology (The Problems of science)
    by Maynard Smith

  • Read

    2

    Biological Science
    by Freeman

  • Read

    3

    Exploring the Way Life Works
    by Hoagland et al

  • Read

    4

    Evolution
    by Charlesworth & Charlesworth

  • Read

    5

    Life Unfolding
    by Davies

Biology

by Malcolm Richard Turner

     

    Comparative physiology, recommended by Malcolm Richard Turner

  • Read

    1

    How Animals Work
    by Schmidt-Nielsen

  • Read

    2

    Animal Physiology: Adaptation and Environment
    by Schmidt-Nielsen

  • Read

    3

    Environmental Physiology of Animals
    by Willmer et al

  • Read

    4

    Animal Physiology
    by Hill et al

  • Read

    5

    Biochemical Adaptation: Response to Environmental Challenges from Life's Origins to the Anthropocen
    by Somero et al

Comparative physiology

by Malcolm Richard Turner

     

    On Walking and Observing, recommended by PHurducas

  • Read

    1

    Streetwalking the Metropolis: Women, the City, and Modernity
    by Deborah L. Parsons

  • Read

    2

    Flaneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London
    by Lauren Elkin

  • Read

    3

    The Cost of Living
    by Deborah Levy

  • Read

    4

    The Dialectics of Seeing: Walter Benjamin and the Arcades Project (Studies in Contemporary German So
    by Susan Buck-Morss

  • Read

    5

    The Living Mountain: A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland (Canons)
    by Nan Shepherd

On Walking and Observing

by PHurducas

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