PD Smith Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Life’s Edge by Carl Zimmer is a subtle and profound meditation on the science of life. It is filled with insights into the past and future of biology, and explores how scientists are probing the origins of life and how it may have evolved on other worlds. https://t.co/yPHmetPtFH

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In The Emperor’s Feast, Jonathan Clements cleverly uses food – the part of Chinese culture with which many western people are most familiar – as a way of charting the complex history of China, a vast country made up of many peoples, cultures and cuisines. https://t.co/og0FqOE7my

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Robin Wall Kimmerer’s delightful 2003 book Gathering Moss was published for the first time in the UK. With scientific insights and indigenous natural knowledge, she shows that we need “to live like mosses” if we want to preserve our natural world. https://t.co/RF0JWK0mSN

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In Planta Sapiens: Unmasking Plant Intelligence, Paco Calvo asks us to set aside our “zoocentric” perspective and to radically revise our view of plants. A book that will change your view of plants! @littlebrown https://t.co/UL6WEUX1f7

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In The Genetic Lottery, Kathryn Paige Harden argues that, just as class & income can increase inequality, so too can genes. She seeks to “reimagine the relationship between genetics and egalitarianism” so that everyone is treated fairly. @PrincetonUPress https://t.co/DP4sj2gXiH

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The New York Times said it was “one of the most startling police corruption scandals in a generation”. In We Own This City, Justin Fenton, a crime reporter for the Baltimore Sun, tells the shocking story. @FaberBooks https://t.co/pmLMNQYVp3

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According to science writer Susanne Wedlich, “we are all creatures of slime”. Her book is a delightfully entertaining and illuminating celebration of the “the dripping and oozing glory of slime”. @GrantaBooks https://t.co/I9p7XLHKLV

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Jenny Uglow grew up with two linocuts in her family home – one by Cyril Power & the other by Sybil Andrews. Sybil & Cyril tells the story of their unconventional lives and is a brilliantly vivid evocation of British culture between the wars. @FaberBooks https://t.co/ZzD3zLZdwp

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[Sheehy's] journey through the history of particle physics reveals the extraordinary ingenuity of experimental scientists and their selfless dedication to answering big questions about matter and the universe.

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The Story of Yoga by Alistair Shearer (@HurstPublishers) is a detailed and entertaining celebration of yoga in Indian and Western culture. As the Bengali sage Anandamayi Ma said, unless yoga “aims at the Eternal, it is nothing more than gymnastics. https://t.co/7cjMHBl58j