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The Tears of Re: Beekeeping in Ancient Egypt

Gene Kritsky
Oxford University Press,
£19.99

Chemical Control

Michael Crowley
Palgrave Macmillan,
£48.00

Chocolate and Health: Chemistry, Nutrition and Therapy

P K Wilson and W J Hurst
The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge,
£59.99

Planet of the Bugs: Evolution and the Rise of Insects

Scott Richard Shaw
The University of Chicago Press,
£12.00

Ecology in Action

Fred D Singer
Cambridge University Press,
£44.99

It's All In Your Head (Winner, General Book Prize)

Suzanne O'Sullivan

Chatto & Windus, £16.99

Written by a consultant neurologist, this book explores the phenomenon of psychosomatic illness. Dr O'Sullivan describes a series of real but anonymised patients who present with genuine clinical features – convulsions, paralysis, pain, loss of vision – for which no physical causes can be

Agroecology: The Ecology of Sustainable Food Systems, third editio

Stephen R Gliessman
CRC Press,
£52.99 (e-book £34.99)

Haematology, second edition (Winner, Undergraduate Textbook Prize)

Gary Moore, Gavin Knight and Andrew Blann
Oxford University Press, £39.99

The second edition of Haematology is an excellent example of a modern textbook for undergraduates. The clear writing and excellent illustrations make it easy to read and understand. Although it is a standalone text, it is supported by a comprehensive online resource centre that features a lot of