This Is Life'An entertaining, expert guide to the precarious, miraculous and wondrous journey to where we are now' Dara a Briain 'What a fun book! Like having a chat with a friendly scientist over a coffee' Steve Brusatte, author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs What is life? How did it first appear? Where else in the universe might we find it? In This Is Life, acclaimed science communicator and Stephen Hawking's former Ph. D. student Christophe Galfard

David Robson does two important things: he takes us through the fascinating science behind the effects of social connection and he unpacks the research that shows that we are all better at being social than we might think

Anna and Ava become caught up in their own world

Like Star Radley

and reduce household energy and water consumption

'Rick Stein's Food Stories' is an exciting collection of new classics that celebrate modern Britain

As well as famous stories like the Great Escape and Harriet Tubman's epic 500-mile trek to freedom

Ulf embarks on an important inquiry: a man's cabin has mysteriously disappeared and Ulf is tasked with finding out what happened

while Max seems more concerned with whether to opt for the salmon or prime rib at the reception

and his personal fight to reveal the truth behind the lies

Praise for Joanna Nell:'Hugely entertaining

just a few days earlier

from a leading evolutionary biologist and great cat lover