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This book has wide implications for public policy and for those who seek to understand science and benefit from it.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56227800383861,"sku":"9780226113616","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780226113616_0bf7ae93-ff1d-4c2d-8462-74d0ffadf67d.jpg?v=1786012303"},{"product_id":"9781803782904","title":"The Rewilding","description":"When curiosity doesn’t kill the cat… the cat might just kill you.   In the quiet of the Scottish countryside, a young boy has been killed.   Nobody is sure how... or by what.   This inexplicable death piques the interest of field biologist Steph Patel who, motivated by the chance of a money maker, pursues the boy's story.   Discovered near the secret location of a rewilding project, where geneticists are working to bring back once-extinct predators, the boy's death is suspicious to say the least. But when Steph probes further, things rapidly go south, and she soon finds herself fighting for her life against enemies far more dangerous than anything resurrected from the past.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56306927272309,"sku":"9781803782904","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781803782904_b7bbce2a-6618-42e7-8f7b-31260388dd84.jpg?v=1786026857"},{"product_id":"9781848226821","title":"King's Cross","description":"King’             s  Cross is one of Europe’             s most successful and significant urban  regeneration projects. Written by the main architects and developer  involved, this book provides the most comprehensive overview, from the  urban theories that gave rise to it and the design strategies that  shaped its form, to the attitudes and principles that inspired its  implementation, as well as more concise studies focusing on key aspects  of the project. It details each of the individual buildings with  insights from the architects responsible. Throughout, it is generously  illustrated with historic photos and maps, drawings and diagrams,  graphics summarising key data and photographs of both construction  phases and the end results.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308364312949,"sku":"9781848226821","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781848226821.jpg?v=1791213080"},{"product_id":"a-brief-history-of-vice","title":"A Brief History of Vice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA celebration of the brave, drunken pioneers who built our civilization one seemingly bad decision at a time, \u003ci\u003eA Brief History of Vice\u003c\/i\u003e explores a side of the past that mainstream history books prefer to hide. History has never been more fun—or more intoxicating.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Guns, germs, and steel might have transformed us from hunter-gatherers into modern man, but booze, sex, trash talk, and tripping built our civilization. \u003ci\u003eCracked\u003c\/i\u003e editor Robert Evans brings his signature dogged research and lively insight to uncover the many and magnificent ways vice has influenced history, from the prostitute-turned-empress who scored a major victory for women’s rights to the beer that helped create—and destroy—South America's first empire. And Evans goes deeper than simply writing about ancient debauchery; he recreates some of history's most enjoyable (and most painful) vices and includes guides so you can follow along at home. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou’ll learn how to:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrip like a Greek philosopher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRave like your Stone Age ancestors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGet drunk like a Sumerian.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmoke a nose pipe like a pre–Columbian Native American.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Mixing science, humor, and grossly irresponsible self-experimentation, Evans paints a vivid picture of how bad habits built the world we know and love.”—David Wong, author of \u003ci\u003eJohn Dies at the End\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57481638019445,"sku":"9780147517609","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780147517609.jpg?v=1786089921"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-robert-evans.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}