<p><b>''A masterpiece of biography ... a</b><b>vivid account of a family at the heart of some of the great cultural shifts of the modern era'' John Gray, <i>New Statesman</i><br><br>''The whole of British intellectual life seems accessible through some branch of this sprawling family tree'' <i>The Guardian</i></b><br><br>In his early twenties, poor, depressed, stranded in the Coral Sea on the seemingly endless survey mission of HMS <i>Rattlesnake</i>, hopelessly in love with the young Englishwoman Henrietta Heathorn, Thomas Henry Huxley was a nobody. And yet together he and Henrietta would return to London and go on to found one of the great intellectual and scientific dynasties of their age.<br><br>The Huxley family through four generations profoundly shaped how we all see ourselves, as individuals and as a species, one among many. They worked as scientists, novelists, mystics, film-makers, poets and - perhaps above all - as public lecturers, educators and explainers.<br><br>Their spe
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This extraordinarily wide-ranging study looks at the dilemmas of life today and shows how they need not have arisen. Portraits of living people and historical figures are placed alongside each other as Zeldin discusses how men and women have lost and...
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Inspired by Sarah DiGregorio's harrowing experience giving birth to her premature daughter, An Intimate History of Premature Birth is a compelling and empathetic blend of memoir and rigorous reporting that tells the story of neonatology - and explores...
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A collection of thought-provoking essays spanning thirty-five years of Alison Light's work.
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