Best Selling Books by Steve Jones

In "A Light Shines In Woodside"(c), Jemyle lives in a housing project with his mother and five siblings. Like many children in similar circumstances, Jemyle faces the obstacles of peer pressure while trying to succeed in school. A general comparison is made between children who are proactive in learning and those who are not as determined. Can Jemyle survive the challenges of living in a housing project and succeeding in school, or will he be impacted by some of the negative influences in his environment?

While writing this book, Steve Jones had beside him the coral brooch that his sea captain grandfather brought back across the Indian Ocean as a gift for his wife. This simple object is a starting point for a dazzling narrative that touches on a number of the most important issues facing us today. Following in the footsteps of Darwin and Captain Cook, Jones reveals what coral has to tell us about the human genome project, cloning, and the possibility of a cure for cancer and genetic diseases; what insights it can offer us into the future of trade in oil and other forms of carbon; how it is linked to the fluctuations in weather patterns that have lead to destruction along the coasts of the Americas and the Far East. Finally, Jones considers what coral - exploited and destroyed in many ways and under siege from climate change - tells us about the likely future of the planet and humankind: it is a warning that both may be close to the point of no return. CORAL: A PESSIMIST IN PARADISE is an inspired, eclectic book that links science with history, literature, politics and myth. It belongs to a vivid tradition of thinking and writing about humankind and its place in nature.

Sliding Doors meets High Fidelity in the enthralling debut novel from Channel 4 F1 presenter Steve Jones ''Joyously unpredictable, clever, witty and warm. Gorgeous!'' RUTH JONES ''I was immediately gripped by the story and the characters'' 5***** READER REVIEW ''A great read . . . A born writer'' LORRAINE KELLY, ITV LORRAINE ____________ Bob Bloomfield is, in the words of his best friend''s wife, a ''selfish, arrogant a*sehole'', who hasn''t spent a great deal of time making friends in his 49 years on earth. But what if he could change? What if Bob could stop the very thing that has made him the man he is, the death of his younger brother, Tom in 1986. If he could save Tom, could he save himself? . . . And what if all it took was a phone call - to his childhood self?

Veteran mountain bike author Steve Jones explains why and how his technique works and offers a wealth of important information, including: how to perfect the art of braking; how to navigate different terrain such as sand, rock, and mud; and the secret to cresting long, steep climbs.

Prose and Poetry Scars left by Life and Lockdown This book contains a collection of poems and short stories from a working class Walsall man spanning his incarceration during the Epidemic of Covid 19. It is a small volume containing some self-criticism and soul searching following an extended work career and retirement at the age of 67, into a world where nothing is certain. Like leather there are scars, discolouration, colloquial and political language and references. The work is straight from the writer''s heart and highlights a sense of emotional helplessness. Passion, anger and incredulity permeates the work. It is a "dip in" collection of self-examination; it looks at the effects of external situations that no matter how we try, we cannot avoid or pacify. Spaces for criticism and readers own notes are included.

Summerbank is an adventure and travel book for young readers ages 9-12It follows Jamie McGee, a young boy living in a remote fishing village called Waiting Rock. Together with his dog Sammy, he embarks on his first trip as a real fisherman on his fathers boat to the stormy Summerbank.As the trip unfolds, he shares his new experiences with the reader, describing all the wild nature of the rugged coasts and the rough seas he encounters. And the characters he meets along the way are just as colorful as the surroundingsThe book is 182 pages, divided into 20 chapters with a prologue and epilogue with 48 full color illustrations.

Paris at the time of the French Revolution was the world capital of science. Its scholars laid the foundations of today''s physics, chemistry and biology. They were true revolutionaries: agents of an upheaval both of understanding and of politics. Many had an astonishing breadth of talents. The Minister of Finance just before the upheaval did research on crystals and the spread of animal disease. After it, Paris''s first mayor was an astronomer, the general who fought off invaders was a mathematician while Marat, a major figure in the Terror, saw himself as a leading physicist. Paris in the century around 1789 saw the first lightning conductor, the first flight, the first estimate of the speed of light and the invention of the tin can and the stethoscope. The metre replaced the yard and the theory of evolution came into being. The city was saturated in science and many of its monuments still are. The Eiffel Tower, built to celebrate the Revolution''s centennial, saw the world''s first wind-tunnel and first radio message, and first observation of cosmic rays. Perhaps the greatest Revolutionary scientist of all, Antoine Lavoisier, founded modern chemistry and physiology, transformed French farming, and much improved gunpowder manufacture. His political activities brought him a fortune, but in the end led to his execution. The judge who sentenced him - and many other researchers - claimed that ''the Revolution has no need for geniuses''. In this enthralling and timely book Steve Jones shows how wrong this was and takes a sideways look at Paris, its history, and its science, to give a dazzling new insight into the City of Light.

This little book is a product of self therapy. Writing is very therapeutic, a whistling pressure relief valve on a neglected pressure cooker. There are no vegetables in my vessel only a mixture of anger, love, disappointment, unrequited love and passion...all rendered down to a nice anxious broth - mop it up! Enjoy! Steve.

Using comic-book style illustration combined with accessible but authoritative text, the Introducing Graphic Guide series is a uniquely brilliant way to get your head around some of humankind''s most thrilling ideas.In 1859, Charles Darwin shocked the world with a radical theory - evolution by natural selection. One hundred and fifty years later, his theory still challenges some of our most precious beliefs. Introducing Evolution: A Graphic Guide, on ''Darwin''s dangerous idea'', takes a fresh look at the often misunderstood concepts of natural selection and the selfish gene.Introducing Darwin: A Graphic Guide the difficult progress from pre-Darwinian thinking to modern genetics, and the devastatingly important impact of one man on our fundamental understanding of biology, life and ourselves.Introducing Genetics: A Graphic Guide takes readers on a journey through this new science to the discovery of DNA and the heart of the human gene map. In everyday life, many of us increasingly have to make moral decisions where genetics plays a part. This Graphic Guide gives us the information to do so.

Comment la science peut-elle expliquer ce que je suis ? La génétique est une des clés de la vie biologique. Comment se fait-il que nous soyons tous différents alors que nous sommes tous nés dans des conditions similaires ? Qu’est-ce qui fait cette différence et pourquoi sommes-nous tous uniques ? Depuis la découverte de l’ADN par Crick and Watson jusqu’à la sélection génétique, ce livre retrace l’histoire de cette science moderne.

READ THE BRILLIANTLY FUNNY, ONE-OF-A-KIND PAGE-TURNER FROM AUTHOR AND BELOVED TV PRESENTER, STEVE JONES ''Sensational. I loved it. An absolute thrill ride'' John Niven ''Spectacular. Terminally Kill reads like Richard Osman with more blood. A tale of morality, mortality and what happens when a life takes you beyond breaking point'' Tony Parsons ---- Ray might be about to die. But he’s sure as hell not going quietly . . . Former policeman Ray ‘Sugar’ Leonard is no stranger to bad breaks. But even Walter White never had to open up and share his feelings with a bunch of misfits like Ray’s chemotherapy group: a giant God-bothering Welsh bouncer, a sharp-suited wannabe Wolf of Wall Street, and a misanthropic, potty-mouthed little old lady. Compared to that lot, getting mugged on his way home from the clinic was almost a relief. But Ray is not your average victim. And when his training kicks in and his would-be attacker winds up dead, he wonders, who else might be equally deserving of such summary justice? After all, he’s got cancer, what’s he got to lose? Then Ray lets slip his new philosophy to the group and it soon becomes clear that he’s not the only one with murder in mind . . . ---- READERS ARE LOVING TERMINALLY KILL ‘A mixture of life lessons and friendships with some murders, tears and laughter thrown in for good measure. If you''re going to read any book, make it this one!’ ***** Reader Review ‘Ray was such a brilliant, brilliant character. I loved him from the start. I don’t know how to describe Terminally Kill other than it’s fantastic’ ***** Reader Review ‘Brilliant, absolutely brilliant! I absolutely love this book’ ***** Reader Review PRAISE FOR STEVE JONES: ''Joyously unpredictable, clever and witty’ RUTH JONES ''Funny, fast-paced and moving’ SATURDAY LIVE ‘Very funny ... echoes of Nick Hornby’ YOU’RE BOOKED

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