The Age of Islands

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‘Extraordinary… A fascinating and intelligent book.’ Sunday TimesNew islands are being built at an unprecedented rate whether for tourism or territorial ambition, while many islands are disappearing …

The Rome Plague Diaries

On the first morning of Rome’s Covid-19 lockdown Matthew Kneale felt an urge to connect with friends and acquaintances and began writing an email, describing where he was, what was happening and what …

The Natural Health Service

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‘Brilliant’ — Matt HaigIn 2016, Isabel Hardman’s mind, in her own words, ‘stopped working’ as she fell prey to severe depression and anxiety. She took time off on long-term sick leave and despite sev …

Budgerigar

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Budgies, budgies, budgies. Beautiful and cheeky, delightful and enchanting, wild or tamed, budgerigars are Australia’s gift to the bird world.They know how to count, can grasp simple grammar and have …

Cathedrals of Steam

‘Fascinating’ ‘Books of the Year’, Financial Times’London’s twelve great rail termini are the epic survivors of the Victorian age… Wolmar brings them to life with the knowledge of an expert and the …

Keep Your Eyes on Me

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· · A NUMBER ONE IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER · ·’Pacey and exciting and totally joyous.’ Jo Spain, author of The Confession________________________You won’t be able to look awayWhen Vittoria Devine and Lil …

Autopia

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Cars are one of the most significant human creations. They changed our cities. They changed our lives. They changed everything. But in the next thirty years, this technology will itself change enormou …

The Unreality of Memory

‘A work of sheer brilliance, beauty and bravery’ Andrew Sean Greer, author of Less’Masterly… Her essays have a clarity and prescience that imply a sort of distant, retrospective view, like postcards …

The Journey Matters

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What was it really like to take the LNER’s Art Deco Coronation streamliner from King’s Cross to Edinburgh, to cross the Atlantic by the SS Normandie, to fly with Imperial Airways from Southampton to S …

The Impossible Climb

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Shortlisted for Biography of the Year at the Telegraph Sports Book Awards 2020Shortlisted for Adventure Travel Book of the Year at the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2020On June 3rd 2017, profe …

A Grave for Two

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‘Anne Holt is the godmother of modern Norwegian crime fiction.’ Jo NesbøDon’t miss the start of a new series from the bestselling author of Modus______________________Selma Falck has lost everything. …

In A Time Of Monsters

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Returning to the UK in September 2010 after serving in Iraq as the political adviser to the top American general, Emma Sky felt no sense of homecoming. She soon found herself back in the Middle East t …

Sloths

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How old is the sloth? How do sloths have sex?How did a sloth save Dublin?The answers to these questions, and more, are found in this wonderfully entertaining celebration of the sloth. Walking readers …

Race Across the World

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In 1968, ninety-eight competitors stormed out of London on the world’s greatest automotive adventure, the London to Sydney Marathon, the most ambitious and epic car race ever staged. Four weeks later …

The Travelling Vet

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Jonathan Cranston is no ordinary vet. In addition to his day job in the Gloucestershire countryside treating cows, dogs, pigs and cats, he’s also worked with an astonishing range of species around the …

Till the Cows Come Home

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‘A vital, thorough and accessible history that everyone who cares about the past or the future should read.’ Rosamund Young, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Secret Life of Cows_________________ …