The Age of Islands

New islands are being built at an unprecedented rate whether for tourism or territorial ambition, while many islands are disappearing or fragmenting because of rising sea levels. It is a strange plane …

The Natural Health Service

In 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 several relapses has return …

The Impossible Climb

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If you loved watching Free Solo, you’ll be enthralled by Mark Synnott’s deeply reported, insider perspective on Alex Honnold’s impossible climb.One slip, one false move, one missed toehold and you’re …

A Grave for Two

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From Norway’s bestselling female crime writer___________________’Anne Holt is the godmother of modern Norwegian crime fiction.’ Jo Nesbø, author of the Harry Hole seriesSelma Falck has hit rock bottom …

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 …

Autopia

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 Journey Matters

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 …

Sloths

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A wonderfully entertaining celebration of that most unique of creatures: the sloth.In public estimation, sloths have undergone an astonishing transformation in the course of the past few years. Thanks …

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_________________ …

Hillary's Antarctica

The first book to fully document and celebrate Sir Edmund Hillary’s contribution to Antarctic history. Written by Nigel Watson of the Antarctic Heritage Trust, it is illustrated with Jane Ussher’s stu …

Sylvan Cities

‘Clever, pretty, fun and informative – what more can a reader ask for?’ Sara Maitland, author of Gossip From the ForestWe’re surrounded in cities by trees, quiet colossuses that most of us don’t know …

The Cafe de Move-on Blues

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Longlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize,2019In White Boy Running, Christopher Hope explored how it felt and looked to grow up in a country gripped by an ‘absurd, racist insanity’. On a road trip thirty …

The Wanderer

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From the million-copy bestselling author, perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson, Anne Holt, and The Killing.’Michael Ridpath is trouncing the Scandinavians on their home turf. This is international thrill …

Ajax the Kea Dog

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Together, Corey and Ajax traverse the steep high country throughout the South Island searching out kea nests. Their part in the kea conservation effort is essential and both Ajax and Corey can rightly …