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Michelle Paver
RainforestThe jungle watches. The dead remember. The virg...The jungle watches. The dead remember. The virgin rainforest seems a paradise to Englishman Simon Corbett. A last chance to salvage his career. A final refuge from a terrible secret. But the jungle... -
Lorna Gibb
Rare Tongues : The Secret Stories of Hidden LanguagesAn enthralling tour around the rarest languages...An enthralling tour around the rarest languages in the world. From the whistling languages of La Gomera in the Canary Islands and the Hmong people in East and Southeast Asia, to the wars and clashe... -
Henry Dimbleby and Jemima Lewis
Ravenous: How to get ourselves and our planet into shapeThe food system is no longer simply a means of ...The food system is no longer simply a means of sustenance. It is one of the most successful, most innovative and most destructive industries on earth. It sustains us, but it is also killing us. Die... -
Carol Atherton
Reading LessonsAn English teacher's love letter to reading and...An English teacher's love letter to reading and the many ways literature can make us, and our lives, better. How can a Victorian poem help teenagers understand YouTube misogyny? Can Jane Eyre encou... -
Timothy C. Baker
Reading My Mother Back: A Memoir in Childhood Animal StoriesWhen his mother died, Timothy C. Baker discover...When his mother died, Timothy C. Baker discovered that there was almost no record of her existence, and no stories that were his to tell: the only way to bring her back was through reading. Reading... -
Monica Heisey
Really Good, ActuallyThe hottest debut novel of 2023 from Schitt’s C...The hottest debut novel of 2023 from Schitt’s Creek and Smothered screenwriter and an Observer debut author of the year, Monica Heisey. Maggie’s marriage has ended just 608 days after it started, b... -
Ann Sei Lin
Rebel SkiesA beautifully written and pacy teen fantasy adv...A beautifully written and pacy teen fantasy adventure, set in a world of flying ships, sky cities and powerful paper spirits. Inspired by Asian cultures and exploring themes of empire, slavery and ... -
Helen Macdonald
RecoveryThe hawk was everything I wanted to be: solitar...The hawk was everything I wanted to be: solitary, self-possessed, free from grief, and numb to the hurts of human life. How do we carry on when someone close to us dies? Is it simply a case of putt... -
Alice Mah
Red Pockets : An Offering'Part of me knew what the hungry ghosts wanted ...'Part of me knew what the hungry ghosts wanted all along, what they still want. It is not vengeance.No, they want something else, but we refuse to listen. They want us to face up to our broken obli... -
Donald S Murray
Red Star Over HebridesEven as he grew up on the edge of Lewis, the va...Even as he grew up on the edge of Lewis, the vastness of Russia never felt too distant for Donald S Murray. Its great literary traditions were often discussed in his home village, while the politic... -
Alastair Chisholm
ReekClimate catastrophe leaves the people of Earth ...Climate catastrophe leaves the people of Earth fighting for oxygen in this gripping dystopian thriller from bestselling sci-fi author Alastair Chisholm. Sparrow lives in the world after the Reek. T... -
Andrew Painting
Regeneration : The Rescue of a Wild LandIn 1995 the National Trust for Scotland acquire...In 1995 the National Trust for Scotland acquired Mar Lodge Estate in the heart of the Cairngorms. Home to over 5,000 species, this vast expanse of Caledonian woodlands, subarctic mountains, bogs, m...
