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Ekin Oklap
First SummerOne afternoon at the start of summer, a teenage...One afternoon at the start of summer, a teenager watches a new girl move in across the street.In Clara, the narrator recognises the same loneliness that she feels herself, but finds tenderness and ... -
John Wright
Grasslands : The Intricate Life of Britain's Hidden HabitatsA sparkling green field. A dull and scrubby pat...A sparkling green field. A dull and scrubby patch of grass. One is the sanitised evidence of monoculture, the other a world teeming with more life than you could ever imagine. Join John Wright, one... -
Matt Haig
The Midnight TrainWhen your life flashes before your eyes, what w...When your life flashes before your eyes, what will matter most? For Wilbur it was his time with Maggie, the love of his life. Their honeymoon in Venice. Before he threw it all away. Years later, on... -
James Crawford
Wild History : Journeys into Lost ScotlandYou scramble up over the dunes of an isolated b...You scramble up over the dunes of an isolated beach. You climb to the summit of a lonely hill. You pick your way through the eerie hush of a forest. And then you find them. The traces of the past. ... -
Aidan Meighan
Folklore of TreesUncover the myths, legends and secrets of the w...Uncover the myths, legends and secrets of the world’s most iconic trees. Did you know that laurel is said to protect against snakebites and shield against witchcraft? Or that yews are often planted... -
Peter Marren
The Devil’s Garden : The World's Most Sinister Plants and FungiA lively exploration of the poisoners, trickste...A lively exploration of the poisoners, tricksters, stingers, stinkers and invaders of the plant world and how their lives intertwine with ours. Some plants and fungi – those we cultivate in farms, ... -
Sarah O'Connor
We Are Not Machines : The Fight for the Future of WorkFrom award-winning Financial Times journalist S...From award-winning Financial Times journalist Sarah O’Connor, a deeply reported investigation into how AI is transforming our working lives in unpredictable ways. A tsunami of change, we are told, ... -
Lucy Mangan
Bookish : A Love Letter to ReadingA love letter to all those who come alive when ...A love letter to all those who come alive when they pull a new treasure off the shelf, stay up late reading just one more page and pack their suitcases with clothes wedged between books instead of ... -
Maggie O'Farrell
LandOn a windswept peninsula stretching out into th...On a windswept peninsula stretching out into the Atlantic, Tomás and his reluctant son, Liam, are working for the great Ordnance Survey project to map the whole of Ireland. The year is 1865, and in... -
Robert Macfarlane
The Book of BirdsFrom the creators of the internationally bestse...From the creators of the internationally bestselling, award-winning, multi-adapted phenomenon The Lost Words: a dazzling celebration of birdlife in Britain, re-imagining the classic field guide for... -
Lisa Ridzen
When the Cranes Fly SouthBo lives a quiet existence in his small rural v...Bo lives a quiet existence in his small rural village in the north of Sweden. He is elderly and his days are punctuated by visits from his care team and his son. Fortunately, he still has his rich ... -
Sir David Attenborough
Ocean : Earth's Last Wilderness'THIS IS THE STORY OF OUR OCEAN AND WE MUST WRI...'THIS IS THE STORY OF OUR OCEAN AND WE MUST WRITE ITS NEXT CHAPTER TOGETHER. FOR IF WE SAVE THE SEA, WE SAVE OUR WORLD. AFTER A LIFETIME OF FILMING OUR PLANET, I'M SURE THAT NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTA...
