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Ricky Ross
Walking Back Home'For all these years I've told stories. Sometim...'For all these years I've told stories. Sometimes these days I also tell them on the radio. I've met some amazing people and their stories need told too. The first time Deacon Blue ever played Wemb... -
Anna Deacon and Vicky Allan
Taking the PlungeWild swimming changes lives. The thrill of plun...Wild swimming changes lives. The thrill of plunging - or dipping a toe - into open water brings joy, confidence, adventure and friendship. It can wash away stress and sadness, pain and grief. Here ... -
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 ... -
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... -
Neil Forsyth
The Gold : The real story behind Brink’s-Mat: Britain’s biggest heistThe real story that inspired the BBC drama, The...The real story that inspired the BBC drama, The Gold. On Saturday, 26 November 1983, an armed gang stole gold bullion worth almost £26 million from the Brink's-Mat security depot near London's Heat... -
Cal Flyn
The Savage Landscape : How We Made the WildernessFrom the Sunday Times bestselling author of Isl...From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Islands of Abandonment, comes a new book about our relationship to the natural world. This book takes us into the wild – deep into dark forests, to the t... -
John Kampfner
Braver New WorldAt a time when democracies seem paralyzed by fe...At a time when democracies seem paralyzed by fear and populations are turning inward, award-winning journalist John Kampfner travels to ten countries confronting our shared challenges with bravery ... -
Vince Cable
Eclipsing the West : China, India and the Forging of a New WorldAs the international order begins to crumble, t...As the international order begins to crumble, this incisive book asks what the rise of the Asian superstates means for the future. The Western-dominated world we have known for the past three hundr...
