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A lifetime of reading and writing, observation and contemplation is distilled in this comprehensive volume of the best essays, profiles and sketches by Ruskin Bond, the masterly and compassionate chronicler of the small details and lambent moments that capture the essence of a meaningful life. By turns thoughtful, humorous, keenly observed and wise, these essays span more than 60 years of his writing - from reflections on companionship and solitude to lyrical yet finely honed appreciations of nature to nostalgic evocations of bygone people and ways of life.

Part science, part cultural history, part travelogue, and part bad jokes, our podcast gives a 360° perspective on some of our most charismatic wild mammals. Fiona Mathews and Tim Kendall are the first married couple ever to make a podcast together. Fiona is Chair of Mammal Conservation Europe and Professor at the University of Sussex, and Tim is Professor of English Literature at the University of Exeter. They are the authors of Black Ops and Beaver Bombing; Adventures with Britain's Wild Mammals ('The book I'll be recommending for the rest of the year', BBC Countryfile Magazine; '...