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> Walking is not as well known as Thoreau's other works Walden, The Maine Woods, and Civil Disobedience. But it is a good place to start exploring his writing because it was his last book, in 1862, published by the Atlantic Monthly shortly after his death. It is less well known because it is general, as opposed to singular, in focus. It is his summing up of his thoughts on life: One should saunter through life and take notice; one need not go far.

Wild Fictions brings together Amitav Ghosh's extraordinary writings on subjects that have obsessed him over the last twenty-five years: literature and language; climate change and the environment; human lives, travel and discoveries. The spaces that we inhabit, and the manner in which we occupy...

This scientific writing, which was considered to be the groundwork of evolutionary biology, presented the theory that species developed over a line of originations through a method of natural selection. It imparted evidence that the variety of life resulted from a common descent via a branching model of evolution.

Orla has been on her own since Ma died, living in a woodshed by the river, with only her beloved garden for company. It provides all she needs. But when sickness come to the land, Governor Atlas decrees that plants are the cause, and must be destroyed. Armed with her mother's book of remedies, Orla steals away on a river boat, setting off to discover the truth and save her garden. But she's not the only stowaway. Soon she, Idris and Ariana must navigate the rapids of the Inkwater to a poisonous place from which they may never return.

* LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 * * WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2026 * * SHORTLISTED FOR THE CLIMATE FICTION PRIZE * * WINNER OF THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE * * WINNER OF THE AMAZON CANADA FIRST NOVEL AWARD * * A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, IRISH...

Completely off-the-wall, It's a Plot is a fascinating geographical and historical journey around Britain. The Tibetans have the Book of the Dead. This is Ann Treneman's Book of the Dead Interesting. The Times writer, best known for her hilarious parliamentary sketches, has branched out - to graveyards. In this riveting book - part travelogue, part biography, part social history - she takes you to the best graves in Britain.

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR An unsettling masterpiece of the imagination, using fictional eyewitness accounts to tell the story of how climate change will impact us all. “The best science-fiction nonfiction novel I’ve ever read.” —Jonathan Lethem, New York Times...

Die nahe Zukunft. Seit Jahren brennt die Sonne erbarmungslos vom Himmel. Die Hitze ist unerträglich, der Süden unbewohnbar geworden, der Staat nur noch Fassade. Wer es sich leisten konnte, ist rechtzeitig nach Nordschottland, Grönland, Kanada oder Sibirien gezogen. Fausto hat es nicht in den Norden geschafft. In einem weitgehend aufgegebenen Dorf kämpfen er und einige wenige Nachbarn ums Überleben. Der Alltag ist hart und wenig abwechslungsreich. Bis eines Tages eine schöne, schweigsame junge Frau auftaucht, der die Hitze beneidenswert wenig auszumachen scheint.

Die nahe Zukunft. Seit Jahren brennt die Sonne erbarmungslos vom Himmel. Fausto hat es nicht in den Norden geschafft. In einem weitgehend aufgegebenen Dorf kämpfen er und einige wenige Nachbarn ums Überleben. Bis eines Tages eine schöne, schweigsame junge Frau auftaucht, der die Hitze beneidenswert wenig auszumachen scheint.

'So engrossing! Betty is a page-turning Appalachian coming-of-age story steeped in Cherokee history, told in undulating prose that settles right into you' Naoise Dolan, author of Exciting Times 'Beautiful and devastating' Observer, Books of the Year 'Breathtaking' Vogue 'A girl comes of age...

From the #1 international bestselling author of The Revenant – the book that inspired the award-winning movie – comes the remarkable true story of the worst mining disaster in American history. In 1917, the lives of a company of miners changed forever when the underground labyrinth of...

Un relato asombroso de un incendio forestal colosal y una exploración panorámica de la relación rápidamente cambiante entre el fuego y la humanidad. En mayo de 2016, Fort McMurray, el centro neurálgico de la industria petrolera canadiense y el mayor proveedor extranjero de Estados Unidos, fue arrasado por un incendio forestal. La catástrofe, valorada en miles de millones de dólares, derritió vehículos, convirtió barrios enteros en bombas incendiarias y expulsó a 88.000 personas de sus hogares en una sola tarde.

From award-winning author Benjamin Percy comes the second novel in his grippingly original sci-fi series, The Comet Cycle, in which a passing comet has caused irreversible change to the growth of fungi, spawning a dangerous, invasive species in the Pacific Northwest that threatens to control the...

The third and final book in Percy's innovative and acclaimed Comet Cycle, The Sky Vault follows the aftermath of an airplane that goes missing over Fairbanks, Alaska, in the wake of the comet, and a teenager's search for answers about his father's final moments aboard the flight. The comet, Cain...

Justin Robertson's debut novel is a trans-dimensional trip into the mysterious knot of nature; a journey into the 'brilliant darkness' where the timeless divine spirit of the 'Tangle' weaves its spell and all mankind's hubris is rendered insignificant by the radically non-human force of phantom ecology. Salvation, revelation and a terrible reckoning dwell in the ancient roots....

They called the comet Cain, after the astronomer who discovered it. It passed 500,000 miles from Earth. We were spared planetary destruction and granted a light show like no other. But, one year later, Earth span into the debris field left by the comet and a meteor storm struck. Roads, buildings and even a small town were annihilated. It was the night of a mysterious double murder, the deed overshadowed by the discovery that the burning remains of the rock contained an unknown substance more precious than gold.

Ist künstliche Intelligenz in der Lage all unsere Probleme zu lösen? Und... wollen wir das überhaupt? Tim ist sich da auch nach seinen Abenteuern im "Neuen Paradies" und seinem Abstieg in die "Neue Hölle" auf Erden noch immer nicht sicher. Natürlich genießt er es, wieder mit Oma und Opa vereint durch die wunderbar grünende Natur rund um ihr idyllisches kleines Dörfchen zu wandern und endlich Antworten auf all seine vielen Fragen zu bekommen.

The terrifying future of our world after climate change -- as predicted by a leading geochemist. As his health begins to fail, a historian in the year 2084 sets out to document the irreparable damage climate change has wrought on the planet over the course of his life. He interviews scientists...

Melbourne, Australia. As bushfires rage outside the city, three women watch a performance of a Beckett play. Margot is a successful professor, preoccupied by her fraught relationship with her ailing husband. Ivy is a philanthropist with a troubled past, distracted by the snoring man beside her. Summer is a young theatre usher, anxious about the safety of her girlfriend in the fire zone. As the performance unfolds, so does each woman's story. By the time the curtain falls, they will all have a new understanding of the world beyond the stage.

*AUDIOBOOK INCLUDES EXCLUSIVE DR NELL SHORT STORY, A CHARM OF FINCHES* At Finchmere, beneath the snow, an ambush lies in wait... After a dazzling Indian wedding, Nell and Rav return to a frost-kissed Finchmere, eager to host their blessing in the woodland Nell loves best. But, as their nearest...