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For fans of The Lost City of Z, Walking the Amazon, and Turn Right at Machu Picchu comes naturalist and explorer Paul Rosolie’s extraordinary adventure in the uncharted tributaries of the Western Amazon - a tale of discovery that vividly captures the awe, beauty, and isolation of this endangered land and presents an impassioned call to save it.

The enchanted island of Corfu was home to Gerald Durrell and his family for five years before the Second World War. For the passionate young zoologist, Corfu was a natural paradise, teeming with strange birds and beasts that he could collect watch and care for. But life was not without its problems - Gerald’s family often objected to his animal-collecting activities, especially when the beasts wound up in the family’s villa or even worse - the fridge.

Like many people, Beth Terry didn't think an individual could have much impact on the environment. But while laid up after surgery, she read an article about the staggering amount of plastic polluting the oceans and decided then and there to kick her plastic habit. Now she wants to teach you how you can too.

'Exhilaratingly whizzes through billions of years . . . Gee is a marvellously engaging writer, juggling humour, precision, polemic and poetry to enrich his impossibly telescoped account . . . [making] clear sense out of very complex narratives' - The Times 'Henry Gee makes the kaleidoscopically...

Join the urgent race against extinction as frontline conservationists battle to save our planet's vanishing biodiversity. Perfect for a thought-provoking commute or a deep-focus walk, this immersive nature narrative transports you from tropical forests to icy polar seas. Experience the gripping...

Brought to you by Penguin. Join Douglas Adams, bestselling and beloved author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and zoologist Mark Carwardine on an adventure in search of the world’s most endangered and exotic creatures. In this book, Adams’ self-proclaimed favourite of his own...

Smacchia Tutto è il manuale pratico che ti insegna a rimuovere le macchie più ostinate usando ingredienti che hai già in cucina: bicarbonato, aceto, limone, sapone di Marsiglia, percarbonato, enzimi, sale e amido. Non l’ennesima raccolta di rimedi della nonna, ma una guida completa che...

Henry David Thoreau’s Wild Apples is a luminous, invigorating walk through orchards, woodlots, and memory. Using the untamed apple as his compass, Thoreau ranges from ancient myth to New England fence lines, celebrating the rugged beauty, sharp flavor, and stubborn independence of nature...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The largest brain that has ever existed on Earth belongs to a sperm whale. It is about six times heavier than a human brain, and it spends its life a kilometer down, in total darkness, talking. Sperm whales trade rapid patterns of clicks for hours...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The water off Peru warms. Fish disappear. Rain floods places built for drought, while farms thousands of miles away wait for rain that never comes. Ships stall. Food prices rise. At first, these look like separate crises. Super El Niño follows the...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The world has a plan for many disasters but almost none for a threat that is far more likely to strike first. A volcano does not have to be near anyone to hurt them. The largest eruptions throw sulfur into the upper atmosphere and dim the sun across the...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What creatures move through the forests, plains, mountains, and hidden borders of a vanished natural world? In *Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon*, Robert Armitage Sterndale offers a richly detailed nineteenth-century survey of the...

An extraordinary story of life on a South African game reserve from the 'Indiana Jones of conservation' and the authors of The Elephant Whisperer. Lawrence Anthony's South African game reserve is home to many animals he has saved, from a remarkable herd of elephants to a badly behaved bushbaby...

This audiobook includes an exclusive bonus interview with the author, Lawrence Anthony. A moving account of one man's race to save a herd of elephants – with unforgettable characters and exotic wildlife, The Elephant Whisperer is an enthralling story that will appeal to animal lovers and...

Bloomsbury presents Born to Be Wild, written and read by Andrew Westoll. An investigation into how zoos fail to protect the animals they work to save. Few places on Earth force us to reckon with the power we wield over the natural world quite like the modern zoo. Yet, for all our handwringing...

Every culture is a unique answer to a fundamental question: What does it mean to be human and alive? In The Wayfinders, renowned anthropologist, winner of the prestigious Samuel Johnson Prize, and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Wade Davis leads us on a thrilling journey to celebrate the wisdom of the world's indigenous cultures.

Brought to you by Penguin. A dazzlingly original, lyrical and epic encounter with the Earth as it used to be What would it be like to visit the ancient landscapes of the past? To experience the Jurassic or Cambrian worlds, to wander among these other lands, as creatures extinct for millions of...

""In Sumana Roy's elegant translation, Bose's arguments remain fresh, vivid, and compelling to those reading his book in English today."" -Ramachandra Guha ""A fine introduction to the literary oeuvre of the scientist who pioneered the study of plant sentience."" -Amitav Ghosh In The Man Who...

Every night, above our heads, a drama of epic proportions is playing out. Diamond planets, zombie stars, black holes heavier than a billion Suns. The cast of characters is extraordinary, and each one has its own incredible story to tell. We once thought of our Earth as unique, but we have now...

This ""valuable and entertaining"" (New York Times Book Review) book explores how scientists are adapting nature's best ideas to solve tough 21st century problems. Biomimicry is rapidly transforming life on earth. Biomimics study nature's most successful ideas over the past 3.5 million years...