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An unflinching memoir of survival and purpose that tells one woman’s battle from inside and outside modern China to thwart the forces of greed that threaten the extermination of earth’s every last wild bear, tiger, rhino, and elephant. When Grace Ge Gabriel, a Chinese-born American TV news...

Now after a lifetime spent in the Turkey Woods, country boy Jim Nabors delivers down to earth tips and knowledge as found in the original 100% WILD N TRUE, video series and podcast...ALL BASED ON THE PURSUIT OF THE WILD TURKEY IN THE SPRING WOODS...Not just a passion, hear stories and learn...

YOUR INSTINCTS ARE TRYING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING.That uneasy feeling in a parking lot.The person who keeps pushing past your boundaries.The date who wants to move too fast.The coworker whose behavior changes when no one else is watching.The message that creates urgency and demands an immediate...

Find emotional and spiritual balance by aligning with the restorative energy of the seasons... In ancient Eastern philosophy, there are five seasons - and each season carries its own kind of lesson. ☀️ Spring brings vision. ☀️ Summer brings joy. ☀️ Late Summer brings grounding...

FROM THE BESTSELLING, AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF WILDING 'One of the wisest women alive' JOANNA LUMLEY When plans to bring the majestic white stork back to the British landscape first took shape at Knepp Wildland in 2016, Isabella Tree and Charlie Burrell could only dream of what the decade ahead...

An ambitious and magnificent new travelogue by bestselling and prize-winning author Erika Fatland (The Border and Sovietistan), on a journey along the Himalaya. The Himalaya weave through five very different countries, where the world religions of Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism are mixed with...

From the acclaimed author of The Land Where Lemons Grow, comes a luminous account of Sicilian history, geography, culture, and cuisine, as seen from the slopes of Mount Etna. For centuries, Mount Etna has sent lava to engulf the towns and villages, terraced fields, orchards, vineyards, and...

The Plott bear hound, a dog originally from Germany and developed in the North Carolina mountains, is known as one of the world's best hunting dog breeds. Recognized now as one of the premier hunting dogs in America, the Plott bear hound is unique among hunting dog breeds because it descends...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In January 2025, the United States government—historically the world's largest cumulative emitter of greenhouse gases—began dismantling decades of climate policy. The Trump Administration withdrew the United States from the Paris Agreement on...

Enter the vivid, fluttering world of butterflies with a classic, plainspoken guide that turns observation into understanding. Naturalist Vance Randolph leads listeners through butterfly anatomy, behavior, and the complete metamorphosis—from egg to caterpillar, chrysalis, and the soaring...

Bloomsbury presents Spinosaur Tales by David Hone & Mark Witton, read by Gavin Osborn The spinosaurs – the dinosaur group that includes the largest land predator of all time, the awe-inspiring Spinosaurus – star in this cutting-edge review. The giant sail-backed carnivorous dinosaur...

Framed by the author’s personal experience with backyard hens, Chickens: Their Natural and Unnatural Histories explores the history of the chicken from its descent from the dinosaurs to the space-age present. En route, Lembke surveys chickens in ancient Greece, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the 19th century, and modern times, including the role of chickens in Jewish and Muslim practices. She also investigates the birds’ contributions to science and their jaunty appearances in literature.

Discover this remarkable account of 21 years in remote Kenya with a troop of Savannah baboons from the New York Times best-selling author of Behave. Brooklyn-born Robert Sapolsky grew up wishing he could live in the primate diorama in the Museum of Natural History. At school he wrote fan letters to primatologists and even taught himself Swahili, all with the hope of one day joining his primate brethren in Africa. But when, at the age of 21, Sapolky's dream finally comes true, he discovers that the African bush bears little resemblance to the tranquillity of a museum. 

A backwoods memoir for anyone who has ever dreamed of escaping to the wild ‘Funny and thoughtful … You feel his desire to be back in the woods, working with his hands. Don’t we all?’ – New York Times We all dream of having a place to escape to – Patrick Hutchison found his at the end...

After travelling the whole world, can exploring a single map ever be enough? Adventurer Alastair Humphreys spends a year investigating the small map around his own home. Can this unassuming landscape, marked by the glow of city lights and the hum of busy roads, satisfy his wanderlust? Could a single map provide a lifetime of exploration?

Sharks are ruthlessly efficient predators, the apex of 450 million years of evolution. They are older than trees, have survived five extinction events and are essential to maintaining balanced ocean ecosystems, but how much do we really know about their lives? The first book to reveal the hidden...

Swifts live almost entirely in the air. They eat, drink, sleep, mate and gather their nesting materials on the wing, fly thousands of miles across the world, navigating their way around storms, never lighting on tree, cliff or ground, until they return home with the summer. Sarah Gibson has...

*WINNER of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2023* **AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER** A stunning account of this century's most intense urban fire, and a panoramic exploration of the rapidly changing relationship between fire and humankind. In May 2016, Fort McMurray, Alberta, the hub of...

Throughout history, humans have been driven by the quest for two cherished ideals: community and freedom. The two don’t coexist easily: we value individuality and self-reliance, yet are utterly dependent on community for our most basic needs. In this intricately crafted and thought-provoking book, Sebastian Junger examines this tension that lies at the heart of what it means to be human. 

A few months of married bliss, a lovers' nest in Darrowby and the wonders of home cooking are rudely interrupted for James Herriot by the Second World War. James Herriot's fifth volume of memoirs relocates him to a training camp somewhere in England. And in between square pounding and digging for victory, he dreams of the people and livestock he left behind him.