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<p><b>An awestruck love letter to one of the most spectacular places on earth, from the author of international bestseller <i>The Eight Mountains</i></b><br/><br/>Paolo Cognetti marked his 40th birthday with a journey he had always wanted to make: to Dolpo, a remote Himalayan region where Nepal meets Tibet. He took with him two friends, a notebook, mules and guides, and a well-worn copy of <i>The Snow Leopard</i>. Written in 1978, Matthiessen's classic was also turning forty, and Cognetti set out to walk in the footsteps of the great adventurer.<br/><br/><i>Without Ever Reaching the Summit </i>combines travel journal, secular pilgrimage, literary homage and sublime mountain writing in a short book for readers of Macfarlane, Rebanks and Cognetti's own bestseller,<i> The Eight Mountains</i>. An investigation into the author's physical limits, an ancient mountain culture, and the magnificence of nature, it is an awestruck love letter to one of the most spectacular places on earth.</p>

Life As No One Knows It [Bok / Inbunden]

The eagerly anticipated conclusion to Peter Godfrey-Smith's three-part exploration of the origins of intelligence on Earth, which began with the bestselling Other Minds in 2018 and continued with Metazoa in 2020.<br/>Peter Godfrey-Smith, the scuba-diving philosopher, examined the evolution of sentience in Other Minds. In Metazoa he asked how that consciousness shaped and was shaped by animal bodies. Now, in Living on Earth, he takes that line of questioning a step further, asking, how has life shaped and been shaped by our planet?<br/><br/>He explores the last living stromatolite fields, examples of how cyanobacteria from the sea first began colonising the land and belching oxygen into the atmosphere as they photosynthesised the sun's light. Oxygen meant life, and so began a riotous tangle of coevolution between plants and new animals. And then, in our own evolutionary line, an initially unremarkable mammal changed in new ways, forming societies and technologies. This led eventually to change to the atmosphere itself, as carbon that was buried and transformed to oil was deliberately burned with life-derived oxygen, to power the elaborate world of humanity.<br/><br/>Humans belong to the infinitely complex system that is the Earth, and our minds are products of that system, but they are also an acting force within it. We are creatures of Earth, and we hold Earth's future in our hands.

<p>Many scientists believe that we are currently living through the Earth's sixth mass extinction, with species disappearing at a rate not seen for tens of millions of years - a trend that will only accelerate as climate change and other pressures intensify. What does it mean to live in such a time? And what exactly do we lose when a species goes extinct?<br/><br/>In <i>Lost Wonders</i> author and journalist Tom Lathan tells the stories of ten species that have lived, died out and been declared extinct since the turn of the twenty-first century. In a series of fascinating encounters with subjects that are now nowhere to be found on Earth - from giant tortoises to minuscule snails the size of sesame seeds, from ocean-hopping trees to fish that wag their tails like puppies - Lathan brings these lost wonders briefly back to life and gives us a tantalising glimpse of what we have lost within our own lifetime.<br/><br/>Drawing on the personal recollections of the people who studied these species, as well as those who tried but ultimately failed to save them, <i>Lost Wonders</i> is an intimate portrait of the species that have only recently vanished from our world and an urgent warning to hold on all the more tightly to those now slipping from our grasp.</p>

<p><b>It's now cheaper to save the world than destroy it.</b><br/>The solutions to overcome the global climate crisis already exist, and contrary to the belief that we're all doomed, we will continue to prosper.<br/><br/>We have now entered the third major transition since the industrial revolutions: from wood to coal to oil, the world now turns towards clean energy. This is a $35 trillion industry.<br/><br/>In <i>Climate Capitalism</i>, award-winning journalist Akshat Rathi unveils ten key breakthroughs in green economy, with extraordinary case studies of how people have turned world-changing ideas into reality.<br/><br/>From east to west, from solar power in India to hydrogen strategies in Denmark and Germany, carbon capture in Norway and the United States, electric car manufacturing in China and the most advanced climate law in the UK - this is the story of our fight to survive.<br/><br/><b>A new economic age has begun, are you ready for it?</b></p>

This is a highly practical guide to identifying the constellations and the stars that comprise them. Geoffrey Cornelius, astronomy expert and teacher, brings star-watching vividly to life by conveying the rich symbolic significance that the heavens assumed in many cultures, from the Babylonians to the ancient Greeks. Master star navigation by building your knowledge rather than relying on technology. "Signpost charts" make finding stars easy. Assuming no prior knowledge of astronomy, the book concentrates on features that can be made out with the naked eye or binoculars. All 88 Major and Minor Constellations, and the planets, included. Along with beautiful 4-colour illustrations of each, and the myths and legends behind hundreds of individual stars, lose yourself in the magic of the night sky. Plan your year around the unmissable celestial moments with the "full-sky maps" that show which constellations are viewable and where, every month. Whether you're a budding astronomer looking to deepen your understanding, or an astrologer hoping to learn more about the ancient myths that were formed in the sky, you'll find everything you need in this comprehensive introduction.

<p><b>These stunning posters from Katie Scott's bestselling <i>Arboretum</i> are perfect for pinning on your walls.</b><br/><br/>This large-format poster book lets you decorate your walls with images from Katie Scott's bestselling <i>Arboretum</i>, created in partnership with the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Featuring beautiful trees from around the world including majestic redwoods and fragrant apple blossoms, this is a stunning collection of prints.<br/><br/>The posters are double-sided, with the reverse showing a black-and-white, annotated version of the full-colour illustration.</p>