Climate change
Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis
A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week
‘A subject that could not be more important. A compact classic!’ Bill McKibben
‘I learned something new – and found something amazing – on every page’ Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot See
Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis
A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week
‘A subject that could not be more important. A compact classic!’ Bill McKibben
‘I learned something new – and found something amazing – on every page’ Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot See
Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis: Unabridged edition
A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week
‘A subject that could not be more important. A compact classic!’ Bill McKibben
‘I learned something new – and found something amazing – on every page’ Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot See
Together: A Manifesto Against the Heartless World
‘If I had to choose just one book that I want everybody of any age to read at this moment in time, this would be it’ Brian Eno
‘Clear-eyed, frank, wise and joyous!’ Andrew Sean Greer
‘If you read only one book this year, then this must be it’ Sarah Winman
What If We Stopped Pretending?
The climate crisis is here. Our chance to stop it has come and gone, but this doesn’t have to mean the world is ending.
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves
Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction 2011.
Life is on the up.
Extinction: Evolution and the End of Man
How long do humans have left on Earth? Using cutting-edge science that revolutionises our understanding of evolution, Michael Boulter explains how we may be closer to our own extinction than we imagined.
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves: Unabridged edition
Matt Ridley, acclaimed author of the classics Genome and Nature via Nurture, turns from investigating human nature to investigating human progress. In The Rational Optimist Ridley offers a counterblast to the prevailing pessimism of our age, and proves, however much we like to think to the contrary, that things are getting better.
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves
Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction 2011.
Life is on the up.
What on Earth is Going On?: A Crash Course in Current Affairs
“Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.” Gertrude Stein
Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet
An eye-opening and vital account of the future of our earth and our civilisation if current rates of global warming persist, by the highly acclaimed author of ‘High Tide’.
Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet
An eye-opening and vital account of the future of our earth and our civilisation if current rates of global warming persist, by the highly acclaimed author of ‘High Tide’.