"Bea's five-year-old daughter, Agnes, is slowly wasting away, consumed by the smog and pollution of the overdeveloped metropolis that most of the population now calls home. If they stay in the city, Agnes will die. There is only one alternative: the Wilderness State, the last swa...
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Wise Trees is a photography book about trees that have a remarkable story to tell us. To create it, photographers Diane Cook and Len Jenshel spent two years travelling to five continents to photograph fifty-seven extraordinary trees that were carefully selected for their historic...
Must love dogs: Sarah Nolan is divorced, demoralize and dateless until her sister posts her profile on perfectmatch.com. Now she has a lot of dates, mainly with weirdos, weepers, lechers and jocks. Then she meets Jake, a soulful boat builder whose idea of true love comes straight...
Examines the history, geography, government, economy, cultures, and communities of Cameroon.
"A daring debut collection of short stories which illuminates with audacious wit the complexity of human behavior, as seen through the lens of the natural world"--Provided by publisher.
Sarah Nolan is divorced, demoralized and dateless - until her sister posts her profile on perfectmatch.com. Now she has a lot of dates, mainly with weirdos, weepers, lechers and jocks. Then she meets Jake, a soulful boat builder whose idea of true love comes straight from the mov...
Sarah Nolan is divorced, demoralized and dateless -- until her sister posts her profile on perfectmatch.com. Now she has a lot of dates, mainly with weirdos, weepers, lechers and jocks. Then she meets Jake, a soulful boat builder whose idea of true love comes straight from the mo...
Sarah Nolan is divorced, demoralized and dateless - until her sister posts her profile on perfectmatch.com. Now she has a lot of dates, mainly with weirdos, weepers, lechers and jocks. Then she meets Jake, a soulful boat builder whose idea of true love comes straight from the mov...
Bea's five-year-old daughter, Agnes, is slowly wasting away. The smog and pollution of the City, an over-populated, over-built metropolis where most of the population lives, is destroying her lungs. But what can Bea do? No one leaves the City anymore, because there is nowhere els...
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2020 "THE ENVIRONMENTAL NOVEL OF OUR TIMES" -Lemn Sissay, Booker Prize Judge "The New Wilderness is a virtuosic debut, brutal and beautiful in equal measure." -Emily St. John Mandel , New York Times bestselling author of Station...
Describes earthquakes, avalanches, glaciers, volcanoes, geysers, tidal waves, and various kinds of storms, and recounts notable examples.
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2020 "The New Wilderness is a virtuosic debut, brutal and beautiful in equal measure." -Emily St. John Mandel , New York Times bestselling author of Station Eleven Margaret Atwood meets Miranda July in this wildly imaginative debut novel...