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At eight years of age, Charles Spencer was sent away to one of England’s most exclusive boarding schools.

From the bestselling author of Bloody Brilliant Women

The third and final updated edition of David Attenborough’s classic Life trilogy. Life on Earth covered evolution, Living Planet , ecology, and now The Trials of Life tackles ethology, the study of how animals behave.

‘Electrifying … A user manual for our polarized world’ Adam Grant, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Think Again

‘Important, compelling and wise’ Johann Hari, Sunday Times-bestselling author of Stolen Focus

‘There will be an avalanche of books about the pandemic. None will be as eye-opening or humane or moving as Lamb’s’ DAILY TELEGRAPH

A story of poverty, generosity and worlds colliding in modern Britain

Winner of the Whitley Award for Best Natural History Book 2022

A compelling, funny, first-hand account of Australia's wonderfully unique mammals and how our perceptions impact their future.

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‘It’s brilliant, it’s comprehensive, buy it’ EVENING STANDARD

‘A powerful, illuminating, enraging and inspiring read’ JESS PHILLIPS MP

‘Precise, heartfelt and anti-pompous’ THE TIMES

‘It’s the kind of book that makes you wonder, ‘why wasn’t this written before?’ It could change lives’ EVENING STANDARD

‘Turns everything you’ve been taught about sex on its head’ RUBY RARE

‘Original and thought provoking’ Gordon Brown

‘Challenging and hopeful: a groundbreaking guide to the future’ Valerie Amos

A collection of the New Yorker‘s groundbreaking writing on race in America, including work by James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Hilton Als, Zadie Smith, and more

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