Ten Thousand Years Deep by Carsten Krieger

Ten Thousand Years Deep by Carsten KriegerPeatlands bogs, fens and heaths are part of the Irish soul. Neither water nor land and yet both, they were once considered gateways to the otherworld. Bleak and beautiful, they are time capsules that hold a record of history going back thousands of years. They supported Irish life for generations, providing fuel and employment, and are home to flora and fauna found nowhere else. Carsten Krieger, the author and photographer behind Wild Ireland,

John Harrison

or perhaps a gentle knight

The Second Sex is as important and relevant today as when it was first published in 1949

Jancis Robinson

a town nestled in the icy peaks of dragon country

and shows it to be part of a long and powerful tradition of female resistance

boldly inventive and breathtaking in scope

inste le samhlaíocht

Sally Rooney on the love languages of the new generation

but I was always unprepared

worldly and otherworldly

and whose legacy continues to deepen our sense of what truly matters