Beastly : The Epic 40,000-Year History of Animals and Us by Keggie Carew

Beastly : The Epic 40,000-Year History of Animals and Us by Keggie CarewSHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATIONA BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES, WATERSTONES AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE A NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB MUST READBeastly is the 40,000 year story of our changing kinship with the animal world from the smallest microbe to the largest creature that ever lived. Exploring this relationship through history, culture, science and inspiring examples, Carew makes the passionate case that animals are the key to

But one night a stranger seeking lodgings knocks on the door of her tenement flat

three-dimensional drawings

healthier lives

With cover illustration by Owen Gildersleeve

and makes us experience each story with immediacy and Chiang’s calm passion’ – China Miéville

These puzzles will amuse and perplex in equal measure

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Juliette has to make life-changing decisions between what she wants and what she thinks is right

And that Earth is made from moving puzzle pieces

With 250 reusable stickers

and collectively accounted for the destruction of scores of German U-boats

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