'John Keay is the master storyteller and historian. This grand narrative of Himalaya is as epic as the mountains and peoples he describes' Dan Snow

'Adds the human element to the hard rock. And what a rich vein it is' Michael Palin

History has not been kind to Himalaya. Empires have collided here, cultures have clashed. Buddhist India claimed it from the south, Islam put down roots in its western approaches, Mongols and Manchus rode in from the north, and, from the east, China continues to ab...

Dom Joly enters the strange land of conspiracies as a wide-eyed tourist, eager to investigate the origins of some of the most pervasive conspiracy theories and meet the people who believe them.

A fascinating scientific journey through the world's forests - revealing what they do for us, what we're doing to them, and how we can help nature repair the damage.

Gabor Mat¿s a retired physician who, after 20 years of family practice and palliative care experience, worked for over a decade in Vancouver¿s Downtown East Side with patients challenged by drug addiction and mental illness. The bestselling author of four books published in twenty-five languages, including the award-winning In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction, Gabor is an internationally renowned speaker highly sought after for his expertise on addiction, trauma, ...

The key principles for a more humane and balanced approach to thinking, to politics and to life, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of How the World Thinks.

Can capitalism survive climate change? Can humanity?

The breathtaking first volume in Rachel Carson's classic and New York Times bestselling trilogy, about the history of the oceans, introduced by Margaret Atwood

The second volume in Rachel Carson's classic and New York Times bestselling Sea trilogy celebrates sea creatures in their natural habitat, introduced by Margaret Atwood

Hoe vindt een kameel water in de woestijn? Waarom zijn koralen gekleurd? Hoe verteert ons lichaam voedsel? Het antwoord ligt in het kleinste leven op aarde: microben. Zonder microben als schimmels, gisten, algen en bacteriën zou er geen leven op aarde mogelijk zijn. Ze zijn essentieel op aarde en in ons lichaam. We kunnen zuurstof ademen dankzij microben in de oceaan. Microben leven in de wolken en in de sneeuw en beïnvloeden onze ecosystemen. De mens bestaat uit evenveel microben als licha...