Part
travelogue, part natural history, this book about the hidden worlds beneath our
feet – caves, mines, tunnels, root systems – enticed me into thinking in
radically different ways about the natural world and about our planet.
It is
written in a lyrical style, often elevating itself to a high form of prose
poetry.
One is left with a deep sense of awe with respect to nature and
Macfarlane’s supreme mastery of the English language.
In Underland, Robert Macfarlane delivers an epic exploration of the Earth's underworlds as they exist in myth, literature, memory, and the land itself. Traveling through the dizzying expanse of geologic time-from prehistoric art in Norwegian sea caves, to the blue depths of the Greenland ice cap, to a deep-sunk "hiding place" where nuclear waste will be stored for 100,000 years to come-Underland takes us on an extraordinary journey into our relationship with darkness, burial, and what lies beneath the surface of both place and mind.
Global in its geography and written with great lyricism, Underland speaks powerfully to our present…
This
modern masterpiece captures the spirit and drama of post-apartheid South Africa
through the eyes of an Afrikaner family residing on a farm outside Pretoria.
Having lived through this period of my country’s history, it is remarkable to
see how perceptively Galgut has managed to convey the spirit of our time and
the trauma that lingers in this troubled corner of Africa.
WINNER OF THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE
On her deathbed, Rachel Swart makes a promise to Salome, the family’s Black maid. This promise will divide the family—especially her children: Anton, the golden boy; Astrid, whose beauty is her power; and the youngest, Amor, whose life is shaped by feelings of guilt.
Reunited by four funerals over thirty years, the dwindling Swart family remains haunted by the unmet promise, just as their country is haunted by its own failures. The Promise is an epic South African drama that unfurls against the unrelenting march of history, sure…
This epic book tells the story of a brave convoy to
Malta during World War II, a period and a narrative that particularly appeals
to me, given my writing.
Hastings perfectly captures the terror, drama, and
heroism of Allied sailors fighting their way through to the besieged island in
this gripping page-turner.
The Sunday Times bestseller
'One of the most dramatic forgotten chapters of the war, as told in a new book by the incomparable Max Hastings' DAILY MAIL
In August 1942, beleaguered Malta was within weeks of surrender to the Axis, because its 300,000 people could no longer be fed. Churchill made a personal decision that at all costs, the 'island fortress' must be saved. This was not merely a matter of strategy, but of national prestige, when Britain's fortunes and morale had fallen to their lowest ebb.
The largest fleet the Royal Navy committed to any operation of the western…
Scarred – physically and emotionally – by the brutal warfare at Dunkirk, Jack Pembroke decides to leave his home in England to join his father, Admiral Pembroke, in the South African Cape.
A fledgling naval force is preparing to fight the coming onslaught of German raiders, and Jack is soon thrust back into action when he is appointed commander of a minesweeping flotilla.
Unknown to Jack, a Nazi commerce raider has left Germany for the Cape, intending to wreak havoc on Allied shipping.
And it’s heading straight for him…
Under Jack’s command are an eclectic bunch of men who are unsure of their foreign captain. But he must unite them into a powerful fighting unit if he can defeat the dangerous enemy.
