I love finding a non-fiction title that I can't put down and find myself sharing the new facts with everyone. This funny, informative book has given me a new outlook on our feathery friends and their relationship to humans.
'A celebration of the dizzying variety of bird life and behaviour, one that will enthral birders and non-birders alike' The Observer
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Genius of Birds, a radical investigation into the bird way of being, and the recent scientific research that is dramatically shifting our understanding of birds.
'There is the mammal way and there is the bird way.' This is one scientist's pithy distinction between mammal brains and bird brains: two ways to make a highly intelligent mind. But lately, scientists have taken a new look at bird behaviours they've previously dismissed…
We often overlook the inner lives of people with severe disabilities, even when you work with them as I do. This novel gave me glimpse of their perspective, their strengths and struggles.
A vibrant, profoundly moving novel about the interlocking lives at an adult daycare centre in southern California.
'Wonderfully inspirational' Paul Beatty
'Moving and funny and ringing with life' Guardian
'A complicated joy' Roddy Doyle
Among the clients and staff are Carlos, a charismatic aide who lost his mother as a boy, and Jorge, who is gentle, nonspeaking and prone to escape despite Carlos's best efforts. Tom, a beautiful young man with cerebral palsy, pines for Ann, the lifeguard for the summer who feels out of her depth. Then there's Dave, the centre's director.…
Pre-order the new edge-of-your-seat thriller from the bestselling author of The It Girl, the R&J pick.
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE meets THE TRAITORS
Five beautiful couples. One deadly game. Who will escape alive?
Lyla Santiago has spent months working on a research project that could be the key to getting a permanent job in her field. So, she can't really drop everything to go to a desert island with her actor boyfriend Nico to film One Perfect Couple, a new reality TV show that Nico is sure will lead to his big break - can she?
