''Exquisite and timely.'' Maggie O''Farrell
''A rare and magical book. I didn''t want it to end.'' Bill Bryson
''A witty, intoxicating paean to Earth-s wondrous creatures.'' Observer
''A total miracle.'' Max Porter
** SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES AND FOYLES BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS **
** Longlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing **
The world is more astonishing, more miraculous and more wonderful than our wildest imaginings. In this passionately persuasive and sharply funny book, Katherine Rundell tells us how and why.
A lavishly illustrated collection of the lives of some of the Earth-s most astounding animals, The Golden Mole is a chance to be awestruck and lovestruck - to reckon with the beauty of the world, its fragility, and its strangeness.
A swift flies two million kilometres in its lifetime. That-s far enough to get to the moon and back twice ov
