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Four Fields
by Tim DeePublished: 15/09/2013
One of the very best of the new nature writers meditates on the relationship between man and grass by looking at four real fields in four different continents
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Visit Sunny Chernobyl: Adventures in the World’s Most Polluted Places
by Andrew BlackwellPublished: 01/07/2013
Nuclear exclusion zones, cities thick with smog, mid-Pacific islands of rubbish - it's the planet as you've never seen it before
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A City Recovers
by The PressPublished: 15/06/2013
A fascinating review of Christchurch two years after the earthquakes' devastation, with analysis of the social, economic and demographic changes and implications.
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The Deprat Affair
by Roger OsbornePublished: 31/03/2013
'Immensely readable and beautifully written A detective story without a solution.' Ruth Rendell, Daily Telegraph
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Twitcher
by Cherise SaywellPublished: 01/03/2013
Grief, loss and guilt are enormous burdens for a whole family to carry.
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Mawson: And the Ice Men of the Heroic Age: Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen
by Peter FitzSimonsPublished: 03/12/2012
The story of Australia’s most famous polar explorer and the giants from the heroic age of polar exploration: Scott, Amundsen and Shackleton.
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Shallow Breath
by Sara FosterPublished: 03/12/2012
Shallow Breath is a mesmerising novel about family secrets and how far you would go to save someone you love.
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Shackleton's Whisky: A Spirit of Discovery: Ernest Shackleton's 1907 Antarctic Expedition, and the R
by Neville PeatPublished: 01/11/2012
Vivid account of Ernest Shackleton's 1907 Antarctic Expedition, and the cases of Mackinlay's single malt whisky that he left behind.
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Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
by David QuammenPublished: 01/11/2012
A gripping and timely book about the transmission of highly dangerous diseases from animal to human populations.
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The Great Race: The Race Between the English and the French to Complete the Map of Australia
by David HillPublished: 18/10/2012
The thrilling race between Frenchman Nicolas Baudin and Englishman Matthew Flinders to chart the map of Australia.
