A beautifully history of imaginary animals from Palaeolithic art to Harry Potter.

A wildlife writer and photographer’s celebration of the mute swan, Britain’s most iconic breed Exploring the bird’s significance across myth and history alongside vivid observations on its habits and habitats, Dan Keel speaks up for the mute swan, answering the essential questions about its nature and its future.

Here is your ticket to positive, guilt-free, sustainable and ethical travel. The Responsible Traveller will show you how to make real changes that result in more thoughtful and conscientious travels, while also doing your very best for Planet Earth. Learn about the environmental and social effects of tourism and increase your cultural awareness.

There are at least one million species of insects, together making up over 80 per cent of all living species on Earth. Around 10,000 new species of insects are discovered every year.

A groundbreaking and state-of-the-art guide to the Universe and how our latest deep space discoveries are forcing us to revisit what we know, and what we don't.

Solar Eclipses 2024-2027. Indispensable guide to the three next total solar eclipses worldwide in 2024 (USA, Canada, Mexico), 2026 (Greenland, Iceland, Spain) and 2027 (Spain, North Africa, Middle East). Provides tracking information for each eclipse and detailed travel advice on where to see it. Also covers annular eclipses in 2023 and 2028.

This beautifully illustrated book will share the infinite wisdom of birds, providing inspiration from these small but mighty creatures on how to live bravely and care for the things we love.

Overseas Press Club Award Winner 2016 A shocking investigative journey into the way the resource trade wreaks havoc on Africa, ‘The Looting Machine’ explores the dark underbelly of the global economy.

A compact edition of Joseph Banks' extraordinary botanical engravings of flora discovered on Captain Cook's first voyage.