Evocative, raw and lyrical, this startling debut explores the natural world through the eyes of Dara McAnulty, an autistic teenager coping with the uprooting of home, school, and his mental health, while pursuing his life as a conservationist and environmental activist. Shifting from intense darkness to light, recalling his sensory encounters in the wild - with blackbirds, whooper swans, red kites, hen harriers, frogs, dandelions, Irish hares and more - McAnulty reveals worlds we have neglected to see, in a stunning world of nature writing that is a future classic.
Category: Non-fiction
Gone by Michael Blencowe
Dynamic naturalist Michael Blencowe has travelled the globe to uncover the fascinating backstories of eleven extinct animals, which he shares with charm and insight in Gone.
Rewild Yourself by Simon Barnes
With a few new techniques, a little new equipment and, above all, a new way of thinking, birds hidden in the treetops will shed their cloak of anonymity and creatures of the darkness will enter the light of your consciousness.
Invisible Women By Caroline Criado Perez
Summary Imagine a world where your phone is too big for your hand, where your doctor prescribes a drug that is wrong for your body, where in a car accident you are 47% more likely to be seriously injured, where every week the countless hours of work you do are not recognised or valued. If… Continue reading Invisible Women By Caroline Criado Perez
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