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''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 **
** Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing **
** A Top Ten Sunday Times bestseller **

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

The Golden Mole

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    A Hardback by Katherine Rundell, Talya Baldwin

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      Publisher: Faber & Faber
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 20/10/2022
      ISBN13: 9780571362493, 978-0571362493
      ISBN10: 0571362494
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''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 **
      ** Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing **
      ** A Top Ten Sunday Times bestseller **

      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

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