Published By: OneworldPages: 384Released On: 05/11/2026 English is home to a veritable menagerie of animal metaphors, similes, sayings, adages, proverbs, idioms and rhymes, ranging from the commonsense to the utterly absurd. From curious cats to mindless sheeple, lexicographer Jeremy Butterfield takes a species-by-species safari through the English language in pursuit of its most unusual animalContinue reading “The Metaphor Zoo: Why the English Language Loves Animals – Jeremy Butterfield”
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42 Tales From Life: A Modern Bestiary – Richard Dawkins
Published By: ApolloPages: 368Released On: 05/11/2026 Through 42 different tales, Richard Dawkins reveals the fundamental truths behind even the most unfathomable animal behaviours – the galloping of fish, the shape of the rhinoceros’ horn, the surprising similarities between horses and lizards, and why hummingbirds glow in such brilliant hues. This is popular science and incisiveContinue reading “42 Tales From Life: A Modern Bestiary – Richard Dawkins”
The Agatha Christie Cure: What Reading the Queen of Crime Taught Me About Life – Cathy Rentzenbrink
Published By: CanongatePages: 352Released On: 10/09/2026 One Christmas, Cathy Rentzenbrink finds herself drained by life’s upheavals. In need of comfort and escape, she turns to her first literary love: Agatha Christie. As Cathy delves into Agatha’s novels and her mysterious disappearance in 1926, she discovers more than she expected. Beyond the hidden jewels, detectives andContinue reading “The Agatha Christie Cure: What Reading the Queen of Crime Taught Me About Life – Cathy Rentzenbrink”
Hiroshima, 8:15 – Kiyoshi Tanimoto
Published By: Ebury PressPages: 256Released On: 06/08/2026 The whole city was covered with dark clouds, and conflagrations were breaking out in various directions. Could all of this have happened at once? It was then that black drops of rain, as big as blackberries, began to fall – rain caused by the atomic bomb. I wonderedContinue reading “Hiroshima, 8:15 – Kiyoshi Tanimoto”
