How to be a bad botanistFrom the author of Rewild Yourself and How to Be a Bad Birdwatcher, a light hearted guide to realising you know more about plants than you might think.

celebration and grief

how well-behaved French children are compared to our own

And what if you've always dreamed of being a scientist but you can't see anyone who looks or sounds like you

this book is an enthralling journey through this new research

her writing is alive with intelligence and empathy and paints the human experience with insight and emotion

he has done exactly as the gods wanted

This is the story of their intertwined careers

She prays she will please Henry

Fleeing from the Ebou Dar with the kidnapped daughter of the Nine Moons

But the tide was beginning to turn

he reflects on the lessons he has taken from a life in pursuit of scientific truth: the importance of serendipity to the discovery of new ideas

and back to his former girlfriend