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For all the desert's dreamlike beauty, to travel here was not just to pitch yourself into oblivion: it was to grind away at yourself until nothing was left. It was to aspire to the condition of sand. One third of the earth's land surface is desert, much of it desolate and inhospitable. What is it about this harsh environment that has captivated humankind throughout history? From the prophets of the Bible to Marco Polo, Lawrence of Arabia to Gertrude Bell, travellers have often seen deserts as cursed places to be avoided, or crossed as quickly as possible. But for those whose call deserts home, the 'hideous blanks' described by explorers are rich in resources and significance. Travelling to five continents over three years, visiting deserts both iconic and little-known, William Atkins discovers a realm that is as much internal as physical. His journey takes him to the Arabian Peninsula's Empty Quarter and Australia's nuclear-test grounds; the dry Aral Sea of Kazakhstan and 'sand seas' of China's volatile north
WINNER OF THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL WRITING AWARD 2019 One third of the earth's land surface is desert, much of it desolate and inhospitable. What is it about this harsh environment that has captivated humankind throughout history? Travelling to five continents over three years, William Atkins disc
A Sunday Times Bestseller A New York Times Bestseller The spectacular new novel from the bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell , 'one of our greatest living authors'. - New York Magazine Piranesi lives in the House. Perhaps he always has. In his notebooks, day after day, he makes a
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A young woman named Julia Butterfly Hill climbed a 200-foot 1,000 year-old redwood in December 1997. She didn't come down for 738 days. The tree, dubbed Luna, was ready to be cut by a corporation and Hill's action was part of an Earth First! devised tree sit-in to protest the logging. The Legacy of
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New York Times-bestselling author Cussler debuts a new, action-packed series. Treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo are shocked to discover a bottle of a rare wine taken from Napoleon's lost cellar. However, someone else is also searching for this treasure. Available in a tall Premium Edition. In this
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