THE GOLDEN MOLE

A lavish edition of Katherine Rundell s gloriously illustrated and fascinating bestiary featuring three new additions to the treasure trove of vanishing wonders 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 A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES AND FOYLES BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING The world is more astonishing more miraculous and more wonderful than our wildest imaginings A pangolin s tongue is longer than its body It keeps it furled in a nifty pouch near the hip A swift flies 200 000 miles in its lifetime That s far enough to get to the moon and back then back to the moon There s a fable that storks deliver babies In fact the Nazis used them to air drop propaganda A lavishly illustrated compendium of the staggering lives of some of the world s most endangered animals this sumptuous expanded and updated edition of The Golden Mole is a chance to be awestruck and lovestruck to fall for the likes of the wondrous pygmy hippo the seahorse the narwhal and as astonishing and endangered as them all the human Katherine R