Book of the Month -December 2021
Date Added: 27/11/2021
Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake
Our book of the month is Entangled Life, which explores how fungi make our worlds, change our minds, and shape our futures.
The more we learn about fungi, the less makes sense without them. They can change our minds, heal our bodies and even help us avoid environmental disaster. They are metabolic masters, earth-makers and key players in most of nature's processes. Merlin Sheldrake takes us on a mind-altering journey into their spectacular world, and reveals how these extraordinary organisms transform our understanding of our planet and life itself. Entangled Life was awarded the 2021 Wainwright Global Conservation and Climate Change Prize.
You can request a copy of Entangled Life on our library catalogue, Arena, with no reservation charges. Not a member?You can join online here. If you've forgotten your PIN you can get it sent to you. Find more suggestions for great popular science books in our Inspiring Science book list.
Armchair travel
Travel writing can open up the world even when you're at home, and offer inspiration for when travel opens up again. Here some great recent travel writing to get you going:
• Around the World in 80 Trains by Monisha Rajesh is a celebration of the glory of train travel, and a witty and irreverent look at the world, from London's St Pancras station to the vast expanses of Russia and Mongolia, North Korea, Canada, Kazakhstan, and beyond
• In Walking the Great North Line Robert Twigger embarks on a journey on foot due north from Stonehenge to Lindisfarne to discover the mysteries of our ancient past
• The Downhill Hiking Club is an absorbing, affectionate love letter to Lebanon and its rich history, in which Dom Joly and his two best friends hike across Lebanon, the country where Joly grew up
• In To the Island of Tides Alistair Moffat travels to, and through the history of, the fated island of Lindisfarne. Walking from his home in the Borders, through the historical landscape of Scotland and northern England, Moffat takes us on a pilgrimage in the footsteps of saints and scholars
• Join Tom Chesshyre on a meandering rail journey across Europe in Slow Trains to Venice. From France, through Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Poland, he travels as far east as Odessa by the Black Sea in Ukraine, then back via Hungary, the Balkans and Austria to Italy
• Escape with seasoned travel writer Jennifer Barclay as she walks with her dog and her backpack exploring the deserted places of Greece's Dodecanese islands, in Wild Abandon
• Minarets in the Mountains by Tharik Hussain is a magical, eye-opening account of a journey into the Balkans, a part of Europe that rarely makes the news but also a vibrant place with a breath-taking history, spellbinding culture and unique identity
Find and request all these books on our library catalogue, Arena, for collection at your local library.