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  • How to Fly

    Taking Wing with Birds, Bats, Insects and Humans

    by Simon Barnes ...
    A unique and all-encompassing exploration of the wonders of flight and the waydifferent species have evolved different solutions to the problem of defying gravity – including humans.Flight fascinates us. We thrill to birds, we adore butterflies, we're baffled by bats and we can hardly believe in pterodactyls. We worship angels and we compare love, religious ecstasy and artistic achievement to ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • A History of the World in 100 Animals

    by Simon Barnes ...
    Fully illustrated in color, a fascinating exploration of the one hundred animals that have had the most profound influence on humanity throughout the ages.We are not alone. We are not alone on the planet. We are not alone in the countryside. We are not alone in cities. We are not alone in our homes. We are humans and we love the idea of our uniqueness. But the fact is that we humans are as much ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Spring is the Only Season

    How it Works, What it Does and Why it Matters

    by Simon Barnes ...
    'A book that filled me from first to last with a rapture as transcendent and thrilling as that which spring yearly provides ... I absolutely adored it!' STEPHEN FRY'As dynamic and ebullient as the season it celebrates ... There is no one I'd rather spring into spring with than Simon Barnes' KATE HUMBLE'An endlessly illuminating love letter to the most beguiling of the seasons' LEE SCHOFIELD, ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • How to Be a Bad Birdwatcher

    by Simon Barnes ...
    THE BESTSELLING BIRDWATCHING CLASSIC - 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION'A delightful ode to the wild world outside the kitchen window - leaves you with the warm feeling that a shared love conquers all' The Daily TelegraphLook out the window. See a bird. Enjoy it. CONGRATULATIONS! You are now a bad birdwatcher.Anyone who has ever gazed up at the sky or stared out of the window knows something about birds. ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The History of the World in 100 Plants

    by Simon Barnes ...
    From the author of The History of the World in 100 Animals, a BBC Radio Four Book of the Week, comes an inspirational new book that looks at the 100 plants that have had the greatest impact on humanity, stunningly illustrated throughout.As humans, we hold the planet in the palms of ours hands. But we still consume the energy of the sun in the form of food. The sun is available for consumption ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • On the Marsh

    A Year Surrounded by Wildness and Wet

    by Simon Barnes ...
    'He does write beautifully, especially of his greatest love - our wild birds ... On The Marsh is a delightful read.' Christopher Hart, Daily MailHow the rewilding of eight acres of Norfolk marshland inspired a family and brought nature even closer to home.When writer Simon Barnes heard a Cetti's warbler sing out as he turned up to look at a house for sale, he knew immediately that he had f... ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Losing It

    A lifetime in pursuit of sporting excellence

    by Simon Barnes ...
    To understand Anna Karenina, Mellors, Molly Bloom, Dante, Romeo, Juliet and Bridget Jones you must also have loved and lost and won. To understand sport in the greatest arenas of them all you too must have played and lost and won, known shame, hope, joy, horror and glory.Simon Barnes has taken part in seven summer Olympic Games, five World Cups and ten Ashes series. Well, not exactly taken part, ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • On Horseback

    Selected Journalism (Text Only)

    by Simon Barnes ...
    Simon Barnes is the leading sports writer on horses in Britain. This is a selection of his work.Whether writing in The Times about the extraordinary racing operation of Sheikh Mohammed, or the achievements of the Riding for the Disabled movement, in the Spectator about the social nuances of the hunting debate, in Horse and Hound about riding his own two horses or about the appearance of that ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The History of the World in 100 Animals - Illustrated Edition

    by Simon Barnes ...
    Illustrated by Frann Preston-Gannon ...
    An exquisite edition of The History of the World in 100 Animals by author and journalist Simon Barnes, adapted and abridged for younger readers, with superb illustrations by award-winning artist, Frann Preston-Gannon, illustrator of I Am the Seed That Grew the Tree.This outstanding gift book proposes the 100 animals who have had the greatest impact on humans and the way we view the world around us ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Rewild Yourself

    23 Spellbinding Ways to Make Nature More Visible

    by Simon Barnes ...
    'Such a simple, clever book.' Rosemary Goring, The HeraldWe're not just losing the wild world. We're forgetting it. We're no longer noticing it. We've lost the habit of looking and seeing and listening and hearing.But we can make hidden things visible, and this book features 23 spellbinding ways to bring the magic of nature much closer to home.Mammals you never knew existed will enter your world. ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Building Value

    The Business of Venture Capital

    by Simon Barnes ...
    Learn the venture capital process and industry from the inside-outIn Building Value: The Business of Venture Capital, renowned professor and venture capital (VC) firm partner Simon Barnes delivers an easy-to-read guide to the often-mysterious world of venture capital and how entrepreneurs and venture capitalists should engage with each other to arrive at constructive start-up investment deals. In ... Read more

    $74.99 CAD

  • History of the World in 100 Animals

    by Simon Barnes ...
    'So, so good! ... More gems than a pirate's chest ... science, art, history, culture - it's epic and mammoth, a repository of all our truths through their lives' Chris PackhamA powerful and fascinating insight into the 100 animals - from the blue whale to the mosquito - that have had the biggest influence on humanity through the ages.We are not alone. We are not alone on the planet. We are not ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD