‘A rare and magical book. I didn’t want it to end.’ Bill Bryson
‘A witty, intoxicating paean to Earth’s wondrous creatures.’ Observer<\/i><\/b>
‘<\/i>A total miracle.’ Max Porter
‘Rundell’s pen is gold-tipped.’ Sunday Times<\/i><\/b>
‘I love everything about this book: it is a rare little treasure.’ Joanna Lumley<\/b><\/p>\n
** <\/b>SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES <\/b>AND FOYLES <\/b>BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS **<\/b><\/p>\n
The world is more astonishing, more miraculous and more wonderful than our wildest imaginings. In this passionately persuasive and sharply funny book, Katherine Rundell tells us how and why.<\/p>\n
A lavishly illustrated collection of the lives of some of the Earth’s most astounding animals, The Golden Mole <\/i>is a chance to be awestruck and lovestruck – to reckon with the beauty of the world, its fragility, and its strangeness.<\/p>\n
A swift flies two million kilometres in its lifetime. That’s far enough to get to the moon and back twice over – and then once more to the moon. A pangolin keeps its tongue furled in a pouch by its hip. A Greenland shark can live five hundred years. A wombat once inspired a love poem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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