A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonShort of doing it yourself, the best way of escaping into nature is to read a book like A Walk in the Woods.' New York Times In the company of his friend Stephen Katz (last seen in the bestselling Neither Here nor There), Bill Bryson set off to hike the Appalachian Trail, the longest continuous footpath in the world. Ahead lay almost 2,200 miles of remote mountain wilderness filled with bears, moose, bobcats, rattlesnakes, poisonous plants, disease

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Michael and Peggy have once shown great courage

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Sacks takes on evolution

It's the week before Hallowe'en

the road is long and bloody

One party will bring it crashing down

but no one else notices

and propulsively readable' RUTH WARE

ancient legends from the Middle East

Truman Capote's comprehensive study of the killings and subsequent investigation explores the circumstances surrounding this terrible crime and the effect it had on those involved

becoming a part of our collective consciousness