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City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 491.853 POL - Available - C0000020480297

Your passport to Germany / by Nancy Dickmann.

What is it like to live in or visit Germany? What makes Germany's culture unique? Grab your World Passport guide to Germany and learn about the customs, traditions, food, celebrations and landmarks that distinguish this amazing country from others.
Author: Dickmann, Nancy
Published: Oxford : Raintree, [2025]
Published: ©2025
32 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (colour) ; 23 cm.
World passport

City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Junior Non Fiction - J914.3 - Being processed (Set: 14 May 2024) - C0000020423680
Gorton Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Junior Non Fiction - J914.3 - Available - C0000020424054

Deep, deep down : the secret underwater poetry of the Mariana Trench / by Lydia Lukidis ; illustrated by Juan Calle.

Deep, deep down, at the very bottom of the ocean, lies a secret world. Through lyrical narration, this spare-text STEM picture book takes readers on a journey to a place very few humans have ever been: the Mariana Trench. The imagined voyage debunks scary myths about this mysterious place with surprising and beautiful truths about life at Earth's deepest point.
Author: Lukidis, Lydia
Published: Oxford : Raintree, [2025]
Published: ©2025
40 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 26 cm

Abraham Moss Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Junior Non Fiction - J577.79 - Being processed (Set: 14 May 2024) - C0000020423815
City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Junior Non Fiction - J577.79 - Being processed (Set: 14 May 2024) - C0000020423684
Hulme High St - (Manchester Libraries) - Junior Non Fiction - J577.79 - Available - C0000020424137

Your passport to South Africa / by Dr. Artika R. Tyner.

What is it like to live in or visit South Africa? What makes South Africa's culture unique? Grab your World Passport guide to South Africa and learn about the customs, traditions, food, celebrations and landmarks that distinguish this amazing country from others.
Author: Tyner, Artika R.
Published: Oxford : Raintree, [2024]
Published: ©2025
32 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (colour) ; 23 cm.
World passport

City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Junior Non Fiction - J916.8 - Being processed (Set: 14 May 2024) - C0000020423679
Hulme High St - (Manchester Libraries) - Junior Non Fiction - J916.8 - Available - C0000020424135

Boo lo[symbol of a heart]es books / Kaye Baillie, Tracie Grimwood.

Some dogs are shy and anxious and so are some children. Can Boo and Phoebe turn their fears into a positive experience? This is a charming story of friendship between a shy little girl and a huge, gentle rescue dog.
Author: Baillie, Kaye
Published: London : New Frontier Publishing, 2024.
32 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 28 cm

Abraham Moss Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Picture Books - Available - C0000020423231
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Eddy, Eddy / Kate De Goldi.

Eddy Smallbone is grappling with identity, love, loss, and religion. It's two years since he blew up his school life and the earthquakes felled his city. Home life is maddening. His pet-minding job is expanding in peculiar directions. And now the past and the future have come calling - in unexpected form. As Eddy navigates his way through the Christchurch suburbs to Christmas, juggling competing responsibilities and an increasingly noisy interior world, he moves closer and closer to an overdue personal reckoning.
Author: De Goldi, Kate, 1959-
Published: West Sussex : Old Barn Books, 2024.
296 pages ; 20 cm

Arcadia Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Young Adult Fiction - Being processed (Set: 15 May 2024) - C0000020425056
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Mega tanks / written by Paul Stevenson.

'Buzz Books' is a dynamic series of non-fiction reading books designed to appeal to older or struggling readers. Not all kids enjoy fiction, but almost all have a thirst for knowledge and want to know more about stuff that interests them. Reading is so important; often kids struggling to read simply need to find books that appeal. This series is designed to capture the attention of even the most reluctant readers. High interest, edgy subjects are explored, with photographs that give visual clues to the meaning of the words.
Author: Stevenson, Paul
Published: Truro, Cornwall : Hungry Tomato Ltd, 2024.
32 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 27 cm.
Buzz books

Beswick Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Junior Non Fiction - J623.747 - Being processed (Set: 15 May 2024) - C0000020425159
City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Junior Non Fiction - J623.747 - Being processed (Set: 14 May 2024) - C0000020423688
Gorton Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Junior Non Fiction - J623.747 - Available - C0000020424055

Peppa's favourite nursery rhymes / adapted by Lauren Holowaty ; Peppa Pig created by Mark Baker and Neville Astley.

Peppa and her friends are singing their favourite nursery rhymes at playgroup. This chunky tabbed board book is the perfect introduction to classic nursery rhymes. Sing along to: Mary had a Little Lamb, Hey Diddle Diddle, Hickory Dickory Dock, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Row Row Row Your Boat, The Wheels on the Bus, and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Which is your favourite to sing?
Author: Holowaty, Lauren
Published: London : Ladybird Books, 2024.
18 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 22 cm.
Peppa Pig

11 copies

Beyond the bassline : 500 years of Black British music / edited by Paul Bradshaw ; introduction by Aleema Gray and Mykaell Riley.

Black musicians have found themselves at the heart of British culture for some 500 years and, in the course of the last 50, have not only transformed the creative landscape but now define music in the UK with acts like Stormzy and Ezra Collective. This book accompanies the first ever large-scale exhibition on Black music in the UK and explores the people, spaces and messages that formed part of this central British soundtrack. We travel from jazz to calypso, from reggae and punk to soul and rap and onwards through Garage, Grime and Afrobeats. More than just music, the sounds, style, innovations and industries that have emerged from African and Caribbean visionaries in Britain are surveyed and celebrated.
Published: London : British Library Publishing, 2024.
240 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 25 cm

City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 780.896041 - Available - C0000020490436
Moss Side Powerhouse Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 780.896041 - Available - C0000020490247

Waverider / Kazu Kibuishi.

After her confrontation with Ikol, Emily finally understands the stone's power and what she must do to defend Alledia from the shadows. As she travels to Typhon to help her mom and Navin, Prince Trellis returns to the Kingdom of the Elves to save his countrymen - and confront the fraud who has seized power in the absence of a king. The threat of darkness follows all Stonekeepers closely, and it will take the strength of both new friends and old foes to conquer it - and survive.
Author: Kibuishi, Kazu, 1978-
Published: New York : Scholastic, 2024.
256 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm.
Amulet ; 9.
2 reserves

Didsbury Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Graphic Novel - On reserve shelf at Didsbury Library - C0000020480557
Forum Library Wythenshawe - (Manchester Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Graphic Novel - Onloan - Due: 26 Jun 2024 - C0000020480543

Don't let her in / Joanne Ryan.

Lena just moved to Mandalay Close. She needed a new start, since her boyfriend cheated her out of the home and happy-ever-after she'd believed they were always going to share. But on the day Lena moves in, letters begin to arrive for all her new neighbours. Letters that promise to expose everyone's deepest, darkest secrets. Every house has received one - except for Lena's. Someone clearly wants to implicate her, to ruin her new life and turn everyone against her. She's made an enemy, but who, and why? Everyone seems so nice, so trustworthy. So normal. Except for one. And as bad things begin to happen and her life rapidly spins out of control, Lena finds herself cursing the day she moved to Mandalay Close. She can't believe this is happening to her, because she's not a bad person, is she? Even though she does have secrets of her own, secrets that she's not willing to share with anyone.
Author: Ryan, Joanne
Published: London : Boldwood Books, 2024.
1 volume (large print) ; 24 cm

Books to Go - (Manchester Libraries) - Large Print AF - Adult Paperback - Onloan - Due: 25 Jun 2024 - C0000020448545

The witches' sports day / Valerie Thomas ; illustrated by Korky Paul.

Winnie and Wilbur are taking part in the local witches' sports day. The main event is the exciting broomstick obstacle race. Winnie is desperate to finally win it this year - but can they fly to victory? A spellbindingly sporty story that will have readers rooting for Winnie and Wilbur as they loop the loop and soar high in the sky.
Author: Thomas, Valérie
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2024.
32 pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 28 cm.
Winnie and Wilbur
1 reserve

11 copies

Emerald and the lost treasure / Harriet Muncaster.

Emerald's class are spending the day sea combing - picking up human rubbish that ends up on the ocean floor. When Emerald finds a precious teddy lying in a clump of seaweed, she's tempted to keep it for herself, but the tag says it belongs to a human called Jack. Emerald asks her land-loving friend, Isadora Moon, to help her return it and together they embark on an exciting adventure across the land and sea!
Author: Muncaster, Harriet
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2024.
98 pages : illustrations (colour), map (colour) ; 19 cm
1 reserve

Abraham Moss Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Available - C0000020423247
Arcadia Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Onloan - Due: 03 Jun 2024 - C0000020422793
Beswick Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Onloan - Due: 01 Jun 2024 - C0000020422938
City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Being processed (Set: 07 May 2024) - C0000020422493
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Gorton Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Available - C0000020422682
Hulme High St - (Manchester Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Available - C0000020422739
Moss Side Powerhouse Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Being processed (Set: 07 May 2024) - C0000020423395
North City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Junior Fiction - On reserve shelf at Brooklands Library - C0000020422993

Arch-conspirator / Veronica Roth.

A thrilling, profoundly moving science fiction retelling of the Greek tragedy Antigone filled with inevitable doom, heart-break and one final act of courage. Outside the last city on Earth, the planet is a wasteland. Without the Archive, where the genes of the dead are stored, humanity will end. Antigone's parents - Oedipus and Jocasta - are dead. Passing into the Archive should be cause for celebration, but with her militant Uncle Kreon rising to claim her father's vacant throne, all Antigone feels is rage. When he welcomes her and her siblings into his mansion, Antigone sees it for what it really is: a gilded cage, where she is a captive as well as a guest. But her uncle will soon learn that no cage is unbreakable. And neither is he.
Author: Roth, Veronica
Published: London : Titan Books, 2024.
139 pages ; 20 cm

Chorlton Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020488543

Four stars / Joel Golby.

How much of your life do you review? Books, TV, film, music - the reviewable things? Ever tried going a little further, reviewing the intangibles, the abstract, the 'weird': a houseplant; the sunlight on the pavement on a crisp spring day; being embarrassed; that strange wave you do at cars when they slow down at zebra crossings. A dead houseplant. From almond croissants to the concept of life itself, Joel Golby embarks on a journey through modern living, leaving no stone unturned - no one thing unreviewed - to consider what it all really means; why we all care so much about opinions; and whether, deep down, it's better to live a life that's good rather than, well, five stars out of five.
Author: Golby, Joel
Published: London : Mudlark, 2024.
320 pages ; 23 cm
1 reserve

City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 306 - Onloan - Due: 03 Jun 2024 - C0000020490072

Less / Patrick Grant.

From Patrick Grant, the 'Prince of Fashion' best known for his role as judge of the BBC's The Great British Sewing Bee, this is a passionate and revealing book about loving clothes but hating the way they're made, about everything wrong with the fashion industry today, and how to set it right.
Author: Grant, Patrick, 1972-
Published: London : William Collins, 2024.
240 pages ; 24 cm
7 reserves

City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 746.92092 - On reserve shelf at City Library - C0000020491366

The fearless birth book : find your power, influence your birth / Emma Armstrong.

Certified birth doula and hypnobirthing coach Emma Armstrong wants women to have the power to influence their birth experience by tuning into their body and brain. Organised into five sections - brain, body, birth, baby, and beyond - this is a fresh, inclusive, and empowering approach to the birth experience.
Author: Armstrong, Emma
Published: London : Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2024.
224 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
1 reserve

City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 618.4 - On reserve shelf at Fallowfield Library - C0000020490934

The librarians of Rue de Picardie / Janet Skeslien Charles.

1918: As the Great War rages, Jessie Carson takes a leave of absence from the New York Public Library to work for the American Committee for Devastated France, a group of women determined to rebuild devastated French communities just miles from the front. Upon arrival, Jessie strives to establish something that the French have never seen - children's libraries. She turns ambulances into bookmobiles and trains the first French female librarians. Then she disappears. 1987: When NYPL librarian and aspiring writer Wendy Peterson stumbles across a passing reference to Jessie Carson in the archives, she becomes consumed with learning her fate.
Author: Skeslien Charles, Janet
Published: London : Headline Review, 2024.
316 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm

Arcadia Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Onloan - Due: 06 Jun 2024 - C0000020491045

Stolen pieces / S.K. Golden.

Ex-con artist Bee Cardello is going legit. Divorced from her mafia boss husband, she is determined to stay on the straight and narrow. So, when ex-hubby Charlie steals $37.5 million from a dangerous kingpin, who puts out a hit on Bee and her ten-year-old son Oliver, she finds herself pulled back into the life she's worked so hard to escape. Part of that old life being one Adam Gage - an old flame and all-round sexy badass who Charlie's now employed to keep her and Oliver safe - well, that's what he tells her. Bee has been in this game long enough to know that everyone is in it for themselves, and she'd be stupid to trust Adam - again. When Oliver is snatched from right under their noses, rather than risk losing him forever, Bee gathers her old team, dusts off all her old grifting tricks, and comes out of retirement to get her son back!
Author: Golden, S. K.
Published: Edinburgh : Severn House, 2024.
240 pages ; 23 cm

Arcadia Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - C0000020489928

Hera / Jennifer Saint.

When Hera, immortal goddess and daughter of the ancient Titan Cronos, helps her brother Zeus to overthrow their tyrannical father, she dreams of ruling at his side. As they establish their reign on Mount Olympus, Hera suspects that Zeus might be just as ruthless and cruel as the father they betrayed. She was always born to rule, but must she lose herself in perpetuating this cycle of violence and cruelty? Or can she find a way to forge a better world? Often portrayed as the jealous wife or the wicked stepmother, this retelling captures the many sides of Hera, vengeful when she needs to be but also compassionate and mostly importantly, an all-powerful queen to the gods.
Author: Saint, Jennifer
Published: London : Wildfire, 2024.
388 pages ; 25 cm
2 reserves

Didsbury Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Onloan - Due: 04 Jun 2024 - C0000020490948
Gorton Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - In-transit from Gorton Library to Forum Library Wythenshawe (Set: 16 May 2024) - C0000020491024
Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - In-transit from Longsight Library to Burnage Outreach Library (Set: 13 May 2024) - C0000020491049
North City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Onloan - Due: 07 Jun 2024 - C0000020491072

The buyer / Liam Thomas.

Liam Thomas was an officer in the Met for over a decade, many of those years spent deep undercover at the heart of Britain's most dangerous criminal enterprises. But the murky world of covert operations teaches him that justice is far from black and white - and a family secret reveals that corruption is closer to home than he had ever expected. A thrilling memoir of a life lived amongst a world of corruption, justice and questionable loyalties, this book tells the real story of the police's line of duty.
Author: Thomas, Liam
Published: London : Ebury Press, 2024.
408 pages ; 20 cm

Gorton Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 363.2092 - Available - C0000020490553

Great expectations / Vinson Cunningham.

When David first hears the Senator from Illinois speak, he feels deep ambivalence. Intrigued by the Senator's idealistic rhetoric, David also wonders how he'll balance the fervent belief and inevitable compromises it will take to become the United States's first Black president. 'Great Expectations' is about David's eighteen months working for the Senator's presidential campaign.
Author: Cunningham, Vinson
Published: London : riverrun, 2024.
272 pages ; 24 cm

Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - C0000020491430

Lean on me / Beth Moran.

As Faith tries on her future mother-in-law's wedding dress in preparation for her own wedding, her tears are not of joy. The hideous frock is nicknamed 'The Ghost Web' by Faith's best friend Marilyn, who can't understand why Faith would even consider wearing it. But there's a lot Marilyn doesn't know about Faith - not the least of which is that Faith is just the latest of the names she has called herself. Faith and her brother Sam survived a traumatic childhood which included having to change their names to hide from the past, but surviving has left scars.
Author: Moran, Beth (Novelist)
Published: London : Boldwood, 2024.
349 pages ; 20 cm

Brooklands Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020489435

Have a little faith : life lessons on love, death and how lasagne always helps / The Reverend Kate Bottley.

As a vicar, Kate is often greeted with the phrase 'I'm not religious, but I love that hymn', or 'I want a church wedding', but the truth is, having faith isn't an all-or-nothing situation and we all deserve to enjoy the parts that bring us comfort. In this book, Kate reveals the surprising truth about what faith means to her and how, ultimately, it can make us all happy. Kate is not your average vicar, in fact, she says herself that believing in the resurrection is 'a bit bonkers' so, whether you believe in God, the universe's plan or simply the goodness of humanity, Kate argues that having belief equals having hope, and we all deserve to feel hopeful. The book divulges what she's learned about life's challenges, including love, death, loneliness and conflict, along with simple tips for us all to find more joy in our everyday lives.
Author: Bottley, Kate, 1975-
Published: UK : Penguin Life, 2024.
230 pages ; 20 cm

Arcadia Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 234.23 BOT - Available - C0000020489080
Avenue Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 234.23 BOT - Available - C0000020489079
Chorlton Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 234.23 BOT - Onloan - Due: 04 Jun 2024 - C0000020489081
City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 234.23 - Onloan - Due: 25 May 2024 - C0000020488825
Hulme High St - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 234.23 BOT - Available - C0000020489077

Workshop of the world : essays in people's history / Raphael Samuel ; edited by John Merrick.

The work of the pioneering historian Raphael Samuel opened up new vistas of historical enquiry. He was committed to the idea of people's history, in which he excavated the ordinary lives of those often overlooked or discarded by other writers. This 'unofficial knowledge' transformed what history was, who was allowed to do it, and who it was for. 'Workshop of the World' brings the full range and depth of Samuel's historical writing on nineteenth-century Britain to the fore. From his pioneering study of the influence of the Catholic Church on England's Irish population to his expansive and erudite essay on the itinerant labourers of Victorian Britain, the collection captures both the breadth and depth of his learning.
Author: Samuel, Raphael
Published: London : Verso, 2024.
304 pages ; 24 cm

City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 941.00722 - Available - C0000020489318

I'm rich, you're poor : how to give social media a reality check / Shabaz Ali.

The world is full of books about how to be rich. This is not one of them. Today, many of us are feeling the pinch - and being bombarded with portrayals of social media 'perfection' is making that pinch feel more like a punch. We may know that social media - with all its billionaires and beauty queens - is just a highlight reel. So why is it still making most of us feel so low? Comedian Shabaz Ali wants to help you see the funny side of social media again. Because while it looks nice to live up in an ivory tower, this book reminds us that it is much more fun to be part of the baying mob that surrounds it. This laugh-out-loud deep-dive into social media's ridiculously rich, will help you love your own penny-pinched, rough-around-the-edges, extraordinarily ordinary life.
Author: Ali, Shabaz
Published: London : Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2024.
240 pages ; 23 cm

Abraham Moss Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 302.231 - Available - C0000020490310
City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 302.231 - Available - C0000020490448

Murder on the dancefloor / Katie Marsh.

Jeanie's getting married, and - despite her completely impossible four sisters - her best friends Clio and Amber are determined to give her a bachelorette weekend to remember. They're in matching pink T-shirts and the drinks are flowing. But the night turns out to be unforgettable for all the wrong reasons when a girl turns up dead on the dancefloor. And - even though she's a stranger - she is wearing one of Jeanie's hen T-shirts. Who is she? And why are the police convinced that the hens are involved? Can the newly-formed Bad Girls Detective Agency solve the murder? And in time to get Jeanie up the aisle?
Author: Marsh, Katie
Published: London : Boldwood Books, 2024.
1 volume ; 24 cm.
Bad Girls Detective Agency

Arcadia Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Crime Hardback - Available - C0000020490593

Murder on the dancefloor / Katie Marsh.

Jeanie's getting married, and - despite her completely impossible four sisters - her best friends Clio and Amber are determined to give her a bachelorette weekend to remember. They're in matching pink T-shirts and the drinks are flowing. But the night turns out to be unforgettable for all the wrong reasons when a girl turns up dead on the dancefloor. And - even though she's a stranger - she is wearing one of Jeanie's hen T-shirts. Who is she? And why are the police convinced that the hens are involved? Can the newly-formed Bad Girls Detective Agency solve the murder? And in time to get Jeanie up the aisle?
Author: Marsh, Katie
Published: London : Boldwood Books, 2024.
1 volume.
Bad Girls Detective Agency
2 reserves

North City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Crime Paperback - On reserve shelf at Didsbury Library - C0000020491078

Strange Sally Diamond / Liz Nugent.

Sally Diamond cannot understand why what she did was so strange. She was only doing what her father told her to do, to put him out with the rubbish when he died. Now Sally is the centre of attention, not only from the media and police, but also a sinister voice from the past. As she begins to discover the horrors of her childhood, recluse Sally steps into the world for the first time, finding independence and learning that people don't always mean what they say. But when messages start arriving from a stranger who knows far more about her past than she knows herself, Sally's life is thrown into chaos once again.
Author: Nugent, Liz
Published: UK : Penguin Books, 2024.
363 pages ; 20 cm
6 reserves

Arcadia Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Onloan - Due: 21 May 2024 - C0000020488874
City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - On order
Didsbury Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - On order

The age of deer : trouble and kinship with our wild neighbours / Erika Howsare.

A stag leaps on an ancient brooch. A doe and a fawn step across a field at first light. A pair of antlers is silhouetted by the side of a busy road. From the earliest cave paintings to the present day, humans and deer have a long and complex history. Royal harts were the coveted quarry of European kings, while the first Americans relied on deer for everything from buckskins to arrow heads. Once hunted to the point of extinction in some parts of the world, deer numbers have exploded in recent years, causing tension between scientists and conservationists. And yet, this is our own story, as the fortune of deer is inextricably bound up with the actions that we humans take on the world around us. Weaving together history and reportage, Erika Howsare explores the relationship between our two species in the line where wildness meets humankind.
Author: Howsare, Erika
Published: London : Icon Books, 2024.
368 pages ; 24 cm

City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 599.65 - Onloan - Due: 04 Jun 2024 - C0000020490169