The GreywackeAdam Sedgwick was a priest and scholar. Roderick Murchison was a retired soldier. Charles Lapworth was a schoolteacher. It was their personal and intellectual rivalry, pursued on treks through Wales, Scotland, Cornwall, Devon and parts of western Russia, that revealed the narrative structure of the Paleozoic Era, the 300 million year period during which life on Earth became recognisably itself. Nick Davidson follows in their footsteps and draws on

his penguin

Which side would you be on

Joining just after the 9/11 attacks

We are the only species in earth's long history that has single-handedly changed the entire planet

'The New Silk Roads' brings this story up to date

For fans of Elizabeth Strout and Anne Tyler comes a brilliantly provocative novel from the Richard and Judy Book Club and Number One bestselling author Anna Quindlen

his presence hypnotizes Carver

just by taking out critical choke points - industrial or transportation hubs - cripple the enemy and make war far less lethal

In 'A Brief History of Germany'

Tyne and Wear

and knitted

soon after