Small Things Like TheseIt is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces into his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to meet him and encounters the complicit silences of a people controlled by the Church.

His book now shares the story of meeting

Robin Wall Kimmerer leads general readers and scientists alike to an understanding of how mosses live and how their lives are intertwined with the lives of countless other beings

from the highly-regarded

the place that once rejected her

But she can't shake off the question: who exactly is Cynthia Wright

but with minimal hassle for maximum joy

What causes people to continually relive what they most want to forget

as well as everything they've learnt along the way

and each other

Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities and kingdoms

For most of his adult life

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