The Golden Mole

by Katherine Rundell

ISBN: 9780571395316

Published: 2025-09-11

A lavish edition of Katherine Rundell's gloriously illustrated and fascinating bestiary, featuring three new additions to the treasure trove of vanishing wonders. 'Exquisite and timely.' Maggie O'Farrell 'A rare and magical book. I didn't want it to end.' Bill Bryson 'A witty, intoxicating paean to Earth's wondrous creatures.' Observer 'A total miracle.' Max Porter A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES AND FOYLES BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING The world is more astonishing, more miraculous and more wonderful than our wildest imaginings. A pangolin's tongue is longer than its body. It keeps it furled in a nifty pouch near the hip. A swift flies 200,000 miles in its lifetime. That's far enough to get to the moon and back -- then back to the moon. There's a fable that storks deliver babies. In fact, the Nazis used them to air-drop propaganda. A lavishly illustrated compendium of the staggering lives of some of the...