There are sixteen chapters, starting with the Northern Hemisphere 20,000 years ago and concluding with Ediacaran Earth 550 million years ago.

Halliday’s approach is to drop in on specific moments in time on this planet and then create a reconstruction of what that would have looked like.Įach reproduction is detailed, beautifully imagined and vividly portrayed by this scientist with an extraordinary writing talent. That is a remarkable achievement when you consider that if the entire 4.5 billion years of our geological history were condensed into just one hour, then human history would only last two thousandths of a second. Otherlands succeeds in covering millions of years of paleobiological history and life on earth in a way that is more accessible and enlightening than any previous written attempt to do this that I can think of. Which Domestic Noir Novel Should You Read? Take Our Quiz to Find Out!.Best Domestic Noir Novels – 20+ Brilliant Books about Household Horrors and Domestic Just Desserts.The 2023 Pulitzers Are Announced: See the Books, Drama and Music Award Winners.100 Police Procedurals Every Crime Addict Must Read.Summer Reads - Feast Your Eyes on LoveReading's Ever-Growing List of Summer Reading Recommendations.Debut God’s Children Are Little Broken Things by Arinze Ifeakandu takes the 2023 Dylan Thomas Prize.20 Exceptional Books by Transgender and Non-Binary Writers – Novels and Non-Fiction That’ll Enthral You, Entertain You, Move You and Mend You.The Best Food & Drink Books Announced At Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards 2023.2023 CWA Dagger Shortlists Revealed - CWA Chair Maxim Jakubowski Talks to Liz Robinson About Them.60 spectacular LGBTQIA+ books to read this Pride Month and every month.May Bookshop Chat - Books With Buzz May 2023.2023 British Book Awards Are Celebrated At Star-Studded Ceremony - We Love The #Nibbies.Put Your Feet up and Catch up on Our May Summary of Highlights and Reading Recommendations.

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