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'Mind-shifting, heart-lifting' ISABELLA TREE 'Inspiring and essential' ALASTAIR HUMPHREYS 'As entertaining as it is enlightening' INDEPENDENT, ????? Nature isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity. But today the majority of the world’s population lives in some form of urban environment. And by 2050, two-thirds of humanity will live in towns and cities. Studies have shown that a daily walk in the woods can improve our health and happiness, that those who can observe a natural scene through a hospital window will recover faster. The sound of birds, the smell of tree oils, the presence of free-flowing water – these are all vital to our wellbeing. So as the human footprint of brick, concrete and metal expands, how do we protect our connection to the natural world? In Wild Cities, Chris Fitch leads us around the world in search of answers, visiting pioneering cities and meeting the people working at the forefront of this issue. From the tiny urban forests in Tokyo and the star-rich skies of Flagstaff, to the meandering river of Munich and lions prowling through gardens in Nairobi, this is a globe-spanning look at how to bring nature into the places we live – and how to create the wild cities of the future.

'Mind-shifting, heart-lifting' ISABELLA TREE'Inspiring and essential' ALASTAIR HUMPHREYSNature isn't a luxury, it's a necessity. But today the majority of the world's population lives in some form of urban environment. And by 2050, two-thirds of humanity will live in towns and cities.

'AN ORIGINAL AND TIMELY ODYSSEY INTO OUR MYSTERIOUS UNDERWORLD . . . THRILLING PROOF THAT SCIENCE AND IMAGINATION SHARE THE GROUND BENEATH OUR FEET' Nicholas Crane, presenter of BBC2's Coast and Great British JourneysIf you were to peel back the Earth's surface like an orange, then take a sly peek underneath, what extraordinary things would you see?Subterranea is where the world's remaining mysteries are yet to be found. For millennia, across nations and cultures, it has been a hotbed of fantastical stories. It's where humans have kept their most sacred treasures and their darkest secrets. It's where we have found evidence of our past and may, at some point, find an escape route for our uncertain future. But what would we find there today? From the underground cities of Cappadocia to smuggling tunnels on the US-Mexico border, caves full of tiny blind dragons and a seed vault located 1300km inside the Arctic circle, Subterranea demonstrates that the world below our feet is every bit as vivid and evocative as the world we see around us. Lavishly illustrated and replete with maps and photographs of little-explored locations, Subterranea is the unique, untold and utterly unforgettable story of our planet from the inside.

50 stunning maps reveal our globalized world like never before. Explore how cities are expanding beyond the reach of their nations, uncover the ways bananas, cobalt and water bottles link the most unlikely of places, and discover how modern phenomena such as messenger apps and sharing platforms are changing not just our interactions, but how we interconnect.Globalography uncovers the myriad ways we can now connect with one another and in doing so, showcases the radical way globalization is transforming our world.

Platser som ännu inte påverkats av mänsklig aktivitet är sällsynta. Den vilda, oförstörda naturen inger både respekt, vördnad och ibland rädsla.Följ med genom ohygglig vildmark och ogästvänliga miljöer till några av jordens mest extrema, oförutsägbara och fascinerande platser. Från avlägsna djungler fulla av exotiska fåglar till jordens nordligaste utpost.Chris Fitch besöker övergivna platser, som Tjernobyl, där naturen på senare år fritt har fått breda ut sig utan mänsklig inverkan. Han utforskar häpnadsväckande fenomen som blixtgenererande sjöar, det magnetiska berget Jabuka och sandbanken till ön Modo som två gånger om året reser sig ur havet.Med vackra kartor och spektakulära fotografier bjuder Atlas över vilda platser på en fängslande resa till jordens mest osannolika och outforskade ställen. På Lind & Cofinns sedan tidigare även Atlas över ovanliga platser. CHRIS FITCH är skribent för Geographical, Royal Geographical Societys tidskrift. Han växte upp bland de vilda regnskogarna på Guadalcanal, Salomonöarna, men bor numer i London.