Otherlands: A World in the Making

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Journey through Earth's mesmerizing prehuman epochs.

Imagine setting foot in a time machine, not just to observe, but to feel the pulse of ancient Earth beneath you—that's "Otherlands" for you. Each page is like a portal, rich with vivid descriptions so tactile, you might just hear the flutter of prehistoric wings. It's not just a history lesson; it's an immersive experience crafted to connect your heartbeat to the primordial wonders of our planet. For those with a curiosity about Earth's former selves, "Otherlands" is a treasure trove that brings the deep past into poignant, breathtaking focus.

  • The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee for Longlist (2022)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Otherlands: A World in the Making

Regular price $11.90
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ISBN: 9780141991146
Authors: Thomas Halliday
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date of Publication: 2023-02-02
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Science, History, Nature
Goodreads rating: 4.12
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A dazzlingly original, lyrical and epic encounter with the Earth as it used to be. This is the past as we've never seen it before. Otherlands is an epic, exhilarating journey into deep time, showing us the Earth as it used to exist, and the worlds that were here before ours. Travelling back in time to the dawn of complex life, and across all seven continents, award-winning young palaeobiologist Thomas Halliday gives us a mesmerizing up close encounter with eras that are normally unimaginably distant. Halliday immerses us in a series of ancient landscapes, from the mammoth steppe in Ice Age Alaska to the lush rainforests of Eocene Antarctica, with its colonies of giant penguins, to Ediacaran Australia, where the moon is far brighter than ours today. We visit the birthplace of humanity; we hear the crashing of the highest waterfall the Earth has ever known; and we watch as life emerges again after the asteroid hits, and the age of the mammal dawns. These lost worlds seem fantastical and yet every description - whether the colour of a beetle's shell, the rhythm of pterosaurs in flight or the lingering smell of sulphur in the air - is grounded in the fossil record. Otherlands is a staggering imaginative feat: an emotional narrative that underscores the tenacity of life - yet also the fragility of seemingly permanent ecosystems, including our own. To read
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Journey through Earth's mesmerizing prehuman epochs.

Imagine setting foot in a time machine, not just to observe, but to feel the pulse of ancient Earth beneath you—that's "Otherlands" for you. Each page is like a portal, rich with vivid descriptions so tactile, you might just hear the flutter of prehistoric wings. It's not just a history lesson; it's an immersive experience crafted to connect your heartbeat to the primordial wonders of our planet. For those with a curiosity about Earth's former selves, "Otherlands" is a treasure trove that brings the deep past into poignant, breathtaking focus.

  • The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee for Longlist (2022)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.