Supercontinent: Ten Billion Years in the Life of Our Planet

6 best books like Supercontinent: Ten Billion Years in the Life of Our Planet (Ted Nield): American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt, Snowball Earth: The Story of the Great Global Catastrophe That Spawned Life as We Know It, Sister, Facing Up: A Remarkable Journey to the Summit of Mount Everest, Swim, Bike, Run: Our Triathlon Story, Never Greener

American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt

Author	Karen Harper
ISBN	0062748343

Before Meghan and Harry, another American ‘princess’ captured the hand of an English aristocrat. Now, Karen Harper tells the tale of Consuelo Vanderbilt, her “The Wedding of the Century” to the Duke of Marlborough, and her quest to find meaning behind “the glitter and the gold.”

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Snowball Earth: The Story of the Great Global Catastrophe That Spawned Life as We Know It

Author	Gabrielle Walker
ISBN	0609609734

Did the Earth once undergo a super ice age, one that froze the entire planet from the poles to the equator? In Snowball Earth, gifted writer Gabrielle Walker has crafted an intriguing global adventure story, following maverick scientist Paul Hoffman’s quest to prove a theory so audacious and profound...

Sister

Author	Rosamund Lupton
ISBN	0749942010

Nothing can break the bond between sisters ...When Beatrice gets a frantic call in the middle of Sunday lunch to say that her younger sister, Tess, is missing, she boards the first flight home to London. But as she learns about the circumstances surrounding her sister's disappearance, she is stunned...

Facing Up: A Remarkable Journey to the Summit of Mount Everest

Author	Bear Grylls
ISBN	0333903226

"No Western climber or even any Sherpas had been this high, so far this year. We were treading on virgin territory on the ever-changing surface of the glacier. The excitement welled up, and I felt strong. Here I was with those I knew so well, alone and isolated in the rawness and wonder of nature; and it made...

Swim, Bike, Run: Our Triathlon Story

Author	Alistair Brownlee
ISBN	0670923133

Swim, Bike, Run is the ultimate triathlon book, from Olympic heroes the Brownlee brothers

The Olympic Triathlon, Hyde Park, LondonAugust 7th 2012'We jogged to our positions on the pontoon: two brothers, side by side, the world and everyone we ever cared about looking on. Eighteen years of...

Never Greener

Author	Ruth Jones
ISBN	0593078063

In her unmissable debut, actress and screenwriter Ruth Jones shows us the dangers of trying to recapture that which was once lost and failing to realise the beauty of what we already have.

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‘We spend most of our lives wishing we were somewhere else or someone else, or looking...