Stowaway : The Disreputable Exploits of the Rat, Joe Shute

Stowaway : The Disreputable Exploits of the Rat, Joe ShuteNew Paperback Plague carriers. Filth spreaders. Villains. Vermin. No animal is more maligned than the rat or more misunderstood. Rats inspire fear and fascination in equal measure everyone has a rat story. In Stowaway, Joe Shute travels to some of the most heavily infested cities in the world to unpick the myths we tell ourselves about our rodent neighbours. From sub Saharan Africa to the Rocky Mountains, he delves into the hidden world rats inhabit

the twisted roads we take to achieve forgiveness and redemption

though not failing to give allied nations their due

brings together a fascinating range of characters

About the experience of violence

But one remains: the reclusive Mr Norrell

In Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal

his opposition to tradition

by the Sunday Times and New York Times-bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree

look at how sheep farming has shaped the landscape over the centuries

But all journeys must end and when the couple return to civilisation they find that four walls feel like a prison

Roman general Flavius Stilicho

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