The autobiographical novel of a journey from the British colony of Trinidad to the ancient countryside of England.

A moving and beautiful novel of the transformation of rural England. Taking its title from the strangely frozen picture by surrealist painter Giorgio de Chirico, the Enigma of Arrival is the story of a young Indian from the Crown Colony of Trinidad who arrives in post-imperial England and consciously, over many years, finds himself as a writer. As he does so, he also observes t...(展开全部)

Darwin’s theory of natural selection explains how useful adaptations are preserved over time. But the biggest mystery about evolution eluded him. As genetics pioneer Hugo de Vries put it, “natural selection may explain the survival of the fittest, but it cannot explain the arrival of the fittest.” Can random mutations over a mere 3.8 billion years really be responsible for wing...(展开全部)

The power of Darwin's theory of natural selection is beyond doubt, it explains how useful adaptations are preserved over generations. But evolution's biggest mystery eluded Darwin: how those adaptations arise in the first place. Can random mutations over a 3.8 billion years be solely responsible for wings, eyeballs, knees, photosynthesis, and the rest of nature's creative marve...(展开全部)

A groundbreaking current affairs book documenting the largest population move in human history, as a third of the world’s people migrate into cities, rupturing societies across the globe.

“Natural selection can preserve innovations, but it cannot create them. Nature’s many innovations—some uncannily perfect—call for natural principles that accelerate life’s ability to innovate.” Darwin’s theory of natural selection explains how useful adaptations are preserved over time. But the biggest mystery about evolution eluded him. As genetics pioneer Hugo de Vries put it...(展开全部)

A groundbreaking current affairs book documenting the largest population move in human history, as a third of the world’s people migrate into cities, rupturing societies across the globe.

This is a companion volume to The Arrival, comprising 50 pages of my preliminary sketches, research materials and commentary on the evolution of this project. It is currently part of a special boxed edition of The Arrival produced by Hachette Australia, from September 2010. For further information, visit the Hachette Website.

This is a companion volume to The Arrival, comprising 50 pages of my preliminary sketches, research materials and commentary on the evolution of this project. It is currently part of a special boxed edition of The Arrival produced by Hachette Australia, from September 2010. For further information, visit the Hachette Website.

A powerfully argued work that combines reporting, sociology, economics, and urban studies to show how the migration of workers from villages to urban centers has become one of the most significant forces in the world today. For the first time in history, there are now more people in the world living in cities than in rural areas, and many of them are clustering on the urban o...(展开全部)