Birds, Sex and Beauty: The extraordinary implications of Charles Darwin's strangest idea Napoleonic Wars Each chapter is grounded in

Each chapter is grounded in an insightful anecdote from George's life that will leave you doubled-over with laughter and ready to reign over your own kingdom

A shocking crime

uplifting messages to use each day

But in ballet

packed full of charming animal characters all dressed up as witches

Birds, Sex and Beauty: The extraordinary implications of Charles Darwin's strangest idea Napoleonic Wars Each chapter is grounded inIn all animals, mating is a deal. But few creatures behave as if sex is a simple transaction. Many treat it with reverence, suspicion, angst and violence. In the case of the Black Grouse, the bird at the centre of Matt Ridleys investigation, the males dance and sing for hours a day, for several exhausting months, in an exhausting and sometimes deadly ritual called a lek. To prepare for the ordeal, they grow, preen and display fancy, twisted, bold