SIMON BARNES

A funny, romantic, evocative novel set against the safari tourism business in East Africa, written by an award-winning journalist. After the death of his beloved, bankrupt gambler of a father, Dan Lynch follows his university degree in zoology to a... Lire la suite

Simon Barnes is the leading sports writer on horses in Britain. This is a selection of his work. Whether writing in The Times about the extraordinary racing operation of Sheikh Mohammed, or the achievements of the Riding for the Disabled movement,... Lire la suite

A wonderfully engaging novel about a man and the horse he falls in love with – the idiosyncratic Miss Chance. ‘Get a motorbike. Get laid. The order doesn’t matter.’ When teacher Mark Brown’s celebrated wife leaves him, his best friend Callum... Lire la suite

Memories of expat life in pre-handover Hong Kong. Lyrical, wry, amusing, deceptively gentle, Simon Barnes’s second novel packs a powerful punch after it has crept up on the reader with the narrator’s fond reminiscences of expat life in pre-handover... Lire la suite

Praise for The Green Planet (BBC One) 'David Attenborough's gobsmacking, awe-inspiring return' The Guardian 'The Green Planet reveals the secret lives of plants in the same way The Blue Planet opened our eyes to the oceans' New Scientist There's... Lire la suite

An exquisite edition of The History of the World in 100 Animals by author and journalist Simon Barnes, adapted and abridged for younger readers, with superb illustrations by award-winning artist, Frann Preston-Gannon, illustrator of I Am the Seed... Lire la suite

**'This may conceivably be Barnes’s best work yet' Marcus Berkmann, Daily Mail ‘For 30 years I was the voice of sport at The Times – but that’s enough about me. What matters is sport.’** This is an autobiography from which the author, award-winning... Lire la suite

The Horsey Life is a book which takes you right to the heart of the world of horses and those that love them.

Simon Barnes brings together his 50 sporting heroes of the last 50 years and looks at what it is that elevates them to a state of grace and greatness.

In 1915 the Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves (later to become The Wildlife Trusts) published a list of 284 places in Britain and Ireland 'worthy of preservation' as permanent nature reserves. The list was the brainchild of the Society's... Lire la suite

Warum singen Vögel? Was versuchen sie zu sagen? Warum bedeutet es uns so viel, ihren Gesang zu hören und zu verstehen? Vom Rotkehlchen bis zur Nachtigall, von Frühjahr bis Winter, vom Unterschied zwischen Gesang und Ruf? – dieses Buch bietet einen... Lire la suite

Learn the venture capital process and industry from the inside-out In Building Value: The Business of Venture Capital, renowned professor and venture capital (VC) firm partner Simon Barnes delivers an easy-to-read guide to the often-mysterious world... Lire la suite