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Out now in paperback: Shelly

Paul Chambers鈥檚 A Sheltered Life: The unexpected history of the giant tortoise (John Murray, 拢8.99) will probably prove to be an elegy. Sadly, the giant tortoises mostly disappeared 2 million years ago, surviving only as small populations on the Galapagos and other islands, and are unlikely to last much longer. Very readable and full of engrossing anecdotes.

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