The books are exciting, barmy, hilarious, clever, original, accessible, heartwarming and wonderfully well written.
But it would be unfortunate if Mr Wright's attention-grabbing conclusion were to obscure his accomplishment in giving us an original, accessible and thought-provoking view of history.
His original, accessible history explains how we came to understand our microbe inheritance and the relatedness of all organisms on Earth.
This book is an original, accessible, and thought-provoking introduction to the severe and broad-ranging challenges that climate change presents and how societies can respond.
It's a show that's a bit off the beaten path and features a family of original, accessible characters with good stories behind them, with blood and guts and comedy and drama.
Two of this year's crop address important if unfamiliar areas of scientific endeavour in a refreshingly original and accessible manner: Nicolas Harberd's Seed to Seed (Bloomsbury) on plant genetics, and Jonathan Silvertown's Demons in Eden (University of Chicago Press) on plant diversity.
Goldhagen's book has its uses, but today we need something decidedly better: a book on anti-Semitism that combines original reporting, accessible writing and a sense of restraint.
The prize, awarded to the best, most original, most accessible English-language novel by a woman anywhere in the world, will be the last to carry the Orange imprimatur, after the communications company ended its sponsorship after 17 years.
(Negotiations are still under way, but Peter Gelb, the general manager of the Met, says, "He's the type of composer that we in the opera world, and in the classical world, are always looking for someone who is both original and accessible, and who has the potential to be instantly appealing").
(Negotiations are still under way, but Peter Gelb, the general manager of the Met, says, "He's the type of composer that we in the opera world, and in the classical world, are always looking for — someone who is both original and accessible, and who has the potential to be instantly appealing").
Although he wrote comparatively little orchestral music, what he did write sounds like a cross between Mendelssohn and Jerome Kern, with music alternating between long, often melodramatic phrases (heralding what Wagner would do in the decades to come) and rousing folk-inspired rhythms, resulting in something highly original and accessible.
