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The former Bishop of Edinburgh returns with a history of the universe and the ways we try to make meaning of it, and in the process takes a personal journey into his own beliefs. Waiting for the Last Bus and Leaving Alexandria were both Sunday Times bestsellers; the latter won the PEN/Ackerley Prize and was shortlisted for the Orwell PrizePerfect for readers of Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything, Andrew Marr's A History of the World, and Karen Armstrong's A Short History of Myth"
Richard Holloway was Bishop of Edinburgh and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church. A former Gresham Professor of Divinity and Chairman of the Joint Board of the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen, he is a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Leaving Alexandria won the PEN/Ackerley Prize and was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize. His most recent book, Waiting for the Last Bus, was a Sunday Times bestseller.