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Environmental Protection: What Everyone Needs to Know (R)
Paperback,
31/03/2017,
£10.99
£9.89
Environmental Protection: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) helps readers to access and navigate the robust system of environmental laws that have emerged to check the deleterious impact of human activity on the natural environment. Using concrete examples to cover historical background as well as contemporary scientific, legal, and economic topics, the book explores hot-button current issues from nanopollution to climate change.
Vibrant Matter: A Political Ecology of Things
Paperback,
04/01/2010,
£18.99
£17.09
Theorizes the political agency of things and natural phenomena-such as trash, food, weather, and electricity-to examine how non-human elements exert force on human politics and social relations.
Letters to a Beekeeper
Hardback,
20/07/2017,
£20.00
£18.00
Tells the story of how, over the course of a year, Alys, the Guardian gardening writer, learns how to keep bees; and Steve, the urban beekeeper, learns how to plant a pollinator-friendly garden. Part coffee-table book, part manifesto, this is a collection of advice, tips and ideas for growing food and keeping pollinators well fed.
Park Life: The Memoirs of a Royal Parks Gamekeeper
Hardback,
13/07/2017,
£16.99
£15.29
'Retire? You can't retire!', Sir David Attenborough told John Bartram, when the man who has been gamekeeper and senior wildlife officer for Richmond Park for the past thirty years announced his intention to step away from the role, bidding farewell to the iconic park which has been his home and way of life for so long.
Bear Grylls Survival Skills: Hiking
Paperback,
15/06/2017,
£6.99
£6.29
Embark on an amazing hiking adventure with Bear Grylls
Learn how to cross a river, forge a trail, and how to stay safe while out hiking
Includes step-by-step instructions and tips from Bear.
The must-have survival guide for all young explorers from chief scout, adventurer, writer and television presenter, Bear Grylls.
Coast: Our Island Story: A Journey of Discovery Around Britain's Coastline
Paperback,
01/06/2012,
£12.99
£9.00
Along our shores, towering cliffs from the age of the dinosaurs rise beside wide estuaries teeming with wildlife, while Victorian ports share waterfronts with imposing fortifications. And the people, who have lived, worked and played on this spectacular coast - from Stone Age fishermen to seafarers, chart-makers and surfers.
Abandoned: The most beautiful and forgotten places from around the world
Hardback,
27/07/2017,
£13.99
£12.59
From the empty magical theatres of Detroit to the lost playgrounds of Chernobyl, there are places across the globe that were once a hub of activity, but are now abandoned and in decay. This book showcases the very best photographs from around the world documenting this phenomenon.
Aquaculture:the ecological issues
Paperback,
11/04/2003,
£22.50
£20.25
Aquaculture is a fast-growing industry that provides food and income to millions of people. This title aims to give an account of the scale and diversity of aquaculture and the impact that it has on habitats and ecosystems throughout the world.
Real global warming disaster
Paperback,
01/11/2010,
£17.99
£16.19
Interweaves the science of global warming with that of its growing political consequences, showing how just when the politicians are threatening to change our Western way of life beyond recognition, the scientific evidence behind the global warming theory is being challenged like never before.
Ladders to Heaven: How Fig Trees Shaped Our History, Fed Our Imaginations, and Can Enrich Our Future
Hardback,
08/09/2016,
£16.99
£15.29
They are trees of life and trees of knowledge. Thanks to this deal, figs sustain more species of birds and mammals than any other trees, making them vital to rainforests. The story of the fig trees stretches back tens of millions of years, but it is as relevant to our future as it is to our past.
An English Guide to Birdwatching
Paperback,
25/05/2017,
£9.99
£5.00
Nicholas Royle's magnificent second novel combines a page-turning story about literary theft, adultery and ambition with a deeply moving investigation into our relationship to birds and the environment.
Bear Grylls Survival Skills: First Aid
Paperback,
07/09/2017,
£6.99
£6.29
The must-have survival guide for all young explorers from chief scout, adventurer, writer and televsion presenter, Bear Grylls. Embark on an amazing adventure with Bear Grylls as you learn the survival skills to stay safe in the wild and be able to cope in all situations.
Wild Kingdom: Bringing Back Britain's Wildlife
Paperback,
13/04/2017,
£9.99
£8.99
Shortlisted for THE WAINWRIGHT BOOK PRIZE 2017 Can Britain make room for wildlife? Stephen Moss travels the length and breadth of the UK, from the remote archipelago of St Kilda to our inner cities, to witness at first-hand how our wild creatures are faring and ask how we can bring back Britain's wildlife.
Where Poppies Blow
Paperback,
14/09/2017,
£9.99
£8.99
The natural history of the Western Front during the First World War by the award-winning author of Meadowland.
Foxes Unearthed: A Story of Love and Loathing in Modern Britain
Paperback,
16/03/2017,
£9.99
£8.99
The rich and fascinating tale of one of Britain's most loved - and most vilified - wild animals: the fox.
Fingers in the Sparkle Jar: A Memoir
Paperback,
06/04/2017,
£10.99
£9.89
Every minute was magical, every single thing it did was fascinating and everything it didn't do was equally wondrous, and to be sat there, with a Kestrel, a real live Kestrel, my own real live Kestrel on my wrist!
Sky Full of Birds
Paperback,
01/06/2017,
£8.99
£8.09
'Prose from a poet and a personal take on the spectacles' Chris Packham, author of Fingers in the Sparkle JarShortlisted for Richard Jefferies Society & White Horse Bookshop Literary Prize 2017Longlisted for the Wainwright Prize 2017Britain is a nation of bird-lovers.
Country Matters
Paperback,
30/09/2016,
£12.00
£10.80
In this book Claire Leighton takes us on a tour of her favourite country subjects, including primrose picking, the local pub, tramps and the flower show.
Snow
Hardback,
06/10/2016,
£12.00
£10.80
Like the six sides of a snowflake, the book has six chapters which explore the art, literature and science of snow, as well as Marcus Sedgwick's own experiences and memories.
Arboreal: A Collection of Words from the Woods
Hardback,
21/10/2016,
£20.00
£18.00
Bringing together the finest and best-known names in contemporary writing, a new, landmark anthology which explores the many strands of what woodlands mean to us.
Love, Madness, Fishing: A Memoir
Hardback,
07/04/2016,
£15.00
£13.50
Peopled by extraordinary characters, Love, Madness, Fishing is an unsentimental biography of growing up on the Kent/Sussex border in the 60s and 70s, told through the author's love for fishing.
Tree
Hardback,
10/10/2016,
£12.00
£10.80
As lyrical and precise as Fowles' novels, The Tree is a provocative meditation on the connection between the natural world and human creativity, and also a rejection of the idea that nature should be tamed for human purpose.
Fat of the Land
Paperback,
01/02/2017,
£14.00
£12.60
John Seymour's book about his, and his family's, life on the land in Suffolk; an optimistic and pragmatic vision of a different sort of life and the precursor to his best-selling Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency.
My House of Sky: A Life of J A Baker
Hardback,
14/10/2017,
£20.00
£18.00
This is the first book about the enigmatic author J A Baker, author of The Peregrine.
Limestone Country
Hardback,
30/05/2017,
£15.00
£13.50
A book about farming, wildlife, culture and the personal experience of living in limestone country.
Farmer's Glory
Paperback,
05/10/2017,
£15.00
£13.50
A pen portrait of a farming life in southern England and in western Canada.
Nature of Autumn
Hardback,
01/08/2016,
£12.99
£11.69
An intimate - and deeply personal - portrait of a moody and majestic British autumn.
Secret Life of the Owl
Hardback,
19/10/2017,
£8.99
£8.09
But owls - with the sapient flatness of their faces, their big, round eyes, their paternal expressions - are also reassuringly familiar. We see them as wise, like Athena's owl, and loyal, like Harry Potter's Hedwig. In The Secret Life of the Owl, John Lewis-Stempel explores the legends and history of the owl.
Robin: A Biography
Hardback,
02/11/2017,
£12.99
£11.69
No other bird is quite so ever-present and familiar, so embedded in our culture, as the robin. At the same time we trace the robin's relationship with us: how did this particular bird - one of more than 300 species in its huge and diverse family - find its way so deeply and permanently into our nation's heart and its social and cultural history?
Woods: A Celebration
Hardback,
07/09/2017,
£20.00
£18.00
From Dean to Epping and Hatfield to Sherwood, this beautiful tribute to the natural history of our iconic British woodlands covers the natural history of our forests, the unique species and animals that inhabit them, and how they have changed the face of our landscape.
Atlas of Untamed Places: An extraordinary journey through our wild world
Hardback,
27/09/2017,
£20.00
£14.00
An intrepid journey through fearsome landscapes, feral environments, and the untouched and inhospitable wildernesses that make up the world's wildest places.
South Country
Paperback,
08/06/2009,
£14.00
£12.60
Acutely sensitive to rhythms of the countryside, Edward Thomas's lyrical, passionate, and sometimes political writing merges natural history with folk culture, and gives us a free-form record of the feelings and observations of one of the great poets of the English language. First published 1909 by J.M. Dent & Sons
Four Hedges
Paperback,
14/05/2010,
£14.00
£12.60
Clare Leighton was one of the finest engravers of the twentieth century. This is the story of the garden she carved from meadowland deep in the Chiltern Hills in the 1930s.
Through The Woods: H E Bates
Paperback,
06/08/2009,
£12.00
£10.80
Set in Kent, the author returns to those trees of his youth to breath life into the changing character of a single woodland year. He reveals how precious they are to the English countryside.
Making Of The English Landscape
Paperback,
01/05/2013,
£16.00
£14.40
W.G. Hoskins was one of the most original and influential historians of the 20th century. He realized that landscapes are the richest record we have of the past, and with his masterpiece, The Making of the English Landscape, he changed forever how we experience the places we live and work.
Natural History Of Selborne
Paperback,
12/11/2014,
£15.00
£13.50
A century before Charles Darwin, decades before the French Revolution, Gilbert White began his lifelong habit of measuring and observing the world around his Hampshire home.
Principles and Practice of Soil Science - the Soil as a Natural Resource 4ed
Paperback,
08/08/2005,
£51.50
£46.35
* Fully revised and updated to provide a comprehensive introduction to soil science. * Covers all aspects of soil science including soil habitat, processes in the soil environment and soil management. * Emphasizes the applications of soil science to the solution of practical problems in soil and land management.
Vital Signs Volume 22: The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future
Paperback,
15/09/2015,
£18.99
£17.09
What we make and buy is a major indicator of society's collective priorities. Vital Signs Volume 22 explores significant global patterns in production and consumption. The book examines developments in six main areas: energy, environment and climate, transportation, food and agriculture, global economy and resources, and population and society.
Jane Austen's England: A Walking Guide
Paperback,
30/10/2017,
£9.99
£8.99
This is an engaging account of Austen's life and work, arranged as a series of walking tours through the towns and countryside she knew and loved - the settings for her novels.
Wild Book: Outdoor Activities to Unleash Your Inner Child
Hardback,
02/11/2017,
£16.99
£11.89
Fun, easy-to-do outdoor activities to unleash your inner child.
Daily Telegraph book of the weather
Paperback,
20/02/2003,
£14.99
£10.49
Three strands mark the progress of the weather/climate story through history and into the future: its effect on human life; our desire to predict it; and our inability to control it whilst inadvertently changing it. This book traces these strands through history.
Nature of Winter
Hardback,
28/09/2017,
£12.99
£9.09
Jim Crumley ventures into our countryside to experience firsthand the chaos and the quiet solitude of nature's rest period. He bears witness to the lives of remarkable animals such as golden eagles, red deer and even whales as they battle intemperate weather and the turbulence of climate change.
Blue Planet II
Hardback,
19/10/2017,
£30.00
£27.00
The perfect Christmas gift for the nature-lover in your lifeTake a deep breath and dive into the mysteries of the ocean. Blue Planet II, which accompanies an epic 7-part series on BBC1, is a ground-breaking new look at the richness and variety of underwater life across our planet.
World We'll Leave Behind: Grasping the Sustainability Challenge
Paperback,
14/02/2018,
£32.99
£29.69
Natural Hazards: Explanation and Integration 2ed
Paperback,
26/04/2017,
£44.99
£40.49
Revised edition of: Natural hazards: explanation and integration / Graham A. Tobin and Burrell E. Montz. c1997.
Peregrine: The Hill of Summer & Diaries: The Complete Works of J. A. Baker
Paperback,
26/03/2015,
£9.99
£8.99
Reissue of J. A. Baker's extraordinary classic of British nature writing
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