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World We'll Leave Behind: Grasping the Sustainability Challenge
Paperback,
14/02/2018,
£29.99
£26.99
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
Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
Paperback,
22/02/2018,
£16.99
£15.29
Inner Life of Animals: Surprising Observations of a Hidden World
Paperback,
01/03/2018,
£8.99
£8.09
From the leafy forest floor to the inside of a bee hive, The Inner Life of Animals opens up the animal kingdom like never before. We hear the stories of a grateful humpback whale, of a hedgehog who has nightmares, and of a magpie who commits adultery;
Wood: The Life & Times of Cockshutt Wood
Hardback,
08/03/2018,
£14.99
£13.49
From 'one of the best nature-writers of his generation' (Country Life) and 2017 winner of the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing, this BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week' is the story of a wood - both its natural daily life and its historical times.
Natural History of Selborne
Paperback,
26/05/1977,
£7.99
£7.19
A collection of Gilbert White's letters to the explorer and naturalist Daines Barrington and the eminent zoologist Thomas Pennant - White's intellectual lifelines from his country-village home. This title presents an evocation of the lives of the flora and fauna of eighteenth-century England.
Common Ground
Paperback,
15/02/2016,
£8.99
£8.09
leading us into a whole new way of looking at the world' Michael Palin'Touched by genius' John Lewis-Stempel 'Absolutely mesmerizing, utterly beautiful and engrossing' Joanne HarrisAfter moving from London to a new home in Yorkshire, and about to become a father for the first time, Rob Cowen finds himself in unfamiliar territory.
Towards Mellbreak
Paperback,
05/04/2018,
£8.99
£8.09
After many generations, it is now Harold who runs Ard Farm. Out on the fells, he feels his father's presence, and there is hope that he, his grandmother and his Uncle Joe will be able to take the farm forward and prosper. But their way of life is under threat: farming is undergoing huge change and increasingly harmful intervention.
Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain
Paperback,
15/02/2001,
£12.99
£11.69
From May Day revels and Midsummer fires, to Harvest Home, and Hallowe'en, to the twelve days of Christmas, Ronald Hutton takes us on a fascinating journey through the ritual year in Britain. This comprehensive and engaging study covers the whole sweep of history from the earliest written records to the present day.
Linescapes: Remapping and Reconnecting Britain's Fragmented Wildlife
Paperback,
03/05/2018,
£9.99
£8.99
`Glorious... Political, passionate, perceptive' Robert MacfarlaneOur landscape has been transformed by a vast network of lines, from hedges and walls to railways and power cables. As our lives and our land were fenced in and threaded together, wildlife habitats were cut into ever smaller - and increasingly unviable - fragments.
Mrs Moreau's Warbler: How Birds Got Their Names
Hardback,
03/05/2018,
£16.99
£15.29
Guardian columnist & Springwatch expert Stephen Moss combines detective work, natural history, folklore and first hand observations to explore how birds got their names and our long and eventful relationship with the natural world.
Modern Nature: The Journals of Derek Jarman
Paperback,
03/05/2018,
£9.99
£8.99
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY OLIVIA LAINGIn 1986 Derek Jarman discovered he was HIV positive and decided to make a garden at his cottage on the barren coast of Dungeness.
No. More. Plastic.: What you can do to make a different - the #2minutesolution
Paperback,
03/05/2018,
£6.99
£6.29
'I read this book yesterday and I've done three things today and that is testament to Martin's brilliant vision and ideas. I'm in.' Julia BradburyFind out what you can do, starting today, to make a difference to the plastic crisis - and all it takes is 2 minutes of your time.
Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm
Hardback,
03/05/2018,
£20.00
£18.00
Wilding tells the story of a remarkable experiment: the rewilding of the Knepp Estate in West Sussex, the restoration of natural ecological processes, and the stunning recovery of flora and fauna.
Primate Change: How the world we made is remaking us
Hardback,
20/09/2018,
£16.99
£15.29
This is the road from climate change to primate change.
Blowfish's Oceanopedia: 291 Extraordinary Things You Didn't Know About the Sea
Paperback,
04/10/2018,
£9.99
£8.00
A fascinating and fun-filled book of extraordinary facts about the oceans, seas and waterways of our world.
Turning the Tide on Plastic: How Humanity (And You) Can Make Our Globe Clean Again
Hardback,
26/07/2018,
£12.99
£11.69
An accessible, practical and ultimately inspiring book that not only serves as a much-needed call to arms to end the plastic pandemic, but gives useful tools on how to make meaningful change in our everyday lives and advice on how to demand long-lasting action.
Turning the Tide on Plastic: How Humanity (And You) Can Make Our Globe Clean Again
Paperback,
11/12/2018,
£8.99
£8.09
An accessible, practical and ultimately inspiring book that not only serves as a much-needed call to arms to end the plastic pandemic, but gives useful tools on how to make meaningful change in our everyday lives and advice on how to demand long-lasting action.
Springwatch: The 2019 Almanac
Hardback,
20/09/2018,
£12.99
£11.69
`Beautiful, fun, a great book... the best book ever written!' - Chris Evans`It is a brilliant book, a toolkit, packed full of information - even I learnt a few new things!' - Chris Packham Explore the world outside your window.
Ghost Trees: Nature and People in a London Parish
Hardback,
18/10/2018,
£14.99
£13.49
The story of a city landscape told through its trees, both past and present.
Invention of Sustainability: Nature and Destiny, c.1500-1870
Hardback,
12/07/2018,
£34.99
£31.49
This ground breaking study of one of the defining political problems of our era traces the development of ideas about sustainability from the sixteenth century, showing how it became a social and political problem, and addressing questions of how we should think about sustainability today.
You Are Here: A Brief Guide to the World
Hardback,
18/10/2018,
£12.99
£11.69
A celebration of the vital role of geography in our understanding of the big issues facing humanity and the planet today
Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet
Paperback,
04/02/2008,
£9.99
£8.99
An eye-opening and vital account of the future of our earth, and our civilisation, if current rates of global warming persist, by the highly acclaimed author of `High Tide'.
Battle To Do Good: Inside McDonald's Sustainability Journey
Hardback,
19/01/2019,
£16.99
£15.29
In The Battle to Do Good, former McDonald's Executive Bob Langert takes readers on a behind-the-scenes tour of the restaurant giant's decades-long battle to do good, tackling tricky societal issues all while feeding 70 million people a day while attending to the bottom line.
Build Your Own Earth Oven: A Low-Cost Wood-Fired Mud Oven; Simple Sourdough Bread; Perfect Loaves
Paperback,
27/04/2007,
£12.99
£11.69
Falcon
Paperback,
01/09/2016,
£8.99
£8.09
In 'Falcon', bestselling natural history writer Helen Macdonald ranges across the globe and over many millennia, taking in natural history, myth and legend, falconry, science and conservation, and falcons in the military, in urban settings and the corporate world.
Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazards
Paperback,
28/01/2014,
£29.95
£26.96
Combines examples from Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Europe with theoretical and conceptual frameworks for anticipating, preparing for, and responding to disasters. This title is suitable for those interested in improving risk reduction and adaptation strategies to extreme events.
Landmarks
Paperback,
05/05/2016,
£9.99
£8.99
Words are grained into our landscapes, and landscapes are grained into our words. Landmarks is about the power of language to shape our sense of place. This is a guide to literature of nature, and a glossary containing thousands of remarkable words used in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales to describe land, nature and weather.
H is for Hawk
Paperback,
26/02/2015,
£9.99
£8.99
As a child, Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer, learning the arcane terminology and reading all the classic books. Years later, when her father died and she was struck deeply by grief, she became obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk.
Planet Earth, the Future
Paperback,
05/10/2006,
£7.99
£7.19
Serves as a reminder of what needs to be done - and what can be done - to keep Planet Earth alive.
Fair Trade Scandal: Marketing Poverty to Benefit the Rich
Paperback,
10/01/2014,
£17.99
£16.19
A provocative and deeply informative exploration of the Fair Trade phenomenon, suitable for specialists and non-specialists alike.
Introducing Environment
7,
01/03/2007,
£24.99
£22.49
Introducing Environment takes the reader on a guided tour of some of the major environmental issues of our time. It is the ideal text for anyone new to environmental science and ecology looking to master the essentials in a quick, straightforward way.
Call of the White: Taking the World to the South Pole
Paperback,
07/03/2011,
£8.99
£8.09
In 2009, Felicity Aston led a team of 'ordinary' women - some of whom had never even seen snow or slept in a tent before - on a 900 km skiing trek across the Antarctic, one of the toughest journeys on the planet. Despite eighty-mile-an-hour winds, deadly crevasses, frostbite and injuries, the expedition broke six World Records.
Ecology and Historical Materialism
7,
03/07/2000,
£18.99
£17.09
This book presents a systematic challenge to the widely-held view that Marxism is unable to deal with environmental issues.
Consider a Spherical Cow
Paperback,
01/12/1988,
£25.99
£23.39
"This book should be read and used by all students of environmental studies, and should be an important acquisition for any research, teaching, or general academic library." Choice
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