Nature/Countryside

Nature/Countryside

Nature/Countryside

Nature/Countryside

Nature and the countryside, animals and minerals, gemstones and rocks to birds and beekeeping, Alfred Wainwright and walking to conservation.
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VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE
CHARLES DARWIN    Book Number: 25257
Bibliophile price: £4.99
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Darwin's writings as an independent naturalist on the HMS Beagle between 1831 and 1836 capture the natural world's beauty in his own sublime language. In a travel journal which takes us from the co...
ENDANGERED ANIMALS
MARTIN JENKINS & TOM FROST    Book Number: 90628
Published price: £15
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Probably designed for children aged nine and up, all ages will appreciate the striking graphic stamps from printmaker Tom Frost in his beautiful and illuminating journey through the world of endang...
CHURCHILL'S BESTIARY: His Life Through Animals
PIERS BRENDON    Book Number: 90802
Published price: £20
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'From beak to tail feather and from flipper to fin, this is a book that will long be known, read and savoured.' - James W. Muller of the International Churchill Society. One of Winston Churchill's...
FRAGILE WEB: What Next for Nature?
EDITED BY JONATHAN SILVERTOWN    Book Number: 90833
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Published by the Natural History Museum the author is internationally known for his research on the evolution and ecology of plants. Nature's Web is solar powered driven by the energy that land pl...
NATURE'S TREASUREHOUSE:
JOHN THACKRAY & BOB PRESS    Book Number: 90838
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As well as extensive holdings of books, journals and manuscripts, the Natural History Museum in London has an unparalleled collection of artwork. The Reeves Drawings are one of many examples of th...
ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG NATURALIST
DAVID ATTENBOROUGH    Book Number: 90904
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Welcome paperback reprint of a book first published in 1980 under the title 'The Zoo Quest Expedition: Travels in Guyana, Indonesia and Paraguay.' In 1954 a young David Attenborough had the opport...
JOURNEYS TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD
DAVID ATTENBOROUGH    Book Number: 90905
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A companion to 90904 Adventures of A Young Naturalist, the book was first published in 1981 under the title 'Journeys to the Past: Travels in New Guinea, Madagascar, and the Northern Territory of A...
CHARLES DARWIN: Victorian Mythmaker
A. N. WILSON    Book Number: 90854
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As British biographers go, few can match A.N. Wilson and even fewer when it comes to the Victorian age. Published in the UK in 2017 (this is the US first edition of the same year), this was the fir...
LIFE STORY: Many Lives, One Epic Journey
RUPERT BARRINGTON & M. GUNTON    Book Number: 91039
Published price: £25
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Following the gripping BBC One natural history series, Life Story explains the amazing lengths to which animals will go to secure their future. Packed with dramatic pictures and stills from the pr...
SHARKS: Face-to-Face with the Ocean's Endangered Predator
MICHAEL MULLER    Book Number: 91053
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Take a deep dive with the Great Whites and chart the survival of a species with Michael Muller's call to arms in a book of breakthrough underwater photography. Dr Allison Kock writes about the sha...
COLLECTION 3 BIRD PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
BOB READ, P. STERRY, J. BAKER    Book Number: 91086
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This spectacular book showcases over 200 of the winning and shortlisted images from the third year of the Bird Photographer of the Year competition taken by both experienced photographers to keen a...
REWILDING
EDITED BY DAVID WOODFALL    Book Number: 91100
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Sub-titled 'Real Life Stories of Returning British and Irish Wildlife to Balance', rewilding has become the key talking point in the modern conservation movement. It is still commonly misunderstoo...
WE SWIM TO THE SHARK: Overcoming Fear One Fish At A Time
GEORGIE CODD    Book Number: 91130
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Despite her name, this intrepid explorer had a deep fear of fish, so to overcome her phobia she plots to travel to Thailand, learn to dive and swim with the biggest fish in the world, the mighty wh...
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?
BRIAN CLEGG    Book Number: 91131
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Sub-titled 'The Science of What Makes You You' the book gets right to the heart of what makes us tick. Popular science master Brian Clegg investigates what makes you the unique individual that you...
AGE OF ISLANDS: In Search of New and Disappearing Islands
ALASTAIR BONNETT    Book Number: 91135
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From a 'crannog', an ancient artificial island in a Scottish loch, to the militarised artificial islands China is building in the South China Sea, from the disappearing islands that remain the home...
FIGHT FOR BEAUTY: Our Path to a Better Future
FIONA REYNOLDS    Book Number: 91147
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A passionately written clarion call to all who value the quality of beauty in their surroundings which shines light on those inspired to try to reverse the damage done to wildlife and the landscape...
LIFE FINDS A WAY
ANDREAS WAGNER    Book Number: 91157
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Sub-titled 'What Evolution Teaches Us About Creativity', the book is an impressively brisk intellectual tour through our glory days of early 20th century evolutionary biology. He cuts to the heart...
ELEPHANTS: BIRTH, DEATH & FAMILY IN THE LIVES OF THE GIANTS
HANNA MUMBY    Book Number: 91194
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If you love Planet Earth, you will certainly appreciate the birth, death and family lives of giant elephants. Watching a family out for a swim on a hot day, Hannah Mumby sees grandmothers, mothers...
INTO THE FOREST: Explore A Hidden World
RACHEL BURLINGTON    Book Number: 91422
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We all love silhouette paper cutting and exquisitely designed children's books, and this Scholastic publication is no exception. Step into the forest. A whole world awaits you, under the trees. ...
BACK TO NATURE: How to Love Life and Save It
CHRIS PACKHAM & MEGAN MCCUBBIN    Book Number: 91451
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The pleasantness of our experiences, the extent to which our desires are fulfilled relates to us feeling good, but what is also important for our wellbeing is our ability to function well psycholog...
RHS DO BEES NEED WEEDS?: A Gardener's Collection
GARETH RICHARD & HOLLY FARRELL    Book Number: 91498
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Can a polytunnel be eco-friendly? Is it better to grow native veg than try exotics? What is vegan gardening? Are traditional herb gardens eco-friendly? How can I attract bees and other pollinat...
ILLUSTRATED WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MARINE FISH
AMY-JANE BEER & DEREK HALL    Book Number: 91027
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The story of life on Earth began in the sea which was mostly shallow and very warm and contained a potent blend of the chemicals that were to become the stuff of living organisms. Popularly known ...
ICE AT THE END OF THE WORLD
JON GERTNER    Book Number: 91364
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Sub-titled 'An Epic Journey Into Greenland's Buried Past and Our Perilous Future', this is a riveting and urgent account of the explorers and scientists who are racing to understand the rapidly mel...
VESPER FLIGHTS
HELEN MACDONALD    Book Number: 91411
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By the author of H is for Hawk here is a transcendent collection of essays about the human relationship to nature. A literary cabinet of curiosities about the wonders and oddities of the natural w...
BIG PACIFIC: Passionate Voracious Mysterious Violent
REBECCA TANSLEY    Book Number: 91326
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The Pacific accounts for nearly half the earth's water surface, falling to a depth of seven miles, and this gorgeously illustrated book, divided into the four categories Passionate, Voracious, Myst...
LIFE IN COLD BLOOD: A Natural History
DAVID ATTENBOROUGH    Book Number: 91372
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Amphibians and reptiles were the first vertebrates to venture forth from the seas some 300 million years ago. Exactly when and which kind of fish was the first to make the move is not known with an...
PUBLIC PARKS, PRIVATE GARDENS - PARIS TO PROVENCE
COLTA IVES    Book Number: 91386
Published price: £40
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With masterworks by artists such as Bonnard, Cassatt, Cézanne, Corot, Daumier, Van Gogh, Manet, Matisse, Monet and Seurat, many of these artists were themselves gardeners and they painted parks and...
LOOKING AT BIRDS: An Antidote to Field Guides
JOHN BUSBY    Book Number: 91584
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John Busby was President of the Society of Scottish Artists 1976-79, the RSA and the RSW and has a lifelong interest in wildlife and fascination with birds in particular. In 1989 he began a Seabir...
LIFE IN NATURE
SIR PETER SCOTT    Book Number: 91591
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Sir Peter Scott was the only son of legendary explorer Captain Scott. His godfather was J. M. Barrie and he was married to Elizabeth Jane Howard. He represented GB and Northern Ireland at sailing...
PLANTHUNTER: Truth, Beauty, Chaos and Plants
GEORGINA REID    Book Number: 91612
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A spectacular Thames & Hudson heavyweight publication with bright yellow cloth spine binding, the author began an online publication of the same name where questions about the relationship between ...
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