Subjects include picking primroses, the local pub, tramps and the village flower show. With senses well attuned to her part of Southern England in the Chiltern Hills, Leighton gently explores rural cu
Next to nothing was known about Baker until an archive of his material was found. Now it has been possible to piece together an accurate view of the life whose writing has become ?the gold standard fo
Havergey is the first work of fiction from Little Toller. A few years from now on the small and remote island of Havergey, a community of survivors from a great human catastrophe has created new lives
The slender-billed curlew, Numenius tenuirostris, "the slim beak of the new moon," is one of the world's rarest birds. It once bred in Siberia and wintered in the Mediterranean basin, passing through
The slender-billed curlew, Numenius tenuirostris, "the slim beak of the new moon," is one of the world's rarest birds. It once bred in Siberia and wintered in the Mediterranean basin, passin
Oliver Rackham, the outstanding botanical writer of his generation, has written the first history and ecology of the ash tree, exploring its place in human culture, explaining Ash disease, and arguing
Bringing together the finest and best known names in contemporary writing discussing the importance of woodlands to the health of our planet.Authors include: Ali Smith, Simon Leatherdale, Alan Garner,
On The Marshes beautifully evokes the landscape and atmosphere of this often forgotten corner of England as Carol weaves her own story with those who live and have lived on the marshes, while delving
This book is a love letter to a rock: limestone. Limestone produces some of the most distinctive, and long-inhabited, landscapes in the world; astonishingly varied, it can also be exceptionally beauti
Like the six sides of a snowflake, the book has six chapters which explore the art, literature and science of snow. Written by a highly regarded author, this book is a unique and beautiful gift book t
An anti-pastoral memory, the real life of English farm labourers in a time of great agricultural change. Unsentimental and honest, this is an unforgettable account of life during the first half of the
Full of extraordinary characters, this book is an unsentimental memoir of the 1960s and 1970s in Kent and Sussex told through the discovery of fishing. Reminiscent of Laurie Lee and Jonathan Meades, D
Silbury Hill, the largest pre-historic mound in Europe, like Stonehenge, has inspired and perplexed people for generations. Adam Thorpe, author of the highly influential book Ulverton, reflects on wha
Iain Sinclair, the acclaimed writer, walks back along the cliff-top paths of the Gower peninsula in South Wales where he grew up. He soon recognises these walks were significant waymarks in his life a
