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The Bumper Book of Nature
Crown Publishing Group 2010; US$ 29.99When was the last time you climbed a tree? Picked blackberries? Held a snail race? Made maple syrup candy, an old-fashioned quill pen from a bird feather you found, or a plaster cast of an animal track? If the answer is "can't remember" or quite possibly "never," The Bumper Book of Nature will inspire you to get outdoors and enjoy the very best... more...
Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Birds . . . But Were Afraid To Ask
A&C Black 2010; US$ 15.99This RSPB-endorsed book answers all those burning questions about birds that beginners and experts alike may ask themselves as they go about their birding. How do ducks keep their feet from freezing in winter? Why don't swallows stay in Africa? Are birds really dinosaurs, or were dinosaurs really birds? How is it decided whether bird species should... more...
Wild Hares and Hummingbirds
Random House 2011; US$ 12.00The village of Mark on the Somerset Levels is a watery wonderland, rich in wildlife: rooks and roe deer; sparrows and snowdrops; buzzards, badgers and butterflies; the iconic brown hare and the spectacular hummingbird hawk-moth. As the year unfolds, Stephen Moss witnesses the landscape as it passes from deep snow to spring blossom, through the... more...
The Bumper Book of Nature
Random House 2010; US$ 17.34Go pishing for birds; become a bat detective; take a city safari; find snakes and lizards; identify spiders and their webs; look for owl pellets... Make nettle soup; or itching powder from rosehips; make a bark rubbing; an elder-stem peashooter; or elderflower fritters. Wake up in time to hear the dawn chorus; listen to the heartbeat of a tree; or... more...
Wisden Anthology 1978-2006
A&C Black 2006; US$ 52.00A definitive tome, essential to all cricket book collectors and Wisden readers.In the early 1980s Wisden published four anthologies that celebrated the best of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack stretching back to its first edition in 1864. Edited by the respected jazz musician, raconteur and cricket-lover, Benny Green, these volumes proved very popular.... more...
Birds Britannia
HarperCollins Publishers 2011; Not AvailableBirds and bird lore provide a fascinating window onto our social and cultural history, and can tell us much about our changing relationship with the British landscape, our people and society. more...
Garden Birds (Collins Gem)
HarperCollins Publishers 2012; Not AvailableThe ideal portable companion, the world-renowned Collins Gem series returns with a fresh new look and updated material. more...
Springwatch British Wildlife: Accompanies the BBC 2 TV series
HarperCollins Publishers 2012; Not AvailableSpringwatch British Wildlife is the perfect year-round countryside introduction to the much-loved wildlife of the popular BBC2 television series. more...
The Hedgerows Heaped with May
Aurum Press 2012; US$ 23.33An exploration of everything the countryside means to us, from a hundred years of the Telegraph?s archive. The Telegraph is, as its former editor Max Hastings identified, more than any other national broadsheet the newspaper of the countryside, which over the years has been written about in its pages by such distinguished writers as J.H.B. Peel, John... more...
A Bird in the Bush
Aurum Press 2013; US$ 7.29These days the RSPB (the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) has over a million active members. Watching birds is one of the most popular of all leisure pursuits. For many people it offers a tranquil day out at a picturesque nature reserve with a nice tea shop; for many more - the fabled 'twitchers' beloved of media jokes - it is a fiercely... more...









