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The Last Quarter of the Moon : A novel from the Vintage Earth collection
By: Chi ZijianBinding: A long-time confidante of the rain and snow, I am ninety years old. The rain and snow have weathered me, and I too have weathered them'At the end of the twentieth century an old woman sits among the birch trees and...- £9.99
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The Old Ways : A Journey on Foot
By: Robert MacfarlaneBinding: Paperback / softbackTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZEThe original bestseller from the beloved author of UNDERLAND, LANDMARKS and THE LOST WORDS - Robert Macfarlane travels Britain's ancient paths and discovers the secrets of our beautiful, underappreciated landscape'The Old...- £10.99
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A Month in the Country
by J.L. Carr (Author) , Penelope Fitzgerald (Introduction By) One of the best books I've ever read' Richard Osman'Tender and elegant' Guardian'Unlike anything else in modern English literature' D.J. Taylor, SpectatorA damaged survivor of the First World War, Tom Birkin finds refuge in the...- £7.99
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Not the End of the World : How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet
by Hannah Ritchie (Author)Format: Hardback 352 pagesPublisher: Vintage PublishingImprint: Chatto & WindusISBN: 9781784745004Published: 11 Jan 2024Weight: 562gDimensions: 240 x 165 x 32 (mm) ‘A book for anyone who finds it difficult to believe in a better future’ The Times Feeling anxious, powerless, or confused...- £22.00
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Steeple Chasing: Around Britain by Church
By Peter Ross (Author)Format: Paperback / softback 432 pagesPublisher: Headline Publishing GroupImprint: Headline Book PublishingISBN: 9781472281951Published: 1 Feb 2024Weight: 384g Churches are all around us. Their steeples remain landmarks in our towns, villages and cities, even as their influence and authority has waned.They contain...- £10.99
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Wintering : The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
By: Katherine MayBinding: Paperback / softbackTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERBBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'A beautiful, gentle exploration of the dark season of life and the light of spring that eventually follows' RAYNOR WINN'My favourite book of the last five years' CAITLIN MORANWintering...- £10.99
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Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain
By: Amy JeffsBinding: Paperback / softbackA TIMES BESTSELLER, January 2022A TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEARA BBC HISTORY MAG BOOK OF THE YEARA DAILY EXPRESS BOOK OF THE YEAR'Expressive, bold and quite beautiful' The Lady'[a] delight of...- £12.99
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The Offing
By Benjamin Myers (Author)Format: Paperback / softback 272 pagesPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCImprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCISBN: 9781526611307Published: 5 Mar 2020Weight: 186gDimensions: 129 x 198 x 15 (mm) SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM STARRING HELENA BONHAM-CARTER FROM THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE GALLOWS...- £9.99
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Winters in the World : A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year
By: Eleanor ParkerBinding: Now available in paperback, Winters in the World is a beautifully observed journey through the cycle of the year in Anglo-Saxon England, exploring the festivals, customs and traditions linked to the different seasons. Drawing on a wide variety of source material,...- £10.99
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A Tomb With a View - The Stories & Glories of Graveyards : Scottish Non-fiction Book of the Year 2021
By: Peter RossBinding: **WINNER OF THE SCOTTISH NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2021****A FINANCIAL TIMES, I PAPER AND STYLIST BOOK OF THE YEAR**'In his absorbing book about the lost and the gone, Peter Ross takes us from Flanders Fields to Milltown to Kensal...- £10.99
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Wild Atlantic Women : Walking Ireland's West Coast
By Grainne Lyons (Author)Format: Paperback / softback 248 pagesPublisher: New Island BooksImprint: New Island BooksISBN: 9781848409286Published: 9 Feb 2024Classifications: Western Continental Europe, Biography: literary, Memoirs, Natural history, Walking, hiking, trekking, Travel writingWeight: 236gDimensions: 129 x 198 x 20 (mm) At a crossroads in her life,...- £10.99
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The Stripping of the Altars : Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580
By: Eamon DuffyBinding: Paperback / softbackThis prize-winning account of the pre-Reformation church recreates lay people's experience of religion, showing that late-medieval Catholicism was neither decadent nor decayed, but a strong and vigorous tradition. For this edition, Duffy has written a new introduction reflecting on...- £16.99
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Islands of Abandonment : Life in the Post-Human Landscape
By: Cal FlynBinding: Paperback / softbackTHE SUNDAY TIMES' BESTSELLER AND SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT CONSERVATION AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH...- £9.99
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Wild : Tales from Early Medieval Britain
By: Amy JeffsBinding: Paperback / softbackBy the bestselling author of Storyland. Sheer cliffs, salt spray, explosive sea spume, thunderous clouds, icy waves, whales with mountains on their backs, sleet, bitter winds, bleak, impenetrable marshes, howling wolves, forests, the unceasing cries of birds and the...- £12.99
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Nature Writing for Every Day of the Year
By: Jane McMorland HunterBinding: HardbackEnjoy a whole year of the very finest nature writing, with one carefully selected piece to savour every day. This beautifully illustrated daily anthology brings you the very best of nature writing from around the world and through the centuries,...- £20.00
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A Natural History of the Hedgerow : and ditches, dykes and dry stone walls
By: John WrightBinding: Paperback / softbackIt is difficult to think of a more quintessential symbol of the British countryside than the British Hedgerow, bursting with blackberries, hazelnuts and sloes, and home to oak and ash, field mice and butterflies. But as much as we...- £12.99
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Stargazing : Memoirs of a Young Lighthouse Keeper
By: Peter HillBinding: Paperback / softbackWhen Peter Hill, a student at Dundee College of Art, answered an advert in The Scotsman seeking lighthouse keepers, little did he imagine that within a month he would be living with three men he didn't know in a...- £10.99
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The History of Magic : From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present
By: Chris GosdenBinding: Paperback / softbackA Telegraph Book of the Year A remarkable, unprecedented account of the role of magic in cultures both ancient and modern -- from the first known horoscope to the power of tattoos. 'Fascinating, original, excellent' Simon Sebag Montefiore______________________Three great...- £12.99
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Femina : The instant Sunday Times bestseller - A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It
By: Janina RamirezBinding: Paperback / softbackTHE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERLONGLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE'Revelatory' GUARDIAN'A firecracker somehow captured between two covers' LUCY WORSLEYAn instant bestseller and one of the most celebrated history books of the year, Femina reveals the power and influence of...- £10.99
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La Serenissima : The Story of Venice
Format :Paperback / softback 448 pages, 3x8pp colPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCImprint: ApolloISBN:9781789545067Published: 9 Nov 2023Weight:336gDimensions:215 x 356 x 35 (mm) Everything about Venice, observed Lord Byron, is, or was, extraordinary. Her aspect is like a dream, and her history is like a romance. Dream and...- £14.99
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