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  • The Unofficial Countryside by Richard Mabey 9491569279274

    The Unofficial Countryside

    During the early 1970s Richard Mabey set about mapping his unofficial countryside. He walked crumbling city docks and overgrown bomb sites, navigating inner city canals and car parks, exploring sewage works, gravel pits, rubbish tips. What he discovered runs deeper than a natural history...
    £14.00 GBP
    £14.00 GBP
  • This Earthly Globe : A Venetian Geographer and the Quest to Map the World by Andrea di Robilant 9780857891792

    This Earthly Globe : A Venetian Geographer and the Quest to Map the World

    A dazzling tale, brilliantly told' Peter Frankopan'A wonderful book' Sunday Telegraph, 5*'Triumphant' Literary ReviewDURING THE AGE OF DISCOVERY, in the autumn of 1550, an anonymously authored volume containing a wealth of geographical information new to Europeans was published in Venice under the title Navigationi...
    £22.00 GBP
    £22.00 GBP
  • The Novel Cure : An A to Z of Literary Remedies by Ella Berthoud 9780857864215

    The Novel Cure : An A to Z of Literary Remedies

    Mumsnet 'Best Books for Christmas 2016''Ideal for anyone who has ever wondered what on earth to read next' SJ WATSON'Witty, engaging and informative. The sort of book you choose for a friend and end up wanting to keep' RACHEL JOYCEThis is a medical handbook...
    £12.99 GBP
    £12.99 GBP
  • Vertigo : The Rise and Fall of Weimar Germany by Harald Jahner 9491568165162

    Vertigo : The Rise and Fall of Weimar Germany

    *An Observer Book of the Year, 2024*'This is one of the most gripping accounts of an era spanning war defeat, humiliation and failed revolution in 1918 to the violence, intimidation and propaganda of the Nazis' rise to power in 1933. It contains many lessons...
    £25.00 GBP
    £25.00 GBP
  • History for Tomorrow : Inspiration from the Past for the Future of Humanity by Roman Krznaric 9780753559628

    History for Tomorrow : Inspiration from the Past for the Future of Humanity

    Brimming with ideas and insights, this is a welcome, important and clear-eyed view of how understanding the past can help us better prepare for the future' - Peter Frankopan, bestselling author of The Earth Transformed and The Silk Roads'Enlightening and thrilling. History for Tomorrow...
    £22.00 GBP
    £22.00 GBP
  • Not Waving but Drowning and other poems by Stevie Smith 9780571391615

    Not Waving but Drowning and other poems

    Cheerful, brutal, beautiful! Stevie Smith is the wildest poet of them all.' Nick Cave'I better say straight out that I am an addict of your poetry, a desperate Smith addict.'Sylvia Plath, writing to Stevie Smith, 1963'Revolutionary, wild, and fierce.' Ali SmithStevie Smith was not...
    £10.00 GBP
    £10.00 GBP
  • Wild Thing : A Life of Paul Gauguin by Sue Prideaux 9780571365937

    Wild Thing : A Life of Paul Gauguin

    LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024A vital re-examination of the trailblazing and controversial artist Paul Gauguin - and the first full biography in over thirty years - written by the award-winning author of I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Nietzsche. *Gorgeously...
    £30.00 GBP
    £30.00 GBP
  • The Lark Ascending : People, Music and Landscape in Twentieth-Century Britain by Mr Richard King 9780571338801

    The Lark Ascending : People, Music and Landscape in Twentieth-Century Britain

    * A Rough Trade, Mojo and Evening Standard Book of the Year *'Peerless cultural history.' Ian Thomson, Evening Standard'Original.' Guardian'Fascinating.' Mail On Sunday'Exceptional.' Irish TimesOver the course of the twentieth century, The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams is the piece of music that...
    £8.99 GBP
    £8.99 GBP
  • John Clare by John Clare 9780571328741

    John Clare

    In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an...
    £12.99 GBP
    £12.99 GBP
  • The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro 9780571315079

    The Buried Giant

    *Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel Klara and the Sun is now available*The Romans have long since departed, and Britain is steadily declining into ruin. The Buried Giant begins as a couple, Axl and Beatrice, set off across a troubled land of mist and rain in...
    £9.99 GBP
    £9.99 GBP
  • Dart by Alice Oswald 9780571259335

    Dart

    Over the past three years Alice Oswald has been recording conversations with people who live and work on the River Dart in Devon. Using these records and voices as a sort of poetic census, she creates a narrative of the river, tracking its life...
    £14.99 GBP
    £14.99 GBP
  • The Birds And Other Stories by Daphne Du Maurier 9780349006666

    The Birds And Other Stories

    How long he fought with them in the darkness he could not tell, but at last the beating of the wings about him lessened and then withdrew ...' A classic of alienation and horror, 'The Birds' was immortalised by Hitchcock in his celebrated film....
    £16.99 GBP
    £16.99 GBP
  • It's Not That Radical : Climate Action to Transform Our World by Mikaela Loach 9780241680353

    It's Not That Radical : Climate Action to Transform Our World

    WINNER OF BOOKSHOP.ORG'S NON-FICTION ANNUAL INDIE CHAMPIONS AWARDFor too long, representations of climate action in the mainstream media have been white-washed, green-washed and diluted to be made compatible with capitalism. We are living in an economic system which pursues profit above all else; harmful,...
    £9.99 GBP
    £9.99 GBP
  • Four Points of the Compass : The Unexpected History of Direction by Jerry Brotton 9780241556870

    Four Points of the Compass : The Unexpected History of Direction

    A sparkling exploration of direction, by the acclaimed author of A History of the World in 12 MapsNorth, south, east and west: almost all societies use the four cardinal directions to orientate themselves, to understand who they are by projecting where they are. For...
    £20.00 GBP
    £20.00 GBP
  • Growth : A Reckoning by Daniel Susskind 9780241542309

    Growth : A Reckoning

    Longlisted for the 2024 Financial Times & Schroders Business Book of the YearA revelatory account of the past, present, and future of economic growth - and how we should rethink itOver the past two centuries, economic growth has freed billions from poverty and made...
    £25.00 GBP
    £25.00 GBP
  • A Pipeline Runs Through It : The Story of Oil from Ancient Times to the First World War by Keith Fisher 9780141999630

    A Pipeline Runs Through It : The Story of Oil from Ancient Times to the First World War

    In this captivating exploration, Keith Fisher unravels the intricate tapestry of petroleum's influence on human civilisation. From its humble beginnings as a tool for Neanderthals to its pivotal role in shaping the modern world, 'A Pipeline Runs Through It' offers a fresh perspective on...
    £18.99 GBP
    £18.99 GBP
  • Small Is Beautiful : A Study of Economics as if People Mattered by E F Schumacher 9780099225614

    Small Is Beautiful : A Study of Economics as if People Mattered

    How does our economic system impact the way we live? Does it really affect what we truly care about? Oxford economist E. F. Schumacher provides an enlightening study of our economic system and its purpose, challenging the current state of excessive consumption in our...
    £9.99 GBP
    £9.99 GBP
  • Rural : The Lives of the Working Class Countryside by Rebecca Smith 9780008526313

    Rural : The Lives of the Working Class Countryside

    SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING 2024 `Eye-opening and persuasive' SUNDAY TIMES `Brilliant . I loved it' KIT DE WAAL `Thoughtful, moving, honest' CAL FLYN *Winner of The Lakeland Book of the Year 2024* Work in the countryside ties you, soul and...
    £10.99 GBP
    £10.99 GBP
  • Nature's Ghosts : The World We Lost and How to Bring it Back by Sophie Yeo 9780008474126

    Nature's Ghosts : The World We Lost and How to Bring it Back

    Shortlisted for the 2024 Wainwright Prize for Writing on Conservation `Sophie writes fantastically, chronicling the most important issues facing nature conservationists today.' Chris Packham For thousands of years, humans have been the architects of the natural world. Our activities have permanently altered the environment...
    £22.00 GBP
    £22.00 GBP
  • The Rough Guide to Rewilding in Britain : 15 Special Places to Reconnect with Nature by Rough Guides 9781835290118

    The Rough Guide to Rewilding in Britain : 15 Special Places to Reconnect with Nature

    The Rough Guide to Rewilding in Britain - the latest picture-packed addition to Rough Guides' Inspirational series - reveals 15 destinations to take travellers across Britain to some of its most beautiful and wild escapes in nature in a brand-new, inspirational coffee-table book. With...
    £16.99 GBP
    £16.99 GBP
  • Herring : A History of the Silver Darlings by Mike Smylie 9781803996936

    Herring : A History of the Silver Darlings

    The story of herring is entwined in the history of commercial fishing. For over two millennia, herring has been commercially caught and its importance to the coastal peoples of Britain cannot be measured. At one point tens of thousands were involved in the catching,...
    £15.99 GBP
    £15.99 GBP
  • Tracks on the Ocean : A History of Trailblazing, Maps and Maritime Travel by Dr Sara Caputo 9781788168823

    Tracks on the Ocean : A History of Trailblazing, Maps and Maritime Travel

    Ingenious. Caputo picks out a fascinating path and leads readers along it with the confidence of a practised pilot' Felipe Fern�ndez-Armesto, author of 1492'Accessible and entertaining, as well as deeply erudite and constantly mind-expanding' Philip Ball, author of How Life WorksFrom their first appearance...
    £30.00 GBP
    £30.00 GBP
  • Country Matters : A Countryside Companion: 74 tips, tales and talking points by Meg Clothier 9447907787050

    Country Matters : A Countryside Companion: 74 tips, tales and talking points

    Everything you wanted to know about the countryside, but were too afraid to ask 'A joyful companion with surprises and delights on every page' Tristan Gooley, author of The Walker's Guide to Outdoor Clues and Signs'Highly readable and scrupulously balanced'John Wright, author of The...
    £10.99 GBP
    £10.99 GBP
  • Verdura : 10 Vegetables, 100 Italian Recipes by Theo Randall 9781787139923

    Verdura : 10 Vegetables, 100 Italian Recipes

    Cook and eat the Italian way, with 100 fresh, wholesome and delicious vegetarian recipes. World-renowned chef Theo Randall shares his 10 favourite vegetables and reveals the best ways to cook with them through 100 fabulous recipes covering Aubergines, Zucchini, Asparagus, Artichokes, Mushrooms, Broccoli, Tomatoes,...
    £28.00 GBP
    £28.00 GBP
  • 21st-Century Yokel by Tom Cox 9781783527397

    21st-Century Yokel

    Glorious - funny and wry and wise, and utterly its own lawmaker' Robert Macfarlane'A rich, strange, oddly glorious brew' GuardianLonglisted for the Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize 201821st-Century Yokel is not quite nature writing, not quite a family memoir, not quite a book about...
    £10.99 GBP
    £10.99 GBP
  • Empires of the Steppes : The Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilisation by Kenneth W. Harl 9781526630414

    Empires of the Steppes : The Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilisation

    An epic history of how the so-called 'barbarians of the steppes' shaped the modern world. `A rollercoaster of historical narration' History Today'This is a history of epic scope that brings together the empires of the steppe land with the caravan cities of the Silk...
    £14.99 GBP
    £14.99 GBP
  • The Principle of Rapid Peering by Sylvia Legris 9781472158864

    The Principle of Rapid Peering

    Self-seeding windis a wind of ever-replenishing breath. -from 'The Walk, or The Principle of Rapid Peering'The title of Sylvia Legris' melopoeic collection The Principle of Rapid Peering comes from a phrase the nineteenth-century ornithologist and field biologist Joseph Grinnell used to describe the feeding...
    £10.99 GBP
    £10.99 GBP
  • Furies : Stories of the wicked, wild and untamed - feminist tales from 16 bestselling, award-winning authors by Margaret Atwood 9447897956650

    Furies : Stories of the wicked, wild and untamed - feminist tales from 16 bestselling, award-winning authors

    A fun and fearless anthology of feminist tales, by sixteen bestselling, award-winning writers. 'Wonderful . . . all killer, no filler' Red Magazine'Dazzling stories, as inventive as they are inspiring' Daily Mirror'Where power and feminist rage meet' StylistBANSHEE. DRAGON. TYGRESS. SHE-DEVIL. HUSSY. SIREN. WENCH....
    £10.99 GBP
    £10.99 GBP
  • Testament Of Youth : An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925 by Vera Brittain 9780349010274

    Testament Of Youth : An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925

    NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE With an introduction by her biographer, Mark Bostridge'Remains one of the most powerful and widely read war memoirs of all time' GUARDIAN 'Vera Brittain's heart-rending account of the way her generation's lives changed is still as shocking and moving...
    £14.99 GBP
    £14.99 GBP
  • Dinner : 120 vegan and vegetarian recipes for the most important meal of the day by Meera Sodha 9780241488003

    Dinner : 120 vegan and vegetarian recipes for the most important meal of the day

    THE INSTANT BESTSELLERFROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF EAST, MADE IN INDIA AND FRESH INDIA`The ability to put a good dinner on the table has become my superpower and I want it to be yours too.'Dinner is a fresh and joyful celebration of the power...
    £27.00 GBP
    £27.00 GBP
  • All His Spies : The Secret World of Robert Cecil by Stephen Alford 9780241423479

    All His Spies : The Secret World of Robert Cecil

    Alford triumphs. in recreating the historical moment. By immersing himself in Cecil's vast archive, he draws the reader deep into his working environment, capturing the closeness of his study and the chaos of the court. this is turn-of-century England as it really was -...
    £30.00 GBP
    £30.00 GBP
  • The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard 9780143107521

    The Poetics of Space

    Beloved and contemplated by philosophers, architects, writers, and literary theorists alike, Bachelard's lyrical, landmark work examines the places in which we place our conscious and unconscious thoughts and guides us through a stream of cerebral meditations on poetry, art, and the blooming of consciousness...
    £12.99 GBP
    £12.99 GBP
  • Orchard : A Year in England's Eden by Benedict Macdonald 9780008333768

    Orchard : A Year in England's Eden

    By the Wainwright-Conservation-Prize-winning author of Rebirding Spend a year in an orchard, celebrating its imperilled, overlooked abundance of life. England's ancient orchards, collaborations between people and nature, are sources of hope for the future. Protecting them promises a far richer England for the centuries...
    £9.99 GBP
    £9.99 GBP
  • A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush by Eric Newby 9780007367757

    A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush

    A classic of travel writing, A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush is Eric Newby�_Ts iconic account of his journey through one of the most remote and beautiful wildernesses on earth. It was 1956, and Eric Newby was earning an improbable living in the...
    £10.99 GBP
    £10.99 GBP