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Consolations of the Forest : Alone in a Cabin in the Middle Taiga
Escape into the wild and untamed heart of the Siberian taiga with Sylvain Tesson's captivating memoir, "The Consolations of the Forest." This mesmerizing account transports you deep into the vast, snow-blanketed forests of Siberia, where the author exiles himself to a remote cabin for...- £10.99 GBP
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Scenes from Prehistoric Life : From the Ice Age to the Coming of the Romans
Embark on an extraordinary voyage through Britain's prehistoric past with Francis Pryor's captivating book, "Scenes from Prehistoric Life: From the Ice Age to the Coming of the Romans." This immersive exploration unveils the fascinating tapestry of human existence that unfolded across the British Isles,...- £10.99 GBP
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Ghosts in the Hedgerow : A hedghog whodunnit
A delight' Hugh Warwick, ecologist and author of A Prickly Affair'Hilarious and heartbreaking' Lee Schofield, author of Wild Fell'A triumph' Charles Foster, author of Cry of the Wild, Being a Human and A Little Brown Sea'A necessary nature book, with prose as sharp as...- £10.99 GBP
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Celtic Fairy Tales and Legends : Volume 4
From mermaids to dragons, 16 ancient Celtic fairy tales retold with their historiesThe Celtic cultures of the British Isles - Ireland, Scotland and Wales - have produced some of the richest traditional tales in Europe. Three words best sum up their themes and flavour:...- £14.99 GBP
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The Greek Myths : The Complete and Definitive Edition
The definitive and comprehensive edition of Robert Graves's classic retelling of the Greek myths'Icarus disobeyed his father's instructions and began soaring towards the sun, rejoiced by the lift of his great sweeping wings. Presently, when Daedalus looked over his shoulder, he could no longer...- £16.99 GBP
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My Brilliant Friend
OVER 5 MILLION COPIES SOLD IN ENGLISH WORLDWIDEOVER 14 MILLION COPIES OF THE NEAPOLITAN QUARTET SOLD WORLDWIDETHE NEW YORK TIMES' #1 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURYTHE NEW YORK TIMES' #8 READERS' LIST BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURYTHE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF...- £10.99 GBP
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Finding the Mother Tree : Uncovering the Wisdom and Intelligence of the Forest
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'A scientific memoir as gripping as any HBO drama series' Kate Kellaway, ObserverA dazzling scientific detective story from the ecologist who first discovered the hidden language of trees No one has done more to transform our understanding of trees than the world-renowned...- £12.99 GBP
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The Running Hare : The Secret Life of Farmland
__________________'BRITAIN'S FINEST LIVING NATURE WRITER' - THE TIMESThe Sunday Times Bestseller - SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2017 Traditional ploughland is disappearing. Seven cornfield flowers have become extinct in the last twenty years. Once abundant, the corn bunting and the lapwing are on the...- £10.99 GBP
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Barkskins : Longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2017
LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017 NOW A MAJOR TELEVISION SERIES From Annie Proulx, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Shipping News and Brokeback Mountain, comes her masterwork: an epic, dazzling, violent, magnificently dramatic novel about the taking down of the...- £14.99 GBP
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This Tender Land : A Novel
Embark on a captivating journey through the Great Depression with William Kent Krueger's "This Tender Land: A Novel". This gripping tale, reminiscent of beloved works like "Before We Were Yours" and "Where the Crawdads Sing", weaves a tapestry of myth and mysticism around four...- £8.99 GBP
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The End We Start From
Now a major film starring Killing Eve's Jodie Comer. As flood waters close over London, a woman gives birth to a child. Heartfelt and urgently original, The End We Start From is the compulsive debut novel from Megan Hunter. 'Beautifully spare and haunting' -...- £9.99 GBP
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There are Rivers in the Sky
Behold, a tale of one elusive poem, two mighty waterways, and three extraordinary lives, all interwoven by a single droplet. This Sunday Times bestseller weaves a tapestry of intrigue across time and space. In the ancient ruins of Nineveh, fragments of the Epic of...- £18.99 GBP
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Wounded Tigris : A River Journey through the Cradle of Civilisation
Embark on a captivating odyssey along the fabled Tigris River, the cradle of ancient civilizations. In "Wounded Tigris," Leon McCarron takes you on an unforgettable journey, navigating the winding waters that once nurtured the dawn of human culture. Through vivid storytelling and meticulous research,...- £12.99 GBP
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A Bookshop of One's Own : How a Group of Women Set out to Change the World
The captivating true story of an underdog business - a feminist bookshop founded in Thatcher's Britain - from a woman at the heart of the women's liberation movement. An Independent and Stylist Best Non-Fiction Book for 2024 What was it like to start a...- £16.99 GBP
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The Year of Sitting Dangerously : My Garden Safari
From the acclaimed author of�Rewild Yourself comes a brilliant book that reveals the natural joys to be discovered on your doorstep. In the autumn of 2020, Simon Barnes should have been leading a safari in Zambia, but Covid restrictions meant his plans had to...- £10.99 GBP
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Thirteen Ways to Smell a Tree : A celebration of our connection with trees
My favourite book of the year' - Kate Humble, Radio Times'This is a book for literary connoisseurs, fact-lovers and environmentalists. In short, it is a book about trees and people, for everyone.' - BBC Countryfile'Eclectic, brilliant and beautifully written, David Haskell reboots our aromatic...- £10.99 GBP
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The Making of the English Landscape
W.G. Hoskins was one of the most original and influential British historians of the twentieth century. He realised that landscapes are the richest record we have of the past, and with his masterpiece, The Making of the English Landscape, he changed forever how we...- £16.00 GBP
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Grounded : A Journey into the Landscapes of Our Ancestors
A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023: NATURE AND TRAVELFor thousands of years, our ancestors held a close connection with the landscapes they lived in. Seeking that lost connection, James Canton takes us on a journey across ancient England: from stone monuments to sacred groves,...- £10.99 GBP
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The World Turned Upside Down : Radical Ideas During the English Revolution
His finest work and one that was both symptom and engine of the concept of "history from below" ... Here Levellers, Diggers, Ranters, Muggletonians, the early Quakers and others taking advantage of the collapse of censorship to bid for new kinds of freedom were...- £12.99 GBP
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A Wild Child's Book of Birds
Join brilliant young naturalist Dara McAnulty - winner of the 2020 Wainwright Prize for his book Diary of a Young Naturalist and author of Wild Child! - on a journey through a year in the life of birds. A Wild Child's Book of Birds...- £14.99 GBP
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The Earth Book
Take a closer look inside Earth with this incredible board book about our planet, with see-through acetate pages. Have you ever thought about how amazing our world is? What happens deep under the Earth's surface? How do volcanoes form? And how does our planet...- £11.99 GBP
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Where the Seals Sing
There are fewer grey seals in the world than endangered African elephants, but the British Isles host almost half of this global population. Every year these charismatic animals, with their expressive eyes and whiskers more sensitive than our fingertips, haul out on our shores...- £10.99 GBP
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Wild Fell : Fighting for nature on a Lake District hill farm
I found myself turning the pages with an inward leap of joy' - Isabella Tree*WINNER of the Richard Jefferies Award for Nature Writing**Shortlisted for the James Cropper Wainwright Prize for Conservation*'Exquisite' GUARDIANIt was a tragic day for the nation's wildlife when England's last and...- £10.99 GBP
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Imperial Mud : The Fight for the Fens
**WINNER OF THE HISTORY AND TRADITION CATEGORY, EAST ANGLIAN BOOK AWARDS 2020****SHORTLISTED FOR THE TASMANIAN LITERARY AWARD 2022****LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2021** 'A real page-turner ... a warning about what happens when the rich and powerful dress up their avarice as "progress"...- £10.99 GBP
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A History of the Bible : The Book and Its Faiths
WINNER OF THE 2019 DUFF COOPER PRIZEA SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'With emotional and psychological insight, Barton unlocks this sleeping giant of our culture. In the process, he has produced a masterpiece.' Sunday TimesThe Bible is the central book of Western culture. For the two faiths...- £14.99 GBP
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The Story of Art without Men
WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'A long overdue, revisionist history of art by the brilliant Katy Hessel . . . Never stuffy or supercilious, Hessel's book is a revelation and an important first step towards redressing...- £30.00 GBP
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Worn : A People's History of Clothing
This riveting behind-the-scenes story of the clothes on our backs is a must-read for clotheshorses everywhere' Harper's Bazaar 'Extraordinary . . . fascinating . . . a wonderful way into history, quite often through the voices of people who don't have a say in...- £10.99 GBP
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Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife : The Extraordinary Lives of Medieval Women
Hetta Howes presents a captivating addition to medieval scholarship, offering a rare glimpse into the lives of women often overlooked by history. This groundbreaking work delves into the minds and experiences of medieval women, challenging our preconceptions and revealing a world far more complex...- £22.00 GBP
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A Winter Book : Selected Stories
Beautifully crafted and deceptively simple-seeming, these stories are like pieces of scattered light.'Ali SmithFollowing the widely acclaimed and bestselling The Summer Book, here is A Winter Book collection of some of Tove Jansson's best loved and most famous stories. Drawn from youth and older...- £9.99 GBP
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A Woman in the Polar Night
In the frozen expanse of the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, Christiane Ritter and her husband embarked on an extraordinary adventure, braving the endless polar night of 1934. "A Woman in the Polar Night" is a captivating memoir that transports readers to a world of...- £12.99 GBP
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The St Ives Artists: New Edition : A Biography of Place and Time
First published by Lund Humphries in 2008, The St Ives Artists: A Biography of Place and Time has become the classic account of the St Ives group of artists. Our beautifully produced new edition, published in 2016, is now available in an accessible paperback...- £19.99 GBP
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Love of Country : A Hebridean Journey
Embark on a captivating odyssey through the rugged landscapes and rich cultural tapestry of the Hebrides islands in Madeleine Bunting's "Love of Country: A Journey through the Hebrides." This mesmerizing travelogue transcends the boundaries of a traditional guidebook, weaving vivid descriptions of the islands'...- £10.99 GBP
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All the Seas of the World : International bestseller
Lauded as a 'genius' by Brandon Sanderson, Guy Gavriel Kay returns to the quasi-Renaissance realm of his previous works, 'A Brightness Long Ago' and 'Children of Earth and Sky'. In this gripping tale of retribution, authority, and passion, Kay weaves a tapestry of intrigue...- £9.99 GBP
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The Deorhord: An Old English Bestiary
A dream! I learnt something new and fascinating on every page' - Lucy Mangan'Invaluable - and hugely entertaining ... It is an absolute romp and a must-have for history and fantasy enthusiasts alike' - Eleanor Janega'Endlessly fascinating' - the SpectatorMany of the animals we...- £15.99 GBP
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The Book Thief : TikTok made me buy it! The life-affirming reader favourite
A captivating tale that intertwines triumph and tragedy, masterfully crafted to both uplift and move the reader. This extraordinary narrative has garnered acclaim from the Guardian, New York Times, and Telegraph for its ambitious scope and brilliant execution. Set against the backdrop of 1939...- £9.99 GBP
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A Year Unfolding : A Printmaker's View
A cosy and delightful book - a real joy to behold.' Daily Mail'A gorgeous book to be treasured' BBC CountryfileA beautifully illustrated guide to nature through the seasons by much-loved printmaker Angela Harding. This stunning work, the first book that is solely dedicated to...- £25.00 GBP
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The Language of Trees : How Trees Make Our World, Change Our Minds and Rewild Our Lives
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 BRITISH BOOK DESIGN & PRODUCTION AWARDS*?THE IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER and IRISH INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE YEAR'A masterpiece'�Max Porter`A forest of writing to be cherished' Irish Times'One of the most inspired items of environmental literature in recent years.'�Irish IndependentIf trees have...- £16.99 GBP
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A Sting in the Tale : My Adventures with Bumblebees
**SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**One man's quest to save the bumblebee... Dave Goulson has always been obsessed with wildlife, from his childhood menagerie of exotic pets and dabbling in experimental taxidermy to his groundbreaking research into the mysterious ways of the bumblebee and his mission to...- £10.99 GBP
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Landmarks
SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZEFrom the bestselling author of UNDERLAND, THE OLD WAYS and THE LOST WORDS'Few books give such a sense of enchantment; it is a book to give to many, and to return to repeatedly' Independent Words...- £12.99 GBP
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