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Holloway
Holloway - a hollow way, a sunken path. A route that centuries of foot-fall, hoof-hit, wheel-roll and rain-run have harrowed deep down into bedrock. In July 2005, Robert Macfarlane and Roger Deakin - author of Wildwood - travelled to explore the holloways of South...- £10.99 GBP
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Weird Woods : Tales from the Haunted Forests of Britain
Woods play an important and recurring role in horror, fantasy, the gothic and the weird. They are places in which strange things happen, where you often can't see where you are or what is around you. Supernatural creatures thrive in the thickets. Trees reach...- £9.99 GBP
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The Fens : Discovering England's Ancient Depths
A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. 'Francis Pryor brings the magic of the Fens to life in a deeply personal and utterly enthralling way' TONY ROBINSON. 'Pryor feels the land rather than simply knowing it' GUARDIAN. Inland from the Wash, on England's...- £9.99 GBP
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The Wild Places
A wonderful evocation of Britain's natural beauty and a reminder of our need to connect with the wilderness' The Times Are there any genuinely wild places left in Britain and Ireland? Or have we farmed and built ourselves out of wildness? From forest to...- £10.99 GBP
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The Bridleway : How Horses Shaped the British Landscape - WINNER OF THE ELWYN HARTLEY-EDWARDS AWARD
WINNER OF THE ELWYN HARTLEY-EDWARDS AWARD FOR EQUINE WRITING, 2023. Tiffany Francis-Baker explores how the relationship between humans and horses has shaped the British landscape and how this connection has become part of our nation's ecosystems. Many of us enjoy walking or riding on...- £10.99 GBP
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A Short History of the World According to Sheep
This book deserves a place in your bookcase next to Harari's Sapiens. It's every bit as fascinating and is surely destined to be just as successful' Julian Norton From the plains of ancient Mesopotamia to the vast sheep farms of modern-day Australia, sheep have...- £9.99 GBP
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The Wild Silence : The Sunday Times Bestseller from the Million-Copy Bestselling Author of The Salt Path
The incredible Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller from the million-copy bestselling author of the phenomenon and- 80-week Sunday Times bestselling The Salt Path'Beautiful, a thrill to read . . . you feel the world is a better place because Raynor and Moth are in...- £10.99 GBP
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The Flow : Rivers, Water and Wildness - WINNER OF THE 2023 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING
WINNER OF THE 2023 JAMES CROPPER WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING'Unparalleled.' THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE'A true masterpiece.' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT'A tour de force.' GUY SHRUBSOLE'Quietly courageous.' PATRICK BARKHAM'Lyrical, wholehearted and wise.' LEE SCHOFIELD'A knockout. I loved it.' MELISSA HARRISON'Honest, raw and moving.' SOPHIE PAVELLE'An extraordinary...- £10.99 GBP
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Elixir : A Voyage into Alchemy
Set in the valley of the Mesta, one of the oldest inhabited river valleys in Europe and a nexus for wild plant gatherers, Elixir is an unforgettable exploration of the deep connections between people, plants and place. Pre-order Kapka Kassabova's new book, Anima: A...- £10.99 GBP
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The Road : A Story of Romans and Ways to the Past
A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR `An absolute joy to read and an early contender for every list of History Books of the Year' Sunday Telegraph `On nearly every page a random passage takes one's breath away' The Times Have you ever heard the...- £10.99 GBP
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Church Going : A Stonemason's Guide to the Churches of the British Isles
Embark on a delightful and enlightening journey through our magnificent legacy of ancient churches. An essential read for anyone who's ever gazed bewildered at an apse or a misericord - Sir Tony Robinson Andrew Ziminski's works are veritable goldmines of practical and scholarly wisdom....- £25.00 GBP
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Underland : A Deep Time Journey
A beautiful gift for the intrepid explorer in your life by one of the most acclaimed and beloved nature writers working today, the internationally bestselling, prize-winning author of Landmarks, The Lost Words and The Old WaysA SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2019WINNER...- £12.99 GBP
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Atlas of Forgotten Places : Journeys to Abandoned and Deserted Destinations Around the Globe
Explore the places that time forgot. These abandoned, mysterious, sleeping monuments around the world have been relegated to the margins of history. From ancient ruins and crumbling castles to more recent relics - an art deco New York subway station, a Soviet ghost town...- £9.99 GBP
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Windswept : Life, Nature and Deep Time in the Scottish Highlands
`Windswept is a wonderful work, prose painted in bold, bright strokes like a Scottish Colourist's canvas' ROBERT MACFARLANE `An instant classic of British nature-writing' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH A few years ago, Annie Worsley traded a busy life in academia to take on a small-holding or...- £10.99 GBP
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Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee : An Indian History of the American West
The American West, 1860-1890: years of broken promises, disillusionment, war and massacre. Beginning with the Long Walk of the Navajos and ending with the massacre of Sioux at Wounded Knee, this extraordinary book tells how the American Indians lost their land, lives and liberty...- £10.99 GBP
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Akenfield
The best portrait of rural life in England' Roger Deakin'Exquisite' John Updike'The finest contemporary writer on the English countryside' ObserverRonald Blythe's perceptive and vivid evocation of the rural Suffolk he had known since childhood was acclaimed as an instant classic when it was published...- £9.99 GBP
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A Philosophy of Walking
A Philosophy of Walking invites you to rediscover the simple act of putting one foot in front of the other. In this profound exploration of walking, French philosopher Frédéric Gros illuminates the many ways this seemingly mundane activity can connect us to the sublime....- £9.99 GBP
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Walking The Invisible
In "Walking the Invisible," Michael Stewart takes readers on an immersive journey through the rugged and windswept landscapes that inspired the legendary works of the Brontë sisters. This captivating hybrid memoir seamlessly interweaves nature writing with literary exploration, inviting you to retrace the footsteps...- £9.99 GBP
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Under the Stars : A Journey Into Light
________________________'A beautiful and luminous love letter to the night sky.'�- Julian Hoffman, author of�IrreplaceableMoonlight, starlight, the ethereal glow of snow in winter ... When you flick off a switch, other forms of light begin to reveal themselves. In this beautifully written exploration of the...- £10.99 GBP
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Why Women Grow : Stories of Soil, Sisterhood and Survival
LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITINGSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKSHOP.ORG INDIE CHAMPION AWARDSSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD FOR NON-FICTIONTHE TIMES / WATERSTONES TOP 10 BESTSELLERA RHS TOP 10 GARDENING BOOK TO GIFT THIS CHRISTMASA GARDENS ILLUSTRATED BEST BOOK FOR...- £17.99 GBP
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Venice
Often hailed as one of the best travel books ever written, Venice is neither a guide nor a history book, but a beautifully written immersion in Venetian life and character, set against the background of the city's past. Analysing the particular temperament of Venetians,...- £10.99 GBP
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The Children of Ash and Elm : A History of the Vikings
A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'As brilliant a history of the Vikings as one could possibly hope to read' Tom HollandThe 'Viking Age' is traditionally held to begin in June 793 when Scandinavian raiders attacked the monastery of Lindisfarne in Northumbria, and to end...- £16.99 GBP
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River Kings : The Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER & THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF 2021 'Astonishing and compelling' Bernard Cornwell `This superb book is like a classical symphony, perfectly composed and exquisitely performed' THE TIMES Books of the Year Follow bioarchaeologist Cat Jarman - and the cutting-edge forensic...- £9.99 GBP
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Entangled Life : How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures
The smash-hit Sunday Times bestseller that will transform your understanding of our planet and life itself. 'Astonishing ... it seems somehow to tip the natural world upside down' Observer'Completely mind-blowing ... reads like an adventure story' Sunday Times*WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY BOOK PRIZE...- £12.99 GBP
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A Thousand Mornings
I go down to the shore in the morningand depending on the hour the wavesare rolling in or moving out, and I say, oh, I am miserable,what shall-what should I do? And the sea saysin its lovely voice:Excuse me, I have work to do....- £10.99 GBP
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The Lost Rainforests of Britain
WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION 2023 The Sunday Times Science Book of the Year As seen on Countryfile `If anyone was born to save Britain's rainforests, it was Guy Shrubsole' Sunday Times Shortlisted for the Richard Jefferies Society Literary Prize Temperate rainforest...- £10.99 GBP
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The World According to Colour : A Cultural History
Extraordinary. An intellectual feast as well as a visual one'Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber EyesThe world comes to us in colour. But colour lives as much in our imaginations as it does in our surroundings, as this scintillating book reveals....- £12.99 GBP
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Hunt for the Shadow Wolf : The lost history of wolves in Britain and the myths and stories that surround them
Longlisted for the Wainwright Prize 2024 for Nature Writing?????�The Telegraph`One of the most remarkable figures in British conservation.'�The Observer`There have been several books on the fate of British wolves, but this is the best.'�The Spectator`Gow reinvents what it means to be a guardian of...- £20.00 GBP
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Of Thorn & Briar : A Year with the West Country Hedgelayer
Paul Lamb is a master of the ancient craft of hedgelaying. From late summer until early spring, when birds begin nesting, he dedicates himself to the preservation and restoration of hedgerows, those iconic features of the British countryside. These age-old boundaries are more than...- £20.00 GBP
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Woodland Wisdom : A Miscellany of Forest Facts, Fiction & Folklore
Did you know that rowan wood was once carried as a pocket charm to ward off rheumatism? Or that the ancient Greeks believed trees were inhabited by wood spirits, known as dryads, taking the form of young maidens? Perhaps you'd like to learn how...- £14.99 GBP
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A Village in the Third Reich : How Ordinary Lives Were Transformed By the Rise of Fascism
___________A Waterstones Paperback of the Year 2022A New Statesman Book of the Year 2022`Fascinating. You'll learn more about the psychological workings of Nazism by reading this superbly researched chronicle. than you will by reading a shelf of wider-canvas volumes on the rise of Nazism.'Daily...- £10.99 GBP
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The Book of Trespass : Crossing the Lines that Divide Us
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION 2022`Brilliant, passionate and political . . . The Book of Trespass will make you see landscapes differently' Robert Macfarlane'A remarkable and truly radical work, loaded...- £9.99 GBP
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Enchantment : Reawakening Wonder in an Exhausted Age
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'It will do your soul good to read this.' NIGELLA LAWSONA balm for our times from the internationally bestselling author of Wintering. Our sense of enchantment is not only sparked by grand things. The awe-inspiring, the numinous, is all around us,...- £9.99 GBP
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Land Healer : How Farming Can Save Britain's Countryside
Jake Fiennes is changing the face of farming in Britain... a revolutionising force' Isabella TreeOur relationship with our land is broken: we must heal it. Jake Fiennes is on a mission to change the face of the English countryside. As Conservation Manager at Holkham...- £12.99 GBP
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George : A Magpie Memoir
A literary gem lauded as Oprah Magazine's Book of the Year 2023, this enchanting memoir has been hailed as 'the literary romance of the year' by Oprah herself. Pulsating with an untamed wonder for the natural world, this narrative is as wild and unpredictable...- £10.99 GBP
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The Lost Spells : An enchanting, beautiful book for lovers of the natural world
Beautiful books make unforgettable gifts. This pocket-sized treasure is the perfect present for fans of nature, language and rich artwork, adult and child alike!Kindred in spirit to The Lost Words but fresh in its form, The Lost Spells introduces a beautiful new set of...- £14.99 GBP
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The Women Who Saved the English Countryside
A vibrant history of English landscape preservation over the last 150 years, told through the lives of four remarkable women � In Britain today, a mosaic of regulations protects the natural environment and guarantees public access to green spaces. But this was not always...- £11.99 GBP
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The Best Non-Fiction Books for Every Reader
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Whatever non-fiction genre piques your interest, you'll find page-turning titles that both educate and entertain. Expand your horizons and discover your next favorite book in our hand-picked collection of non-fiction reads. Knowledge is power, so empower yourself today with an engrossing non-fiction book from Sherlock and Pages. Let us guide you to new insights and perspectives with our expertly selected titles.