Landsbygd & livet på landet
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Kokvinnorna
Kokvinnorna Inger och Britt är något så ovanligt som handmjölkerskor och förmodligen de allra sista som levererar sin handmjölkade mjölk till mejeriet. De har båda viljor av stål och är färgstarka personligheter som det har varit ett rent nöje att...
Ingenting händer : en resa genom Sverige
Joar Tiberg har rest där ingenting händer - i glesbygdens Sverige. Följ med på folkrace, fågelskådning och armbrytningsmästerskap, till kärnkraftverk, gruvor och de tystaste skogarna. Detta är en bok om människor som envisas med att detta ...
Icons of England
This celebration of the English countryside does not only focus on the rolling green landscapes and magnificent monuments that set England apart from the rest of the world. Many of the contributors bring their own special touch, presenting a refre...
Land Rover
In the aftermath of the Second World War, the long-established Rover company of Solihull was fighting to survive. It needed a vehicle that would give it an advantage over its rivals. Taking the American Willys Jeep as inspiration, Rover designers ...
The Beauties of a Cottage Garden
This is a celebration of the beauties and possibilities of Heliotrope and Honeysuckle, Auricula, Snapdragon, Spanish Iris and Corydalis, and all the other plants that enliven and exalt the gardens of England. Gertrude Jekyll gives good advice on h...
Farm Anatomy - Curious Parts and Pieces of Country Life
From keeping chickens to raising vegetables, the allure of farm life is permeating popular culture. Noted artist and illustrator Julia Rothman has caught the bug, and from her Brooklyn studio she offers "Farm Anatomy", an enticing visual...
The Forager Handbook - A Guide to the Edible Plants of Britain
At any time, in any place, food is there for the taking - if only we knew how and where to look. Miles Irving makes his living out of foraging - in this unique, authentic guide, he reveals the how, why, what and where of this lost art, a way of li...
From Dover To The Wen
Touring the southern counties of England by foot and on horseback from the white cliffs of Dover to the heart of the countryside, William Cobbett recorded a swiftly changing way of life with energy, wit, passion and principle. Here he juxtaposes l...
Some Country Houses and Their Owners
The delightful, gossipy diaries of James Lees-Milne describe his encounters with the owners of country houses - from eccentric lords and oil millionaires to raffish socialists - as he travelled over England saving properties for the National Trust...
Twelve by Twelve - A One-room Cabin Off the Grid and Beyond the American Dream
Why would a successful American physician choose to live in a 12' x 12' cabin without running water or electricity? To find out, Powers visits Dr. Ashley Benton in rural North Carolina. No Name Creek gurgles through Benton's permaculture farm and ...
Country
In "Country", Jasper Conran uses his own experiences and the landscapes and homes that are familiar to him to portray a seductive way of life. The allure of the countryside has a universal aspiration. How do we achieve the dream? It is n...
A Book of Britain - The Lore, Landscape and Heritage of a Treasured Countryside
In this remarkable, landmark publication, countryman Sir Johnny Scott evokes all that is romantic about the British countryside, its people, customs and traditions. Over its 600 gloriously illustrated pages, Johnny draws on his wisdom and knowledg...
Smell of Summer Grass - Pursuing Happiness - Perch Hill 1944-2011
The Smell of Summer Grass is based partly on the long out of print 'Perch Hill'. It is the story of the years spent in finding and building a personal Arcadia, sometimes a dream, sometimes a nightmare, by writer Adam Nicolson and his wife, cook an...
Fire Season - Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout
For nearly a decade, Philip Connors has spent half of each year in a 7'x7' fire lookout tower, 10,000-feet above the ground in one of the remotest territories of New Mexico. One of the least developed parts of the country, the first region designa...
The Bucolic Plague - How Two Manhattanites Became Gentlemen Farmers: An Unconventional Memoir
What happens when two New Yorkers (one an ex-drag queen) do the unthinkable: start over, have a herd of kids, and get a little dirty? Find out in this riotous and moving true tale of goats, mud, and a centuries-old mansion in rustic upstate New Yo...
A House in the High Hills - Dreams and Disasters of Life in a Spanish Farmhouse
I was warned by all those who knew me that to take on a project like this was madness.' At the peak of her fast-paced career, presenter and interviewer Selina Scott bought a house in the Tramuntana hills of Mallorca. It was a dilapidated old farmh...
The Worm Forgives the Plough
This title is presented with an introduction by Robert Macfarlane. During the Second World War, John Stewart Collis volunteered to leave his comfortable life as an academic to work on the land for the war effort. His account of this time perfectly...
Notes from Walnut Tree Farm
When Roger Deakin died in August 2006, his death was considered by many to be a great loss to literature. "Notes From Walnut Tree Farm" collects together the jottings, musings and observations with which he filled a series of notebooks f...
A Year in the Woods - The Diary of a Forest Ranger
Colin Elford spends his days alone - alone but for the deer, the squirrels, the rabbits, the birds, and the many other creatures inhabiting the woods. From the crisp cold of January, through the promise of spring and the heat of summer, and then i...
Voices of Akenfield
Born and brought up in rural Suffolk, Ronald Blythe was fascinated by the rhythms of country life and the stories of the people he had known since childhood. In this perceptive and moving evocation of his home, the villagers speak candidly about t...