Landsbygd & livet på landet

Brought to you by Penguin. At night, the normal rules of Nature do not apply. In the night-wood I have met a badger coming the other way, tipped my cap, said hello. The animals do not expect us humans to be abroad in the dark, which is their time,...

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This is the story of Alex James?s transition from a leading light of the Britpop movement in the 1990s, to gentleman farmer, artisan cheese-maker and father of five.All Cheeses Great and Small is the follow-up memoir to Alex James''s first book, B...

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?I watched the mirror for a last view, for now, of the frozen mountains of Glen Coe. As the road bent and the outline of Buachaille Etive Mor slid into sight, I did what I always did, and always would. I felt for that flutter of awe and that indef...

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Take a trip to the Yorkshire village of Burley Bridge, where a very special little cookbook shop is about to open its doors...In the beginning...Kitty Cartwright has always solved her problems in the kitchen. Her cookbooks are her life, and there ...

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?An outstanding book? SpectatorThe story of the short life and tragic death of Bowland Beth ? an English Hen Harrier ? which dramatically highlights the major issues in UK conservation.?The sun was blood red as it broke the horizon and lit the com...

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?The story of ?invasive species? is really the story of human history, and Eatherley tells it with great verve ? Fascinating? Daily TelegraphA unique history of plant and animal invaders of the British isles spanning thousands of years of arrivals...

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'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 TELEGRAPHA few years ago, Annie Worsley traded a busy life in academia...

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By the Wainwright-Conservation-Prize-winning author of RebirdingSpend 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...

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This beautifully illustrated overview of the wildlife of the British Isles showcases the diversity of our plant and animal life.Wild Isles is a celebration of the wildlife found on a relatively modest collection of islands positioned at a latitude...

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Escape to Cornwall...'Wonderful. A love story with a mystery at its heart, it will make you laugh, cry and yearn for Cornwall. I loved it!' Miranda DickinsonSummer in Cornwall is the perfect time for a fresh start...Seven years ago, Marina Hudson'...

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Escape to the seaside with this gorgeous new series from the Sunday Times bestselling author - perfect for fans of Trisha Ashley and Heidi Swain.Rose Vernon is headed to a quiet Cornish village - to find the man who saved her life. For Rose, every...

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Longlisted for the 2023 Highland Book Prize'Joyful and mindful, a powerful argument for being still and listening' Sunday TimesA book about birds, birdsong and the countryside they inhabit, from the critically acclaimed author of Raptor.In Wild Ai...

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?Wonderful and enriching? Adam Nicolson?The best book on conservation and the countryside I have read in years? John Lewis-Stempel?A modern pastoral written with intelligence, wit and lyricism? Cal FlynOur wild places and wildlife are disappearing...

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See through the eyes of the Brontës as you immerse yourself in their lives and landscapes, wandering the very same paths they each would have walked in search of the inspiration behind their novels and poetry.An ?imaginative and elegant trek thro...

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'I went for a walk around the garden. A great tit warbled above a patch of coltsfoot. I felt a thousand discoveries awaited...'Notes from a Summer Cottage by Nina Burton is a beautifully written nature memoir about the time spent renovating a cott...

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This fully updated special edition of the classic complete guide to the edible species that grow around us includes a new foreword from the author and a plate section with identification guides for all major species.Originally published in 1972, R...

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The untold story of rural Britain revealed through its artefacts?'A really lovely, fascinating book. I dived straight into this clever, joyous, celebration of nature, history, and - of course - the countryside.' Charles Spencer, author of The Whit...

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Brought to you by Penguin. An enhanced audio edition containing original audio interviews with the author, Laurie Lee.A moving, never-before-published portrait of the landscape that shaped the life of Laurie Lee, the beloved author of Cider With R...

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Brought to you by Penguin. A way of life that once encompassed most of humanity is vanishing in one of the greatest transformations of our time: the eclipse of the rural world by the urban.In this new history of peasantry, Patrick Joyce tells the ...

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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Landmarks by Robert Macfarlane, read by Roy McMillan SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE From the bestselling author of UNDERLAND, THE OLD...

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Brought to you by Penguin. Calming, thought-provoking, poetic and honest , Notes from Walnut Tree Farm is a collection of writing and musing by documentary-maker, environmentalist and author of Waterlog, Roger Deakin. For the last six years of his...

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From the acclaimed author of Rewild Yourself comes a brilliant new 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 ...

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Brought to you by Penguin. In this, his first memoir, John recounts his childhood, the highpoints and lowpoints of one of the longest entertaining careers in history, and the people, family and animals in his own life which have shaped it. Born in...

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Brought to you by Penguin. Matt Baker''s first ever book is a diary of the natural year and a glimpse into family life on the farm, peppered with moments from his TV career throughout. Away from the bright lights of hosting our favourite televisio...

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1949: one year in the childhood of Candida Lycett Green in the remote village of Farnborough in Berkshire. Here she lives with her father John Betjeman and her mother Penelope Chetwode, in one of the bleakest and highest spots on the windswept dow...

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A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener.

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Random House presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The Running Hare by John Lewis-Stempel, read by Bernard Hill. Traditional ploughland is disappearing. Seven cornfield flowers have become extinct in the last twenty years. Onc...

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Random House presents the audiobook edition of Still Water by John Lewis-Stempel, read by Leighton Pugh. The Pond. Nothing in the countryside is more humble or more valuable. It?s the moorhen?s reedy home, the frog?s ancient breeding place, the ki...

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Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Wood by John Lewis-Stempel, read by Leighton Pugh. From ''one of the best nature-writers of his generation'' ( Country Life ) and 2017 winner of the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing, this BBC R...

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Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Secret Life of the Owl by John Lewis-Stempel, read by Roy McMillan.'Dusk is filling the valley. It is the time of the gloaming, the owl-light.Out in the wood, the resident tawny has started callin...

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