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Case Study
Häftad, 2022
126 kr
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LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 BOOKER PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 GORDON BURN PRIZE'A page-turning blast.' Times'Genuinely affecting … a very funny book.' Guardian'Burstingly alive and engaging.' TelegraphFROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED HIS BLOODY PROJECT.'I have decided to write down …
It Came From the Closet
Queer Reflections on Horror
Häftad, 2023
190 kr
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“Horror opened me up to new possibilities for survival … I saw power in freakery and transgression and wondered if it could be mine.”The relationship between horror films and the LGBTQ+ community? It’s complicated. Haunted houses, forbidden desires and the monstrous can have striking resonance for …
Eagle's Way
Nature's New Frontier in a Northern Landscape
Av Jim Crumley
Häftad, 2014
145 kr
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“The best nature writer working in Britain today.” – The Los Angeles Times. Eagles, more than any other bird, spark our imaginations. These magnificent creatures encapsulate the majesty and wildness of Scottish nature. But change is afoot for the eagles of Scotland: the golden eagles are now …
Sagas of Salt and Stone
Orkney unwrapped
Av Robin Noble
Häftad, 2018
149 kr
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The islands of Orkney are distinct, perhaps that bit wild. Remote, surrounded by an endless ocean and dominated by an infinite sky, which brings either brilliant light or days of wind that makes everything taste of salt. This remarkable landscape has the power to bewitch people, and Robin Noble has …
Ghost Trees
Nature and People in a London Parish
Av Bob Gilbert
Inbunden, 2018
179 kr
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Even in the brick and concrete heart of our cities, nature finds a way. Birds and mammals, insects, plants and trees – they all manage to thrive in the urban jungle, and Bob Gilbert is their champion and their chronicler. He explores the hidden wildlife of the inner city and its edgelands, finding …
Incandescent
We Need to Talk About Light
Av Anna Levin
Häftad, 2019
120 kr
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Light is changing, dramatically. Our world is getting brighter – you can see it from space. But is brighter always better? Artificial light is voracious and spreading. Vanquishing precious darkness across the planet, when we are supposed to be using less energy. The quality of light has altered as …
Rocks and Rain, Reason and Romance
The Landscape, History and People of the Lake District
Av David Howe
Häftad, 2019
120 kr
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David Howe tells the story of the Lake District, England’s most dramatic landscape. Home to vistas of stunning beauty and a rich heritage, it is an area of England that fascinates, inspires – and has bewitched David for a lifetime. With passion and an endless curiosity, he reveals how half a …
Scots Dictionary of Nature
Häftad, 2019
157 kr
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Scotland is a nation of dramatic weather and breathtaking landscapes – of nature resplendent. And, over the centuries, the people who have lived, explored and thrived in this country have developed a rich language to describe their surroundings: a uniquely Scottish lexicon shaped by the very …
Castles from Cobwebs
Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize
Av J.A. Mensah
Inbunden, 2021
187 kr
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'I’d always known that I was Brown. Black was different though; it came announced. Black came with expectations, of rhythm and other things that might trip me up.'Imani is a foundling. Rescued as a baby and raised by nuns on a remote Northumbrian island, she grows up with an ever-increasing feeling …
Stream Invites us to Follow
Exploring the Eden from Source to Sea
Av Dick Capel
Häftad, 2020
153 kr
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Nestled between the Pennines and the Lake District Fells, the beautiful Eden Valley combines lush green countryside, abundant wildlife in hedgerows and woodlands, fertile farmland, ancient landmarks, and historic market towns and villages. Much like the valley itself, this book is a meeting of the …
Handbook of Scotland's Coasts
Häftad, 2020
145 kr
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This handbook is an inspirational resource to help you discover the thousands of miles of Scotland’s spectacular coastline – from its stunning geology and diverse marine and bird life to its coastal history, culture and landmarks. Fishing ports, arts communities, clifftop castles, island hideaways, …
Cottongrass Summer
Essays of a naturalist throughout the year
Av Roy Dennis
Häftad, 2020
127 kr
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A collection of vibrant essays to inform, stimulate and inspire every nature lover. Through unparallelled expertise as a field naturalist, Roy Dennis is able to write about the natural world in a way that considers both the problems and the progress in ecology and conservation. Beginning with …
Skylarks with Rosie
A Somerset Spring
Av Stephen Moss
Inbunden, 2021
153 kr
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As spring arrives, Stephen Moss’s Somerset garden is awash with birdsong: chiffchaffs, wrens, robins and more. Overhead, buzzards soar, ravens tumble and the season gathers pace. But this equinox is unlike any other. As the nation goes into lockdown, Stephen records the wildlife around his home, …
How to Survive Everything
Häftad, 2021
130 kr
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A New York Times Editor’s Pick. Shortlisted for the Bookmark Festival Book of the Year and the McIlvanney Prize"I wasn’t sure there could be a great pandemic novel. Here it is." Ian RankinMy name is Haley Cooper Crowe and I am in lockdown in a remote location I can’t tell you about.It’s five years …
Case Study
Inbunden, 2021
185 kr
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LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 BOOKER PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 GORDON BURN PRIZE'A page-turning blast.' Times'Genuinely affecting … a very funny book.' Guardian'Burstingly alive and engaging.' TelegraphFROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED HIS BLOODY PROJECT.'I have decided to write down …
Lakeland Wild
Av Jim Crumley
Inbunden, 2021
150 kr
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The Lake District is one of our busiest national parks. Many people believe that wildness is long gone from the fells, lakes, tarns and becks, yet, within its boundaries, Jim Crumley sets out to prove them wrong – to find “a new way of seeing and writing about this most seen and written about of …
Mistletoe Winter
Av Roy Dennis
Häftad, 2021
111 kr
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A new collection of vibrant essays to inform, stimulate and inspire every nature lover.Times of darkness offer opportunities to reflect. In Mistletoe Winter, Roy Dennis offers his reflections on the natural world from the past year – from the welcome signs of change to the ongoing problems we are …
Fossils
Häftad, 2022
146 kr
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When twelve-year-old Sherrie-Lee witnesses a failed bank robbery in her neglected town, she seizes an opportunity to claim a new identity for herself. Escaping her troubled home life, she tries out a new name and invents stories and personas to cover her tracks.Sherrie-Lee finds both possibility …
Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Weird Sisters
Av Olga Wojtas
Häftad, 2022
127 kr
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Never underestimate a librarian.Intelligent cosy crime with razor-sharp wit and an unlikely hero, for fans of P.G. Wodehouse and Muriel Spark"So funny." Lynne TrussShona McMonagle is back, once again personally selected by Marcia Blaine, founder of her alma mater, the Marcia Blaine School for Girls …
North Country
An anthology of landscape and nature
Av Karen Lloyd
Inbunden, 2022
166 kr
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“Curlews give their liquid, burbling call, a call of pure happiness, the music of the fells.” Ella Pontefract, 1936, WensleydaleThe North of England abounds with beauty, from unspoiled beaches in Northumberland to the dramatic Lakeland Fells, for so long celebrated by writers and artists. Wide …
Castles from Cobwebs
Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize
Av J.A. Mensah
Häftad, 2022
144 kr
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'I’d always known that I was Brown. Black was different though; it came announced. Black came with expectations, of rhythm and other things that might trip me up.'Imani is a foundling. Rescued as a baby and raised by nuns on a remote Northumbrian island, she grows up with an ever-increasing feeling …
Exquisite Sense of What is Beautiful
Häftad, 2023
130 kr
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The personal collides with the political in this literary tour-de-force. In the 1950s, an eminent British writer pens a novel questioning the ethics of the nuclear destruction at Hiroshima and Nagasaki—but soon he’s trying to outrun his own past. Hakone, Japan, 2003. An eminent British writer in …
Gathering Tide
A Journey Around the Edgelands of Morecambe Bay
Av Karen Lloyd
Häftad, 2023
142 kr
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"Evocative, muscular." - Kathleen Jamie. Karen Lloyd takes us on a deeply personal journey around the 60 miles of coastline that make up ‘nature’s amphitheatre’. Embarking on a series of walks that take in beguiling landscapes and ever-changing seascapes, Karen tells the stories of the places, …
Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Gondola of Doom
Av Olga Wojtas
Häftad, 2024
127 kr
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Never underestimate a librarian.Fifty-something Edinburgh librarian Shona is a proud former pupil of the Marcia Blaine School for Girls, but has a deep loathing for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, which she thinks gives her alma mater a bad name. Impeccably educated and an accomplished linguist, …
Peat and Whisky
The Unbreakable Bond
Av Mike Billett
Häftad, 2023
148 kr
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Shortlisted for the Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards 2024“Outstanding … among the most important books about whisky ever written.” Charles MacLean BRINGING TOGETHER LANDSCAPES, geology, history, people and their whisky, and addressing the key role of peatlands in mitigating climate change, …
What Doesn't Kill Us
Shortlisted in Scotland’s National Book Awards
Av Ajay Close
Häftad, 2024
142 kr
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'This book is a must read ... a uniquely raw and authentic voice.' Maxine PeakeA killer stalks the streets of Leeds. Every man is a suspect. Every woman is at risk. But in a house on Cleopatra Street, women are fighting back.It’s the eve of the 1980s. PC Liz Seeley joins the squad investigating the …
Charles Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle
The Journals That Revealed Nature's Grand Plan
Inbunden, 2005
137 kr
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Illustrated edition of Darwin's Beagle journals, with commentary and features, on the observations that led to one of the most important breakthroughs in the history of science and human thought.
Hidden Life of Ancient Egypt
Decoding the Secrets of a Lost World
Inbunden, 2009
186 kr
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Explores how the art of the civilization can be the key to understanding the rites, thoughts and daily life of the mysterious ancient Egyptians. This book decodes fifty works, from wall paintings from Nebamun's tomb to Tutankhamun's grave goods, with hieroglyphs and symbols of ancient practices, …
Mind Over Matter
Noetic Science and the Question of Consciousness
Häftad, 2011
146 kr
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Is it possible to 'send' thoughts into someone else's brain? Can random number generators predict future events? Why does a placebo work like a drug? Might our minds be components of a universal collective consciousness? Astonishingly, the answer to more than one of these questions might be 'yes'. …
