These lovely house-blessers are the latest subject for Moss, following his 'Wren' and ' Robin', and a decade after Horatio Clare's glorious 'A Single Swallow'. Illustrated.
A sumptuous volume on the so-called father of English geology, replete with Smith's own remarkable hand-coloured maps, stratigraphies, Sowerby's fossil illustrations, and photographs. Very l... read more
Climate, exploration, Arctic peoples, trade, material culture and the present - wonders to be shown, d.v., at the British Museum from late May this year.
The authors spend large parts of the year in Svalbard; their focus is the highly adapted wildlife of the Arctic and the effect of climate change on their environment. Fabulous photographs.
Beekeepers of the world unite! And all lovers of bees and the natural world, ho hum. This is an excellent cultural history of apiculture and was a bestselling book in Sweden last year.
Copeland has five thousand miles of ice under his skies and is a specialist in the polar regions, the loss of their ice and the geopolitical implications of these changes. Large format, with... read more
Boreal forests in Europa, Asia and North America account for a third of the world's trees and are essential for life on this planet. Less than 12% is protected... Large format, with stunning... read more