Jamie has just been named 'the Makar' - Scotland's poet laureate and you can see why in this essay collection: her quiet sentences are so polished they almost glisten. Whether she's windswep... read more
Returning to her native Bulgaria, the acclaimed writer explores the valley of the Mesta and encounters its inhabitants and their traditions of plant-lore. Her previous books have been outsta... read more
Landscape preservation through the lives of Octavia Hill (London), Beatrix Potter (Lake District), Pauline Dower (Northumberland), and Sylvia Sayer (Dartmoor).
Louis-Antoine de Bougainville and Pierre Magnol to Sir David Attenborough, via Lady Gaga... The author is, amongst other roles, the president of the Linnaean Society.
Around the world in the company of a woman who sees feasts where others might see weeds or indiscriminate greenery. Identifications, recipes and lovely botanical illustrations. Meadowsweet b... read more
Save the salmon and save the planet; it works the other way round too. Kurlansky is thorough, thoughtful and fascinating.
NB Publication of this book has been delayed. Publishing schedule... read more
Phases of the moon, sunrise and sunsets, tide tables, the changing sky at night, gardening tips, sowing times, recipes, holidays, festivals... and delightfully illustrated too. LL is an al... read more
This lovely anthology of the work of the writer, artist and wood engraver famous for The Farmer's Year and Four Hedges is beautifully produced, and includes some of her lesser-known writing ... read more
Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land: AL was a philosopher, scientist, ecologist, forester and conservationist, and a professor at the University of Wisconsin. He was the ... read more
"We think about history coming down to us; but creation, generally, builds upwards, layer on layer...". JLS is a farmer as well as one of our foremost writers of nature, and here he takes hi... read more
JLS's approach to sheep and shepherding is both practical and lyrical - he, the shepherd, sometimes lies down to sleep with his sheep. Interesting too are his ideas about what constitutes go... read more
Another short delightfulness from JLS, following his Secret Life of the Owl, The Glorious life of the Oak and others. He and these slim yearly productions are becoming an institution.