Naturalistic, low-maintenance plantings for the sustainable garden; showcases forty gardens and the work of Dan Pearson, Piet Oudolf et alia. Copius illustrations.
Our use of birds is well-known - feathers for hats as well as for nests, birds deified, personified, caged, used for food and for hunting. Less well know is how birds interact with us. (Not ... read more
Explores what happens to places where people no longer live: Chernobyl, swathes of Detroit, Caribbean volcanoes, Scottish mining regions - redemptive, reflective.
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.
In a silty blend of ecology and economics, ALT takes the matsutake mushroom – the most valuable mushroom in the world, comfortable in ravaged landscapes - as a metaphor for the intricate n... read more
...and why it's good for the planet, the economy and our lives. We may even have time to read it. Prof Dorling is a specialist in demography at Oxford and knows his onions.