A biography drawn from notebooks, diaries, letters, recordings, published work and above all the testimony of many friends.
The Swimmer: The Wild Life of Roger Deakin
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£20.00
Edition:Hardback978024147147025/05/2023From a Bookshelf nearby
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A surprising story of obsession, necessity, invention and adventure. One could really turn the title around for ice has preserved human history as few other mediums have.
A Cold Spell: A Human History of Ice
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The Gibson family of the Scilly Isles photographed shipwrecks for four generations in the C19th and C20th - an extraordinary archive that is now held at the National Maritime Museum in Green... read more
Shipwreck: The Gibson Family of Scilly
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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
Elixir: In the Valley at the End of Time
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Drawing on the Kon-Tiki Museum archive in Oslo and illustrated with many of Heyerdahl's photographs, this is published on the 75th anniversary of the Norwegian explorer's astonishing and per... read more
Thor Heyerdahl: Voyages of the Sun
Hardback £42.00