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Fifty Things to Do With a Stick
£12.99Fifty Things to Do With a Stick
A must-read for anyone with an adventurous spirit, a yen to whittle and chop, and a desire to get out into nature and play with sticks! These 50 achievable ideas for making and playing with sticks – all with beautiful step-by-step illustrations – make a great gift.
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Hotel for cats
£7.99Hotel for cats
At a hotel in Paris, four cats are in charge: Bobine, Mulot, Carpette, and Couscous. When a scared new cat, Wolfgang, arrives, the feline friends make it their mission to find out why he is so afraid …
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Poems on nature
£10.99Poems on nature
A delightful collection of nature poems introduced by author Helen Macdonald.
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Scattering plenty
£22.99Scattering plenty
As we plan the future of the British countryside, it’s time to consider those who formed the modern-day landscape as we know it.
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Soulful Nature
£14.99Soulful Nature
In Soulful Nature, Brian Draper and Howard Green encourage you to get outside and make deeper connections with creation and its creator. They chart walking journeys through rural landscapes and town streets over the course of a year, showing how the natural cycle of the changing seasons can awaken us to the rhythms of our own lives.
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South Downs National Park Pocket Map
£3.99South Downs National Park Pocket Map
Handy little full colour map and guide of South Downs National Park.
Detailed mapping and visitor information to the National Park along with a selection of photographs. Map at a scale of 1:125 000 (1cm to 1.25km, 2.0 miles to 1 inch).
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South Downs Way National Trail Map
£6.99South Downs Way National Trail Map
Perfect guide and map for planning your adventure along the South Downs Way.
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The English countryside
£9.99The English countryside
Amazing & Extraordinary Facts: English Countryside explores the flora and fauna, customs and traditions that give the English countryside its unique charm and special identity.
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The granite kingdom
£10.99The granite kingdom
Few regions of Britain are as holidayed in, as well-loved or as mythologised as Cornwall. From the woodlands of the Tamar Valley to the remote peninsula of Penwith – via the wilderness of Bodmin Moor and coastal villages where tourism and fishing find an uneasy coexistence – Tim Hannigan undertakes a zigzagging journey on foot across Britain’s westernmost region to discover how the real Cornwall, its landscapes, histories, communities and sense of identity, intersect with the many projections and tropes that writers, artists and others have placed upon it. Combining landscape and nature writing with deep cultural inquiry, ‘The Granite Kingdom’ is a probing but highly accessible tour of one of Britain’s most popular regions, juxtaposing history, myth, folklore and literary representation with the geographical and social reality of contemporary Cornwall.
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The heart of the woods
£16.99The heart of the woods
The Heart of the Woods blends crafted narrative with stunning nature photography. An eye-opening study of trees, humankind and the natural world.
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The way of the hermit
£10.99The way of the hermit
A rare insight into an alternative way of life in this unforgettable journey of one man pitting his wits against the wilderness and enduring endless isolation, providing precious insights into the life of a hermit.
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Where Are the Fellows Who Cut the Hay?
£16.99Where Are the Fellows Who Cut the Hay?
This title is an ode to rural life, charting traditions of the past, how they were lost and why we need to reconnect. Exploring the relationship between everyday items and the communities that make them, Robert Ashton provides a snapshot of twenty-first century England. Where are the people who grow barley, milk cows and produce wool? How have their farming methods become less ethical, sustainable and natural over time? And what are we doing today to reverse that change? Inspired by George Ewart Evans’s ‘Ask the Fellows Who Cut the Hay’, Ashton gives voice to local people and travels rural Suffolk in search for innovation, interweaving his own personal connection to Evans and to the land. Part memoir, part social history, Ashton’s thought-provoking book is a manifesto for why, against all odds, we need to step back in order to progress.
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Where the hearth is
£10.99Where the hearth is
Kate Humble has a knack for sharing her own journey towards a more pleasing and purposeful life in a way that inspires readers, enables them to reassess their own lives and helps them achieve their personal goals. Having encouraged readers to reconnect with nature in ‘Thinking on My Feet’ and simplify their lifestyles in ‘A Year of Living Simply’, she turns now to reimagining the ideal home – examining her own experiences and expectations, considering all the elements necessary to futureproof her home life, taking advice from others living uniquely, extraordinarily, happily, and gaining insights from some unexpected quarters – including the animal kingdom.
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Wild service
£20.00Wild service
In May 2022, the Royal Swedish Academy of Science released a paper that measured fourteen European countries on three factors: biodiversity, wellbeing, and nature connectedness. Britain came last in every single one. The study concluded that without adequate connection to nature, our population would suffer significant mental and physical health decline, which would in turn make us less inclined to protect the environment. In other words, our health and the wellbeing of nature are intrinsically dependent on the other. ‘Wild Service’ is an all-star ensemble collection of essays from the members of the Right to Roam campaign in collaboration with Nick Hayes’s infamous woodcut illustrations that present a positive framework for a new relationship with the natural world.
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