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Arboreal: A Collection of Words from the Woods
Adrian Cooper (Ed.)
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Description for Arboreal: A Collection of Words from the Woods
Hardcover. Bringing together the finest and best-known names in contemporary writing, a new, landmark anthology which explores the many strands of what woodlands mean to us. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; RGBL; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 716.
A century ago woodlands were at the heart of daily life. Trees and hedgerows, copses and spinneys provided wood-fuel, thatch and bedding, woodland pasture for pigs and cattle, medicine from tree bark and a wild harvest of nuts and fruit for the home. But the role of woodlands has been in decline in the last two centuries, drifting ever further from our modern lives. Yet there is no other landscape in the British Isles that matches the complexity and variety of life in a woodland, above and below ground.And while sheltering wildlife, woods continue to enrich our language, feed our ... Read more
A century ago woodlands were at the heart of daily life. Trees and hedgerows, copses and spinneys provided wood-fuel, thatch and bedding, woodland pasture for pigs and cattle, medicine from tree bark and a wild harvest of nuts and fruit for the home. But the role of woodlands has been in decline in the last two centuries, drifting ever further from our modern lives. Yet there is no other landscape in the British Isles that matches the complexity and variety of life in a woodland, above and below ground.And while sheltering wildlife, woods continue to enrich our language, feed our ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little Toller Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
716g
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Wimborne Minster, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908213419
SKU
V9781908213419
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Ref
99-15
About Adrian Cooper (Ed.)
Authors include: Ali Smith, Simon Leatherdale, Alan Garner, Alec Finlay, Simon Armitage, David Nash, Fiona Stafford, Sara Maitland, George Peterken, Helen Dunmore, Jen Hadfield, Philip Marsden, Nina Lyon, Paul Kingsnorth, Paul Evans, Richard Skelton, Tobias Jones, Germaine Greer, Fiona Reynolds, Jay Griffiths, Richard Mabey, Peter Marren, Philip Hoare, Deborah Wilenski, Jim Crumley, Robb Penn, Piers Taylor, Madeleine Bunting, Kathleen Jamie, ... Read more
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