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The countryside, country life

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The countryside, country life

Hardcover. A stunning depiction of Yorkshire, containing over 100 pages of photography capturing classic Yorkshire landscapes, villages and towns, with text illuminating the history, geography and ecology of the area. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; WND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 297. .
Publisher
Windgather Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909686977
ISBN
9781909686977
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.69

Paperback. Working with the Curlew is an intimate and evocative account of an era before factory farming, when farmers worked closely with nature and the rhythm of the seasons, a smallholding could sustain a family, and there were enough small farms for a shepherd to climb the ladder to ownership. Num Pages: 128 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BG; TV; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Green Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903998342
ISBN
9781903998342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.94

Paperback. Ben Law's incredible sense of the land and his respect for age old traditions offers a wonderful insight into the life of Prickly Nut Wood. Num Pages: 256 pages, 50 b/w illus, With index. BIC Classification: BGA; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007551927
ISBN
9780007551927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.68

Paperback. .
Publisher
Aquaterra Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780992797010
ISBN
9780992797010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.94

Hardcover. The author gives an account of his two years experience of the 'simple life' in the woods. In this book, he tells how he sought and found material and spiritual sustenance in the solitude of the cabin which he built for himself on the shore of Walden Pond, near Concord, Massachusetts. Num Pages: 295 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DNF; RNA; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 137 x 27. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
295
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151367
ISBN
9781857151367
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.53

Hardback. A memoir that shares with us a lifetime of adventures and tells of one man's love of the countryside. Illustrated with wood engravings, it offers the reader tales of a hidden world. Num Pages: 224 pages, 17 black & white wood engravings. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; BM; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 580. Memoirs of an Edinburgh Poacher. 224 pages, 17 black & white wood engravings. A memoir that shares with us a lifetime of adventures and tells of one man's love of the countryside. Illustrated with wood engravings, it offers the reader tales of a hidden world. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; BM; WND. Dimension: 244 x 166 x 21. Weight: 580.
Publisher
The Crowood Press Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847970879
ISBN
9781847970879
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.67

Paperback. Join Julia as she goes in search of the perfect walk, the perfect view - and the perfect pub Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; WND; WSZC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784298821
ISBN
9781784298821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 38 colour illustrations, 10 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: RN; VSZ; WMQF; WMQN; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing Co
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
39864th
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603584616
ISBN
9781603584616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.14

Paperback. Alice Taylor's classic account of growing up in the Irish countryside, the biggest selling book ever published in Ireland. Beautifully illustrated throughout with a new introduction by the author. Num Pages: 240 pages, 65 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; BM; HBTB; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 196 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
O´Brien Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781847178237
ISBN
9781847178237
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.92

Paperback. A funny, heartwarming and inspiring true story of life as a shepherdess in one of the most remote and beautiful spots in England. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BM; TVH; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447251781
ISBN
9781447251781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. Set in the south of England, this book captures the soft-handed, city-dweller's naivety and wonder both at the workings of nature and the toughness of life on a farm. It contains sections on whatever happens to take the author's fancy and inspire his thoughtful curiosity. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099529484
ISBN
9780099529484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.82

Paperback. Navigating family tensions and the trials of growing up, the author describes the close-knit community of North Yorkshire and his family's place within it: the shepherd probing the head-high snowdrifts for his flock; the pub landlord obsessed with military uniforms; and the village doctor lost in his love for the purple moorland. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BG; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099542353
ISBN
9780099542353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. Acutely sensitive to rhythms of the countryside, Edward Thomas's lyrical, passionate, and sometimes political writing merges natural history with folk culture, and gives us a free-form record of the feelings and observations of one of the great poets of the English language. First published 1909 by J.M. Dent & Sons Illustrator(s): Daglish, Eric Fitch. Series: Nature Classics Library. Num Pages: 240 pages, b/w wood engravings + line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKES; 3JJC; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Little Toller Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780956254511
ISBN
9780956254511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.02

Paperback. The author first encountered the Lake District during a boyhood camping trip to Windermere. He was overwhelmed by the freedom of the landscape and the closeness to nature he felt. It was as if he belonged here, amongst the fells, the crags and the endless horizon. This book deals with his life and work in this landscape. Illustrator(s): Ackroyd, Norman. Series: Nature Classics Library. Num Pages: 192 pages, colour etchings. BIC Classification: WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Little Toller Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908213037
ISBN
9781908213037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.55

Paperback. Some people's lives are entirely their own creations. James Rebanks' isn't. The first son of a shepherd, who was the first son of a shepherd himself, he and his family have lived and worked in and around the Lake District for generations. Their way of life is ordered by the seasons and the work they demand, and has been for hundreds of years. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENM; BGH; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 248 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141979366
ISBN
9780141979366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Traditional ploughland is disappearing. Seven cornfield flowers have become extinct in the last twenty years. Once abundant, the corn bunting and the lapwing are on the Red List. The corncrake is all but extinct in England. And the hare is running for its life. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; RNKH1; TVG; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 127. .
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784160746
ISBN
9781784160746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. This volume comprises 190 poems by 133 poets: old favourites are joined by 20th century poetry from both sides of the Atlantic. Editor(s): King, Angela; Clifford, Susan. Series: Trees, Rivers and Fields. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DC; RNA; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
UIT Cambridge United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
SKU
V9781870098823
ISBN
9781870098823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. Nestled within the heart of the county, sparsely and largely untouched by the pressures of the modern age, the Kent Downs are home to some of the most enchanting countryside in southern England. This book unravels the history of the area's settlement and colonisation, and the legacy of its varied natural treasures. Num Pages: 192 pages, around 100. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; WND; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 173 x 13. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752444055
ISBN
9780752444055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.65

Hardcover. Reveals the how, why, what and where of foraging. This book features recipes that use foraged ingredients. Num Pages: 416 pages, 50. BIC Classification: WB; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 199 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1222.
Publisher
Ebury Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091913632
ISBN
9780091913632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 34.88

Paperback. A fascinating portrait of country life across the centuries, as told by the nation's greatest diarists. Illustrator(s): Hinchcliffe, John. Editor(s): Taylor, Alan. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; BJ; DQ; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272. 356 pages, illustrations. A fascinating portrait of country life across the centuries, as told by the nation's greatest diarists. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DB; BJ; DQ; WND. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight: 274.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847673268
ISBN
9781847673268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.03

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