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John Lewis-Stempel
'England's finest nature writer' (The Times) delivers is his most important work- an exploration of all the distinctive habitats that define the English landscape.
England's landscape is iconic - a…
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For fans of Peter Mayle, 'Britain's finest living nature writer' takes the plunge and buys an old farmhouse deep in the French countryside - a perfect slice of sunny escapist…
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Make your garden a haven for wildlife, and for you and your family.
A perfect gift book for the autumn season, acclaimed nature writer and farmer John Lewis-Stempel shows us a countryside unseen as he ventures into the moonlight to walk with nocturnal…
_________________ ‘BRITAIN’S FINEST LIVING NATURE WRITER’ - THE TIMES WINNER OF THE THWAITES WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2015 What really goes on in the long grass? Meadowland gives an unique and intimate…
Presented chronologically, this title offers a portrait of England and the English - and the unique place of both in world history. Through the words of those who saw it…
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With no modern drugs, and a lot of trial-and-error, James sets about learning how to treat the local farm animals and the pets of city folk. This book reveals a…
How to describe the ecstatic song of larks? We watch as they climb the sky, delight in their joyful singing, and yet we harm them too. The Soaring life of…
The last untold story of the First World War: the fortunes and fates of 170,000 British soldiers captured by the enemy.
The Times and Irish Independent: BEST NATURE BOOKS OF THE YEAR Great nature writing needs to be informative, detailed, accurate, lyrical, and, above all, to instil a sense of gratitude…
But owls - with the sapient flatness of their faces, their big, round eyes, their paternal expressions - are also reassuringly familiar.
it considers the life-cycle of the oak, the flora and fauna that depend on the oak, the oak as medicine, food and drink, where Britain’s mightiest oaks can be found…
To love and loathe the fox is a British condition. The fox is our apex predator, our most beautiful and clever killer.
A warm and personal biography of the sheep by one of our most celebrated nature writers - author of multiple Sunday Times bestsellers and twice winner of the Wainwright Prize…
The Best of British Nature’s Food and Drink for Free
THE PERFECT GIFT FOR NATURE LOVERS ‘To see a hare sit still as stone, to watch a hare boxing on a frosty March morning, to witness a hare bolt…
The story of a typical English farm, and with it the fascinating history of the English countryside, by the award-winning, bestselling author whose family has worked the land for centuries.
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The extraordinary story of British junior officers in the First World War, who led their men out of the trenches and faced a life expectancy of six weeks.
The natural history of the Western Front during the First World War by the award-winning author of Meadowland.
Traditional ploughland is disappearing. The corncrake is all but extinct in England. And the hare is running for its life. This book tells the story of the wild animals and…
The Wild Life is John Lewis-Stempel’s account of twelve months eating only food shot, caught or foraged from the fields, hedges, and brooks of his forty-acre farm.
Lyrical and informative, steeped in poetry and folklore, The Wood inhabits the mind and touches the soul. For four years John Lewis-Stempel managed Cockshutt wood, a particular wood - three…
Ruth Janette Ruck
My Family and Other Animals meets The Secret Life of Cows: this rediscovered gem of a memoir tells the charming tale of how a baby llama transformed a Welsh farming…
John Lewis-Stempel,Major Jock Haswell
A very readable history of the British Army that manages to be objective yet sympathetic, and concise while never being superficial
