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Woodcraft (Hardcover): E Kreps Woodcraft (Hardcover)
E Kreps
R765 Discovery Miles 7 650 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This unusual early work is a fascinating read for camping and survival fans. Chapters deal with every aspect of survival in the wild from building and furnishing a wooden hut to travelling in pathless woods, and from starting fires to making snow shoes, a backpack and hunting weapons. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

The Million Dollar Breed - The American Bull Terrier (Hardcover): Various The Million Dollar Breed - The American Bull Terrier (Hardcover)
Various
R763 Discovery Miles 7 630 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

From Me to You (Hardcover): Daylan Williams From Me to You (Hardcover)
Daylan Williams
R723 Discovery Miles 7 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Growing Up Cowboy - Confessions of a Luna Kid (Hardcover): Ralph Reynolds Growing Up Cowboy - Confessions of a Luna Kid (Hardcover)
Ralph Reynolds
R644 Discovery Miles 6 440 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Coming of age in the rugged and unforgiving Southwest may not suit the faint-of-heart, but it is the perfect landscape for a compelling and humorous memoir of a lad who endured a mid-1900s cowboy upbringing in rural Arizona and New Mexico. Growing Up Cowboy chronicles the foibles and fortunes of its author, Ralph Reynolds (a.k.a. Luna Kid), in an engaging and heartfelt fashion. From wrangling ornery critters to finding first love, the Luna Kid confesses all and regales the reader with vivid stories imparted with an abundance of wit and humility. So saddle up and ride along as the Luna Kid introduces you to a helping of the Southwest's fascinating terrain and colorful characters. And along the way shows you the irreverent side of adolescence adventure and the human side of growing up cowboy. Growing Up Cowboy can be found on the shelves of the National Cowboy Museum Library, and selections from the book have been reprinted by the National Cowboy Hall of Fame.

Intimate Isolation - A Photographic Journey Through Nature (Hardcover): Jeremy Janus Intimate Isolation - A Photographic Journey Through Nature (Hardcover)
Jeremy Janus
R947 Discovery Miles 9 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Practical Poultry Keeper (Hardcover): Lewis Wright The Practical Poultry Keeper (Hardcover)
Lewis Wright
R995 Discovery Miles 9 950 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Originally published in 1867. The well illustrated contents include early information on all aspects of poultry including: - Housing Management Hatching and Rearing Table Poultry Breeding for Show Cochins Brahmas Malays and Indian Game Game Fowls Dorkings Spanish, Minorcas and Leghorns Hamburghs French Breeds American Breeds Bantams Turkeys Guinea Fowl Ducks Geese Swans and much more. Many of the earliest poultry books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Plant Songs - Reflections on Herbal Medicine (Hardcover): Jessica Baker Lac Rh (Ahg) Plant Songs - Reflections on Herbal Medicine (Hardcover)
Jessica Baker Lac Rh (Ahg)
R759 R670 Discovery Miles 6 700 Save R89 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Pigeons And How To Keep Them (Hardcover): A. Osman Pigeons And How To Keep Them (Hardcover)
A. Osman
R945 Discovery Miles 9 450 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This early work on Pigeon Keeping is an engrossing read for any pigeon enthusiast of historian of the hobby, but also contains much information that is still pertinent and practical today. Extensively illustrated with explanatory diagrams and text photographs, forming a complete how-to guide. Contents Include: The Loft and Aviary, Management-Breeding, Rearing, Feeding, Selection-Crossing versus In-Breeding, The Moult, Judging, Showing, Preparation, The English Carrier, The Dragoon, Barb, and Antwerp, The Pouter, The Norwich Cropper, And The Pigmy Pouter, The Frill Family, Show Homer, Exhibition Homer and Genuine Flying Homer, The Tumbler Family, Other Varieties, Sporting Pigeons, Squab-Rearing for Table Purposes, Diseases, and Pigeons As Messengers. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Bulletin of the Essex Institute; 17-18 (Hardcover): Essex Institute 1n Bulletin of the Essex Institute; 17-18 (Hardcover)
Essex Institute 1n
R1,042 Discovery Miles 10 420 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Practical small scale queen rearing using the Miller method (Hardcover): Lynfa Davies Practical small scale queen rearing using the Miller method (Hardcover)
Lynfa Davies
R640 Discovery Miles 6 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
National Park Ranger, a.K.a., "Bleeding Green & Grey" - High Adenture Tales, Humorous Stories, & Deadly Consequences!... National Park Ranger, a.K.a., "Bleeding Green & Grey" - High Adenture Tales, Humorous Stories, & Deadly Consequences! (Hardcover)
Gregory W Moss
R866 Discovery Miles 8 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

National Park Ranger, a.k.a., "Bleeding Green & Grey" tells the stories that cover well beyond just the numerous and sometimes daily heroic deeds that other present park ranger books more than adequately validate. However, these new true-life tales not only embrace such topics as the customary high adventure cases, the sometimes humorous park visitors, and the dealing with the unfortunate death & mayhem; but now include various accounts of handling previously considered taboo matters such as limited budgets, hiring difficulties, increasing outside agency assists, and unfortunately, politics and bureaucracy. Also, something rather different in dealing with the typical stoical federal government, author Greg Moss actually enjoys to not only show the amusement side of dealing with the unusual park visitor actions, but also pokes fun of himself or other park staff. All those emergency life-or-death call-out operations and boring administrative meetings don't go off quite as smoothly as most other books on park rangers currently portray, or even totally ignore. This author uses a lot of dry humor, satire, and sarcasm in his book which makes you laugh out loud, scratch your head, and say, "Really? Is that true?"

November Idyll - In the Creasey Mahan Nature Preserve (Hardcover): Karin Acree, Lauren Acree November Idyll - In the Creasey Mahan Nature Preserve (Hardcover)
Karin Acree, Lauren Acree
R964 Discovery Miles 9 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Coral Comes High (Hardcover): George P. Hunt Coral Comes High (Hardcover)
George P. Hunt
R635 Discovery Miles 6 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Coral Comes High is Captain George P. Hunt's account of what happened to himself and his company during the initial stages of the Peleliu invasion by the US Marines during World War 2. The company sustains terrible casualties and is isolated in a seemingly hopeless position for a nightmare forty-eight hours. Outnumbered and outgunned by the enemy, they beat off all attacks and seize the Point with a courage which is at the same time matter-of-fact and almost superhuman.

I Am Kitty the Kitten - Photo Book (Hardcover): Hemmo Vattulainen I Am Kitty the Kitten - Photo Book (Hardcover)
Hemmo Vattulainen
R1,101 Discovery Miles 11 010 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Feminist Ecocriticism - Environment, Women, and Literature (Hardcover, New): Douglas A Vakoch Feminist Ecocriticism - Environment, Women, and Literature (Hardcover, New)
Douglas A Vakoch; Contributions by Vicky L. Adams, Marnie M. Sullivan, Theda Wrede, Jeffrey A. Lockwood, …
R2,579 Discovery Miles 25 790 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Feminist Ecocriticism examines the interplay of women and nature as seen through literary theory and criticism, drawing on insights from such diverse fields as chaos theory and psychoanalysis, while examining genres ranging from nineteenth-century sentimental literature to contemporary science fiction. The book explores the central claim of ecofeminism that there is a connection between environmental degradation and the subordination of women with the goal of identifying and fostering liberatory alternatives. Feminist Ecocriticism analyzes the work of such diverse women writers as Rachel Carson, Barbara Kingsolver, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Mary Shelley. By including chapters from a comparable number of women and men, this book dispels the notion that ecofeminism is relevant to and used by only female scholars. After uncovering the oppressive dichotomies of male/female and nature/culture that underlie contemporary environmental problems, Feminist Ecocriticism focuses specifically on emancipatory strategies employed by ecofeminist literary critics as antidotes, asking what our lives might be like as those strategies become increasingly successful in overcoming oppression. Thus, ecofeminism is not limited to the critique of literature, but also helps identify and articulate liberatory ideals that can be actualized in the real world, in the process transforming everyday life. Providing an alternative to rugged individualism, for example, ecofeminist literature promotes a more fulfilling sense of interrelationship with both community and the land. In the process of exploring literature from ecofeminist perspectives, the book reveals strategies of emancipation that have already begun to give rise to more hopeful ecological narratives. Feminist Ecocriticism provides a novel integration of two important strands of contemporary literary criticism that have often failed to make contact: feminist criticism and ecocriticism. The openness of both feminist criticism and ecocriticism to multiple, even incompatible perspectives, without the insistence on unitary definitions of their fields, has given rise to a new hybrid discipline: feminist ecocriticism."

Look For the Good In Each Day - Journal Inspirations (Hardcover): Debi Snyder Look For the Good In Each Day - Journal Inspirations (Hardcover)
Debi Snyder
R756 Discovery Miles 7 560 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society; Index - v.37-42 (1949) (Hardcover): Bombay Natural History Society Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society; Index - v.37-42 (1949) (Hardcover)
Bombay Natural History Society
R795 Discovery Miles 7 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Walden (Hardcover): Henry David Thoreau Walden (Hardcover)
Henry David Thoreau
R666 Discovery Miles 6 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Walden is one of the best-known non-fiction books ever written by an American. It details Thoreau's sojourn in a cabin near Walden Pond, amidst woodland owned by his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson. Walden was written with expressed seasonal divisions. Thoreau hoped to isolate himself from society in order to gain a more objective understanding of it. Simplicity and self-reliance were Thoreau's other goals, and the whole project was inspired by Transcendentalist philosophy. This book is full of fascinating musings and reflections. As pertinent and relevant today as it was when it was first written.

Steep Trails - California-Utah-Nevada-Washington Oregon-The Grand Canyon (Hardcover): John Muir Steep Trails - California-Utah-Nevada-Washington Oregon-The Grand Canyon (Hardcover)
John Muir
R632 Discovery Miles 6 320 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Memoirs of the Queensland Museum; 34 part 2 (Hardcover): Queensland Museum, Ronald 1874- Hamlyn-Harris Memoirs of the Queensland Museum; 34 part 2 (Hardcover)
Queensland Museum, Ronald 1874- Hamlyn-Harris
R894 Discovery Miles 8 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Sussex Spaniel - A Complete Anthology of the Dog (Hardcover): Various The Sussex Spaniel - A Complete Anthology of the Dog (Hardcover)
Various
R702 Discovery Miles 7 020 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Sussex Spaniel - A Complete Anthology of the Dog gathers together all the best early writing on the breed from our library of scarce, out-of-print antiquarian books and documents and reprints it in a quality, modern edition. This anthology includes chapters taken from a comprehensive range of books, many of them now rare and much sought-after works, all of them written by renowned breed experts of their day. These books are treasure troves of information about the breed - The physical points, temperaments, and special abilities are given; celebrated dogs are discussed and pictured; and the history of the breed and pedigrees of famous champions are also provided. The contents were well illustrated with numerous photographs of leading and famous dogs of that era and these are all reproduced to the highest quality. Books used include: My Dog And I by H. W. Huntington (1897), The Kennel Encyclopaedia by J. Sidney Turner (1911), Hutchinson's Dog Encyclopaedia by Walter Hutchinson (1935) and many others.

Secret Life of the City - How Nature Thrives in the Urban Wild (Hardcover): Hanna Hagen Bjørgaas Secret Life of the City - How Nature Thrives in the Urban Wild (Hardcover)
Hanna Hagen Bjørgaas; Translated by Matt Bagguley
R688 R509 Discovery Miles 5 090 Save R179 (26%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Come along on an informative, whirlwind tour of urban species—from intelligent crows to backyard lichens—and discover that you are surrounded by wild nature, even in your own backyard. When biologist Hanna Bjørgaas spots a fairy cup lichen in Antarctica, she is surprised to recognize it from her own backyard in Oslo. When she returns home, she embarks on a journey into urban nature, visiting city parks, cemeteries, and concrete rooftops to investigate the species that live in urban spaces. Along the way, she meets corvids, songbirds, ants, pigeons, bats, sparrows, fungi, and linden trees—and the experts who study their surprising abilities to survive, and thrive, in the city. As Bjørgaas discovers, urban nature—and its unique mixture of species that have never lived together before in Earth’s history—is valuable. More than half of the world’s human population lives in densely populated areas—and plants and animals have followed us into cities. Secret Life of the City invites us to pay more attention to the sounds, sights, and smells of urban nature right outside our door. A treasure trove of fascinating flora and fauna, this wonderful book offers a plea to save our city plants, animals, and fungi before we lose them, too.

Two Old Fools Down Under (Hardcover): Victoria Twead Two Old Fools Down Under (Hardcover)
Victoria Twead
R637 Discovery Miles 6 370 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Musings - A Countrywoman's Views on Family Nature and Life in a Small Town (Hardcover): Dolores Knowles Musings - A Countrywoman's Views on Family Nature and Life in a Small Town (Hardcover)
Dolores Knowles
R756 Discovery Miles 7 560 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Turkey Farming (Hardcover): Ray Feltwell Turkey Farming (Hardcover)
Ray Feltwell
R1,000 Discovery Miles 10 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This fascinating work is thoroughly recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of all turkey enthusiasts and historians of the breed. Equally as valuable to an amateur turkey keeper as to those in the agricultural industry its 333 pages contain a wealth of information and anecdote on a variety of aspects of poultry husbandry. It focuses mainly on commercial turkey-keeping and acts as a simple, practical guide to the everyday work of the turkey-farmer. Extensively illustrated with text and full page photographs. Contents Include: Preface; The Growth of the Turkey Industry; Structure and Make-up; Varieties of Turkeys; Nutrition and Balancing the Diet; Incubation; Brooding and Rearing; Principles of Breeding; Management of Breeding Stock; The Motley System; Marketing; Ailments and Diseases; The Appendices - Marketing, Standards of Perfection, Incubation and Embryology, General, Nutrition; and an Index. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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