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Nature Handbook - Explore the Wonders of the Natural World (Hardcover): Dk Nature Handbook - Explore the Wonders of the Natural World (Hardcover)
Dk
R716 R625 Discovery Miles 6 250 Save R91 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Exploring Southern New Hampshire - History and Nature on Back Roads and Quiet Waters (Paperback): Lucie Bryar Exploring Southern New Hampshire - History and Nature on Back Roads and Quiet Waters (Paperback)
Lucie Bryar
R563 R463 Discovery Miles 4 630 Save R100 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Walkers, bikers, paddlers and snowshoers can encounter relics of the past and their incredible tales from Keene to the Seacoast. "Exploring Southern New Hampshire" takes history off the page, out of the car and into the welcoming pine-scented woods and pristine waters of the Granite State. Hike Mount Monadnock, paddle the Nashua River and retrace Lincoln's footsteps down Exeter's streets. Experience the legacy of a women's sawmill at Turkey Pond from the waters that powered it. Visit Cathedral of the Pines, a beautiful outdoor altar built with stones from historic sites around the world. Set sail on the Piscataqua River onboard a gundalow and learn about the region's rich maritime history. Local history explorer and nature lover Lucie Bryar leads readers through the Monadnock, Merrimack Valley and Seacoast regions. Granite State natives and transplants alike will explore trails and waterways to gain a new appreciation for the history hidden in natural New Hampshire.

2024 Guide to the Night Sky - A Month-by-Month Guide to Exploring the Skies Above North America (Paperback): Storm Dunlop, Wil... 2024 Guide to the Night Sky - A Month-by-Month Guide to Exploring the Skies Above North America (Paperback)
Storm Dunlop, Wil Tirion, Royal Observatory Greenwich, Collins Astronomy
R179 Discovery Miles 1 790 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The ideal gift for all amateur and seasoned astronomers. This is the ideal resource for beginners and experienced stargazers in the United States and Canada, and has been updated to include new and practical information covering events occurring in North America's night sky throughout 2024. This practical guide is both an easy introduction to astronomy and a useful reference for seasoned stargazers. Now includes a section on comets and a map of the moon. Designed specifically for North America. Written and illustrated by astronomical experts, Storm Dunlop and Wil Tirion, and approved by the astronomers of the Royal Observatory Greenwich. Content includes: Advice on where to start looking. Easy-to-use star maps for each month with descriptions of what to see. Positions of the moon and visible planets. Details of objects and events in 2024. Now in three editions: Britain and Ireland; North America; Southern Hemisphere.

The Chattooga River - A Natural & Cultural History (Paperback): Laura Ann Garren The Chattooga River - A Natural & Cultural History (Paperback)
Laura Ann Garren
R558 R458 Discovery Miles 4 580 Save R100 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Chattooga River has run through the American consciousness since the movie Deliverance thrust it into the national spotlight. But this National Wild and Scenic River is much more than the make-believe set of a suburbanite nightmare. People travel from all over the country to run its rapids, cast into its current for trout and hike the miles of trails that meander through thousands of acres of woods in the Chattooga watershed. One of the last free-flowing rivers in the Southeast, the river muscles fifty-seven miles through a southern deciduous forest with one of the highest levels of biodiversity in the country and is home to many species of rare wildflowers. Join author Laura Ann Garren as she describes the history and wonder of the real Chattooga River.

The Alps - A Human History from Hannibal to Heidi and Beyond (Paperback): Stephen O'Shea The Alps - A Human History from Hannibal to Heidi and Beyond (Paperback)
Stephen O'Shea
R444 R368 Discovery Miles 3 680 Save R76 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Alps have seen the march of armies, the flow of pilgrims and Crusaders, the feats of mountaineers and the dreams of engineers—and some 14 million people live among their peaks today. In The Alps, Stephen O’Shea takes readers up and down these majestic mountains, journeying through their 500-mile arc across France, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia. He explores the reality behind Hannibal’s crossing; he reveals how the Alps have influenced culture from Frankenstein to Heidi and The Sound of Music; and he visits the spot of Sherlock Holmes’s death scene, the bloody site of the Italians’ retreat in the First World War and Hitler’s notorious Eagle’s Nest. Throughout, O’Shea records his adventures with the watch makers, salt miners, cable-car operators and yodelers who define the Alps today.

Winter - An Anthology for the Changing Seasons (Paperback): Melissa Harrison Winter - An Anthology for the Changing Seasons (Paperback)
Melissa Harrison 1
R392 R290 Discovery Miles 2 900 Save R102 (26%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Winter is a withdrawal: quiet and dark and cold. But in the dim light frost shimmers, stars twinkle and hearths blaze as we come together to keep out the chill. In spite of the season, life persists: visiting birds fill our skies, familiar creatures find clever ways to survive, and the world reveals winter riches to those willing to venture outdoors. In prose and poetry spanning seven hundred years, Winter delights in the brisk pleasures and enduring beauty of the year's turning. Featuring new writing from Patrick Barkham, Satish Kumar and Anita Sethi, extracts from the work of Robert Macfarlane, James Joyce and Kathleen Jamie, and a range of exciting new voices from across the UK, this invigorating collection evokes the joys and the consolations of this magical time of year.

The Royal Meteorological Society: Weather A-Z (Paperback): The Royal Meteorological Society The Royal Meteorological Society: Weather A-Z (Paperback)
The Royal Meteorological Society
R302 Discovery Miles 3 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From ice storms to fire rainbows, this is an A to Z guide to the earth's spectacular weather phenomena. Each entry has been crafted by experts at The Royal Meteorological Society, and many are illustrated with dramatic imagery from their annual Weather Photographer of the Year competition. As well as providing precise scientific and geographic detail, the entries often reveal the folklore that surrounds certain weather events and how they have affected human culture.

The unconquerable spirit - George Stow's history painting of the San (Hardcover): Pippa Skotnes The unconquerable spirit - George Stow's history painting of the San (Hardcover)
Pippa Skotnes
R931 Discovery Miles 9 310 In Stock

George Stow was a Victorian man of many parts--poet, historian, ethnographer, artist, cartographer, and prolific writer. A geologist by profession, he became acquainted, through his work in the field, with the extraordinary wealth of rock paintings in the caves and shelters of the South African interior. Enchanted and absorbed by them, Stow set out to create a record of this creative work of the people who had tracked and marked the South African landscape decades and centuries before him.
"Unconquerable Spirit "reveals the scope and the beauty of his labors. Stow's paintings are more than just copies of what he found on the rocks. They are interpretations of the art of the San, informed by his own understanding of a particularly turbulent time in South African history and his sense of the tragic demise of the San way of life. This book celebrates his pioneering achievement and reminds us, too, of the richness of the imaginative universe of the San.

Miracle Country - A Memoir of a Family and a Landscape (Paperback): Kendra Atleework Miracle Country - A Memoir of a Family and a Landscape (Paperback)
Kendra Atleework
R510 R419 Discovery Miles 4 190 Save R91 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Hindsight - In Search of Lost Wilderness (Hardcover): Jenna Watt Hindsight - In Search of Lost Wilderness (Hardcover)
Jenna Watt
R458 R414 Discovery Miles 4 140 Save R44 (10%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'Essential reading for lovers of the Great outdoors' - Roger Cox, Scotsman Magazine In 2019, Jenna Watt took part in the stalking of a hind on the vast Highland estate of Corrour: part of an immersive attempt to understand the ideas that lie behind 'rewilding', and what it means emotionally and physically to participate in Scotland's deer cull. Piece by piece and chapter by chapter she unravels the story of that one day spent hunting the hind, interlaced with her discovery that her ancestors were deer stalkers, game keepers and ghillies on a Highland estate, who once took part in increasingly controversial land practices like muirburn and species persecution. This exploration leads her into the complex and often conflict-ridden world of the rewilding movement. She meets the 'Wolf Man' of the Highlands, who wants to introduce the first wild wolves back into Scotland for over 300 years; a mountain ecologist who ranges alone across the landscape to track the environmental impact of deer on Scotland's upland ecosystem; landowners who are reintroducing species like beaver, ospreys and sea-eagles onto their estates; and a female deer stalker, who is trying to introduce more women into the male-dominated world of stalking and game-keeping. In the process, Jenna comes to better understand the meaning of 'wildness', the shifting baselines of 'rewilding', and, in a world beset by climate change and species extinction, how to cope, both as an individual and as a society, with the concept of ecological grief.

The Snoring Bird - My Family's Journey Through a Century of Biology (Paperback): Bernd Heinrich The Snoring Bird - My Family's Journey Through a Century of Biology (Paperback)
Bernd Heinrich
R500 R423 Discovery Miles 4 230 Save R77 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Although Gerd Heinrich, a devoted naturalist, specialized in wasps, Bernd Heinrich tried to distance himself from his "old-fashioned" father, becoming a hybrid: a modern, experimental biologist with a naturalist's sensibilities.

In this extraordinary memoir, the award-winning author shares the ways in which his relationship with his father, combined with his unique childhood, molded him into the scientist, and man, he is today. From Gerd's days as a soldier in Europe and the family's daring escape from the Red Army in 1945 to the rustic Maine farm they came to call home, Heinrich relates it all in his trademark style, making science accessible and awe-inspiring.

The Sky at Night: The Art of Stargazing - My Essential Guide to Navigating the Night Sky (Paperback): Maggie Aderin-Pocock The Sky at Night: The Art of Stargazing - My Essential Guide to Navigating the Night Sky (Paperback)
Maggie Aderin-Pocock
R420 R328 Discovery Miles 3 280 Save R92 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Look up... The Art of Stargazing is the ultimate insider's guide to the night sky in which award-winning space scientist and The Sky at Night presenter Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock shares her expertise and unique insights into the marvellous world of stars. Take a tour of the 88 constellations and explore the science, history, culture and romanticism behind these celestial bodies. In this must-have handbook for budding stargazers - and anyone looking for a little more wonder in their lives - Maggie will help you to identify stars and teach you the basics of naked-eye observation, offering fascinating facts plus advice on kit, 'dark sky' locations and much more. Also included are beautiful illustrations to accompany each constellation and an easy-to-read sky map. With Maggie by your side, the night sky will truly come alive.

Holding Back the Sea - The Struggle on the Gulf Coast to Save America (Paperback, 1st Harper Perennial ed): Christopher... Holding Back the Sea - The Struggle on the Gulf Coast to Save America (Paperback, 1st Harper Perennial ed)
Christopher Hallowell
R400 R333 Discovery Miles 3 330 Save R67 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Katrina's arrival on the Gulf Coast was a long time in coming. But it was assured. Since 1965, when Hurricane Betsy struck New Orleans, breached a levee, and flooded part of the city, everyone was waiting and talking about when the Big One would strike and do even more damage. Katrina was that hurricane, predictedand imagined before she struck, but so much worse in her reality.

Holding Back the Sea is about the consequences of ignoring the warning signs that nature provides and the struggle to convince the rest of the country that South Louisiana lay in the path of destruction. The signs were not subtle; there were Hurricanes Andrew in 1992, George and Mitch in 1998, and Ivan in 2004, among others. At one time or another in their journeys north, they all threatened New Orleans. Some had headed right for the city before veering to the east and west, sparing the Big Easy and reinforcing the nickname. But the Big Easy ended -- at least in reputation -- on August 29, 2005, when the Big One came ashore as Katrina.

The Body - A Guide for Occupants (Paperback): Bill Bryson The Body - A Guide for Occupants (Paperback)
Bill Bryson
R498 Discovery Miles 4 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Stranger I Become - On Walking, Looking, and Writing (Paperback): Katharine Coles The Stranger I Become - On Walking, Looking, and Writing (Paperback)
Katharine Coles
R398 R324 Discovery Miles 3 240 Save R74 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Forces of Nature (Paperback): Professor Brian Cox, Andrew Cohen Forces of Nature (Paperback)
Professor Brian Cox, Andrew Cohen 1
R330 R264 Discovery Miles 2 640 Save R66 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Sunday Times Bestseller How did life on Earth begin? What is the nature of space and time? What are the chances that we will discover life on other worlds? Think you know our planet? Think again. Forces of Nature takes you from the mid-Atlantic ridge in Iceland, the volcanoes of Indonesia and the precipitous cliffs in Nepal, to the manatees off the coast of Florida and the northern lights of the Arctic, in search of the fundamental laws that govern our world. These universal laws shape everything, from the structure of snowflakes to the elegant spirals of the galaxies. By seeking to understand the everyday world - the colours, structure, behaviour and history of our home - we can step beyond the everyday and approach the Universe beyond.

Windswept - Life, Nature and Deep Time in the Scottish Highlands (Hardcover): Annie Worsley Windswept - Life, Nature and Deep Time in the Scottish Highlands (Hardcover)
Annie Worsley
R390 Discovery Miles 3 900 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

‘Windswept is a wonderful work, prose painted in bold, bright strokes like a Scottish Colourist's canvas’ ROBERT MACFARLANE ‘I have read pages and pages of this wonderful book, swept away by its beauty and understanding, its chromatic brilliance’ ADAM NICOLSON A few years ago, Annie Worsley traded a busy life in academia to take on a small-holding or croft on the west coast of Scotland. It is a land ruled by great elemental forces – light, wind and water – that hold sway over how land forms, where the sea sits and what grows. Windswept explores what it means to live in this rugged, awe-inspiring place of unquenchable spirit and wild weather. Walk with Annie as she lays quartz stones in the river to reflect the moonlight and attract salmon, as she watches otters play tag across the beach, as she is awoken by the feral bellowing of stags. Travel back in time to the epic story of how Scotland’s valleys were carved by glaciers, rivers scythed paths through mountains, how the earliest people found a way of life in the Highlands – and how she then found a home there millennia later. With stunning imagery and lyrical prose, Windswept evokes a place where nature reigns supreme and humans must learn to adapt. It is her paean to a beloved place, one richer with colour, sound and life than perhaps anywhere else in the UK.

Weather Almanac 2024 - The Perfect Gift for Nature Lovers and Weather Watchers (Hardcover): Storm Dunlop, Collins Books Weather Almanac 2024 - The Perfect Gift for Nature Lovers and Weather Watchers (Hardcover)
Storm Dunlop, Collins Books
R231 Discovery Miles 2 310 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The perfect gift for nature lovers and weather watchers. A fascinating month-by-month collection of facts, figures and explanations related to UK weather with details of famous meteorologists and their influence. Discover historical facts, notable weather events, amazing statistics and stories that will keep you informed all year round. You can delve as deeply as you like, or follow your own favourite topic throughout the year. discover little-known secrets about the weather learn fascinating facts and notable meteorological anniversaries track weather patterns over the previous 12 months examine weather extremes, temperature and atmospheric pressure highs and lows check wind, rainfall and snowfall extremes discover the times for sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset across the UK capital cities find the Moon's Phases and Ages for the year Written by weather expert, Storm Dunlop.

The Nature of Summer (Paperback): Jim Crumley The Nature of Summer (Paperback)
Jim Crumley
R310 R254 Discovery Miles 2 540 Save R56 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

In the endless light of summer days, and the magical gloaming of the wee small hours, nature in Jim's beloved Highlands, Perthshire and Trossachs heartlands is burgeoning freely, as though there is one long midsummer's eve, nothing reserved. For our flora and fauna, for the very land itself, this is the time of extravagant growth, flowering and the promise of fruit and the harvest to come. But despite the abundance, as Jim Crumley attests, summer in the Northlands is no Wordsworthian idyll. Climate chaos and its attendant unpredictable weather brings high drama to the lives of the animals and birds he observes. There is also a wild, elemental beauty to the land, mountains, lochs, coasts and skies, a sense of nature at its very apex during this, the most beautiful and lush of seasons. Jim chronicles it all: the wonder, the tumult, the spectacle of summer - and what is at stake as our seasons are pushed beyond nature's limits.

The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2023 - THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER (Hardcover): Lia Leendertz The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2023 - THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER (Hardcover)
Lia Leendertz
R396 R322 Discovery Miles 3 220 Save R74 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

*THE ORIGINAL & SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING ALMANAC Reconnect with the seasons in Britain and Ireland with this month-by-month guide to the world around us - including key dates, tide tables and garden tasks; constellations and moon phases; sunrises, folk songs, seasonal recipes plus a 'bun of the month'; and - because 2023 will be a good year for planet spotting - the solar system and the zodiac. The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2023 gives you the tools and inspiration you need to celebrate, mark and appreciate each month of the year in your own particular way. Divided into the 12 months, a set of tables each month gives it the feel and weight of a traditional almanac, providing practical information that gives access to the outdoors and the seasons, perfect for expeditions, meteor-spotting nights and beach holidays. There are also features on each month's unique nature, with this instalment following the swirling micro world of the garden pond through the year. You will find yourself referring to The Almanac all year long, revisiting it again and again, and looking forward to the next edition as the year draws to a close. This year's edition is illustrated by artist Whooli Chen. The geographical scope of The Almanac is Britain and Ireland PRAISE FOR THE ALMANAC: 'Lia Leendertz's classic almanac never fails to delight' - The Herald 'It's a perfect Christmas present' - Allan Jenkins, The Observer 'The perfect companion to the seasons' - India Knight 'Indispensable' - Sir Bob Geldof 'This book is your bible' - The Independent 'I love this gem of a book' - Cerys Matthews

Living Planet - The Web of Life on Earth (Paperback): David Attenborough Living Planet - The Web of Life on Earth (Paperback)
David Attenborough
R257 Discovery Miles 2 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Sunday Times Bestseller A new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough's seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet. Nowhere on our planet is devoid of life. Plants and animals thrive or survive within every extreme of climate and habitat that it offers. Single species, and often whole communities adapt to make the most of ice cap and tundra, forest and plain, desert, ocean and volcano. These adaptations can be truly extraordinary: fish that walk or lay eggs on leaves in mid-air; snakes that fly; flightless birds that graze like deer; and bears that grow hair on the soles of their feet. In The Living Planet, David Attenborough's searching eye, unfailing curiosity and infectious enthusiasm explain and illuminate the intricate lives of the these colonies, from the lonely heights of the Himalayas to the wild creatures that have established themselves in the most recent of environments, the city. By the end of this book it is difficult to say which is the more astonishing - the ingenuity with which individual species contrive a living, or the complexity of their interdependence on each other and on the habitations provided by our planet. In this new edition, the author, with the help of zoologist Matthew Cobb, has added all the most up-to-date discoveries of ecology and biology, as well as a full-colour 64-page photography section. He also addresses the urgent issues facing our living planet: climate change, pollution and mass extinction of species.

High Vistas, Volume II - An Anthology of Nature Writing from Western North Carolina & the Great Smoky Mountains, 1900-2009... High Vistas, Volume II - An Anthology of Nature Writing from Western North Carolina & the Great Smoky Mountains, 1900-2009 (Paperback)
George Ellison; Illustrated by Elizabeth Ellison
R560 R460 Discovery Miles 4 600 Save R100 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Hurricanes (Paperback): Jack Williams, Stephen P. Leatherman Hurricanes (Paperback)
Jack Williams, Stephen P. Leatherman
R147 R91 Discovery Miles 910 Save R56 (38%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

For many Americans, Katrina's deadly destructiveness offered a first harrowing lesson in the power of hurricanes. For those living along the Atlantic Coast and the Gulf of Mexico, Katrina was one more disastrous encounter with an overwhelming force of nature. As evidence mounts that these tropical cyclones will only grow more frequent and intense, this book offers a much-needed opportunity to understand the workings of hurricanes. Two recognized authorities on climate and weather gives readers a close look at hurricanes past and present, from the historic Galveston storm of 1900 to the devastating Katrina. Along with near-incredible stories of damage wreaked and lives altered, this book provides a clear and concise introduction to the mechanics of the storms. In scientifically accurate but easily comprehensible terms, the authors explain the formidable wind speed, the heavy rains, and the eye of the hurricane, all accompanied by detailed diagrams and spectacular color photographs. Their work makes it possible for readers to make informed decisions about a natural phenomenon that increasingly affects our lives.

The Tree (Paperback, 30th): John Fowles The Tree (Paperback, 30th)
John Fowles
R366 R297 Discovery Miles 2 970 Save R69 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

John Fowles (1926-2005) is widely regarded as one of the preeminent English novelists of the twentieth century--his books have sold millions of copies worldwide, been turned into beloved films, and been popularly voted among the 100 greatestnovels of the century.

To a smaller yet no less passionate audience, Fowles is also known for having written The Tree, one of his few works of nonfiction. First published a generation ago, it is a provocative meditation on the connection between the natural world and human creativity, and a powerful argument against taming the wild. In it, Fowles recounts his own childhood in England and describes how he rebelled against his Edwardian father's obsession with the "quantifiable yield" of well-pruned fruit trees and came to prize instead the messy, purposeless beauty of nature left to its wildest.

The Tree is an inspiring, even life-changing book, like Lewis Hyde's The Gift, one that reaffirms our connection to nature and reminds us of the pleasure of getting lost, the merits of having no plan, and the wisdom of following one's nose wherever it may lead--in life as much as in art.

Rocks and Rain, Reason and Romance - The Landscape, History and People of the Lake District (Paperback): David Howe Rocks and Rain, Reason and Romance - The Landscape, History and People of the Lake District (Paperback)
David Howe
R305 R248 Discovery Miles 2 480 Save R57 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

David Howe tells the story of the Lake District, England's most dramatic landscape. Home to vistas of stunning beauty and a rich heritage, it is an area of England that fascinates, inspires - and has bewitched David for a lifetime. With passion and an endless curiosity, he reveals how half a billion years of shifting ice, violent volcanoes and (of course) falling rain have shaped the lakes and fells that have fired the imaginations of the great sons and daughters of the area, the poets and the scientists. He shows that Lakeland is a seamless web where lives and landscape weave together, where the ancient countryside has created a unique local history: of farming and mining, of tightknit communities, of a resilient and proud people. The Lake District is a place of rocks and rain, reason and romance, wonder and curiosity. And this book celebrates it all: the very character of Cumbria.

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