*A WATERSTONES AND GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF 2024*
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE WESTMINSTER BOOK AWARDS*
‘Both dynamite and medicine’ AMY-JANE BEER
‘It couldn’t be more relevant’ JAMES O’BRIEN
‘Timely and rousing’ THE TIMES
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‘A curious-minded and subtle intervention in the politics of the countryside’ Sunday Times
‘Galbraith spent three years investigating the truth about rural Britain and how we treat it. Uncommon Ground is the brilliant result’ Daily Telegraph
‘Very funny. Acutely observed. An attempt to look beyond the usual clichés of country life’ Observer
‘This is some of the best English prose of our time’ SPECTATOR
‘A feast for mind and soul’ ISABELLA TREE
‘A marvellous and revelatory guide to our native bird-life’DAILY MAIL
Step into the hide for a glorious new encounter with the British wild
‘If anyone was born to save Britain’s rainforests, it was Guy Shrubsole’ Sunday Times
‘A rich social history … Paxman’s book could hardly be more colourful, and I enjoyed each page enormously’ DOMINIC SANDBROOK, SUNDAY TIMES
‘Vividly told … Paxman’s fine narrative powers are at their best’ THE TIMES
‘A stunning book on the incalculable debt humanity owes wood…’ John Carey, The Sunday Times
‘A formidable, brave and important book’ Robert Macfarlane
‘Absolutely brilliant…You cannot read this book and defend the establishment’ Alastair Campbell, The Rest is Politics
The Burren is one of those rare and magical places where geology, glacial history, botany, zoology and millennia of cultural history have converged to create a unique landscape of extraordinary natural history interest. It is without equal to any other area in Ireland or Britain.
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Ever since man first cultivated plants and grew crops, insects, mites and other creatures have risen to prominence as pests, but it is only throughout the last two centuries that we have come to study them in any detail. This edition is produced from an original copy by William Collins.
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A shocking investigative journey into the way the resource trade wreaks havoc on Africa, ‘The Looting Machine’ explores the dark underbelly of the global economy.
Another volume in the popular New Naturalist series, this book gives a comprehensive account of the natural history of Britain and Ireland’s inland waters, many of which are popular holiday destinations.
