Wild Cities: Discovering New Ways of Living in the Modern Urban Jungle
‘Mind-shifting, heart-lifting’ ISABELLA TREE
‘Inspiring and essential’ ALASTAIR HUMPHREYS
‘As entertaining as it is enlightening’ INDEPENDENT, ★★★★★
Environmental science, engineering & technology
Collins New Naturalist Library – Farming and Birds (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 135): Limited signed edition
Given the underlying topography, the scenery over most of Britain has been created largely by human activities. Over the centuries, landscapes have been continually modified as human needs and desires have changed.
Collins New Naturalist Library – Alien Plants (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 129)
The word ‘aliens’ can be used in many ways, to invoke fear, dislike and fascination. For biologists it is used to indicate organisms that have been introduced by people to new territories. In the British Isles alien plants are common, conspicuous, pestiferous, beautiful, edible – and can be both useful and harmful.
Woodlands
‘Trees are wildlife just as deer or primroses are wildlife. Each species has its own agenda and its own interactions with human activities …’
The Salmon: The Extraordinary Story of the King of Fish
A fascinating journey into the extraordinary world of the king of fish: the salmon. This beautiful book explores the natural history of this most mysterious of fishes.