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BEST BOOK OF 2023 ACCORDING TO THE NEWSTATESMAN AND OBSERVER'The Swimmer is a wonderful, original achievement, teeming with stories, glittering with images, and experimental in form and tone' Robert MacfarlaneRoger Deakin, author of the immortal Waterlog, was a man of many parts: maverick ad-man, cider-maker, teacher, environmentalist, music promoter and filmmaker. But, above all, he was the restorer of ancient Walnut Tree Farm in Suffolk, the...

This beautifully illustrated overview of the wildlife of the British Isles showcases the diversity of our plant and animal life.

The collected writings from one of the nation's mostcelebrated nature writers.

The definitive biography of beloved author, Roger DeakinRoger Deakin is best known for his modern classic of nature writing, Waterlog, which frog-kicked the wild swimming movement into existence with wit, politics and poetry. But he was not simply a dazzling writer and eccentric Englishman. He took his counterculture to the countryside in the 1970s and rebuilt a 16th century farmhouse from its oak beams up. He turned to self-sufficiency, teach...

This beautifully illustrated overview of the wildlife of the British Isles showcases the diversity of our plant and animal life.

This beautifully illustrated overview of the wildlife of the British Isles showcases the diversity of our plant and animal life.

The very best of British and Irish nature writing selected by the natural history writer Patrick Barkham.

The collected writings from one of the nation's most celebrated nature writers.

An intuitive and inspiring study of childhood and the joy and wonder to be found in neighbourhood nature, from one of our finest nature writers.

The celebrated nature writer draws on experiences as a parent and as a forest school volunteer in this consideration of the relationship between children and the natural world.

The very best of British and Irish nature writing selected by the natural history writer Patrick Barkham.

This new edition of the nature writing favourite, shortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize upon its initial release, takes in the 59 species of native butterfly found in the British Isles over the course of a single summer.

Some of the smaller islands the British Isles are comprised of are explored by author of "The Butterfly Isles" Patrick Barkham, charting a variety of island experiences from the miniature nationhood and differing laws of the Isle of Man to the desertion of St Kilda, evacuated of humans and populated with wild sheep and seabirds. This is a charismatic personal travelogue for fans of Philip Marsden.

The people of the British Isles are an island race. We are distributed across an archipelago of two large islands and 6, 289 smaller ones. Some, like the Isle of Man, resemble miniature nations, with their own language and tax laws, others, like Ray Island in Essex are abandoned and mysterious places haunted by myths, ghosts and rats. There are resurgent islands such as Eigg, which have been liberated from capricious owner-dictators, holy isla...

The author of The Butterfly Isles turns his wry, affectionate attention to an even more beloved (and controversial) British animal - the badger

Paperback edition of Barkham's delightful book recounting his summer spent searching for all 59 species of British butterfly. Deftly combines memoir, travel writing and natural history to provide a personal guide to butterflies. Beautifully designed, with line drawings, maps, colour illustrations and a striking new jacket. It was shortlisted for the Galaxy New Writer of the Year Award 2010. 'Barkham writes with authority, love, charm, understa...

The author of "The Butterfly Isles" turns his wry, affectionate attention to an even more beloved (and controversial) British animal - the badger. Following in his badger-loving grandmother's footsteps, he meets the feeders, farmers and scientists who know their way around Badgerlands. 'Charming' Ali Smith, "The Times" Books of the Year.

From one of the most engaging and widely admired of the new generation of nature writers, here is a portrait of the British coastline from the Giant's Causeway to Land's End. Now available in paperback.