5 Ergebnisse.

A cultural and social history of the rat, examining how one creature achieved total world domination and has inspired such love and loathing.

We talk about them. We plan our lives around them. The changing seasons are part of us all. But what happens when the weather changes beyond recognition?Joe Shute has spent years unpicking Britain's love affair with the weather, poring over the centuries of folklore, customs and rituals our seasons have inspired.But in recent years Shute has noticed a curious thing: the British seasons are changing far faster and far more profoundly than we re...

Joe Shute has traveled all over Britain discovering how our seasons are changing, causing havoc with nature and affecting our lives.The changing seasons have shaped all of our lives, but what happens when the weather changes beyond recognition?Joe Shute has spent years unpicking Britain's long-standing love affair with the weather. He has pored over the literature, art and music our weather systems have inspired and trawled through centuries o...

The return of the raven and the people who have brought about this reintroduction are the subjects of this work of ornithology, which also considers the mythical and symbolic position of ravens. Suitable both for birdwatchers and a general readership.

A Shadow Above chronicles the return of the raven and the people who have made that comeback possible.For centuries, the raven Corvus Corax has stalked us in life and in death. Excavations of Bronze Age settlements in Britain have revealed raven bones mingled with human remains. The Viking and Norman warriors that stormed these shores did so sporting ravens on their shields and banners. By the 15th century the service the birds provided scaven...