Practice mindfulness while recording the movements of birds through the seasons with this easy-to-use birding journal.
Transform your life by becoming a mindful birder today! Settle into your favorite chair in your backyard or discover new and thriving sanctuaries nearby as you flick through this pocket-sized birding journal. Complete with a crash course on how to be a better birder, beginner and
‘Whether you are new to wanting to understand birdsong, or are already a fully fledged birdwatcher, this book casts a spell. A truly lovely reading experience’ - Love Reading
This is a book full of fascinating stories about birdsong for every week of the year, with QR codes to bring each song to life.
Leading bird expert and writer, Dominic Couzens, takes you on a journey to enjoy an authentic
Unearth the hidden kingdom of mushrooms and explore the scientific, cultural and fantastical aspects of fungi with this deck of 50 cards featuring mushroom profiles and stunning illustrations.
60 richly coloured temporary tattoos feature artist Kate O'Hara's mystical images of plants, animals, and crystals, adapted from Maia Toll's best-selling Wild Wisdom books (The Illustrated Herbiary, The Illustrated Bestiary, The Illustrated Crystallary, and Maia Toll's Wild Wisdom Companion).
"We can place this book on the shelf that holds the writings of Thoreau and John Muir." San Francisco Chronicle@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt;These astonishing portraits of the natural world explore the breathtaking diversity of the unspoiled American landscape -- the mountains and the prairies, the deserts and the coastlines. A stunning tribute to our land and a bold challenge to protect the world we love.
Henry David Thoreau reflects on life, politics, and society in these two inspiring masterworks: Walden and Civil Disobedience.
In 1845, Thoreau moved to a cabin that he built with his own hands along the shores of Walden Pond in Massachusetts. Shedding the trivial ties that he felt bound much of humanity, Thoreau reaped from the land both physically and mentally, and pursued truth in the quiet o
Reflecting on nature's unknowable and mysterious qualities, GROUNDED explores how we can therapeutically benefit from a deeper connection with nature, finding within it balance, stillness, solitude, resilience, contentment, activity, fearlessness - and our own wild voice.In addition to practical exercises and mindful activities, there are personal stories and thought-provoking questions that will
“An important book that will transform how we think about being human. … that will inspire hope.”—Jane Goodall
How can we reclaim the soul-deepening wildness that grounds us and energizes us when so much of the modern world seems designed to tame us?
In this thrilling memoir of a life spent exploring the most incredible places on Earth—from the Great African Seaforest to the
In 299 Dogs (and a cat), a cunning cluster puzzle, there are no regular jigsaw shapes and a whole lot of canines! Have you got what it takes to assemble all 299 dogs into a perfect puzzle? A great game for avid puzzlers, families, kids and pet lovers alike - it will provide hours of fun!
The follow-up to 299 Cats (and a dog), (shortlisted for the 2021 Gift of The Year Awards!)
A JIGSAW WITH A
Before primatologist Patricia Chapple Wright became the world's foremost expert on lemurs, she was enchanted by another primate—Aotus, the owl monkey, or "monkey of the night." But along her journey to discover the behaviour of these unique nocturnal creatures, Wright finds more than she expected about family, human nature, and herself. It all starts in a New York City pet shop when Wright and her
In 1986, primatologist Patricia Chapple Wright was given a seemingly impossible task: to travel to the rainforests of Madagascar and find the greater bamboo lemur, a species that hadn't been seen in the wild for thirty years. Not only did Wright discover that the primate still existed but that it lived alongside a completely new species. What followed was a love affair with an animal and a country
For decades, pit bulls have been demonised by society and portrayed as hellhounds. They've become the most feared, hated and abused of all companion animals. Some cities and, even entire countries, ban them while the media persist in associating them with viciousness. This unjust reputation has sealed the fate of millions of dogs who face prejudice around the world and languish in shelters, where
The classic and original text that first explored the telepathic methods of communication of wild animals
• Based on years of detailed field observations, first published in 1919
• Written by the famous American naturalist who was the first to study telepathy in the wild
• Forewords by biologists Rupert Sheldrake, who has spent 15 years researching the unexplained pow
In SHAPESHIFTING WITH OUR ANIMAL COMPANIONS, Dawn Baumann Brunke moves beyond the “how” and “why” of animal communication presented in her earlier books to a profound journey of shared spiritual awareness. Through conversations, dreams, and merged consciousness with a variety of animals and spirit beings, she reveals the vast treasure of wisdom and experiences offered to us as we open ourselves to
With the growing consensus that global warming is a fact, comes the realisation that the increasingly violent weather we are experiencing is its chief manifestation. Each storm, each flood, each blizzard seems to break 100-year-old records for both intensity and damage. Reducing emissions of greenhouse gases may be too little, too late. Through a unique blend of anthropological research, shamanic
Today, when most personal memoirs involve misery and dysfunction, it is exhilarating to encounter a life of modesty, happiness, and immeasurable stability.
Often when we think of nature writers and naturalists, we think of the rough–hewn rural, rugged, outdoor type wrestled into epiphany by the arms of Mother Nature. Thomas Urquhart found a different path. He combined a classical education
The culmination of more than 30 years of cultural, anthropological and scientific research, this encyclopaedia examines the botany, pharmacology, history, preparation, dosage and practical use of more than 400 erotically stimulating substances from antiquity to the present day.From plants and animals that enhance fertility and virility, like celery, snails or oysters, to substances that induce aro
For the past 10 years, physicists have been banging their heads against the wall, trying to understand one of the greatest new mysteries of the cosmos: Why is the universe pulling itself apart at an ever-increasing rate? Is this a mysterious new force - dark energy - or must we alter our most fundamental theories of time and space? For 30 years we have been struggling to understand the nature of d
As millions of dog owners worldwide will attest, there's something about the presence of a dog that inspires confidence, nurtures emotional well-being and brings out the best in ourselves. But for some people, the presence of a dog can do even more. Written by the leading expert in an emerging new field of therapy, HEALING COMPANIONS is the first book to detail how dogs are increasingly benefiting