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Ancient Trees, Living Landscapes | |||
| Natural History | ||||
| Richard Muir | ||||
| Tempus 2005 256 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0752434438 | ||||
| Published Price £25.00 | Our Price £9.99 | |||
| In this book, Muir is concerned with trees 'as important elements in the historical landscape', be they individual 'landmark' trees, ancient trees and hedgerows, parkland trees or forests. He begins by explaining essential features of how trees and woodlands were manipulated and transformed since earliest times, and goes on to discuss the uses of woodland in medieval times, the development of deer parks and later types of parkland, the activities of 'men of the forest' and, finally, the role of trees and woodlands in the imagination. | ||||
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Asil Arabians: The Noble Arabian Horses | |||
| Fifth edition | Natural History | |||
| W Georg Olms (Edited by) | ||||
| Georg Olms 2000 1000 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 3487084058 280x184mm | ||||
| Published Price €98 | Our Price £14.99 | |||
| Asil means 'pure-bred' in Arabic and describes only the purest stock of Arabian horses, bred originally by Beduoin with emphasis on performance and temperament rather than beauty. The international Asil Club is dedicated to the preservation of the bloodlines. In this volume of 'documentation', the Club presents a stud book with photographs and pedigrees of over 300 Arabians, plus articles on the horse, it history and breeding and reproductions of paintings featuring Arabian horses. Text in English, German and Arabic. | ||||
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A Countryman's Year | |||
| Natural History | ||||
| Alan C Jenkins | ||||
| Selectabook 1980 208 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1844060101 | ||||
| Published Price £12.95 | Our Price £5.99 | |||
| Alan Jenkins presents an engrossing 'personal pastiche' of things encountered, seen or heard in the English countryside over the course of a year. From cattle cavorting around the trailer bringing bales of summer-scented hay in January, to birds feasting on a dead sheep in December, Jenkins keeps a naturalist's eye on flora and fauna and describes the farmer's changing work through the seasons and country activities such as hedging, hunting and falconry. Illustrated with archive and modern photographs and paintings by Peter Barrett. | ||||
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The Real Rudolph | |||
| A Natural History of the Reindeer | Natural History | |||
| Tilly Smith | ||||
| Sutton 2006 182 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0750942835 | ||||
| Published Price £14.99 | Our Price £4.99 | |||
| They have been domesticated for longer than the horse, can tolerate temperatures down to -40øC and are totally covered in hair, from the soles of their feet to the tips of their noses. These are just some of the remarkable facts about reindeer revealed in this enchanting natural history book. From prehistoric times to the present day, it tells the story of an amazingly adaptable animal that everyone has heard of, but most have never seen. | ||||
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