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I Can Hear the Cuckoo: Life in the Wilds of Wales by Kiran Sidhu
RRP: €20.22€13.73'A beautiful and poetic meditation on loss, nature, and what matters in life.' - Nigel WarburtonFrom the BAFTA award-winning writer of The New Yorker short film, Heart ValleyKiran Sidhu never thought she could leave London, but when her mother passes... -
The Trespasser's Companion by Nick Hayes
RRP: €17.84€11.82'The countryside ought to be for everyone, and this beautiful, thoughtful companion can help us all start to forge paths into the forgotten corners of our green, pleasant and often inaccessible land' Catrina Davies, author of Homesick The Trespasser's... -
Mr Finchley Discovers His England by Victor Canning
RRP: €10.70€7.29Mr Edgar Finchley, unmarried clerk, aged 45, is told to take a holiday for the first time in his life. He decides to go to the seaside. But Fate has other plans in store... From his abduction by a cheerful crook, to his smuggling escapade off the... -
Scattered Sand: The Story of China's Rural Migrants by Hsiao-Hung Pai
€25.28Each year, 200 million workers from China's vast rural interior travel between cities and provinces in search of employment: the largest human migration in history. This indispensable army of labour accounts for half of China's GDP, but is an unorganized... -
A Fortunate Woman: A Country Doctor's Story by Polly Morland
RRP: €20.22€17.98THE TOP TEN BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZEA The Times Book of the Year 2022'Morland writes about nature and the changing landscape with such lyrical precision that her prose sometimes seems close to poetry' - Christina... -
Regeneration: The Rescue of a Wild Land by Andrew Painting 9781780277592
RRP: €13.08€8.71Longlisted for the Highland Book Prize In 1995 the National Trust for Scotland acquired Mar Lodge Estate in the heart of the Cairngorms. Home to over 5,000 species, this vast expanse of Caledonian woodlands, subarctic mountains, bogs, moors, roaring... -
Nature Cure by Richard Mabey
RRP: €13.08€7.76'Britain's greatest living nature writer' The TimesRediscover the extraodinary power of nature and the British wilderness, from award-winning naturalist and author Richard MabeyIn the last year of the old millennium, Richard Mabey, Britain's foremost... -
100 Nature Walks National Trust 9781911657200
RRP: €15.46€10.09A glorious celebration of nature and the simple pleasures of walking. This pocket-sized book has a perfect country walk for every time of year. The 100 walks show you the highlights of every season, from the... -
The Yorkshire Vet: In the Footsteps of Herriot Peter Wright 9781912624232
RRP: €10.70€7.68As featured on BBC Breakfast.A warm, engaging and witty memoir from the star of Channel 5's The Yorkshire Vet.This is the life story of vet Peter Wright, charting his working relationship with the famous 'James Herriot', from work experience with him as... -
The Forgotten Girls: An American Story by Monica Potts
RRP: €23.80€17.01RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'I couldn't put it down. . . an important book, raw and simple enough that you can't help but feel it deeply' James Rebanks, author of The Shepherd's LifeTalented and ambitious, Monica Potts and her... -
Good Life by Helen Nearing
RRP: €17.84€11.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805209709Author Scott NearingFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Schocken BooksPublisher Schocken BooksWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 131mm *... -
Why Public Space Matters by Setha Low
RRP: €24.98€21.82Drawing from decades of research, Setha Low shows how public space contributes to a flourishing society through promoting social justice and democratic practices. Thriving public spaces also enhance creativity, health, urban resilience, and environmental... -
The Yard: How A Horse Healed My Heart by Grace Olsen
RRP: €15.46€10.82"Feel-good, laugh out loud funny, yet also deeply moving..." "The way Grace has written about her mental health issues and woven it around the story is inspirational and will strike a chord with many readers" The comical tales of a new mum on her... -
Mr Finchley Takes the Road by Victor Canning
RRP: €10.70€7.29Mr Finchley takes a fancy to a horse-drawn caravan that he sees for sale, but his new wife does not relish the prospect of a caravan journey so she goes to visit her brother, while he sets out to explore the countryside and go house-hunting. While... -
Mr Finchley Goes to Paris by Victor Canning
RRP: €10.70€7.29An ebullient Mr Finchley is about to propose marriage to a lady he had rescued from mishap, when he is sent to Paris by his firm. There he manages to upset a boat, adopt a stray orphan and get himself kidnapped. The fine tangle he gets into takes some... -
Nine Paths: A Year in the Life of an Indian Village by Lexi Stadlen
RRP: €17.84€13.03Revelatory, lyrical and immersive, this is an extraordinary book that takes you deep into these ordinary women's worlds... Their stories are urgent and forcefully articulated - and this book gives us the chance to hear them.On an island at the eastern... -
The Silent Child: An addictive crime thriller with a shocking twist MJ White 9781804360842
RRP: €11.89€7.63'One of the most striking crime novels of the year.' Daily MailA murdered schoolteacher. A police force under attack. A teen hiding secrets beneath silence.When a body is discovered at an abandoned Suffolk farm, DS Rob Minshull and the squad believes... -
Rural Rides by William Cobbett
RRP: €15.46€10.82Travelling on horseback through southern England in the early 19th century, William Cobbett provides evocative and accurate descriptions of the countryside, colourful accounts of his encounters with labourers, and indignant outbursts at the encroaching... -
Noble Ambitions: The Fall and Rise of the Post-War Country House by Adrian Tinniswood
RRP: €35.70€26.12*A Daily Telegraph Book of the Year 2021**Longlisted for the William MB Berger Prize for British Art History*'Preposterously entertaining' Observer'Brilliant' Daily Telegraph'Rollicking' Sunday TimesFrom the bestselling author of The Long Weekend: a... -
The Abundance Of Less: Lessons in Simple Living from Rural Japan by Andy Couturier
RRP: €21.41€15.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623171322Author Andy CouturierFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
A Small Farm Future: Making the Case for a Society Built Around Local Economies, Self-Provisioning, Agricultural Diversity and a Shared Earth Chris Smaje 9781603589024
RRP: €22.60€15.17Perfect for readers of James Rebanks, Wendell Berry and Thomas Piketty, A Small Farm Future is a refreshingly new outlook on the way forward for society. A vital resource for activists, students, policy makers and anyone looking to enact change. In a... -
Innovation in Real Places: Strategies for Prosperity in an Unforgiving World by Dan Breznitz 9780197508114
RRP: €33.31€28.57A challenge to prevailing ideas about innovation and a guide to identifying the best growth strategy for your community. Across the world, cities and regions have wasted trillions of dollars on blindly copying the Silicon Valley model of growth... -
Summer: Vintage Minis by Laurie Lee
RRP: €7.13€5.31How do you remember the summers of your childhood? For Laurie Lee they were... -
Icons of England by Bill Bryson
RRP: €13.08€9.25This celebration of the English countryside does not only focus on the rolling green landscapes and magnificent monuments that set England apart from the rest of the world. Many of the contributors bring their own special touch, presenting a refreshingly... -
The Waters and the Wild: The Trials and Tranquilities of a Journey on Ireland's Waterways by Gwen Wilkinson
RRP: €17.84€14.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785374494Author Gwen WilkinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press -
The Secret History of Here: A Year in the Valley Alistair Moffat 9781838851149
RRP: €13.08€8.71The Secret History of Here is the story of a single place in the Scottish Borders. The site on which Alistair Moffat's farm now stands has been occupied since prehistoric times. Walking this landscape you can feel the presence and see the marks of those... -
How to Catch a Mole: And Find Yourself in Nature by Marc Hamer
RRP: €15.46€10.82A captivating, life-affirming memoir of a life in nature that celebrates finding wonder in our world. 'A wonderful book... It has taught me a lot. I feel great love for it' MAX PORTERAt the age of sixteen, Marc Hamer left home with only a rucksack and... -
Deeper Into the Wood by Ruth Pavey 9780715654279
RRP: €17.84€12.99In the late 1990s, Ruth Pavey bought four acres of scrub land above the Somerset Levels. She devoted the next two decades to improving the land into a lush wood; a haven for birds, insects and all manner of wildlife. Beneath the shade of the trees, she... -
Rebirding: Rewilding Britain and its Birds by Benedict Macdonald
RRP: €23.79€20.02Rebirding takes the long view of Britain's wildlife decline, from the early taming of our landscape and its long-lost elephants and rhinos, to fenland drainage, the removal of cornerstone species such as wild cattle, horses, beavers and boar - and... -
Deeper Into the Wood by Ruth Pavey
RRP: €13.08€8.78In the late 1990s, Ruth Pavey bought four acres of scrub land above the Somerset Levels. She devoted the next two decades to improving the land into a lush wood; a haven for birds, insects and all manner of wildlife. Beneath the shade of the trees, she... -
The Alchemy of Meth: A Decomposition by Jason Pine 9781517907716
RRP: €20.22€17.93Meth cooks practice late industrial alchemy-transforming base materials, like lithium batteries and camping fuel, into gold Meth alchemists all over the United States tap the occulted potencies of industrial chemical and big pharma products to try to... -
The Lightning Thread: Fishological Moments and The Pursuit of Paradise by David Profumo 9781471186578
RRP: €11.89€7.63From award winning novelist and journalist David Profumo comes a dazzling work about the restorative power of nature and finding joy in simple pleasures. 'David Profumo has fished everywhere man and boy, and come back with his creel crammed with... -
The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing by Sonia Faleiro
RRP: €11.89€8.46**Longlisted for the ALCS Gold Non-Fiction Dagger** **Longlisted for the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize 2022** 'Haunting ... lingers in the mind long after the final page is turned' Sunday Times 'A compelling whodunnit ... Devastating'... -
On the Red Hill: Where Four Lives Fell Into Place Mike Parker 9781786090492
RRP: €13.08€9.25WINNER OF THE WALES BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2020SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2020__________________________'A moving story of love, tradition and landscape.' Evening Standard, 'Books of the Year''A moving, multilayered memoir... extraordinary,... -
Invisible China: How the Urban-Rural Divide Threatens China's Rise by Scott Rozelle
RRP: €19.04€13.34As the glittering skyline in Shanghai seemingly attests, China has quickly transformed itself from a place of stark poverty into a modern, urban, technologically savvy economic powerhouse. But as Scott Rozelle and Natalie Hell show in Invisible China,... -
The Hidden Fires: A Cairngorms Journey with Nan Shepherd by Merryn Glover
RRP: €17.84€14.93Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature Elemental, fierce and full of wonder, the Cairngorm mountains are the high and rocky heart of Scotland. To know them would take forever, to love them demands a kind of courageous... -
Going to Seed: A Counterculture Memoir Simon Fairlie 9781645020615
RRP: €17.84€11.66Simon Fairlie is possibly the most influential - and unusual - eco-activist you might not have heard of. The Observer Simon Fairlie is the original hippie. The Idler This is a fascinating, funny and moving record of an extraordinary life lived in... -
Wildwoods: The Magic of Ireland’s Native Woodlands by Richard Nairn
RRP: €17.84€13.03Richard Nairn has spent a lifetime studying - and learning from - nature. When an opportunity arose for him to buy a small woodland filled with mature native trees beside a fast-flowing river, he set about understanding all its moods and seasons,... -
Mr Pim by A.A. Milne 9781788424516
RRP: €11.89€8.48Gentle chaos sets in when the absent-minded Mr Pim calls in to see George Marden, bearing some innocent news... George is a fine upstanding citizen and a stickler for doing the right thing. He has a devoted wife, Olivia, and is guardian to his... -
In Kiltumper: A Year in an Irish Garden Niall Williams 9781526632678
RRP: €15.46€10.82'Poignant ... A meditation on life, love and the importance of nature' IRISH TIMES When they were in their twenties, Niall Williams and Christine Breen made the impulsive decision to leave New York City and move to Christine's ancestral home in the...