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This is a book about a river; its wildlife, history and folklore, and the remarkable people who have lived in the communities that have grown up on its banks. The river is the Warwickshire Avon, known as Shakespeare's Avon, that runs 88 miles from its...

An exquisite, lovingly crafted meditation on plants, trees, and our place in the natural world, in the tradition of Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass and Annie Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek "Sumana Roy has written-grown-a radiant and...

Namaqualand is justifiably famous for the floral wonderland it becomes in spring, when seas of bright flowers carpet the land. Astonishingly, the carpet comprises some 3,800 species, of which 28% are endemic. This book introduces nearly 600 species,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578638307Format PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Red Wheel/WeiserPublisher Red Wheel/WeiserWeight(grams) 1g

Called the work of "a mesmerizing storyteller with deep compassion and memorable prose" (Publishers Weekly) and the book that, "anyone interested in natural history, botany, protecting nature, or Native American culture will love," by Library Journal,...

The names of plants that are so familiar to us magnolia, bougainvillea, sequioa may just be names, but behind the names lie stories of espionage and heroism, rivalry and mystery and inspiration. In the Name of Plants relates the stories of these...

This easy-to-use identification guide to 280 wild flower species most commonly seen in Britain and northern Europe is perfect for amateur naturalists. High quality photographs from Britain's top nature photographers are accompanied by detailed species...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781920217716Author Ben-Erik van WykFormat HardbackPage Count 460Imprint Briza Publications,South AfricaPublisher Briza Publications,South Africa

This lavish book highlights a selection of the wonderful illustrations held in the archive of The Florilegium Society at Sheffield Botanical Gardens. Each illustration included in the book is accompanied by a plant profile, stating where the plant was...

Our peculiarly British obsession with gardens goes back a long way and Plants: From Roots to Riches takes us back to where it all began. Across 25 vivid episodes, Kathy Willis, Kew's charismatic Head of Science, shows us how the last 250 years...

A joyous book - Alan Titchmarsh Bright, colourful and boundlessly enthusiastic, this is also a practical guide to making your garden a refuge for wildlife to fit all plots. - Chris Packham 'The Wildlife Gardner' is a book which helps you to create...

"A beautiful catalogue of 80 plants, revered by indigenous people for their nourishing, healing, and symbolic properties." -Gardens Illustrated The belief that all life-forms are interconnected and share the same breath-known in the Raramuri tribe as...

Wildflowers are not only beautiful, they are of vital importance in providing food for bees and other pollinators. And they are found everywhere - in meadows, woodlands, jungles, mountains, deserts, grasslands and even in towns and cities. This...

An informative and entertaining look at why plants have been used in magic and what that tells us about people and plants in a post-magic world.Book InformationISBN 9781910877364Author Gregory KenicerFormat HardbackPage Count 194Imprint Royal Botanic...

Dr Gregory Kenicer brings us a concise but through exploration of plants and their names in the Scots language through the ages. Presented as a dictionary, and covering a vast variety of flower, funghi and mosses, this book seeks to present the rich...

Celebrated plantsman Roy Lancaster's birth on 5th December 1937 was the start of something big for plants and horticulture. His chance find of a Mexican tobacco plant in a local allotment brought him fame as a Bolton schoolboy and sowed the seeds of his...

A traditional meadow full of wild flowers is a rare sight today but it is not too late to restore them and to create new ones. Charles Flower is passionate about restoring the countryside. After the appalling destruction of the 1970s and 1980s he...

The definitive field guide for understanding and identifying ferns and lycophytes in Minnesota Rapid advances in DNA studies have given scientists new understandings of ferns and lycophytes, making books published only a decade ago now obsolete. Ferns...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781869890858Author Margaret ColquhounFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Hawthorn PressPublisher Hawthorn PressWeight(grams) 594gDimensions(mm) 270mm *...

Trees, Fruits and Flowers of the Bible is an engaging and informative study of all the most important trees, fruits and flowers mentioned in the Bible, identifying the specific species and explaining the message or symbolism behind the texts. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954289079Author Barton PressFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint More Books LLCPublisher More Books LLCWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

We live in a world that prizes the fast over the slow, the new over the familiar and work over rest. Birds Art Life Death is Kyo Maclear's beautiful journey to stake out a sense of meaning amid the crushing rush. One...

We live in a world of seeds. From our morning toast to the cotton in our clothes, they are quite literally the stuff and staff of life: supporting diets, economies, and civilizations around the globe. Just as the search for nutmeg and pepper drove the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780688114251Author Steve BrillFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint William Morrow & CompanyPublisher William Morrow & CompanyWeight(grams)...

An easy-to-use photographic identification guide to 89 species of tree most commonly found in Britain and North-West Europe.Book InformationISBN 9781913679453Author Dominic CouzensFormat PaperbackImprint John Beaufoy Publishing LtdPublisher John Beaufoy...

A completely new look at plants - not only in food, drink and commerce, and how they have created civilisation, trade and empires, but also in love, in war, in crime, in horror and delight, in music, poetry and prose, and on the screen. Not just another...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556438035Author Dale PendellFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915823052Author Robin HarfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint Eatweeds PressPublisher Eatweeds Press

This is a fascinating exploration of the role of the botanical in ancient Greek and Roman myth and classical literature. This engaging book focuses on the perennially fascinating topic of plants in Greek and Roman myth. The author, an authority on the...

Treasures of Botanical Art reveals the history of botanical painting, its beauty and science, with works from two renowned collections and over one hundred significant artists, dating from the late 1400s through to today. Paintings featured from the Kew...

A large number of poisonous plants have beneficial uses in both domestic medicine and magic. Needless to say, when utilising a toxic plant in magic, we are adding certain extra deadly or potent energies into the mix and it is inadvisable to start messing...

The jewel-like watercolours of renowned Irish botanical artist Wendy Walsh portray a personal selection of about 100 plants that grow wild in Ireland or are cultivated in Irish gardens. Presented in 33 thematic sections,Walsh's subjects range from...

'It has been hand-planted by Tsarinas and felled by foresters. It has been celebrated by peasants, worshipped by pagans and painted by artists. It has self-seeded across mountains and rivers and train tracks and steppe and right through the ruined...

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Tree explores the forms, uses, and alliances of this living object's entanglement with humanity, from antiquity to the present. Trees tower...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904349730Author Andrew PollardFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint The Dovecote PressPublisher The Dovecote PressDimensions(mm) 232mm * 226mm * 9mm

The word 'aliens' can be used in many ways, to invoke fear, dislike and fascination. For biologists it is used to indicate organisms that have been introduced by people to new territories. In the British Isles alien plants are common, conspicuous,...

This delightful book presents the history and development of the Auricula to both the casual reader and enthusiast. It sets out both traditional and more recent methods of cultivation, how to exhibit the plants, how they are judged, breeding new...

A lavishly illustrated look at the mythological, historical origins, healing powers and medicine of flowers. The healing power of flowers permeates every aspect of our lives. Flowers help us mark every event and ceremony from birth to death and bring...

Out of the Woods takes you on a revelatory ramble through country and city - from woodlands of majestic oak and ash to mean streets lined with cherries.Containing myriad tips for recognition and rich in tree-biography and gossip, this book will enable...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951728816Author Jen RacineFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Eclectic Esquire Media, LLCPublisher Eclectic Esquire Media, LLCWeight(grams)...