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Longlisted for the Wainwright Prize 2024 for Nature Writing ‘[A] joyously readable book? it riffs along like breeze in the hedgerow.’ John Lewis-Stempel in Country Life ‘Hart’s passion for the potential that resides here is intoxicating. Occasionally an environmental solution comes along that is so breathtakingly simple you can’t believe that not everyone is already doing it.’ Sunday Times ‘[Hart] has written an eye-opening and inspiring book which will leave you with a deep appreciation of these wonderful habitats’ Daily Mail In this joyous journey around the wild edges of Britain, Christopher Hart takes us through the life, ecology and history of the humble British hedge, showing us how this much-loved (but somewhat overlooked) feature is inextricably woven into our language, history and culture. Hedges – or hedgerows – have long been an integral part of the British landscape; a bastion of privacy for our ga
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What if climate change isn’t an environmental challenge, but an energy challenge? In this visionary book, Dr Tim Gregory urges us to rethink the path to net zero. He argues that the solution to climate change lies not simply in replacing fossil fuels with renewables, but in fully embracing another energy source that emits zero carbon dioxide: nuclear power. Gregory dismantles the conventional wisdom that renewables are completely ‘green’ and ‘sustainable’, and exposes the limitations of wind and solar power, highlighting their unreliability and hidden fossil fuel dependency. He debunks myths surrounding nuclear waste and radiation, demonstrating that nuclear power is not only efficient, safe, and potent, but the most environmentally responsible way to harvest energy.
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Longlisted for the Wainwright Prize 2024 for Nature Writing ????? The Telegraph ‘One of the most remarkable figures in British conservation.’ The Observer ‘There have been several books on the fate of British wolves, but this is the best.’ The Spectator ‘Beautifully crafted, fascinating and unbearably poignant, I totally loved this book.’ Isabella Tree, author of Wilding ‘A dazzling romp through the turbulent history of wolves in Britain.’ Lee Schofield, author of Wild Fell ‘Gow’s anecdotes will leave you howling – and his historical detective work to track down the shadow of the wolf is as gripping as any thriller.’ Guy Shrubsole, author of The Lost Rainforests of Britain ‘Gow reinvents what it means to be a guardian of the countryside.’ Guardian Author of Bringing Back the Beaver and Britain’s favourite maverick rewilder Derek Gow em
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Environmentalist Tony Juniper CBE reveals in this eye-opening book that green technologies won’t work until we defeat the main obstacle blocking climate action – inequality.
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£22.00
The Sunday Times bestselling author of The Lost Rainforests of Britain reveals how landowners wreck the countryside, and how the public can restore it
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The Sunday Times Science Book of the Year
‘If anyone was born to save Britain’s rainforests, it was Guy Shrubsole’ Sunday Times
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‘A treasure chest full of woodland jewels, rare, precious and beautiful’
Chris Packham
From the Sunday Times-bestselling author of Who Owns England?, a mesmerising chronicle of our forgotten rainforests – and an inspiring intervention to help restore them to the places they once were
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When our ancestors came down from the trees, they brought the trees with them and remade the world.
‘A stunning book on the incalculable debt humanity owes wood?’ John Carey, The Sunday Times
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‘A formidable, brave and important book’ Robert Macfarlane
Who owns England?
Behind this simple question lies this country’s oldest and best-kept secret. This is the history of how England’s elite came to own our land, and an inspiring manifesto for how to open up our countryside once more.
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Wilding tells the story of a remarkable experiment: the rewilding of the Knepp Estate in West Sussex, the restoration of natural ecological processes, and the stunning recovery of flora and fauna.
