Product Description: Like fluttering shards of stained glass, butterflies possess a unique power to pierce and stir the human soul. Indeed, the ancient Greeks explicitly equated the two in a single word, psyche, so that from early times butterflies were not only a form of life, but also an idea...read more

Product Description: Exploring the history behind the longest-running and arguably the most influential natural history series in the world, this investigation delves into the art archives of the New Naturalist books. With more than 100 volumes published over 60 years, this examination explains how the installments have risen to a level of collectability...read more

Product Description: Britain was a place of conflict in the Dark Ages, between the departure of the Romans and the Norman Conquest. Clashes of allegiance, competition for territory and resources, and intense rivalries among the warlords and kings gave rise to frequent outbreaks of fighting...read more

Product Description: A history of the most successful, significant and long-running natural history series in the world.  In 1995, Collins published the 82nd volume in the New Naturalist series to coincide with its 50th anniversary, and ten years later, Peter Marren has revised this fascinating account of the series...read more

Product Description: A history of the most successful, significant and long-running natural history series in the world In 1995 Collins published the 82nd volume in the New Naturalist series to coincide with its 50th anniversary. Ten years on, Peter Marren has revised this fascinating account of the series...read more

This book looks at the background and philosophy of National Nature Reserves and at the role they play in protecting wildlife and landforms, providing outdoor laboratories for environmental research and demonstrating the techniques of land management for nature conservation.

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Product Description: The somewhat enigmatic title of this book, by one of Britain s most distinguished scientists in collaboration with a highly respected natural history writer, belies the arresting nature of its content. Eighty years ago, Miriam Rothschild s father, Charles Rothschild said by some to have been the inventor of nature conservation in Britain first proposed the establishment of a network of 280 national nature reserves throughout the country to preserve the cream of its wildlife habitats a monumental task...read more

Product Description: Using information gathered over ten years by a team of woodland ecologists working for the Nature Conservancy Council, this is a guide to the ancient woods of Britain, those last remaining traces of original and natural woodland. It is the third of the NCC's ancient woodland trilogy...read more

Product Description: Ancient woods are at least four hundred years old and many of them are living links with the forests of prehistory. Together they form our richest wildlife resource and also provide a fascinating record of human use extending back into the Middle Ages, and sometimes even earlier...read more