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Set in Stone(2015) MCKIRDY, ALANIn Set in Stone, Alan McKirdy traces Scotland's geological journey, explaining for the non-specialist reader why the landscape looks the way it does todays. He also explores Scots and those working in Scotland have played a seminal role in the developmentVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Outer Hebrides(2018) MCKIRDY, ALANIn this book Alan McKirdy explores the Outer Hebrides, together with the volcanic rocks that build the outposts of Rockall, St Kilda and the Shiants, tracing their extraordinary journey through time and across the globe.Vezava: Mehka11,20 € -
Notes from Deep Time(2022) GORDON, HELENThe Earth writes its own story in the landscape. A novelist sets out on a journey to piece it together.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Scurry of Squirrels(2021) PULLAR, POLLYPolly Pullar has had a passion for red squirrels since childhood. As a wildlife rehabilitator, she knows the squirrel on a profoundly personal level and has hand-reared litters of orphan kits, eventually returning them to the wild. In this book she sharesVezava: Mehka24,94 € -
Native(2021) LAURIE, PATRICKShortlisted for The Wainwright Prize for UK Nature Writing 2020 and Times Bestseller. Native is poignant and moving book which weaves together folklore and science, tradition and progress to examine how we take what has passed and transform it for the futVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Fresh and the Salt(2020) LINGARD, ANNShortlisted for the Lakeland Book of the Year. The Fresh and the Salt is a beautifully written natural history of the Solway Firth, one of the largest estuaries in Europe, told through the people whose lives are linked to the firth and the enormous wealVezava: Trda35,05 € -
Scottish Plant Lore(2020) KENICER, GREGORY J.Scotland’s plants define its landscape. Drawing together traditional knowledge from archives and oral histories with the work of some of the country’s finest botanical artists, this book is a magnificent celebration of the enormous wealth of Scottish planVezava: Trda28,04 € -
Orkney & Shetland(2019) MCKIRDY, ALANThe archipelagos of Orkney and Shetland are the products of some of the most dramatic events which have occurred in the Earth’s history. Written for the non-specialist and featuring stunning photographs and diagrams, this book tells the incredible geologiVezava: Mehka11,20 € -
Coastlines(2015) BARKHAM, PATRICK (Y)From one of the most engaging and widely admired of the new generation of nature writers, here is a portrait of the British coastline from the Giant's Causeway to Land's End.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Underlands(2015) NIELD, TEDJourneying across the British Isles and drawing on his own mining and stonemasonry background, geologist Ted Nield unearths the ways in which the rocks beneath our feet shape our livesVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Lochaber and Glencoe(2018) MCKIRDY, ALANThe latest in the acclaimed series on Scotland's geology and landscapes which explains how Scotland's scenery was made, why it looks the way it does today and how it has changed over millions of years.Vezava: Mehka9,80 € -
Argyll & the Islands(2017) MCKIRDY, ALANArgyll and the islands that lie off from the west coast of the Kintyre are some of the most historically resonant places in Scotland. But the rocks beneath tell a story of an even more ancient world that stretches back billions of years. In this book AlanVezava: Mehka9,80 € -
Mull, Iona & Ardnamurchan(2017) MCKIRDY, ALANLying off the south-western tip of Mull, the island of Iona has huge significance. Alan McKirdy explores the fascinating geology of the area - in particular the eruption of two major volcanoes around 60 million years ago whose magma chambers formed the spVezava: Mehka11,20 € -
Seven + Two: A Mountain Climber's Journal(2020) YING, LUOChronicles the feat called '7+2, ' meaning that Ying climbed the highest peak on each continent and trekked to the North and South Poles.Vezava: Mehka24,70 €
