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An Almost Impossible Thing: The Radical Lives of Britain's Pioneering Women Gardeners - by Fiona Davison

£20.00 hardback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781915068217 | ISBN 10: 1915068215

‘Gardening, taken up as a hobby when all the laborious work can be done by a man, is delightful, but as a life’s work for a woman, it is almost an impossible thing.’ Sir Joseph Hooker, 1817-1911. While working as Head of Libraries and Exhi ... more
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Unearthed: On Race and Roots, and How the Soil Taught Me I Belong - by Claire Ratinon

£10.99 paperback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781529114867 | ISBN 10: 1529114861

'A beautiful book about nature... I recommend it' Afua Hirsch A beautiful work of nature-writing, memoir and storytelling that will change the way we think about the natural world. Unearthed is the story of how, after years of a troubled rel ... more
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In Her Nature: How Women Break Boundaries in the Great Outdoors - by Rachel Hewitt

£25.00 hardback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781784742898 | ISBN 10: 1784742899

A trail-blazing book about women's fights to access the great outdoors - and a very personal book about how running through the landscape helped the author in her journey from bereavement back to a sense of belonging 'Heartfelt, passionate, ... more
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A Line Above the Sky: On Mountains and Motherhood - by Helen Mort

£10.99 paperback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781529107791 | ISBN 10: 1529107792

Guardian Books to Watch 2022 Evening Standard Books to Watch 2022 Bookseller Editor's Choice Climbing gives you the illusion of being in control, just for a while, the tantalising sense of being able to stay one move ahead of death. ... more
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In The Shadow of the Mountain - by Silvia Vasquez-Lavado

£16.99 hardback (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781913183776 | ISBN 10: 1913183777

‘Silvia Vasquez-Lavado is a warrior. I’m in awe of her strength and courage.’ – Selena Gomez ‘an incredibly powerful story’ Sunday Independent ‘powerful’ – New York Times In the In the Shadow of the Mounta ... more
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The Women Who Saved the English Countryside - by Matthew Kelly

£20.00 hardback (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780300232240 | ISBN 10: 0300232241

A vibrant history of English landscape preservation over the last 150 years, told through the lives of four remarkable women. In Britain today, a mosaic of regulations protects the natural environment and guarantees public access to green s ... more
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Windswept: Why Women Walk - by Annabel Abbs

£10.99 paperback (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781529324730 | ISBN 10: 1529324734

The story of extraordinary women who lost their way – their sense of self, their identity, their freedom – and found it again through walking in the wild. For centuries, the wilds have been male territory, while women sat safely confine ... more
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Vesper Flights - by Helen Macdonald

£9.99 paperback (2021) - ISBN 13: 9780099575467 | ISBN 10: 0099575469

*A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* *A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK* Animals don't exist to teach us things, but that is what they have always done, and most of what they teach us is what we think we know about ourselves. From the bestselling author o ... more
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A Scurry of Squirrels: Nurturing The Wild - by Polly Pullar

£14.99 paperback (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781780277042 | ISBN 10: 1780277040

Polly 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 numerous litters of orphan kits, eventually returning them to the wild. In this b ... more
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Just Another Mountain: A Memoir of Hope - by Sarah Jane Douglas

£9.99 paperback (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781783964956 | ISBN 10: 1783964952

Shortlisted for Travel Memoir Book of the Year, Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2020 / Winner – GOLD in Personality of the Year, SILVER in The Extra Mile Award as well as SILVER in Book of the Year all in The Great Outdoor Awards 2019 ... more
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