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Horatio Clare, author of A Single Swallow and Heavy Light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA very personal mix of memoir and natural history from the author of Liquid Gold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen weeks into its life, a Manx shearwater chick will emerge from its burrow and fly 8,000 miles from the west coast of the British Isles to the South Atlantic. It will be unlikely to touch land again for four years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart memoir, part homage to wilderness, Shearwater traces the author's 50-year obsession with one of nature's supreme travellers. In the finest tradition of nature writing, Roger Morgan-Grenville, author of Liquid Gold - described by Mary Colwell (Curlew Moon) as 'a book that ignites joy and warmth' - unpicks the science behind its incredible journey; and into the story of a year in the shearwater's life, he threads the inspirational influence of his Hebridean grandmother who instilled in him a love of wild places and wild animals. 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The Restless Coast is a moving and beautiful account of a journey around it, during which the author sets out to discover its challenges and opportunities, and to talk to its people.At once delightful travelogue and passionate defence, The Restless Coast shines a powerful spotlight on the thin line that surrounds us, and defines our status as islanders. Overarching the journey is the extraordinary natural history of the coastline, together with the story of how man has imprinted himself on its very geology and shape for countless centuries. Roger Morgan-Grenville addresses the modern challenges that the shoreline faces, and highlights the people who are trying to protect it.Informative, angry and funny, The Restless Coast is a very personal love letter to our island edge.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":57685942600053,"sku":"9781837731459","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":55205901959541,"sku":"9781837731442","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781837731459_1576f17e-1ce0-4953-a760-a7f1f89dc34f.jpg?v=1792599194"},{"product_id":"9781805223498","title":"The Return of the Grey Partridge","description":"A 2024 Book of the Year pick in The Spectator, The Times Literary Supplement and blogs by Mark Avery and Stephen MossThe Return of the Grey Partridge tells the extraordinary story of how wildlife is restored to the Arundel Estate in West Sussex. Prompted by the collapse in numbers of one species, the grey partridge of the title, the managers of the estate woke up to the devastating effect modern farming methods were having on wildlife.   Following the estate through the seasons of one year, the book shows how the farm of Peppering is gradually renatured: fields are divided up with hedgerows and trees, beetle banks are built across fields, the land is manured rather than fed with artificial fertilisers, and much of it is returned to pasture. Detailed descriptions of nature give a sense of this large estate coming back to life - still very much farmland, but with a rapid increase in wildlife and biodiversity. And the partridges return.   Written in collaboration with the Duke of Norfolk, owner of the Arundel Estate, this moving and hopeful account shows how modern farming can work in partnership with nature to restore not only birdlife but to benefit the whole ecosystem.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":55897635553653,"sku":"9781805223498","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":57685946106229,"sku":"9781800819061","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781805223498.jpg?v=1792599199"},{"product_id":"9781785789526","title":"Taking Stock","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Funny, insightful and hugely informative ... a charming book' DAILY MAIL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Tremendous ... We all need to take stock, and this is the ideal starting point. I learnt a lot from this book and laughed a lot too.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eROSAMUND YOUNG, author of The Secret Life of CowsSince highland cattle ransacked his grandmother's vegetable patch when he was six, Roger Morgan-Grenville has been fascinated by cows. So at the age of 61, with no farming experience, he signed on as a part- time labourer on a beef cattle farm to tell their side of the story. The result is this lyrical and evocative book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor 10,000 years, cow and human lives have been intertwined. Cattle have existed alongside us, fed and shod us, quenched our thirst, and provided a thousand other tiny services, and yet most of us know little about them. 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