{"title":"Books by Sir John Lister-Kaye","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781838858803","title":"Footprints in the Woods","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE RICHARD JEFFERIES AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFootprints in the Woods \u003c\/i\u003eis John Lister-Kaye's charming account of a year spent with otters, badgers, weasels and pine martens. This family - \u003ci\u003eMustelidae \u003c\/i\u003e- all live in the wild at Aigas, the conservation and field study centre in the Highlands that he calls home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith fifty years of experience living side-by-side with these creatures and the patience of a true naturalist, John reveals the lives of these elusive animals: sometimes red in tooth and claw, but often playful, familial, curious and surprising.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44581551800498,"sku":"9781838858803","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781838858803_fef57109-20a6-4aad-aec2-1d05cafed688.jpg?v=1786028448"},{"product_id":"9781847674050","title":"At the Water's Edge","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor the last thirty years John Lister-Kaye has taken the same circular walk from his home deep in a Scottish glen up to a small hill loch. Each day brings a new observation or an unexpected encounter - a fragile spider's web, an osprey struggling to lift a trout from the water or a woodcock exquisitely camouflaged on her nest - and every day, on his return home, he records his thoughts in a journal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Drawing on this lifetime of close observation, \u003ci\u003eAt The Water's Edge\u003c\/i\u003e encourages us to look again at the nature around us, to discover its wildness for ourselves and to respect and protect it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308273512821,"sku":"9781847674050","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781847674050_e6506c95-6030-4f35-ba68-ac53e898b226.jpg?v=1786029699"},{"product_id":"9780349117614","title":"Song of the Rolling Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003eConservationist and naturalist John Lister-Kaye, founder of the Aigas Field Centre, writes about his life in the glens, the wildlife that surrounds him and the primeval magical exchange that takes place between man and nature once so central to ancient civilisations.  He describes finding the ruined nineteenth-century estate that is to become Aigas, taking it over and turning it into a going concern as an Educational Centre, and his own personal motivation, following the Torrey Canyon oil spillage and natural disasters in the 1960s, to become a conservationist.  Interspersed within the narrative detail are engaging and enlightening descriptions of flora and fauna.  John Lister-Kaye carries the reader very effectively into the minute worlds he observes and backs up keen scrutiny with facts and figures.\u003cbr\u003eSONG OF THE ROLLING EARTH is a notably entertaining and enlightening addition to the canon of naturalist writing that includes Gavin Maxwell's RING OF BRIGHT WATER, Henry Williamson's TARKA THE OTTER and the works of Gerald Durrell.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56311711433077,"sku":"9780349117614","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780349117614_ddfabe07-2e50-4525-9178-bab7bac899e6.jpg?v=1786013859"},{"product_id":"9781782114178","title":"Gods of the Morning","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Richard Jefferies Society Writers' Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'No one writes more movingly, or with such transporting poetic skill, about encounters with wild creatures. Its pages course with sympathy, humility, and wisdom' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelen Macdonald, author of \u003ci\u003eH is for Hawk\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  From his home deep in a Scottish glen, John Lister-Kaye has watched and come to understand intimately the movements and habits of the animals, and in particular the birds, that inhabit the wild and magnificent Highlands. Drawing on a lifetime of observation, \u003ci\u003eGods of the Morning \u003c\/i\u003eis his wise and affectionate celebration of the British countryside and the birds that come and go through the year. 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