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Matthew Rice's Country Year
Matthew Rice
The countryside, country life
Hardback
Matthew Rice is a painter, author and architectural enthusiast. His passion for nature and the outdoors is reflected in this... [more]
The Shell Country Alphabet: The Classic Guide to the British Countryside...
Geoffrey Grigson
The countryside, country life
Paperback
When is the best time to spot a shooting star or a glow worm? Where does a 'ha-ha' get its name? From weathercocks to rainbows,... [more]
Rifling Through My Drawers
Clarissa Dickson Wright
Biography; Autobiography: general; Memoirs; Cookery, food & drink; TV & celebrity chef cookbooks; The countryside, country life
Paperback
Clarissa brings us her outspoken views and humourous stories as she travels around the heart of Britain in this top ten Sunday... [more]
Villages of Britain: The Five Hundred Villages That Made the Countryside...
Clive Aslet
History; British & Irish history; The countryside, country life
Hardback
Many of Britain's villages are known for their loveliness, but their role in shaping the nation over the centuries is relatively... [more]
A House in the High Hills: Dreams and Disasters of Life in a Spanish Farmhouse...
Selina Scott
Memoirs; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); The countryside, country life; Travel & holiday
Paperback
'I was warned by all those who knew me that to take on a project like this was madness.'At the peak of her fast-paced career,... [more]
The National Trust Book of the Countryside
National Trust
Conservation of the environment; The countryside, country life
Hardback
No organisation knows more about the British countryside than the National Trust. Drawing on their expertise, this stunningly... [more]
From Dover to the Wen
William Cobbett
The countryside, country life; Travel & holiday
Paperback
Touring the southern counties of England by foot and on horseback from the white cliffs of Dover to the heart of the countryside,... [more]
Voices of Akenfield
Ronald Blythe
The countryside, country life; Travel & holiday
Paperback
Generations of inhabitants have helped shape the English countryside. This title celebrates this long tradition with various... [more]
A Wiltshire Diary
Francis Kilvert
The countryside, country life; Travel & holiday
Paperback
Generations of inhabitants have helped shape the English countryside. This title celebrates this long tradition with various... [more]
The Forager Handbook
Miles Irving
Cookery, food & drink; The countryside, country life
Hardback
At any time, in any place, food is there for the taking - if only we knew how and where to look. Many of these plants - nettles,... [more]
The Worm Forgives the Plough
John Stewart Collis
Fiction & Literature; The countryside, country life
Paperback
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT MACFARLANEDuring the Second World War, John Stewart Collis volunteered to leave his comfortable... [more]
Bush Aussies: True Stories Of Australian Country Characters
Allan M. Nixon
True stories; The countryside, country life
Paperback
These true stories of ordinary and extraordinary country characters show what the Aussie way of life is really like outside... [more]
Rifling Through My Drawers
Clarissa Dickson Wright
Autobiography: general; Memoirs; Humanities; Cookery, food & drink; TV & celebrity chef cookbooks; The countryside, country life
CD-Audio
Bestselling author of SPILLING THE BEANS and champion of the countryside, brings us her outspoken views, encounters and stories... [more]
Crow Country
Mark Cocker
Wildlife: birds & birdwatching; The countryside, country life
Paperback
One night Mark Cocker followed the roiling, deafening flock of rooks and jackdaws which regularly passed over his Norfolk... [more]
Spotted Pigs and Green Tomatoes: A Year in the Life of Our Farm
Rosie Boycott
Biography; Autobiography: general; The countryside, country life
Paperback
After leaving the editorship of Daily Express , Rosie Boycott wasn't sure what to do next. A car accident forced her to rethink... [more]
The Rural World of Eric Guy
Jonathan Brown
Photographs: collections; The countryside, country life; Farm & working animals
Paperback
From 1930s to 1960s commercial photographer Eric Guy captured the rural world from his base at Basingstoke and Reading. He... [more]
Art, Life, Chooks: Learning to Leave the City and Love the Country
Annette Hughes
Biography; Memoirs; The countryside, country life
Paperback
An account of the year following the author's move with her partner from Sydney where she had been a literary agent, to the... [more]
The Shadows of Horses
Michael Keenan
Biography; Autobiography: general; The countryside, country life
Paperback
Mike Keenan shares the inside story of what life is like on the land for today's farmers - the isolation, the agony of drought... [more]
Exploring Woodland: The Northwest & The Lake District
Woodland Trust
The countryside, country life; Walking, hiking, trekking; Travel & holiday guides
Paperback
The Woodland Trust's handy guide to 101 woodland sites in the Lake District and the northwest of England. [more]
Northeast and Yorkshire
Woodland Trust
The countryside, country life; Walking, hiking, trekking; Travel & holiday guides
Paperback
The Woodland Trust's handy guide to 101 woodland sites in north-east England, with maps and directions for walks there. [more]
Reasons Not to Move to the Country
Judy Rumbold
Humour; The countryside, country life
Paperback
You know that Aga you coveted? It will soon reveal itself to be a living, breathing antichrist waging a slow-burn, personal... [more]
The River Thames Revisited
Graham Diprose, Jeff Robbins
Individual photographers; Photographs: collections; The countryside, country life
Hardback
Henry Taunt's photographs of the River Thames and its landscape evoke a vanished world. A matchless picture of Victorian Britain.... [more]
Our Farm: A Year in the Life of a Smallholding
Rosie Boycott
Autobiography: general; The countryside, country life
Hardback
Presents an account of life in the country. This book deals with Rosie who finds recovery in the rhythms of the seasons and... [more]
Living a Country Year: Wit and Wisdom from the Good Old Days
Jerry Apps
True stories; The countryside, country life; Farm & working animals
Hardback
Many of us have dreams of a simple rural life, and this book tells the story of growing up on a dairy farm in the 1940's.... [more]
Rivers of America: Portraits of Flowi
Tim Palmer
Photographs: collections; The countryside, country life; Travel & holiday guides
Hardback
With colour photography and essays based on the author's thirty years of exploration, this work showcases more than 150 rivers... [more]
