Free Delivery Over $100
|
|
|||
|
||||
OverviewFrom the UK's bestselling natural history writer- 'A heartfelt and evocative diary of a year among the trees.' Guardian 'BRITAIN'S FINEST LIVING NATURE WRITER' - THE TIMES A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER and BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week' from 'indisputably, one of the best nature-writers of his generation' (Country Life) Written in diary format, The Wood is the story of English woodlands as they change with the seasons. Lyrical and informative, steeped in poetry and folklore, The Wood inhabits the mind and touches the soul. For four years John Lewis-Stempel managed Cockshutt wood, a particular wood - three and half acres of mixed woodland in south west Herefordshire - that stands as exemplar for all the small woods of England. John coppiced the trees and raised cows and pigs who roamed free there. This is the diary of the last year, by which time he had come to know it from the bottom of its beech roots to the tip of its oaks, and to know all the animals that lived there - the fox, the pheasants, the wood mice, the tawny owl - and where the best bluebells grew. For many fauna and flora, woods like Cockshutt are the last refuge. It proves a sanctuary for John too. To read The Wood is to be amongst its trees as the seasons change, following an easy path until, suddenly the view is broken by a screen of leaves, or your foot catches on a root, or a bird startles overhead. This is a wood you will never want to leave. Full Product DetailsAuthor: John Lewis-StempelPublisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd Imprint: Black Swan Dimensions: Width: 12.70cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.211kg ISBN: 9781784162436ISBN 10: 1784162434 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 14 March 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , General/trade , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsIt is a pleasure to be in the company of a man who is so attuned to his woody world ... He is good at sketching nature, fixing a vivid image in the mind's eye of a reader ... Lewis-Stempel has rightly won himself the reputation as being among our best nature writers ... The Wood is an entertaining, illuminating, well-turned read -- Robbie Millen * The Times * John Lewis-Stempel is the hottest nature writer around. * Spectator * A heartfelt and evocative diary of a year among the trees...it's his observation of the natural world - the sight, the sound, the smell of it - that is so memorable. He has a distinctively brisk, muscular style of writing that has a poetic intensity and concision. * Guardian * Lyrical diary documenting a year in nature ... he's brilliant on birds and their habits. -- Helen Brown * Daily Mail * Another triumph. Natural, translucent, full of half-glimpsed depths....just like a wood itself. -- Philip Marsden It is a pleasure to be in the company of a man who is so attuned to his woody world ... He is good at sketching nature, fixing a vivid image in the mind's eye of a reader ... Lewis-Stempel has rightly won himself the reputation as being among our best nature writers ... The Wood is an entertaining, illuminating, well-turned read -- Robbie Millen * The Times * John Lewis-Stempel is the hottest nature writer around. * Spectator * A heartfelt and evocative diary of a year among the trees...it's his observation of the natural world - the sight, the sound, the smell of it - that is so memorable. He has a distinctively brisk, muscular style of writing that has a poetic intensity and concision. * Guardian * Lyrical diary documenting a year in nature ... he's brilliant on birds and their habits. -- Helen Brown * Daily Mail * Another triumph. Natural, translucent, full of half-glimpsed depths....just like a wood itself. -- Philip Marsden Another triumph. Natural, translucent, full of half-glimpsed depths....just like a wood itself. -- Philip Marsden Lyrical diary documenting a year in nature ... he's brilliant on birds and their habits. -- Helen Brown * Daily Mail * A heartfelt and evocative diary of a year among the trees...it's his observation of the natural world - the sight, the sound, the smell of it - that is so memorable. He has a distinctively brisk, muscular style of writing that has a poetic intensity and concision. * Guardian * John Lewis-Stempel is the hottest nature writer around. * Spectator * It is a pleasure to be in the company of a man who is so attuned to his woody world ... He is good at sketching nature, fixing a vivid image in the mind's eye of a reader ... Lewis-Stempel has rightly won himself the reputation as being among our best nature writers ... The Wood is an entertaining, illuminating, well-turned read -- Robbie Millen * The Times * Author InformationJohn Lewis-Stempel is a farmer and 'Britain's finest living nature writer' (The Times). His books include the Sunday Times bestsellers Woodston, The Running Hare and The Wood. He is the only person to have won the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing twice, with Meadowland and Where Poppies Blow. In 2016 he was named Magazine Columnist of the Year for his column in Country Life. He farms cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry. Traditionally. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
||||
