British Forest

NATIONAL BESTSELLER “Rutherford brings England’s New Forest to life” (The Seattle Times) in this companion to the critically acclaimed Sarum From the time of the Norman Conquest to the present day, the New Forest, along England’s southern coast, has remained an almost mythical place...

Be gay, solve crimes! “I loved this book! Havelock and Sebastian are such great company, brilliant, approachable, fascinating, their relationship is real and touching and relatable. And the mystery is riveting.” —#1 New York Times bestselling author LOUISE PENNY Meet Havelock Harper...

Some inherit a house. Others inherit what lives beneath it. When London architect Adrian Blackwood inherits a crumbling Victorian manor in the quiet Kentish village of Pluckley, he expects a neglected property, a complicated family history, and a few unanswered questions. He finds something far more disturbing. Blackwood House stands at the edge of an ancient pine forest, where the villagers fall silent at the mention of his surname and the shadows between the trees seem to move when no one is watching. Inside the manor, portraits bear familiar faces, a grandfather clock remains frozen at 3...

The Green Man has watched from churches, gardens, pub signs and ancient stone for centuries. His face appears among leaves and branches, familiar yet mysterious—but who is he, and why does his image continue to speak to us? The Foliate Way: The Green Man is a wide-ranging journey through the history, folklore, symbolism and living presence of one of our most enduring figures. Michael Arluna Celestial follows the Green Man from medieval carvings and sacred architecture into woodland traditions, seasonal customs, literature, art and modern nature-based spirituality. Rather than forcing the ...

A complete and truly unique biography of Robert Smith and company, The Cure, chronicling their 40+ year history with hundreds of entries in A to Z fashion. Definitive and deeply researched, Curepedia will surprise and inform fans everywhere as they await The Cure's highly anticipated next album...

Matilda, Lady of Flanders, Duchess of Normandy, rules as Regent of Normandy for her husband, Duke William. William has won the Battle of Hastings, but Saxon England does not wish to surrender to him as King. As William sets England to flame, Matilda waits in Normandy for the time to come when she can claim her crown. Through bloodshed, battle, and struggle will England be won, but even as Matilda rejoices for her new power, a prophecy is spoken, linking the fates of her children to the wailing voices and horrific images in dreams which come to haunt her.

At a black-tie gala in June 1988, Golf Magazine assembled the “100 Heroes of American Golf” in the grand ballroom of New York’s Waldorf Astoria. Among the legends making a rare public appearance was Ben Hogan. He was joined by Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Sam Snead, and many of the most celebrated figures in the men’s and women’s game. Only two amateurs were in attendance, as the early legends like Bobby Jones, Francis Ouimet, and Chick Evans had long since passed away. Bill Campbell, past his competitive prime, was acknowledged for his USGA administrative leadership. The other ...

The first time Dieter Schmidt meets Mad Maggie is at a blockade on a logging road. He’s there to threaten the local First Nations band with court action if they don’t allow his client’s heavy equipment access to Deadman’s Island. Maggie emerges from the forest, but rather than chastise the lawyer for his part in trying to replace this unique ecosystem of magnificent old-growth trees with a housing development, she gives him an ultimatum. She will cure his yet-to-be-diagnosed terminal cancer if he saves the trees. Dieter dismisses Maggie's prediction as the delusions of someone ...

Ancient trees, some over a thousand years old, are dotted around the British Isles, the last survivors of a lost world. Now, new scientific studies of these trees and of fossilised forests and of our oldest wooden artifacts can help us to understand the many woodlands that have disappeared from...

Brought to you by Penguin. The trailblazing scientist returns with a book that centres nature’s cycles of renewal in the future vision of our forests When the forest breathes out, we breathe in. When the forest thrives, we thrive. The world-renowned forest ecologist Suzanne Simard has...

The epic story of the Congo-Océan railroad and the human costs and contradictions of modern empire. The Congo-Océan railroad stretches across the Republic of Congo from Brazzaville to the Atlantic port of Pointe-Noir. It was completed in 1934, when Equatorial Africa was a French colony, and it...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FOR NON-FICTION WINNER OF THE WRITERS’ TRUST NON-FICTION PRIZE The spellbinding true story of one man’s obsession and the destruction of a glorious natural wonder. On a winter night in 1997, a British Columbia timber...

Brought to you by Penguin I lie on the rock to let my limbs dry after my immersion in the river. My bones warm. I have no towel but the moss is grateful for the additional moisture that I bring as the water runs off me and into its spongy web of roots and branches. I look up through the canopy...

Nobody sees and understands woodland better than Ray Mears. With deep natural history knowledge and practical woodcraft skills, gained over a lifetime of learning from the world's last remaining indigenous peoples, Ray offers a different way to experience our wooded landscapes. He challenges the old concepts. He looks to our ancestors and shows how man's hand in shaping woodland is critical. We are not separate from nature, we just need to ensure that our interactions have a positive impact. 

Habren Faire and Neirin are back in an irresistible romantasy set in the land of Welsh fae, perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Faebound, Leigh Bardugo and The Cruel Prince Habren Faire saved the fairies. But Sabrina Parry will not be rewarded for it. Sabrina doesn't live with the fairies. She...

THE BESTSELLING BIRDWATCHING CLASSIC - 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION 'A delightful ode to the wild world outside the kitchen window - leaves you with the warm feeling that a shared love conquers all' - The Daily Telegraph 'A witty, perceptive book; thoughtful, instructive and full of simple wisdom' -...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER From bestselling true-crime author Peter Edwards and Governor General's Award-winning playwright Kevin Loring, two sons of Lytton, the BC town that burned to the ground in 2021, comes a meditation on hometown―when hometown is gone. “It’s dire,” Greta Thunberg...

Robyn o' the Hood, the Greenwood King, is growing older along with his band of Wolfsheads. King John has signed Magna Carta, but England still groans beneath his oppression--and now the French are invading. Robyn is offered a pardon for his entire band if he will join the infamous archer, Wilikin of the Weald, to stop the progress of Prince Louis' army. Although he has misgivings, he agrees... But King John is devious and when Robyn is away, he takes personal revenge out on Robyn's wife Clarimonde--in secret Matilda Fitzwalter, daughter of the rebel baron, Robert Fitzwalter. Now it is ...

A vanished journalist. A buried secret. And a team on the edge. When the remains of famed investigative reporter Declan Rafferty are unearthed in the haunted depths of Epping Forest, Scotland Yard’s SIU is called in to solve a mystery nearly two decades cold. But what begins as a recovery turns into something far more disturbing. The clues don’t add up. The burial is too deliberate. The story—too tidy. As Dr. Charlie Morrow digs into Rafferty’s past, her instincts whisper that the case was meant to stay buried. But uncovering the truth comes at a cost. Tensions rise within the team ...

In the beating heart of the rainforest, anyone could be the next victim… “It was bending over me again and, somewhere between brain fog and pounding heart, I comprehended the outline as human.” A tropical rainforest vacation. A secluded Malaysian resort. Sounds like paradise? Far from it. Isolated among strangers, no one can be trusted. Georgia is done with the trauma she hides in her past. Amidst the hum and heat of the jungle, the air hangs thick with promise. She’s keen to get along with her fellow travellers – a vibrant, outgoing bunch – not to mention the hot freerunner ...