A fascinating history of Britain's plant biodiversity & a unique account of how our garden landscape has been transformed over 1000 years, from 200 species of plant in the year 1000 to the astonishing variety of plants we can all see today. Thousands of plants have been introduced into Britain since 1066 by travellers, warriors, explorers & plant hunters
- plants that we now take for granted such as rhododendron from the Far East, gladiolus from Africa & exotic plants like the monkey puzzle tree from Chile.

Both a plant history & a useful reference book, Maggie Campbell-Culver has researched the provenance & often strange histories of many of the thousands of plants, exploring the quirky & sometimes rude nature of the plants, giving them a personality all of their own & setting them in their social context.

The text is supported by beautiful contemporary paintings & modern photographs in 2 x 8 pp colour sections.




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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DARWIN'S GREAT-GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER, RUTH PADEL

When the eminent naturalist Charles Darwin returned

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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DARWIN'S GREAT-GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER, RUTH PADEL

When the eminent naturalist Charles Darwin returned

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First issued in 1910, the Rider-Waite Tarot is almost certainly the most widely used tarot deck in the world. There are 78 cards, divided into the Major & Minor Arcanas, designed by Pamela Colman Smith in accordance with A. E Waite's instructions. An instructional booklet by A. E. Waite is included, explaining the meanings of the cards & how to use them for divination, with an introduction by Stuart R. Kaplan. ...

First issued in 1910, this pack contains almost certainly the most widely used Tarot deck in the world, along with an invaluable instructional book, THE KEY TO THE TAROT, which explains the history & usage of the cards of which there are 78 divided into the Major & Minor Arcanas. The book can be used in conjunction with any set of tarot cards, but it was written in particular to accompany the 78-card Rider Waite Tarot Deck which was designed by Pamela Colman Smith in accordance with A. E Waite's instructions. THE KEY TO THE TAROT explains the history & symbolism of the cards & gives instructions on how to use them for purposes of divination. This edition

Includes:: a specially commissioned foreword by Liz Greene.

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' We've been approached something like 25 times since the war. I kicked each out the window because they weren't going to make it with the integrity we require the story of the SAS to be told.'
- Colonel Sir David Stirling, OBE, DSO, Founder of the SAS

Based on over 120 hours of recently uncovered video & audio tape, The Originals tells the story of the birth of the SAS in the words of its founding members for the first time. Even David Stirling, founder of the regiment, contributed to the project
- most historians believe he died without giving a single interview.

It is also a very human story of a gang of misfits coming together to create a unit like no other: a maverick son of a Scottish laird; a boy who lied about his age to enlist; a policeman; a cheeky cockney; a Lincolnshire boxer; an Irish rugby international imprisoned for beating up his commanding officer; an Oxford rowing president & a quietly spoken man of God.

The Originals covers the regiment's formation in 1941 to its supposed disbanding in 1945. With only two founding members alive today, it is not only an important document but a thrilling & moving read that will leave you reeling.







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The Origins of the Final Solution is the most detailed, careful, & comprehensive analysis to date of the descent of the Nazi persecution of the Jews into mass murder. Arguing that genocide was not a preconceived plan but rather a discovered possibility, Christopher Browning explains how the decision to murder the Jews en masse emerged in stages & by a process of elimination that gradually foreclosed plans for their expulsion from Europe. Only in the interval between late September & late October 1941 did the desire to 'remove' the Jews intersect with the discovery of acceptable means of killing them on a large scale & with the euphoria of expected victory in Russia, all of which followed on from two years of 'race war' & 'racial imperialism' in eastern Europe that prepared 'ordinary Germans' for this fateful task. ...