This book is now available as softback. As a photographer Beezer was in a unique position in Bristol in the 1980s. Close friends with the Wild Bunch (later to become Massive Attack) & other Bristol hip hop crews, he was able to capture on film the rich urban culture at the heart of the underground music & art scene prevalent in Bristol at the time. Many of the shots are of the Wild Bunch performing at the Dug Out Club, the infamous Red House Jam & at St Paul`s Carnival, but there are many more shots from festivals & events & a selection of portraiture. This book has previously only been available as an import from Japan where it was originally published. ...

This book is new in paperback & takes the readers above buildings, beneath rivers & canals, amidst bushes & trees, inside the M50 nature abounds. It is a lavish, entertaining & uniquely visual nature book. It is exciting to read, up to date & comprehensive in its information. Minks in the Dodder, whales on the coastline, bats in Raheny, newts in Dundrum, badgers in Rathfarnham, otters in Ringsend
- these are just some of the fantastic creatures to be seen in the capital. Eanna`s intriguing running commentary both entertains & explains, & this is a book for the entire family. It contains exclusive new photographs by Anthony Woods & specially commissioned watercolours by David Daly. A truly stunning book, full of fascinating facts & beautiful photos, showing a city we thought we knew in a new light.
...

Capturing the splendor & very soul of what remains wild & free in our world through incredibly intimate-close enough to touch-portraits, Wild Encounters chronicles legendary photographer David Yarrow`s photographic exploits in the field. Driven by a passion for sharing & preserving the Earth`s last great wild cultures & species, Yarrow is as much a conservationist as a photographer & artist. His work has transcended wildlife photography, & is now collected & shown as fine art in some of the most famed galleries around the world. Yarrow goes Pole-to-Pole, continent-to-continent- mountain to tundra to primordial jungle-inviting us to truly connect with a subject that we mistakenly think we have seen before. Yarrow takes the familiar- lions, elephants, tigers, polar bears-and makes them new again by creating iconic images that deliberately connect with us at a highly emotional level. ...

Combining witty comment with meticulous research abounding in historical & cultural detail, Jezernik reveals how from the mid 16th to the late 20th century ” The Balkans” have been perceived by west European travellers & experts, many of whom have seen it as part of Asia & sought accordingly to inform their contemporaries of its ”exotic”, ”outlandish” & ”primitive” ways. The rich source material

Includes:: citations from naturalists, geographers, historians & social scientists: from Joseph de Tournefort & Henry Blount via Karl Baedeker, William Gladstone & Paulina Irby, to Edith Durham, Rebecca West & Julia Kristeva. Exploring over 1000 first-hand reports & comparing narratives spanning almost five centuries, the author demonstrates how the project of observing other people in their environment mirrors the observers` own culture & environment. Thus the impressions passed down through the ages about the Balkans say more about Western Europe in most respects than about the lands & people in question.

...

From the Mojave Desert in the USA to the Italian Dolomites, & from South Africa's Cape National Park to the Stirling Ranges of Australia, this book showcases the most spectacular displays of wild blooms on the planet. Each site account begins with a locator map & info panel detailing timing, key species, etc. This is followed by an informative & readable account by the expert author (who has personally visited nearly all of the sites covered) accompanied by a handful of stunning images of each location showing the displays of flowers. In addition there are chapters on the animal life that can be found at these sites, & on the conservation status of the locations covered in the book. Many people travel widely in search of spectacular displays of flowers, but are guided only by word-of-mouth information, or by what organised tours are available. This book sets out to rectify this gap. However, it aims to be much more: the most 'flowery' places in the world are exceptionally spectacular at their best, & the book will provide a visual feast for armchair naturalists as well as more active travellers. ...

Discover the rich tapestry of wild flowers that is woven into the landscape of the British Isles with this handy new spotter's guide as your expert companion. Whether your trail begins just outside your front door or leads you through unspoilt countryside, turn to this reference book for on-the-spot identification & fascinating facts from the origins of names to preferred habitats. ...

This full-colour guide is designed to make wildflower identification as easy as possible for the walker or rambler. The flowers are categorised in eight sections, according to the one or more habitats in which they are found: seashore & coastal fresh water heaths & moors marshes, fens &?bogs arable & waste land grassland & meadows gardens, paths &?walls woodland & hedgerows. Each habitat section has a set of introductory photographs for easy identification, & larger photos alongside essential information which

Includes:: the botanical name month of flowering, & particular characteristics of the species. The 860 colour plates cover a total of 250 species.

...

This is a handy & easy-to-use field guide covering about 120 wild flower species which are common in Britain & the rest of Europe. Each is illustrated using the author's remarkable photography, while the accompanying text covers information such as ID features, flowering time, distribution, habitat, status, confusion species & interesting facts such as plant uses. This book is as visually impressive as it is useful in the field with many stunning full-page & double-page images to support the authoritative text. The introduction explains the basics of flower forms & their identification. Printed on quality paper, the paperback format with flaps adds to the book's durability in the field & provides built-in page-markers for quick reference. ...

This is an innovative & remarkably user-friendly guide to the identification of the flowers of Britain & northwestern Europe. By organising the species by their colour group first (and by family within that colour group), this guide enables those less familiar with flower taxonomy to quickly & easily find what they are looking for
- a great improvement on the often-frustrating business of trawling through a conventionally-organised guide. The lovely artwork by acclaimed illustrator Marjorie Blamey, with a neat, focused & simple text, makes this book a joy to use.
...

Featuring 280 species that the amateur naturalist might expect to see in the field or garden, this user-friendly introduction covers geography, climate, habits, taxonomy & nomenclature, bird topography, & the best places to watch birds, in a way that doesn't assume prior knowledge of the subject. It

Includes:: a list of useful addresses & contacts.

...