In Feral George Monbiot one of the world's most celebrated radical thinkers & the author of Captive State Heat The Age of Consent & Amazon Watershed follows his own hunger for new environmental experiences in a riveting tale of possibility & travel with wildlife & wild people ' The suburbs dream of violence. Asleep in their drowsy villas sheltered by benevolent shopping malls they wait patiently for the nightmares that will wake them into a more passionate world' J. G. Ballard How many of us sometimes feel that we are scratching at the walls of this life seeking to find our way into a wider space beyond? That our mild polite existence sometimes seems to crush the breath out of us? Feral is the lyrical & gripping story of George Monbiot's efforts to re-engage with nature & discover a new way of living. He shows how by restoring & rewilding our damaged ecosystems on land & at sea we can bring wonder back into our lives. Making use of some remarkable scientific discoveries Feral lays out a new positive environmentalism in which nature is allowed to find its own way. From the seas of north Wales where he kayaks among feeding frenzies of dolphins & seabirds to the forests of Eastern Europe where lynx stalk & packs of wolves roam George Monbiot shows how rewilding could repair the living planet creating ecosystems in the UK as profuse & captivating as any around the world. Already large wild animals are beginning to spread back across Europe & fin whales humpback whales & bluefin tuna are returning to the seas around Britain. Feral is a work of hope & of revelation; a wild & bewitching adventure that argues for a mass restoration of the natural world
- & a powerful call for us to reclaim our own place in it. A dazzling command of science & a relentless faith in people". (Naomi Klein). George Monbiot studied zoology at Oxford but his real education began when he travelled to Brazil in his twenties & joined the resistance movement defending the land of peasant farmers. Since then he has spent his career as a journalist & environmentalist working with others to defend the natural world he loves. His celebrated Guardian columns are syndicated all over the world. Monbiot is the author of the bestselling books Captive State The Age of Consent Bring on the Apocalypse & Heat as well as the investigative travel books Poisoned Arrows Amazon Watershed & No Man's L&. Among the many prizes he has won is the UN Global 500 award for outstanding environmental achievement presented to him by Nelson Mandela."
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' They take human children & leave changelings in their place...stolen children go into the mound & we can't follow.' Her parents dead Maddy is sick of living in Ireland sick of Blarney & sick of her cousin Danny one of the nastiest people you could meet this side of an Asbo. Mad as hell one evening she crawls inside the grounds of the castle the one place she has always been forbidden to go. Once inside she is chased by a strange feral boy who she suspects is one of the faerie: cruel fantastical people who live among humans & exchange local children for their own. When the boy returns to steal her neighbour Stephen into his world Maddy & her cousins set off on a terrifying journey into a magical wilderness determined to bring him back home. To do so they must face an evil as old as the earth itself... Che Golden has created a dashing adventure that interweaves Maddy's life in modern-day Ireland with a scintillating magical world. ...

Its Christmas Eve & Ferdie has had a terrible thought
- what if Father Christmas cant find the rabbits new home? He & his friends
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Ferdies very worried. Hes just been down to the meadow
- & theres snow on the way! He rushes to tell all the animals waking up
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This is the story of Fergus a little traction engine who always liked to do things right". One day The Fat Controller asked him to help Bill & Ben at the Quarry but poor Fergus wasn't used to their tricks. Read about the trouble they caused him.. ." ...

The little grey Fergie is Britains best-loved tractor the light user-friendly machine that finally replaced the horse on farms. This highly illustrated account covers the full history of Harry Fergusons tractor products from his pioneering work before the 1930s to the merger with Massey in 1957. The author has had access to fresh archive material & has interviewed many of the surviving men who were associated with Ferguson. The appeal of the Fergie lay in its lightness & utility & also in the system of mechanized farming of which it was a part. Throughout the book reference is made to the implements which lay at the heart of the system. Stuart Gibbard has won Tractor & Machinery" magazines award for the best British tractor book five years running." ...

'I have a truly marvellous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.' It was with these words written in the 1630s that Pierre de Fermat intrigued & infuriated the mathematics community. For over 350 years proving Fermat's Last Theorem was the most notorious unsolved mathematical problem a puzzle whose basics most children could grasp but whose solution eluded the greatest minds in the world. In 1993 after years of secret toil Englishman Andrew Wiles announced to an astounded audience that he had cracked Fermat's Last Theorem. He had no idea of the nightmare that lay ahead. In ' Fermat's Last Theorem' Simon Singh has crafted a remarkable tale of intellectual endeavour spanning three centuries & a moving testament to the obsession sacrifice & extraordinary determination of Andrew Wiles: one man against all the odds. ...

In a perfect world thered be no need for Animal Magic. But Eva & Karl Harrison who live at the animal rescue centre with their parents know that life isnt perfect. Every day theres a new arrival in need of their help... Fern is the softest prettiest rabbit imaginable & her young owner Mia is completely devoted to her. When Fern falls ill Mia brings her into Animal Magic but despite Heidis expert care Fern just gets sicker. Will Eva & the team be able to figure out whats wrong with the gorgeous bunny before its too late? ...

Of all the many passions & crazes in nineteenth-century gardening & natural history none was as long lasting or as wide reaching as fern fever or Pteridomania as it became known. The obsession with ferns was not confined to a few professional botanists but it affected men women & children from all classes through the British Isles the Empire & America. Books & articles encouraged thousands to set out on fern forays. Their overwhelming desire to capture a rare specimen led them to wade through streams scale rock faces descend gorges & lean over fast-flowing rivers. Accidents were common sometimes fatal & over-collecting & even fern stealing were rife. Sarah Whittingham has explored verdant ferneries & Pulhamite grottoes throughout the land read hundreds of Victorian works on ferns & examined ferny items from Coalbrookdale benches to Royal Worcester pottery to reveal the incredible extent of the craze. She introduces the key players
- John Lindsay Nathaniel Ward George Loddiges Edward Newman Thomas Moore
- together with many others. It was possible to live a life in ferns from the cradle to the grave: if you were to go to the seaside visit the theatre view an exhibition decorate your house read novels play music & even spend time in hospital you would come upon ferns & ferneries. Fern Fever encompasses garden history social history & the decorative arts illustrated with over 150 beautiful images from around the world. It

Includes:: a list of places to visit where you can experience the Victorian fern craze first hand today.



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When Rachel & Kirsty meet on the ferry to Rainspell Island one summer holiday they have no idea that such magical adventures with the fairies await them! Join Rachel & Kirsty as they search a secret garden & a magical maze to try to find Fern the Green Fairy. ...