The Wild Places" is both an intellectual & a physical journey & Macfarlane travels in time as well as space. Guided by monks questers scientists philosophers poets & artists both living & dead he explores our changing ideas of the wild. From the cliffs of Cape Wrath to the holloways of Dorset the storm-beaches of Norfolk the saltmarshes & estuaries of Essex & the moors of Rannoch & the Pennines his journeys become the conductors of people & cultures past & present who have had intense relationships with these places. Certain birds animals trees & objects
- snow-hares falcons beeches crows suns white stones
- recur & as it progresses this densely patterned book begins to bind tighter & tighter. At once a wonder voyage an adventure story an exercise in visionary cartography & a work of natural history it is written in a style & a form as unusual as the places with which it is concerned. It also tells the story of a friendship & of a loss. It mixes history memory & landscape in a strange & beautiful evocation of wildness & its vital importance."

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It is whispered behind the fans of London's dowagers & in the corners of the fashionable ballrooms that scandal follows wilfully wild Lady Beatrix Lennox wherever she goes. Three years earlier the debutante created a sensation by being found in a distinctly compromising position. Now the ton has branded her as unmarriageable her family has called her a vixen & Beatrix sees no reason not to go after what
- & who
- she wishes. & she wants Stephen Fairfax-Lacy the handsome Earl of Spade. Beatrix with her brazen suggestions & irresistibly sensuous allure couldn't be more different from the earl's ideal future bride. Yet Beatrix brings out a wildness in him that he has tried to deny for far too long. Still he's not about to play love's game by Lady Beatrix's rules. She may be used to being on top in affairs of the heart but that will soon change.

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With a wide variety of whale species covered you can learn about all kinds of whales from the minke to the bottlenosed or beluga whales to name but a few. Packed with interesting information: did you know that a blue whales tongue weighs as much as a baby elephant? Or that a human hand is very similar to a whales fin? Read about one sperm whales mighty battle with a giant squid & the humpback whales plight against the humans that want to hunt them. For real whale enthusiasts this book also suggests websites & places to visit to find out even more! Other titles in this series: Big Cats Sharks Elephants Bees Dinosaurs Wolves Snakes Rats Frogs & Toads Spiders Crocodiles Dogs & Horses. ...

This wonderful book about wolves covers a wide range of topics. Follow the story of a wolf pack & how they stick together to live & hunt. Learn about the amazing skills that the grey wolf has to survive from its sharp senses & amazing memory to its ferocious ability to hunt & kill. & find out more about how wolves communicate with one another & look after their pups. For real wolf enthusiasts this book also suggests websites & places to visit to find out even more! Other titles in this series: Big Cats Sharks Elephants Bees Dinosaurs Whales Snakes Rats Frogs & Toads Spiders Crocodiles Dogs & Horses. ...

Wild Sabah is a magnificent photographic evocation of the natural splendours of the state of Sabah in Malaysian Borneo. From the peaks of Mount Kinabalu the highest mountain in Asia between the Himalayas & New Guinea to the floodplains of the Kinabatangan river Sabah teems with wildlife & the natural history of the region is described with verve & passionate enthusiasm by expert author Junaidi Payne. Landscapes scenery & natural species are portrayed in Cede Prudente's spectacular accompanying photographs. Two full-page maps show physical terrain climate vegetation & the principal wildlife watching sites. ...

Discover how to mould bouncy balls & how to launch them into space. Discover the science of elastic collisions. This kit contains enough material for the experiments to be repeated several times. Contents include: red water based moulding granules glow-in-the-dark water based moulding granules yellow water based moulding granules 4 moulds safety goggles plastic tubes wooden dowel & a colour instruction booklet. Not suitable for children under 36 months due to small parts. ...

Create multi-coloured soap creatures & flowers that float in transparent bars. Blend colours & perfumes for your own signature soap. Mould & weld together multi-part soap sculptures. Experiment in the kitchen to make astonishing new soaps. Make unique gifts for friends. This kit contains enough materials for the many amazing soap projects & sculptures in the booklet. YES... it is all perfectly safe for bath time use! WILD! Science is a range of collectable science kits with attitude! They are designed to have great play value while exploring important concepts & skills! Not suitable for children under 36 months due to small parts. Box contains: Special transparent casting soap professional grade titanium oxide pigment soap mixable cosmetic colourants special blendable perfumes cosmetic grade glitter microwave safe themed moulds & trays stirring sticks safety gloves real laboratory beakers & a colour instruction booklet. Only for use by children over 10 years old. To be used solely under the strict supervision of adults who have studied the precautions given in this experimental set. ...

Take some time to stop & smell the perfume with this wild Science Perfume laboratory. We know you will have great fun with the experiments & activities in this kit. You&8217;ll be using sample cards called base perfumes to create your own special blends. To do that you will measure mix extract separate & filter to create scented crystals. slime &8220;gel-pourri ” scented note paper & other heavenly things. You&8217;ll be a research scientist at your very own perfumery! This kit contains enough material for the experiments to be repeated several times.. Wild Science is a range of collectable science kits with attitude. They are designed to have great play value whilst exploring important scientific concepts & skills. ...

His life was like his recurring nightmare: a train to nowhere. But an ordinary life has a way of taking an extraordinary turn. Add a girl whose ears are so exquisite that when uncovered they improve sex a thous&-fold a runaway friend a right-wing politico an ovine-obsessed professor & a manic-depressive in a sheep outfit implicate them in a hunt for a sheep that may or may not be running the world & the upshot is another singular masterpiece from Japan's finest novelist. ...

You've devoured Fifty Shades.. . Now wrap yourself up in Wild Silk. Merran Faulkner inherits her eccentric uncle's fortune but there's one condition: as a world-famous explorer it was his dying wish that she should travel to South America to search for a lost Inca treasure. Certainly not something the sheltered heiress had in mind for her next vacation. But as Merran treks her way through the jungle her uncle's artefact isn't her only new discovery. Meeting the mysterious Don Miguel Merran's Amazonian adventure becomes so much more than her uncle's will ever entailed. & as Merran gets to know Don with his temptingly exotic ways suddenly the wild side she's tried so desperately hard to hide wants to come out & play.. . ...