One of Britian's leading bird writers and humorists, Simon Barnes. His weekly column in The Times, essays and books have established his contagious reverence for and joy of nature's delights. Here he reads his own illuminating introductions to the 50 main birds of Britain...more details Format:CD-Audio
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Simon Barnes
ISBN:9781904977377
Few books are more intimidating than a conventional field guide. There are simply too many birds in them. This book introduces the reader to Britain's most obvious birds. But it does more than that: it also explains the way that different birds do different things...more details Format:Hardback Pages:224
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Simon Barnes
ISBN:9781907595196
Everyone's lives will, at some time, have been touched by a moment of sporting heroism. Whether it was Ellen MacArthur's triumphant finish off the French coast in 2005...more details Format:Paperback Pages:320
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Simon Barnes
ISBN:9781907595479
This vital book - which comes with a free CD and podcast so that you can listen to the songs themselves - takes you from winter into deepest spring...more details Format:Hardback
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Simon Barnes
ISBN:9781904095958
Even the baddest birdwatcher in the world knows something about birds. Contrary to popular belief, you don't have to be an anoraked twitcher with top-of-the-range binoculars to have a good time admiring our often-neglected feathered friends in the sky...more details Format:Hardback Pages:224
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Simon Barnes
ISBN:9781904977056
Look out of the window. See a bird. Enjoy it. Congratulations. You are now a bad birdwatcher. Anyone who has ever gazed up at the sky or stared out of the window knows something about birds. In this funny...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:208
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Simon Barnes
ISBN:9781906021481
As every one who has patted a dog, smelled a rose, taken a walk, or even had a drink in the garden well knows, humans have a soul-deep need for non-human forms of life. This book is about pushing our birthright of wildness just that little bit further.In How to be Wild...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:352
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Simon Barnes
ISBN:9781904977971
We are all wild. It's just that civilisation keeps getting in the way.And the more civilised we become, the more we need the wild: wild places...more details Format:Hardback Pages:352
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Simon Barnes
ISBN:9781858814889
Everyone has heard of a polar bear and a cheetah, but what about a Malaysian tapir or a Kerry slug? In this spirited, evocative book, Simon Barnes...more details Format:Hardback Pages:256
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Simon Barnes
ISBN:9781904977452
Why is sport so profoundly important to us? In a beguiling journey from the Olympic Games in Athens to the World Cup finals in Germany via the Ashes...more details Format:Hardback Pages:336
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Simon Barnes
ISBN:9781904977858
In The Meaning of Sport, award-winning sportswriter Simon Barnes gives you his grandstand seat for a journey from the Olympic Games in Athens to the World Cup in Germany - via the Ashes series...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:368
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Rachel & Simon Barnes
ISBN:9781847244727
Drawing on his extensive equestrian knowledge, Simon Barnes tells the story of horses and their unique relationship with humans. Rachel Barnes...more details Format:Hardback Pages:191
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Barnes Simon
ISBN:9781907595011
Everyone's lives will, at some time, have been touched by a moment of sporting heroism. Whether it was Ellen MacArthur's triumphant finish off the French coast in 2005...more details Format:Hardback Pages:320
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Barnes Simon
ISBN:9781906021948
'All I can say is that there was something - right from the first. A stubby little mare, bright bay with remarkably large ears. A white star on her forehead shaped like Madagascar...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:256
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Barnes Simon
ISBN:9781906021771
With its humour and poetry, every page fizzing with infectious enthusiasm, My Natural History cannot fail to delight and enthrall any lover of the wild world....more details Format:Hardback Pages:352
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Barnes Simon
ISBN:9781907595288
The animal kingdom came to my rescue. It always has done. I suspect it always will. It rescued me at Sunnyhill Primary School, it rescued me in my adolescence...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:320