London Is A Forest
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London Is A Forest
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Author : Paul Wood
language : en
Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing
Release Date : 2022-06-23
London Is A Forest written by Paul Wood and has been published by Hardie Grant Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-23 with Nature categories.
Exploring the rich diversity of London through a series of urban forest trails, this new, expanded edition of London is a Forest uncovers the fascinating stories and secrets the city holds. Through seven carefully devised paths, author Paul Wood explores the urban forest's geography, its past and future, and looks at the remarkable variety of life supported in this unique metropolitan ecosystem. For curious Londoners and anyone who’s fascinated by nature, a wealth of arboreal details, history, myth and anecdotes are revealed along the way. Complementing the trails, Wood looks in more detail at the fascinating stories of some of the iconic, and some of the less obvious species that define the urban forest. In London, 9 million people are crammed into just 600 square miles alongside 8.5 million trees. According to one UN definition, this makes the city a forest. The Forestry Commission agree, describing London as the world’s largest urban forest. And a particularly diverse and historic urban forest at that.
London S Street Trees
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Author : PAUL. WOOD
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
London S Street Trees written by PAUL. WOOD and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with categories.
The Forest
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Author : Edward Rutherfurd
language : en
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date : 2013-06-12
The Forest written by Edward Rutherfurd and has been published by Ballantine Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-12 with Fiction categories.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Rutherford brings England’s New Forest to life” (The Seattle Times) in this companion to the critically acclaimed Sarum From the time of the Norman Conquest to the present day, the New Forest, along England’s southern coast, has remained an almost mythical place. It is here that Saxon and Norman kings rode forth with their hunting parties, and where William the Conqueror’s son Rufus was mysteriously killed. The mighty oaks of the forest were used to build the ships for Admiral Nelson’s navy, and the fishermen who lived in Christchurch and Lymington helped Sir Francis Drake fight off the Spanish Armada. The New Forest is the perfect backdrop for the families who people this epic story. The feuds, wars, loyalties, and passions of many hundreds of years reach their climax in a crime that shatters the decorous society of Bath in the days of Jane Austen, whose family lived on the edge of the Forest. Edward Rutherfurd is a master storyteller whose sense of place and character—both fictional and historical—is at its most vibrant in The Forest. “As entertaining as Sarum and Rutherford’s other sweeping novel of British history, London.”—The Boston Globe
Out Of The Woods
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Author : Luke Turner
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2019-01-24
Out Of The Woods written by Luke Turner and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-24 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 WAINWRIGHT BOOK PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 POLARI FIRST BOOK AWARD 'This is a book to get lost in . . . A disturbing trauma narrative, it's also a work of delightfully low, pants-dropping comedy, and a learned meditation' Guardian 'A brave and beautiful book, electrifying on sex and nature, religion and love. No one is writing quite like this' Olivia Laing 'Turns the nature memoir genre upon its head . . . is a book full of poetry and pathos. More than anything it is a bold and beautiful study of how to be a true modern man' Ben Myers, Spectator At a crossroads in his life, the demons Luke Turner has been battling since childhood are quick to return - depression and guilt surrounding his identity as a bisexual man, experiences of sexual abuse, and the religious upbringing that was the cause of so much confusion. It is among the trees of London's Epping Forest where he seeks refuge. Away from a society that struggles to cope with the complexities of masculinity and sexuality, Luke begins to accept the duality that has provoked so much unrest in his life - and reconcile the expectations of others with his own way of being.
Raising A Forest
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Author : Thibaud Herem
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-04
Raising A Forest written by Thibaud Herem and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04 with Tree planting categories.
A personal story detailing an illustrator's love affair with trees and his attempts at raising them in his back garden.
Strange Labyrinth
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Author : Will Ashon
language : en
Publisher: Granta Books
Release Date : 2017-04-06
Strange Labyrinth written by Will Ashon and has been published by Granta Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-06 with Science categories.
In litter-strewn Epping Forest on the edge of London, might a writer find that magical moment of transcendence? He will certainly discover filthy graffiti and frightening dogs, as well as world-renowned artists and fading celebrities, robbers, lovers, ghosts and poets. But will he find himself? Or a version of himself he might learn something from? Strange Labyrinth is a quest narrative arguing that we shouldn't get lost in order to find ourselves, but solely to accept that we are lost in the first place. It is a singular blend of landscape writing, political indignation, cultural history and wit from a startling new voice in non-fiction.
Nature And Nation
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Author : J. Kathirithamby-Wells
language : en
Publisher: NUS Press
Release Date : 2005
Nature And Nation written by J. Kathirithamby-Wells and has been published by NUS Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Forest conservation categories.
Nature and Nation explores the relations between people and forests in Peninsular Malaysia where the planet's richest terrestrial ecosystem met head-on with the fastest pace of economic transformation experienced in the tropical world. It engages the interplay of history, culture, science, economics and politics to provide a holistic interpretation of the continuing relevance of forests to state and society in the moist tropics. Malaysia has long been singled out for emulation by developing nations, an accolade contradicted in recent years by concerns over its capital-, rather than poverty-driven forest depletion. The Malaysian case supports the call for re-appraisal of entrenched prescriptions for development that go beyond material needs. -- Book cover.
Saving The People S Forest Volume 9 Open Spaces Enclosure And Popular Protest In Mid Victorian London
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Author : Mark Gorman
language : en
Publisher: Explorations in Local and Regi
Release Date : 2021-06
Saving The People S Forest Volume 9 Open Spaces Enclosure And Popular Protest In Mid Victorian London written by Mark Gorman and has been published by Explorations in Local and Regi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06 with History categories.
The growth of 19th-century London was unprecedented, swallowing up villages, commons and open fields around the metropolitan fringe in largely uncontrolled housing development. In the mid-Victorian period opposition to this unbridled growth coalesced into a movement that campaigned to preserve the London commons. The history of this campaign is usually presented as having been fought by members of the metropolitan upper middle class, who played out their battles mainly in parliament and the law courts. In this fascinating book Mark Gorman tells a different story - of the key role played by popular protest to preserve Epping Forest and other open spaces in and near London. He shows how throughout the 19th century such places were venues for both radical politics and popular leisure, helping to create a sense of public right of access, even 'ownership'. London's suburban growth was partly a response to the rising aspirations of an artisan and lower middle class who increasingly wanted direct access to open space. This created the conditions for the mid-Victorian commons preservation movement, and also gave impetus to distinctive popular protest by proletarian Londoners.
Seeing The Forest For The Trees
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Author : Dennis Sherwood
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-03-30
Seeing The Forest For The Trees written by Dennis Sherwood and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-30 with Business & Economics categories.
Systems thinking can help you tame the complexity of real-world problems by providing a structured way of balancing a broad, overall view with the selection of the right level of detail, truly allowing you to "see the forest for the trees". Only by taking a broad view can we avoid the twin dangers of a silo mentality-in which a fix 'here' simply shifts the problem to 'there', and organisational myopia-in which a fix 'now' gives rise to a much bigger problem to fix 'then'. Seeing the Forest for the Trees will give you all the tools and techniques you need, with many practical examples as diverse as managing a busy back office, negotiating an outsourcing deal and formulating business strategy.
Gossip From The Forest
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Author : Sara Maitland
language : en
Publisher: Granta Books
Release Date : 2012-11-01
Gossip From The Forest written by Sara Maitland and has been published by Granta Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-01 with Travel categories.
Fairytales are one of our earliest and most vital cultural forms, and forests one of our most ancient landscapes. Both evoke a similar sensation in us - we find them beautiful and magical, but also spooky, sometimes horrifying. In this fascinating book, Maitland argues that the two forms are intimately connected: the mysterious secrets and silences, gifts and perils of the forests were both the background and the source of the fairytales made famous by the Grimms and Hans Christian Andersen. Yet both forests and fairy stories are at risk and their loss deprives us of our cultural lifeblood. Maitland visits forests through the seasons, from the exquisite green of a beechwood in spring, to the muffled stillness of a snowy pine wood in winter. She camps with her son Adam, whose beautiful photographs are included in the book; she takes a barefoot walk through Epping Forest with Robert Macfarlane; she walks with a mushroom expert through an oak wood, and with a miner through the Forest of Dean. Maitland ends each chapter with a unique, imaginitive re-telling of a fairytale. Written with Maitland's wonderful clarity and conversational grace, Gossip from the Forest is a magical and unique blend of nature writing, history and imaginative fiction.