Author: Richard Mabey
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448189829
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
From ash die-back to the Great Storm of 1987 to Dutch elm disease, our much-loved woodlands seem to be under constant threat from a procession of natural challenges. Just when we need trees most, to help combat global warming and to provide places of retreat for us and our wildlife, they seem at greatest peril. But these dangers force us to reconsider the narrative we construct about trees and the roles we press on them. In this now classic book, Richard Mabey looks at how, for more than a thousand years, we have appropriated and humanised trees, turning them into arboreal pets, status symbols, expressions of fashionable beauty - anything rather than allow them lives of their own. And in the poetic and provocative style he has made his signature, Mabey argues that respecting trees' independence and ancient powers of survival may be the wisest response to their current crises. Originally published with the title Beechcombings, this updated edition includes a new foreword and afterword by the author.
The Ash and The Beech
Author: Richard Mabey
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448189829
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
From ash die-back to the Great Storm of 1987 to Dutch elm disease, our much-loved woodlands seem to be under constant threat from a procession of natural challenges. Just when we need trees most, to help combat global warming and to provide places of retreat for us and our wildlife, they seem at greatest peril. But these dangers force us to reconsider the narrative we construct about trees and the roles we press on them. In this now classic book, Richard Mabey looks at how, for more than a thousand years, we have appropriated and humanised trees, turning them into arboreal pets, status symbols, expressions of fashionable beauty - anything rather than allow them lives of their own. And in the poetic and provocative style he has made his signature, Mabey argues that respecting trees' independence and ancient powers of survival may be the wisest response to their current crises. Originally published with the title Beechcombings, this updated edition includes a new foreword and afterword by the author.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448189829
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
From ash die-back to the Great Storm of 1987 to Dutch elm disease, our much-loved woodlands seem to be under constant threat from a procession of natural challenges. Just when we need trees most, to help combat global warming and to provide places of retreat for us and our wildlife, they seem at greatest peril. But these dangers force us to reconsider the narrative we construct about trees and the roles we press on them. In this now classic book, Richard Mabey looks at how, for more than a thousand years, we have appropriated and humanised trees, turning them into arboreal pets, status symbols, expressions of fashionable beauty - anything rather than allow them lives of their own. And in the poetic and provocative style he has made his signature, Mabey argues that respecting trees' independence and ancient powers of survival may be the wisest response to their current crises. Originally published with the title Beechcombings, this updated edition includes a new foreword and afterword by the author.
the chemist
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Pages : 604
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Bulletin
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 820
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Category : Agriculture
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Pages : 820
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An Encyclopædia of Gardening
Author: John Claudius Loudon
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Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 1294
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Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 1294
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An Encyclopaedia of Gardening, comprehending the theory and practice of horticulture, floriculture, arboriculture and landscape gardening including ... a general history of gardening in all countries, etc
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Pages : 1498
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The Cyclopaedia
Author: Abraham Rees
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 810
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 810
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The Cyclopaedia; Or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature
Author: Abraham Rees
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Languages : en
Pages : 780
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Pages : 780
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An Encyclopd̆ia of Agriculture ...
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1426
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1426
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The Journal of the Linnean Society
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 622
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 622
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The Cyclopædia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature. By Abraham Rees, ... with the Assistance of Eminent Professional Gentlemen. Illustrated with Numerous Engravings, by the Most Disinguished Artists. In Thirthy-nine Volumes. Vol. 1 [- 39]
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Pages : 782
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