Richard Mabey

This fully updated special edition of the classic complete guide to the edible species that grow around us includes a new foreword from the author and a plate section with identification guides for a

A complete guide to help you safely identify edible species that grow around us together with detailed artworks field identification notes and recipes First published in 1972 this updated edition of Richard Mabey s cult bestseller has been revised to reflect the ever increasing eco awareness and popular interest in finding different and more natural sources of food Each of the 240 types of fruit nut flower seaweed fungi and shellfish featured has its own identification field notes and artwork Understand and learn about the fascinating edible species that you may come across and with the help of the numerous recipes also included find out the best way to pick and enjoy them Beautifully illustrated and written Food for Free will inspire you to take more notice of the natural harvest that surrounds us learn how to make use of it and conserve it for future generations

Part of a series of twelve books tied to the twelve lines of the London Underground, this title looks at the relationship between city and country, and how this brings out the power of nature.

Un nuevo manual puesto al día, de lectura absorbente y extraordinariamente informativo, para todos aquellos interesados en las plantas y su utilidad. Constituye un amplio compendio por sus descripciones detalladas y sus excelentes fotografias de mas de 200 especies. Una obra practica por sus apartados sobre cultivo y aplicaciones de las hierbas en la vida cotidiana, la alimentacion y la salud; y fascinante por los nuevos conocimientos cientificos que aporta sobre la eficacia y las virtudes curativas de las hierbas.

The ideal portable companion the world renowned Collins Gem series returns with a fresh new look and updated material

Described as Britain s greatest living nature writer Richard Mabey has revealed his passion for the natural world in eloquent stories for BBC Wildlife Magazine This volume features his favourite pieces and presents a fascinating and inspiring view of the changing natural landscape in which we live Peppered throughout with references to the heritage of nature writing and great writers from Richard Jefferies and John Clare to Roger Deakin and Robert MacFarlane A Brush With Nature is part memoir part nature journal part social history giving us a unique insight into a nature lover s reflections over a quarter of a century

Esta obra clásica sobre nuestra crisis medioambiental cuenta con una nueva introducción del autor, que repasa tanto los avances como el terreno perdido en la lucha por salvar la Tierra. Este apasionado alegato a favor de un cambio radical y renovador de la vida sigue considerandose hoy una obra pionera en los estudios medioambientales. El argumento de McKibben de que la supervivencia del planeta depende de un cambio filosofico fundamental en nuestra forma de relacionarnos con la naturaleza es mas pertinente que nunca. McKibben escribe sobre el cataclismo medioambiental de nuestra Tierra, abordando cuestiones fundamentales como el efecto invernadero, la lluvia acida y el agotamiento de la capa de ozono. Su nuevo prologo aborda algunos de los ultimos problemas medioambientales que han surgido durante las ultimas dos decadas. El libro tambien incluye un nuevo apendice de datos y cifras que analiza el progreso del movimiento ecologista. Mas que un simple manual de supervivencia o un catalogo catastrofista de predicciones cientificas, este clasico y conmovedor lamento sobre la naturaleza es una lectura obligada tanto para los entusiastas del medio natural como para los activistas y los ciudadanos preocupados por el medio ambiente.

The godfather of British nature writing reflects on the conflict between cultivation and autonomous nature

SHORTLISTED FOR THE RICHARD JEFFRIES AWARD A WATERSTONES BEST NATURE WRITING BOOK OF 2024 PICKA BBC WILDLIFE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 Delightful Mabey is the doyen of UK nature writing New Statesman Both instructive and exciting often ecstatic Mabey is a great pioneering nature writer Irish Times Our greatest nature writer New ScientistWe regard gardens as our personal dominions where we can create whatever worlds we desire But they are also occupied by myriads of other organisms all with their own lives to lead The conflict between these two power bases Richard Mabey suggests is a microcosm of what is happening in the larger world Rooted in the daily dramas of his own Norfolk garden Mabey offers a different scenario where nature becomes an equal partner a gardener itself Against a background of disordered seasons he watches his accidental garden reorganising itself Ants sow cowslip seeds in the parched grass Moorhens take to nesting in trees A spectacular self seeded rose springs up in the gravel The garden becomes a place of cultural and ecological fusion and perhaps a metaphor for the troubled planet This is vintage Mabey maverick intensely observed and written with an unquenchable sense of wonder

Durante más de cincuenta años, Richard Mabey ha sido una voz de referencia en la escritura moderna sobre la naturaleza. Este libro recopila piezas a lo largo de su carrera, rastreando la continua evo

Este libro transforma la percepción del lector sobre jardines, maleza y espacios silvestres, mostrando cómo la vida florece incluso en los lugares más inhóspitos. Mabey escribe con una sensibilidad única, convirtiendo cada pagina en una experiencia sensorial. Sus descripciones transportan al lector a prados, jardines abandonados y paisajes que cobran vida con su pluma.