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  A Fenland Garden - Creating a...

  Francis Pryor

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  The story of how Francis Pryor created a haven for people, plants and wildlife in a remote corner of the fens. 
   
  A Fenland Garden is the story of the creation of a garden in a complex and fragile English landscape - the Fens of southern Lincolnshire - by a writer who has a very particular relationship with landscape and the soil, thanks to his distinguished career as an archaeologist and discoverer of some of England's earliest field systems. It describes the imagining, planning and building of a garden in an unfamiliar and sometimes hostile place, and the challenges, setbacks and joys these processes entail. This is a narrative of the making of a garden, but it is also about reclaiming a patch of ground for nature and wildlife - of repairing the damage done to a small slice of Fenland landscape by decades of intensive farming. 
   
  A Fenland Garden is informed by the empirical wisdom of a practising gardener (and archaeologist) and by his deep understanding of the soil, landscape and weather of the region; Francis's account of the development of the garden is counterpointed by fascinating nuggets of Fenland lore and history, as well as by vignettes of the plantsman's trials and tribulations as he works an exceptionally demanding plot of land.

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  Gardening with Children - Fun...

  Gertrude Harris

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  Gardening with children is more than just a hobby—it’s an adventure in discovery, learning, and connection. When kids dig their hands into the soil, they’re not only planting seeds, they’re nurturing curiosity, responsibility, and a love for the natural world. Whether you have a spacious backyard, a community garden plot, or just a few pots on a balcony, gardening offers endless opportunities to engage children in meaningful, hands-on experiences. 
  In our increasingly digital world, time spent outdoors has never been more valuable. Gardening draws children away from screens and invites them to slow down, observe, and interact with the rhythms of nature. They get to see firsthand how a tiny seed can grow into a leafy green, a colorful flower, or a juicy tomato. These small miracles become moments of wonder, sparking questions and encouraging exploration. 
  But the benefits of gardening go beyond the science of how things grow. It also supports important life skills—like patience, teamwork, and problem-solving. Children learn how to plan, care for living things, adapt to changes, and celebrate the rewards of their efforts. It fosters a sense of responsibility and accomplishment, as they take ownership of their plants and see the results of consistent care. Along the way, there are plenty of opportunities for creativity and play, whether they’re painting pots, building bug hotels, or designing their own fairy garden.

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  Here Comes the Fun - A Journey...

  Ben Aitken

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  'What Aitken writes about fun is worth reading' Mail on Sunday
  'Irresistible' Christopher Somerville, author of The January Man and Walking the Bones of Britain
  'A great book' Simon Rimmer, Sunday Brunch
  'Aitken's writing is always a delight' Madeleine Bunting, author of The Seaside
  
  
  
  Are you getting enough? Bestselling travel writer Ben Aitken wasn't.
  
  
  Increasingly flat and decreasingly zen, Ben gave boredom the boot and stress the cold shoulder by embarking on a whimsical journey into the serious business of having a laugh.
  
  
  He did a pilgrimage in Spain, a summer camp in Kent, and a cruise of the Baltic with 2,000 grannies. And when he wasn't on the road, he searched for merriment at home: by giving bridge a go, volunteering a chance, and gardening a crack of the whip.
  
  
  By incorporating the thoughts of key thinkers and boffins, Here Comes the Fun offers a satisfying balance of the playful and the profound, the serious and the silly, the daft and the deep.

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  Cats with Character - Writer's...

  Tyler Mudrey, Diana McLeod, Lisa...

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  “Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons.” -Robertson Davies. So many of our greatest authors have had cats that it seems a cat is next to the pen in importance to writers. Similarly cats have appeared all through great literature and all through more mainstream modern entertainment. This book tells the stories of these cats in story, and of their writers.

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  Elephants in the Hourglass - A...

  Kim Frank

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  Delving deep into an intricate web of unlikely heroes, power struggles, and living legends, Elephants in the Hourglass takes listeners on an extraordinary journey of discovery. In her nonfiction debut, Kim Frank blends personal narrative, vivid descriptions, and meticulous research as she illuminates the ways we seek to survive on our rapidly changing planet. 
   
  Kim is a female explorer who found her life completely changed as she was drawn deeper and deeper into the plight of the remarkable Asian elephant. For Kim, once she learned about the intense, multi-faceted, but little-known conflict between humans and elephants in North India, she was unable to rest until she had learned more and told this story to the outside world. This was a place and topic totally unknown to her. Up until that point, Kim was an ordinary mom and emerging writer. After a fraught divorce, she felt a need to recapture her own voice and expand her world, and so she set out to the Himalaya with the goal of telling a story worthy of National Geographic.What Kim experienced would change her life. Filled with unforgettable characters and encounters with one of the most sensitive, intelligent, and awe-inspiring creatures on the planet, Elephants in the Hourglass will inspire listeners to pursue their goals and be a force for change in unexpected places.

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  Notebook

  Tom Cox

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  The story behind Notebook starts with a minor crime: the theft of Tom Cox's rucksack from a Bristol pub in 2018. In that rucksack was a journal containing ten months' worth of notes, one of the many Tom has used to record his thoughts and observations over the past twelve years. It wasn't the best he had ever kept – his handwriting was messier than in his previous notebook, his entries more sporadic – but he still grieved for every one of the hundred or so lost pages. This incident made Tom appreciate how much notebook-keeping means to him: the act of putting pen to paper has always led him to write with an unvarnished, spur-of-the-moment honesty that he wouldn't achieve on-screen.
  Here, Tom has assembled his favourite stories, fragments, moments and ideas from those notebooks, ranging from memories of his childhood to the revelation that 'There are two types of people in the world. People who fucking love maps, and people who don't.' The result is a book redolent of the real stuff of life, shot through with Cox's trademark warmth and wit.

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