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Birds of Colonsay and Oronsay, The    Birds of Colonsay and Oronsay, The
ISBN:9781899863327
Category: Ornithology, Natural History
Author: D.C. Jardine
Publication Date: January 2002
Format: PB
Price: £5.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

This handsome volume describes where and how best to see the wide variety of birds and their habitats and gives extra details about selected birds that are particularly characteristic of Colonsay and the Inner Hebrides.


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Seeds of Blood and Beauty    Seeds of Blood and Beauty
ISBN:9781841583457
Category: Natural History, Botany
Author: Ann Lindsay
Publication Date: October 2005
Format: HB
Price: £16.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

Seeds of Blood and Beauty sketches the lives and pratices of eighteenth and nineteenth century botanic explorers. In a time when the world was expanding through discovery, these men risked everything in search of the exotic and new.  


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Island Going    Island Going
ISBN:9781841587127
Category: Ornithology, Natural History
Author: Robert Atkinson
Publication Date: August 2008
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
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Synopsis:
What began as a simple sailing adventure to find a rare bird species turns out to be much more a revelation into the quiet and unassuming world of the Hebridean life. A personal and humanistic perspective.

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Flora Celtica    Flora Celtica
ISBN:9781841583037
Category: Gardening, Natural History
Author: William Milliken and Sam Bridgewater
Publication Date: January 2004
Format: HB
Price: £30.00
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

This volume covers the complete spectrum of plant uses, addressing their diverse roles in our diet, healthcare, culture, housing, language, environment, crafts, and much more. It is a book to delight, inspire and inform.


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Argyll Book, The    Argyll Book, The
ISBN:9781841582535
Category: Scotland, Social History, Natural History, History
Author: (Editor) Donald Omand
Publication Date: March 2006
Format: HB
Price: £25.00
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

Argyll, Dalriada or Earra-ghaidheal, 'the Coastland' or 'Boundary of the Gael', is one of the most beautiful and historically significant parts of Scotland.


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Healing Threads    Healing Threads
ISBN:9781841582771
Category: Botany, Natural History, Medicine
Author: Mary Beith
Publication Date: January 2004
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

Healing Threads is a unique introduction to the healing properties of nature that has fascinated generation after generation.


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Edinburgh New Town Gardens, The    Edinburgh New Town Gardens, The
ISBN:9781841584027
Category: Gardening, Natural History
Author: Connie Byrom
Publication Date: November 2005
Format: HB
Price: £30.00
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

Lavishly illustrated in black and white and colour throughout, The Edinburgh New Town Gardens covers each the gardens in the centre of the city, from the large public spaces of Princes Street Gardens to the more intimate and secluded gardens of the elegant New Town crescents.

        
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Midges in Scotland    Midges in Scotland
ISBN:9781841830629
Category: Natural History
Author: George Hendry
Publication Date: April 2004
Format: PB
Price: £4.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis: This latest edition brings the story of biting midges up to date with new material on the Highland midge, its biology and why it bites. Written in a highly readable but informed way.


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Conserving Nature    Conserving Nature
ISBN:9781904607472
Category: Conservation, Natural History
Author: (Editors) Ian Boyd and Roger Crofts
Publication Date: March 2006
Format: PB
Price: £20.00
Stock Status: reprinting

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Synopsis:

This book commemorates the late John Morton Boyd (1925–1998), one of the most influential figures in nature conservation of Scotland.


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Scottish Gardener, The    Scottish Gardener, The
ISBN:9781841583631
Category: Natural History, Gardening
Author: Suki Urquhart
Publication Date: November 2005
Format: HB
Price: £25.00
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

This lavishly illustrated book is a celebration of the diversity of Scottish gardens and gardeners, past and present.

    
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Scottish Mammals    Scottish Mammals
ISBN:9781841585369
Category: Zoology, Natural History
Author: Robin Hull
Publication Date: September 2007
Format: PB
Price: £14.99
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Synopsis:

Insightful and meticulously researched, Scottish Mammals is an analysis of the impact of humans on the planet, as well as a riveting study of the facts and fictions associated with mammals in Scotland.

            
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Seeds of Blood and Beauty    Seeds of Blood and Beauty
ISBN:9781841585796
Category: Botany, Natural History
Author: Ann Lindsay
Publication Date: October 2008
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:
This first paperback edition charts the daring and pioneering contribution to global botany made by the great Scottish plant collectors of the 18th and 19th centuries. A fascinating insight into an extraordinary period of Scottish history.

    
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Harpoon at a Venture    Harpoon at a Venture
ISBN:9781899863280
Category: Industry, Social History, Natural History
Author: Gavin Maxwell
Publication Date: January 1998
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:
This is the story of Maxwell's attempt to establish a shark fishery off the coast of Soay. It contains local Hebridean colour and anecdote.

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