Wetlands, swamps, fens
Water Lands: A vision for the world’s wetlands and their people
Where water meets land, life abounds. This is the story of the nature and people of the wetlands of the world.
Taming the Flood: Rivers, Wetlands and the Centuries-Old Battle Against Flooding
‘Exquisitely written’ Sunday Times
Beautifully written and magnificently illustrated with photographs, line drawings and maps, this book serves both as a celebration of the richness of the British countryside, and as a warning of the legacy of loss and destruction we could so easily leave to future generations.
Bird Cloud: A Memoir of Place
Annie Proulx, one of America’s finest writers, invites us to share her experience in the building of her new home on a rich plot of untouched, unspoilt prairie and her pleasure in uncovering of the layers of American history locked beneath the topsoil.