This book focuses on the glorious diversity of a small area on the edge of the ocean: the coastal town of Looe, west to Polperro, east to Seaton, and inland to Shallowpool and Sandplace, including the nature reserve of Looe Island. It looks at the rocky shore; the tidal estuary of the West and East Looe rivers; the ancient, semi-natural woodlands ......
A handy identification guide, sumptuous recipe book and delightful source of inspiration, Wild Food Foraging in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly offers an accessible introduction to foraging in a special and distinctive landscape. It covers over twenty wild edibles - flowers, fruits, leaves, seeds, shoots and seaweeds - and will appeal to all who ......
In Walking on the Lizard, the author picks his favourite walks in this special area of Cornwall. These walks have been chosen to reflect the nature of the district, taking walkers to the most beautiful places and the most interesting. The book gives plenty of information about the route for each walk, and the author shares his knowledge of the ......
The Great Gardens of Cornwall represents the very best of the huge number of estates and gardens open to the public in Cornwall. Their diversity is astonishing: from the castle setting of Caerhays, with its long traditions of magnolia and camellia propagation dating back to the days of the Victorian plant hunters, to the cutting-edge modernism of ......
A roller coaster ride through Gabon, India, Vietnam, Algeria, China and Haiti, drumming up a tropical beat. Combining 'Deep Travel', stunning photographs and 'performance writing', it captures the spirit of these turbulent coast scapes, blood racing, running on salt water fuel.
The Surfer's Guide to Waves, Coasts and Climates will
appeal to surfers and all those who are fascinated by the
sea and the coast. The perfect wave is every surfer's
dream. But where does that wave come from, and what makes
it perfect? It doesn't just appear on the coast, but may
be the result of a storm thousands of kilometres away,
which ......
Have you ever wondered where surfing waves come from, what makes every wave different, why some peel perfectly and others just close out; why, some days, the waves come in sets and other days they don’t, and how the tides, the wind and the shape of the sea floor affect the waves for surfing? If you have, this book is for you. Now in its ......
Shanghai is in the middle of a boom, growing and changing
at time-lapse speeds. The energy this creates is as
manifest as the cement dust in the air, saturating and
exciting. Despite the ever-expanding new there remains
much old; the union of the two accentuates the chaos. A
disorganized portrait of a disorganized city, Shanghai
Right Now ......
