Claxton: Field Notes from a Small Planet

Comics & Graphic Novels

COCKER, Mark

Graphic Novels

Vintage

This book describes the ornithological work of the remarkable naturalist, scholar and administrator, Brian Houghton Hodgson. Born in 1800, Hodgson was for many years British Resident in Katmandu, where he described or collected over 120 species of birds new to science. To document his discoveries, he trained a team of Nepalese artists to produce water-color plates for a projected work on the birds of the Himalayas. Though this was never completed, the superb collection of paintings remains and is now in the possession of the Zoological Society of London. Of the plates selected for this volume, most have never been published before.

A Himalayan Ornithologist: The Life and Work of Brian Houghton Hodgson

Biographies & Memoirs

Inskipp, Carol

Professionals & Academics

Oxford University Press

A foremost writer on nature (Birds Britannica), Mark Cocker has drawn together over a hundred of his articles into a hugely varied celebration of the natural world. His writing, with its sharpness of perception and precise use of language, shows qualities more usually associated with poetry than with prose.

A Tiger in the Sand: Selected Writings on Nature

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

JONATHAN CAPE.

The definitive groundbreaking book on the relationship between birds and humankind, with contributions from more than 600 bird enthusiasts from all over the world Part natural history and part cultural study, this book describes and maps the entire spectrum of human engagements with birds, drawing in themes of history, literature, art, cuisine, language, lore, politics, and the environment. Vast in both scope and scale, it draws upon Mark Cocker's 40 years of observing and thinking about birds to celebrate this relationship. The book is as important for its visual riches as it is for its groundbreaking content, as one of Europe's best wildlife photographers has traveled in 39 countries on seven continents to produce a breathtaking and unique collection of photographs. The author solicited contributions from people worldwide, and personal anecdotes and stories have come from more than 600 individuals of 81 different nationalities, ranging from university academics to Mongolian eagle hunters, and from Amerindian shamans to highly celebrated writers. The sheer multitude of voices in this global chorus means that it is both a source book on why we cherish birds and a powerful testament to their importance for all humanity. Endorsed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Birdlife International.

Birds & People

History

Historical Study & Educational Resources

In a long career that found him combining the roles of soldier, spy and ornithologist, Richard Meinertzhagen's varied exploits included attending the Paris Peace Conference with T.E.Lawrence and publishing diaries of life in Kenya. This biography charts the life and times of a controversial figure.

Richard Meinertzhagen: Soldier, scientist, and spy

Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd.

This is a mixture of biography, history and literary criticism which studies travel-writing as both a literary form and a cultural phenomenon. It focuses in particular on five writers - Harry St John Philby, Wilfred Thesiger, Laurens van der Post, Gavin Maxwell and the Himalayan explorer, Frederick Bailey - and analyzes the relationship between their lives and their works, identifying a number of key themes that recur in the experience of all the writers. The author posits the idea of the traveller as a social type and considers their role within British society. He also looks at the way in which foreign landscapes and their inhabitants have been used by British travel-writers as a source of image and fantasy, as well as a means to self-definition and as a vehicle to communicate their own literary and political vision. Mark Cocker's previous books include a biography of the soldier and naturalist, Richard Meinertzhagen.

Loneliness and Time

Travel

Secker and Warburg

A study of travel writing as a literary art examines the lives and works of a dozen major travel writers, including Wilfred Thesiger, Gavin Maxwell, Laurens van der Post, and Lawrence Durrell.

LONELINESS AND TIME: The Story of British Travel Writing

Travel Writing

Pantheon

Birds Britannica is a lavishly illustrated, comprehensive cultural study, species by species, of all the birds in Britain. Neither an identification guide nor a behavioral study (though both of these subjects enter its field), it concentrates on the cultural links and social history of birds and humans, and captures the essence of why birds matter. The product of years of research, it is based in part on contributions from the public who sent in their memories and experiences of birds, making this a rich trove of stories and observations.

Birds Britannica

MABEY, RICHARD

Europe

Chatto&Windus

Rivers of Blood Rivers of Gold: Europe's Conflict with Tribal Peoples

Military

Pimlico Pub.

The tragic history of conflict between Europeans and indigenous peoples is laid bare in this fascinating book, which spans the globe from Mexico to Australia to Africa to show the deliterious effects of the European colonial sweep.

Rivers of Blood, Rivers of Gold: Europe's Conquest of Indigenous Peoples

Africa

Grove Pr

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