a work that shifted with elegant ease between muscular and enlightening science writing and poetic nature writing … What’s striking is that Carson is a keen observer of the interconnectedness of things … Her sea series is not only fascinating for those with an interest in the prehistory of Silent Spring

clear-sighted and original

dass lange die Überzeugung vorherrschte

die bösen setzt er vor die Tür

the hope she finds in the rewilding of Greenham Common after the military left

Rare Plants - The world's unusual and endangered plants K Allado-McDowell a work that shifted withSome of the most beautiful, useful and fascinating plants in the world are also the most uncommon this rarity has drawn the fascination of plant hunters, botanists, scientists and gardeners for centuries, and has also brought many of these species to the point of crisis. Rare Plants unearths the extraordinary plant life there is to be discovered in the gardens, jungles, plains and highlands of our planet. Vulnerable in a world in danger of losing its