La Vie: A year in rural France by John Lewis-StempelRequirements: .ePUB reader, 10.1 MB | RetailOverview: The Charente: roofs of red terracotta tiles, bleached-white walls, windows shuttered against the blaring sun. The baker does his rounds in his battered little white van with a hundred warm baguettes in the back, while a cat picks its […]
The Sheep’s Tale: The story of our most misunderstood farmyard animal by John Lewis-Stempel Requirements: .ePUB reader, 2.0 MbOverview: Everybody thinks they know what sheep are like: they’re stupid, noisy, cowardly (‘lambs to the slaughter’), and they’re ‘sheepwrecking’ the environment. Or maybe not. Contrary to popular prejudice, sheep are among the smartest animals in the […]
Nightwalking: Four Journeys into Britain After Dark by John Lewis-StempelRequirements: – reader, 37 MBOverview: At night, the normal rules of Nature do not apply. In the night-wood I have met a badger coming the other way, tipped my cap, said hello. The animals do not expect us humans to be abroad in the dark, which […]
The Soaring Life of the Lark by John Lewis-StempelRequirements: .ePUB reader, 18 MBOverview: How to describe the ecstatic song of larks? How the writers and poets have tried…” Skylarks are the heralds of our countryside. Their music is the quintessential sound of spring. The spirit of English pastoralism, they inspire poets, composers and farmers alike. […]
Woodston: The Biography of An English Farm by John Lewis-StempelRequirements: .ePUB reader, 6.0 MBOverview: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘Lewis-Stempel is one of our finest nature writers … He writes with delicate observation and authority, giving us in Woodston a book teeming with fascinating details, anecdotes and penetrating insights into the real cost of our denatured […]