Previous volumes in this 'Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research' (DPER) series have focussed on providing in-depth descriptions of palaeoenvironmental techniques or have described the applications of these approaches on various regional bases. The former of these now provi…
When the day ended with time for questions, I had some turning in my head ... About 'nature, ' mostly, which we were exhorted to reconnect with. What was it, exactly, and where did it reside? With her poet's eye and naturalist's affinity for wild places, Kathleen Jamie reports f…
With a poet's eye and naturalist's affinity for wild places, Jamie reports from the field in this collection of essays. Jamie roams her native Scottish "byways and hills" and sails north to encounter whalebones and icebergs. She dissects whatever her gaze falls upon: from vistas…
Fifty years ago Gavin Maxwell went to live in an abandoned house on a shingle beach on the west coast of Scotland. A haven for wildlife - he named his home Camusfearna and settled there with the otters Mij, Edal and Teko. Ring of Bright Water chronicles Gavin Maxwell's first ten…
