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The Unremembered Places Exploring Scotland’S Wild Histories Contents NATURE 4 TRAVEL & GUIDES 14 POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRS 18 FOOD & DRINK 21 HISTORY 22 COLOURING BOOKS 34 CHILDREN’S 36 STATIONERY 40 ACADEMIC HISTORY 42 Regeneration The Rescue of a Wild Land ‘Hugely enjoyable and inspiring’ – Isabella Tree In 1995 the National Trust for Scotland acquired Mar Lodge Estate in the heart of the Cairngorms. After 25 years of extremely hard work, the pinewoods, bogs, moors and mountains of this magnificent reserve are returning to their former glory. Regeneration is the story of this success, ANDREW PAINTING grew featuring not only the people who are up in the south of England protecting the land and quietly working to and studied English at undo the wrongs of the past, but also the King’s College, London and myriad creatures which inspire them to do Environmental Anthropology at so. Aberdeen University. He moved to Scotland to volunteer with Mar Lodge is now one of the most the RSPB and since 2016 has successful examples of rewilding in been Assistant Ecologist at the the UK Mar Lodge Estate. For fans of James Reebanks’ A Shepherd’s Life, Isabella Tree’s Wilding and Native by Patrick Laurie A moving story of hope in an age of ISBN: 9781780277141 environmental destruction Price: £20.00 Publication: 04 March 2021 Format: 234 x 156mm Royal hbk Extent: 304pp Illustrations: 8pp colour plates ePub: 9781788853828 Rights: World All Languages 4 | NATURE WRITING - NEW A Sky Full of Kites A Rewilding Story Red kites were once Britain’s most common bird of prey. By the early 1900s they’d been wiped out following centuries of ruthless persecution. When reintroduced kites began roosting on their 1,400-acre family farm at Argaty, Tom Bowser and his parents decided to turn their estate into a safe haven. A Sky Full of Kites is the story of the Argaty Red Kite project, and the re- establishing of these magnificent TOM BOWSER grew up on raptors to Scotland. Tom Bowser his parents’ Perthshire farm. reveals his passion for nature and his After university he worked as a desire to dedicate his family’s land to teacher and then as a journalist conservation. before returning to Argaty in 2009. In 2017 he took over the The inspirational story of the running of the conservation reintroduction of one of Britain’s project Argaty Red Kites, and in most majestic birds of prey 2018 launched the Argaty Red Squirrels project. At a time when Britain’s wildlife is in major decline, this is a tale of hope about the positive differences that people can make ISBN: 9781780276502 Price: £12.99 Publication: 03 June 2021 Format: 234 x 156mm Trade pbk Extent: 240pp Illustrations: 8pp colour plates ePub: 9781788852852 Rights: World All Languages NATURE WRITING - NEW | 5 A Scurry of Squirrels Nurturing The Wild Polly Pullar has had a passion for red squirrels since childhood. As a wildlife rehabilitator, she knows the squirrel on a profoundly personal level and has hand- reared numerous litters of orphan kits, eventually returning them to the wild. In this book she shares her experiences and love for the squirrel and explores how our perceptions have changed. POLLY PULLAR is a field Since its persecution in the 1960s we are naturalist, writer, photographer now racing against time to ensure its and wildlife rehabilitator who long-term survival in an ever-changing grew up in Ardnamurchan. She world. is a much-loved contributor to a wide selection of publications An intimate and affectionate portrait and has written numerous best- of one of the nation’s favourite selling books. animals Polly Pullar is the author of the acclaimed A Drop in the Ocean and a co-author of Fauna Scotica: Animals and People in Scotland A combination of beautiful nature ISBN: 9781780277042 Price: £12.99 writing and entertaining anecdotes Publication: 01 July 2021 Format: 234 x 156mm Trade pbk Extent: 240pp Illustrations: 8pp col. plates / drawings ePub: 978178885XXXX Rights: World All Languages 6 | NATURE WRITING - NEW Native Life in a Vanishing Landscape NEW IN PAPERBACK ‘[A] beautifully written memoir ... unforced and utterly authentic’ – 5 Stars, Mail on Sunday ‘I will hand sell this book for decades to come. It’s a gem’ – Patrick Neale A poignant and moving book, Native weaves together folklore and science, PATRICK LAURIE is a tradition and progress to examine how freelance journalist. As well as we take what has passed and transform writing and farming, he works it for the future. for Soil Association Scotland on a programme which supports Patrick Laurie plunges into work on his conservation projects on family farm in the hills of southwest farmland. Scotland and is forced to face the reality of life in a vanishing landscape reassembling centuries of tradition. Shortlisted for The Wainwright Prize for UK Nature Writing 2020 A very moving and personal tale; ISBN: 9781780277073 for fans of Rosamund Young’s Price: £9.99 The Secret Life of Cows Publication: 01 March 2021 Format: 198 x 129mm B-pbk Extent: 288pp Illustrations: b/w illustrations / maps ePub: 9781788852579 Rights: World English Language exc. NA NATURE WRITING - NEW IN PAPERBACK | 7 An Eye on the Hebrides ‘A beautiful book ... as evocative of the islands as the smell of peat smoke, the taste of smoked herring or a vintage malt’ – The Scotsman Mairi Hedderwick embarks on a six- month-long journey to 40 islands from Arran to Lewis, recounting her pilgrimage around the archipelago of the Western Isles with which she has had a lifelong love affair. MAIRI HEDDERWICK has Filled with wit and wisdom that had a life-long love affair is matched by her spell-binding with islands and their small illustrations, Mairi Hedderwick portrays communities. She is the author the islands in all their diversity, with swift of many children’s and adult and perceptive cameos of everyday life. books including the popular Katie Morag series. A reissue of the acclaimed island classic by one of Scotland’s favourite authors and illustrators, feature a new specially written introduction Fully illustrated throughout with beautiful watercolours Lifetime sales of over 75,000 copies ISBN: 9781780277318 Price: £12.99 Publication: 03 June 2021 Format: 234 x 156mm Trade pbk Extent: 128pp Illustrations: Watercolours throughout ePub: n/a Rights: World All Languages 8 | NATURE WRITING - NEW IN PAPERBACK A Richness of Martens Wildlife Tales from the Highlands NEW IN B-FORMAT PAPERBACK When Les and Chris Humphreys moved to Ardnamurchan 15 years ago, little did they realise they would be sharing their home with some of Britain’s most elusive animals. In this book Polly Pullar tells the remarkable story of the couple and their animal friends, interpolating it with natural history, anecdote and her own POLLY PULLAR is a field experiences of the wildlife of the area. naturalist, writer, photographer The result is a fascinating glimpse into and wildlife rehabilitator who the life of a much misunderstood animal. grew up in Ardnamurchan. She is a much-loved contributor to A remarkable and insightful a wide selection of publications celebration of an endangered animal and has written numerous best- selling books. Exquisite nature writing about one of the most beautiful parts of the Scottish Highlands Challenges many pre-conceived assumptions about the pine marten ISBN: 9781780276366 Price: £9.99 Publication: 01 April 2021 Format: 198 x 129mm B-pbk Extent: 224pp Illustrations: 16pp colour plates ePub: 9781788850704 Rights: World English Language NATURE WRITING - NEW IN PAPERBACK | 9 The Unremembered Places Exploring Scotland’s Wild Histories NEW IN PAPERBACK ‘Gripplingly told…each of his journeys fills with atmosphere and emotion’ – BBC Countryfile Magazine There are strange relics hidden across Scotland’s landscape: forgotten places that are touchstones to incredible stories and past lives which still resonate today. Combining a rich fusion of travelogue PATRICK BAKER has worked and historical narrative, Patrick Baker in the publishing industry for threads themes of geology, natural and many years and is currently social history, literature, and industry writer for an investment from the places he visits, discovering management company. He connections between people and place is a keen outdoor enthusiast more powerful than can be imagined. and has walked and climbed throughout Scotland and Shortlisted for both the Boardman Europe. Tasker Award for Mountain Literature 2020 and the Great Outdoors Outdoor Book of the Year 2020 A poignant and enthralling take on some of Scotland’s most fascinating, yet overlooked, places of interest ISBN: 9781780277240 Price: £9.99 Publication: 01 April 2021 Sold over 3,500 hardbacks in 2020 Format: 198 x 129mm B-pbk Extent: 224pp Illustrations: 8pp colour plates; maps ePub:9781788852661 Rights: World All Languages 10 | NATURE WRITING - NEW IN PAPERBACK The Cairngorms A Secret History REISSUE ’Packed with great stories and vivid descriptions’ – Scotland Outdoor This is a series of journeys exploring barely known human and natural stories of the Cairngorm Mountains. It looks at a unique British landscape, its last great wilderness, with new eyes. History combines with travelogue in a vivid account of this elemental scenery. Patrick Baker seeks out the unlikeliest and most interesting of features in places far off the beaten track. The cultural and human impact of this stunning landscape and reflections on the history of mountaineering are the threads which bind this compelling narrative together A remarkable and insightful celebration of an endangered animal Exquisite nature writing about one of the most beautiful parts of the Scottish Highlands ISBN: 9781780271880 Price: £9.99 Publication: 01 April 2021 Sales of over 5,000 copies Format: 198 x 129mm B-pbk Extent: 176pp Illustrations: 16pp colour plates ePub: 9781788850704 Rights: World English Language NATURE WRITING - REISSUE | 11 A Last Wild Place Seasons in the Wilderness ‘His writings opened the eyes and changed the lives of others’ – The Herald When Mike Tomkies moved to a remote cottage on the shores of Loch Shiel in the West Highlands of Scotland, he found a place which was to provide him with the most profound wilderness experience of his life.
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