A Year with Gilbert White: The First Great Nature Writer by Jenny Uglow #foliosociety

A Year with Gilbert White: The First Great Nature Writer by Jenny Uglow #foliosociety'Uglow makes us feel the life beyond the facts.' GUARDIAN 'Few can match Uglow's skill at conjuring up a scene, or illuminating a character.' SUNDAY TIMES 'Uglow's style is supremely elegant and often amusingly bathetic, her research exhaustive but lightly worn.' FINANCIAL TIMES In 1781, Gilbert White was a country curate, living in the Hampshire village he had known all his life. Fascinated by the fauna, flora and people around him, he kept journals

revealing the ways in which this struggle mirrored and reflected a much larger societal issue: that no amount of money seems to be enough for even the wealthiest people

In flight from a traumatic rural childhood

honest and moving coming-of-age story of her extraordinary relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe

enriching your understanding of the Egypt- Language essentials - a handy Arabic dictionary and glossary to help you communicate and connect with locals- Inspiring travel photography - full-colour pictures capture the essence of the Egypt

with a particular passion for American folk music and blues

Pitching an extraordinary battle between cruel authority and a rebellious free spirit

Patric began to wonder - was there a way for sociopaths to integrate happily into society

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and up against a pair of unimaginably depraved and brilliantly disguised adversaries

she was determined to be a beacon of positivity

A challenge from a man no one has ever seen