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For centuries, English country gentlemen had collected exotic pictures for their saloons and rare books for their libraries. By the end of the seventeenth century ...
The war declared by the Boers on 11 October 1899 gave the British, as Kipling said, 'no end of a lesson'. The public expected it ...
The Scramble for Africa astonished everyone.
In 1880 most of the continent was ruled by Africans, and barely explored. By 1902, five European Powers (and ...
This is the spectacular and comprehensive Revised Third Edition of a book that is the magnum opus of Australian orchid expert David L. Jones. It ...
Charles Darwin is best known for his work on the evolution of animals, but in fact a large part of his contribution to the natural ...
'I scanned the forest floor around me. I couldn't yet see fungi, but I could smell them. Lowering my nose to the ground, I ...
Ferns tells a remarkable science story by tracing the origins of the plants to over 350 million years ago.
Ferns are the most remarkable of ...
'Levison Wood is a great adventurer and a wonderful storyteller.' Sir Ranulph Fiennes
'Britain's best-loved adventurer... he looks like a man who will stare ...
During the Second World War and in the decades after it, a group of rose lovers, including the writer and gardener Vita Sackville-West, the florist ...
Queen of the night, Darwin's comet, lady's slipper, little dragon, black chimaera - the otherworldly names of orchid species are as beautiful as these ...
A beautiful and authoritative book on the world of wildflowers, uncovering the fascinating stories behind around 300 species globally
Discover the fascinating stories behind around ...
