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| By Mike Thomas
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| ISBN: 9780906720738
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| CATEGORY: Biography
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‘If it hadn’t been for the strange things that happened on my way to the zoo, I never would have got there.’ So says Mike Thomas, who left his childhood home in Wales to teach, and in Cornwall became an entrepreneur, an owner of the Seal Sanctuary, then owner of Newquay Zoo. ‘I didn’t know a lot about zoos, but I did know Gerald Durrell’s Jersey Zoo.
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| PRICE: £7.15
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| By Sam Bleakley, photos by John Callahan
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| ISBN: 9780906720806
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| CATEGORY: Surfing/Oceanography
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Surfing Brilliant Corners details a decade of extreme global surf travel by professional longboarder Sam Bleakley, illustrated with stunning photographs by John Callahan. It takes surfing beyond the waves and packaged surf tourism to a wider sense of place and cultural identity. Sam travels from his birthplace in West Cornwall to Indonesia and the Philippines; through vibrant West African highlife in Ghana, to war-damaged Liberia; to Mauritania, where landmines litter access to some of the best waves on the planet; to a serene Buddhist oasis in Communist China; to Ecuador, Oman and Haiti, whose complex culture seeps into his psyche and captures his heart.
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| By Steve Jones
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| ISBN: 9780906720745
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| CATEGORY: Pocket Cornwall
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The varied landscapes of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly are home to many diverse wildlife habitats. From coastal fringes to moorland peaks; from rivers and streams to woodlands and heaths; from farm land to mining landscapes of the past, even our own domestic gardens – all of these habitats support a fascinating array of insects. This book will allow everyone who enjoys exploring the countryside to identify the most commonly encountered species of insects in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, including butterflies and moths; dragonflies and damselflies; grasshoppers and crickets; beetles; bumblebees; wasps, flies and bugs.
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| PRICE: £5.35
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| By Bernard Deacon
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| ISBN: 9780906720721
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| CATEGORY: Pocket Cornwall
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Cornwall is a special place. It generates a fierce pride among its native sons and daughters, and a passionate attachment from newcomers. Dreams of Cornwall can also inspire the Cornish overseas, descendants of nineteenth-century emigrants.
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| By Simon Camm
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| ISBN: 9780906720714
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| CATEGORY: Pocket Cornwall
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Cornwall is extraordinarily rich in minerals. This guide includes a general introduction to the geology of the county, and describes the formation of minerals discussed in the book. It looks at different regions of Cornwall, and examples of rocks and minerals that can be found there today, as well those discovered in the past.
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| PRICE: £5.35
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| By Mark Webster
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| ISBN: 9780906720707
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| CATEGORY: Art/Photography
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Hidden below the surface of the temperate Cornish seas is an amazing array of colourful marine life, whose diversity challenges that of a tropical reef. Indeed, many of our species are closely related to those in warm waters, for the Gulf Stream divides around the peninsula, bringing warmer, clearer waters that propagate a diversity of marine life not generally found elsewhere around the UK's coastline. A multitude of invertebrate species, including anemones, soft and stony corals, and even sea fans more common on coral reefs, paint the rocks with carptes of colour, and fish life is profuse, with shoals of bass and mackerel, wrasse, flatfish, blennies, scorpion fish, tope, sharks, and visitors from warmer, Southern waters.
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| PRICE: £9.85
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| By Dick Twinney
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| ISBN: 9780906720691
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| CATEGORY: Art/Photography
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From Hedgerow to High Tor is a record of some of the flora and fauna common to the Westcountry. Wildlife artist Dick Twinney is a painter for all seasons. His paintings have life-like detail, art oozing colour and character, taking you to the edge of reality, his animals appearing out of their backgrounds as you approach them.
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| PRICE: £13.50
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| By Michael Kent & Merryn Kent
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| ISBN: 9780906720684
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| CATEGORY: Outdoors
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In 2007, Mike Kent fulfilled a long-standing ambition to walk the whole of the coast path of his Cornish homeland, from Marsland to Cremyll. During the 16-day journey, walking for up to 14 hours each day, and occasionally camping wild on remote and rugged cliffs, Mike recorded his thoughts and observations about various things Cornish. On his return, Mike and Merryn Kent dug deeper to uncover more about the places and people, landscapes and wildlife, that caught his imagination along the way.
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| PRICE: £8.95
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| By David Chapman
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| ISBN: 9780906720677
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| CATEGORY: Natural history
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By the acclaimed author of Wild about Cornwall (Alison Hodge, 2007), A Cornish Year charts a year in the life of David Chapman. Written in diary style, it focuses on the outdoors: on wildlife, projects and practical work, organizations and groups, and seasonal events. If you want to know more about the wildlife that’s special to Cornwall; the people who work in conservation in the county; how to get more involved with our natural history… or you would just like to read about the antics of a mad nature-lover in Cornwall, then this book is for you.
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| PRICE: £8.95
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| By David Chapman
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| ISBN: 9780906720660
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| CATEGORY: Pocket Cornwall
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Long white beaches washed by a turquoise sea; rocks sculpted by wind, rain and sea-spray; exotic, subtropical plants; weather constantly changing, from storms lashing the coast, to sea mists with sun sparkling on the sea. This book captures the natural beauty of the Isles of Scilly, and gives a snapshot of their history.
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| By David Chapman
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| ISBN: 9780906720653
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| CATEGORY: Pocket Cornwall
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Narrow streets and alleys; a harbour packed with boats; beaches of clean white sand and crystal-clear waters. Sunlight playing with colour, shadow and form. Located on a spectacular, sheltered bay, with its sweeping dune systems, estuary and the distant landmark of Godrevy Lighthouse, this is St Ives.
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| By David Chapman
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| ISBN: 9780906720646
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| CATEGORY: Pocket Cornwall
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Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly are home to some of the best displays of wildflowers in the world. From primroses and carpets of bluebells in spring, through thrift, orchids and poppies in summer, to the stunning spectacle of heather and gorse in autumn, Cornwall has it all. This book includes over 300 species, and 240 colour photographs.
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| By Tony Butt
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| ISBN: 9780906720585
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| CATEGORY: Surfing/Oceanography
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Following international acclaim for
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| By Sarah Chapman & David Chapman
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| ISBN: 9780906720578
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| CATEGORY: Cornwall
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Cornwall has a unique culture, heritage, beauty and atmosphere. Its character is defined to a large extent by the places, people, natural features and buildings that typify and represent the best of the county. In words and photographs, this book portrays those iconic locations that exemplify Cornwall – places that fascinate, intrigue and inspire.
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| PRICE: £11.66
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| By David Chapman
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| ISBN: 9780906720561
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| CATEGORY: Pocket Cornwall
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Cornwall is almost surrounded by sea. Some 300 miles of coast includes majestic cliffs, sheltered harbours, creeks and estuaries, and magnificent beaches. This book focuses on the different types of coastal habitat – their geography, geology and wildlife.
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| By David Chapman
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| ISBN: 9780906720554
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| CATEGORY: Pocket Cornwall
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More than 250 species of birds are recorded in Cornwall every year. This books includes them all, with 162 spectacular colour photographs of all the common ones, most of the uncommon ones, and some of the rarer birds. It includes 'at a glance' details of seasons, habitats, status, and places in which to see them.
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| By David Chapman
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| ISBN: 9780906720547
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| CATEGORY: Art/Photography
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The most westerly tip of Cornwall, and of England, the Penwith peninsula is an ancient, Celtic land, subject to the vicissitudes of weather from the Atlantic. David Chapman's evocative photographs perfectly capture the mood of the place.
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| By Philip McMillan Browse (ed.)
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| ISBN: 9780906720530
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| CATEGORY: Garden history
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Initially inaccessible and swamped by overgrowth when the Lost Gardens were rediscovered in 1990, much of Heligan’s valuable woody plantstock was subsequently identified and protected during the course of clearance by Philip McMillan Browse, then Cornwall County Council Horticultural Advisor (and former Director of RHS Wisley).
Philip later became Heligan’s first Horticultural Director, and encouraged his team to research into the origins of the veteran specimens in their care. Some individuals are rare indeed – and vulnerable in their old age.
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| By Michael Kent & Adrian Langdon
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| ISBN: 9780906720523
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| CATEGORY: Pocket Cornwall
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The Camel Estuary is famous for its outstanding natural beauty. Its magnificent scenery varies from the wood-lined banks at its tidal limits to the open waters and exposed shores at its mouth, and changes
dramatically with the state of tide and the seasons. This book explores the Camel Estuary, its diverse habitats, and the wealth of plants and animals they support.
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| By David Chapman
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| ISBN: 9780906720516
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| CATEGORY: Natural history
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Wild About Cornwall looks at the best places to go to experience the natural history of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. It includes some 40 locations around the county, featuring well-known spots such as Kynance, and some much less well known, such as the arable fields of Boscregan Farm near Land’s End. Locations have been chosen to offer a chance not just to see but to experience the county’s best wildlife in some stunning locations.
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