| Re: Book recommendations
One of my faves is simply called 'Hedgerow' by Anne Angus and illustrated wonderfully by Michael Woods and was published in 1987 so will probably only be available thro Libraries. Anne Angus spent 7 years documenting one of her local hedgerows - the sights, sounds smells, life cycle month by month and it is a delightlful and insightful read. The pale watercolour illustrations are what got me to buy and then I enjoyed the writing - but for me it was the illustrations first and foremost. . .
More recently (2003) I bought 'An Island Odyssey' by Hamish Haswell-Smith (among the Scottish Isles in the wake of Martin Martin). Again it was the subtle gentle water colours that got me to buy - but the subject matter - the Scottish Islands has a special place in my heart having gone out to the Outer Hebrides most years since 1990. . .
Down to species level 'Enjoying Moths' by Roy Leverton published in 2001 is a delight if moth-ing is of interest - the photos are worth drooling over (if you're a moth-ing photographer!) and Roy's writing is just grand! On the same subject friends brought back 'Moths of Trigon' observations on a Dorset Country Estate by Chris Manley - and its just page after page of landscape shaped A4 collage of moths - very attractive if moths are your bag!!
'Photographing Fungi in the Field' by George McCarthy is a book full of expertise and superb photos of fungi and George doesn't hold back - he tells you how its done and how to go about it!
I could go on - but I won't hog this thread - lets see what others have read!
Pauline  |