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This book has a Polish author and many stories of Polish ornithologists, artists and writers. Since I first visited Poland last year, for a family reason, I was predisposed to these parts of the book. I enjoyed hearing of painter Jozef Chelmonski and then Googling his works, and greatly enjoying some of them and not…

This short book is a good read, and is a very different, but not indifferent, book. It only amounts to just over 100 pages but there are more novel perspectives in here than you’ll find in many books three times the length. And the author writes in an engaging manner. There are five chapters (Messy…

This book, 67 species, 67 authors, 67 artists, is about the red-listed birds of the UK and goes on sale on Valentine’s Day. Show some love for our birds and buy a copy, please. Money from sale will go to RSPB and BTO projects on the Red67. All the artwork is brilliant and I expect…

It’s difficult to decide what to spend my royalties on … …but I’m not complaining at all. Getting money for work done years ago, particularly quite pleasant work, is great. fighting for birds still sells a few copies even though it was published in 2012. 2012 – that’s a long time ago. Likes(24)Dislikes(0)

I received this book as a Christmas present and it was a very well-judged gift as I managed to read three chapters on Christmas Day. It looks at how we spend our time and how that has changed over 50 years. The data come from time use diaries, where individuals record what they are doing…