{"product_id":"the-east-country-almanac-tales-of-valley-and-shore-paperback-softback-9781501709333","title":"The East Country; Almanac Tales of Valley and Shore (Paperback \/ softback) 9781501709333","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe East Country\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAlmanac Tales of Valley and Shore\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJules Pretty (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501709333\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 September 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e158 pages, 14 b\u0026amp;w halftones - 14 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 0.9 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm in step with Prof Jules Pretty. Who wouldn't be, when he rightly recognises the link between a healthy natural world and good mental health in humans – and trumpets the message? Like him, I love getting outdoors to feel the sun (and rain) on my skin and notice the different rhythm. You could say I've bought the T-shirt along with the waterproof walking boots and warm coat.\u003c\/p\u003e (The East Anglian Daily Times) \u003cp\u003eHis celebration of the landscape incorporates memoir and poetry, natural history and spiritual reflection, but also a critique of where current policies are leading us. 'Nature will carry on regardless,' he suggest. 'It is just that we might not.'\u003c\/p\u003e - Matthew Reisz (Times Higher Education)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe East Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a work of creative nonfiction in which the acclaimed nature writer Jules Pretty integrates memoir, natural history, cultural critique, and spiritual reflection into a single compelling narrative.\u003c\/b\u003e Pretty frames his book around Aldo Leopold and his classic \u003ci\u003eA Sand County Almana\u003c\/i\u003ec, bringing Leopold's ethic—that some could live without nature but most should not—into the twenty-first century. In \u003ci\u003eThe East Country\u003c\/i\u003e, Pretty follows the seasons through seventy-four tales set in a variety of landscapes from valley to salty shore. Pretty convinces us that we should all develop long attachments to the local, observing that the land can change us for the better.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e A Geographic Locator\u003cbr\u003e January\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Winter Hesitation\u003cbr\u003e 2. One Glossy Ibis and Many Ticks\u003cbr\u003e 3. Winter Gales and Beliefs\u003cbr\u003e 4. Walk the Line\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Weight of a Snipe\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Old Battlefield\u003cbr\u003e February\u003cbr\u003e 7. Paths and Prints in Snow\u003cbr\u003e 8. Closing Time\u003cbr\u003e 9. To Iken\u003cbr\u003e 10. Saturation\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Box Valley\u003cbr\u003e March\u003cbr\u003e 12. Disturbing Hints of Spring\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Beach Crows\u003cbr\u003e 14. Some Spring for Celandine\u003cbr\u003e 15. Blackthorn Days\u003cbr\u003e 16. The Blue Light of Spring\u003cbr\u003e April\u003cbr\u003e 17. Two Buzzards\u003cbr\u003e 18. The Long Night of Hope\u003cbr\u003e 19. Mystery Solved\u003cbr\u003e 20. Nightingales and Green Men\u003cbr\u003e 21. Sailors' Reading Room\u003cbr\u003e 22. The Assington Elms\u003cbr\u003e May\u003cbr\u003e 23. The Owl and the Sun\u003cbr\u003e 24. The Bat and the Wild\u003cbr\u003e 25. Time Travel\u003cbr\u003e 26. Since Records Began\u003cbr\u003e 27. Bells in the Cow Parsley Section\u003cbr\u003e 28. Encounters\u003cbr\u003e 29. The Northern Sky\u003cbr\u003e 30. All Four Margins\u003cbr\u003e June\u003cbr\u003e 31. Magic in the Thicks\u003cbr\u003e 32. The Lost Shore\u003cbr\u003e 33. Hollyhock Summer\u003cbr\u003e 34. A Submission\u003cbr\u003e 35. Lay-Bys of the A12\u003cbr\u003e 36. The Cottage Hospital\u003cbr\u003e 37. Come Back the Wild\u003cbr\u003e 38. Anniversary\u003cbr\u003e July\u003cbr\u003e 39. Village Edgelands\u003cbr\u003e 40. Nature at a Nuclear Power Station\u003cbr\u003e 41. Digging for Victory\u003cbr\u003e 42. Under Another Atomic Sky\u003cbr\u003e 43. Heat Wave\u003cbr\u003e August\u003cbr\u003e 44. Pause for Ragwort\u003cbr\u003e 45. The End of the Road\u003cbr\u003e 46. Nightwalk\u003cbr\u003e 47. Soon, the Departure\u003cbr\u003e 48. The Tinker's Cottage\u003cbr\u003e 49. The Turn\u003cbr\u003e September\u003cbr\u003e 50. The Path\u003cbr\u003e 51. Mud Birds\u003cbr\u003e 52. Angels in the Back Lanes\u003cbr\u003e 53. Season of Mist and Fire\u003cbr\u003e 54. In Memoriam\u003cbr\u003e 55. The Rhythym of Farm Names\u003cbr\u003e October\u003cbr\u003e 56. Insect Life\u003cbr\u003e 57. A New Anniversary\u003cbr\u003e 58. Things and Doubt\u003cbr\u003e 59. Alarm Call\u003cbr\u003e 60. The Sands of Another Summer\u003cbr\u003e 61. Wait for the End\u003cbr\u003e November\u003cbr\u003e 62. Bonfire Night\u003cbr\u003e 63. At First, Silence\u003cbr\u003e 64. The Night Hours\u003cbr\u003e 65. Leaf Fall and Mists\u003cbr\u003e 66. Beach Fishermen and Water Sprites\u003cbr\u003e 67. Much Can Change in a Short Time\u003cbr\u003e 68. Passing Years\u003cbr\u003e December\u003cbr\u003e 69. A Marsh Murmuration\u003cbr\u003e 70. Poor Man's Heaven\u003cbr\u003e 71. Dark and Wet at Solstice\u003cbr\u003e 72. Pruning and Planning\u003cbr\u003e 73. Dark and Wet, Again\u003cbr\u003e 74. An East Wind\u003cbr\u003e Crossing the New Year\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Notes by Tale\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e List of Photographs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Comstock Publishing Associates","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670839488792,"sku":"9781501709333","price":13.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-east-country-almanac-tales-of-valley-and-shore-paperback-softback-9781501709333","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}