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A Last Wild Place
Mike Tomkies
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Description for A Last Wild Place
Paperback. A reprint of one of Mike Tomkies' classic wilderness books. Includes an appreciation of his life and work and a celebration of nature at its most rugged and spectacular. Num Pages: 248 pages, 24pp colour. BIC Classification: RNK; WNC; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170. .
Mike Tomkies gives a remarkable picture of the whole cycle of nature around him, in a harsh and testing environment of unrivalled beauty. Vivid colours and sounds fill these pages - exotic wild orchids, the roar of rutting stags, a pair of dragonflies mating, the flight of the redwing, the territorial movements of foxes, otters and badgers, an oak tree being torn apart by hurricane-force gales. Nothing seems to escape his penetrating eye, to which the selection of his photographs in this book - some revealing little-known aspects of animal behaviour - immediately testifies. Yet Mike's extraordinary insights into the ... Read more
Mike Tomkies gives a remarkable picture of the whole cycle of nature around him, in a harsh and testing environment of unrivalled beauty. Vivid colours and sounds fill these pages - exotic wild orchids, the roar of rutting stags, a pair of dragonflies mating, the flight of the redwing, the territorial movements of foxes, otters and badgers, an oak tree being torn apart by hurricane-force gales. Nothing seems to escape his penetrating eye, to which the selection of his photographs in this book - some revealing little-known aspects of animal behaviour - immediately testifies. Yet Mike's extraordinary insights into the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Whittles Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Caithness, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849953139
SKU
V9781849953139
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Mike Tomkies
Mike Tomkies was an acclaimed naturalist, writer and film-maker and lived for 35 years in remote and wild places in the Scottish Highlands, Canada and Spain. In 1988 he was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland. His other books include Moobli, Alone in the Wilderness, Between Earth and Paradise, Out of the Wild, Golden ... Read more
Reviews for A Last Wild Place
`...unique observations and insights that fuel a powerful story of not only wildlife, but living in the wild amongst them, observing animal behaviour. ...a fine survey that armchair naturalists will appreciate for both its vivid tone and engrossing animal insights'. Donovan's Bookshelf
`His phenomenal knowledge of wildlife is not limited to mammals and birds but includes trees, wild plants ... Read more
`His phenomenal knowledge of wildlife is not limited to mammals and birds but includes trees, wild plants ... Read more