William Balfour Baikie was a surgeon, naturalist, linguist, writer, explorer, and government consul who played a key role in opening Africa to the Europeans.
After 20 years working as a professional biologist, the author decided to 'retire' to the Highlands, moving with his wife to a croft at the edge of a small and somewhat inaccessible village on the west coast.
The Outer Hebrides is an island archipelago on the remotest north-western periphery of a bigger island archipelago, itself part of Europe's Atlantic coastline.
This is a personal, reflective account of Galloway's wildlife based on life in a uniquely varied and diverse glen, tucked away between high, heather-clad hills and the shore of the Solway.
De l'autora de Trenes d'herba dolca, numero 1 del New York Times, arriba una visio agosarada i inspiradora de com orientar la nostra vida al voltant de la gratitud, la reciprocitat i la comunitat, basada en les llicons del mon natural.
In "e;Mein erster Dobermann Welpe: Ein treuer Begleiter furs Leben"e; wird die tiefgreifende Verbindung zwischen Mensch und Hund thematisiert, insbesondere im Kontext der Erziehung und Pflege eines Dobermanns.
Cartas a mis ovejas es un viaje agil e intimo, narrado en forma epistolar, a traves de la vida de una mujer que vive en las Montanas Azules, en Australia, con sus cuatro ovejas rescatadas.