Natural History

"Few places on Earth, and none elsewhere in Ireland, have yielded such a concentrated inventory of knowledge about the natural world." Michael Viney One hundred years ago, Irish naturalist Robert Lloyd Praeger led a survey of the natural history and cultural heritage of Clare Island at a level of detail greater than any area of comparable size at that time. Almost a century later, the Royal Irish Academy set about repeating the exercise with the intention of assessing and evaluating change on the island over the intervening years.

The nation's favourite Supervet and bestselling author, Noel Fitzpatrick returns with his debut children's non-fiction title, Superpets and Me. Combing elements of Noel's bestsellers Listening to Animals and How Animals Saved My Life with new stories from Noel, this is a stunning hardback curated especially for young readers.

A powerful, heartwarming and inspiring memoir from the UK's most famous and beloved vet, Dr Noel Fitzpatrick - star of the Channel 4 series The Supervet.

Professor Noel Fitzpatrick shares more heart-warming and uplifting stories from his life as The Supervet. The massive No.1 Sunday Times bestseller.

Alexander Robert Forbes (1849-1924), born on Skye, off Scotland's west coast, studied law in Edinburgh University and became Deputy Keeper of the Minute Book of the Court of Sessions in Edinburgh. A noted Celtic scholar, he was an authority on place-names. He published his most famous work - The Gaelic Names of Beasts (mammalia), Birds, Fish, Insects and Reptiles — in 1905, based on a variety of Gaelic sources in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man. The book includes information for individual animals from folk-lore and early manuscript sources.

A unique collection of material relating to the May Bush tradition and other May customs and folklore, produced by artist/folklorist Michael Fortune and artist/traditional singer Aileen Lambert.

Contains over 135 flaps and hundreds of facts. This title shows you how many seeds a pomegranate has, how fast a woodpecker pecks, how many plays Shakespeare wrote, which is the warmest sea in the world, when the Eiffel Tower was built, what type of snack is the heaviest, and more.