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He witnesses the awakening of a continent from its winter slumber and encounters new behaviours, such as storks that no longer migrate, exploring how they link to climate change. From Spain, Laurence headed north through France and Britain. Crossing over to Sweden, Finland and Norway, he ended his travels four months later as the long Arctic days stretched into continuous daylight.   In The Long Spring, Laurence evokes the landscapes, sounds and colours of the continent at its most vibrant. And as a lifelong naturalist, his journeys tracking the world’s most significant and beautiful phenomenon – spring – were a chance to explore the past, present and future of our connections to nature, reflecting on three decades of work and travel in Europe and his own long relationship with wildlife.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49506571059473,"sku":"GOR009628743","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49734534103313,"sku":"NGR9781472936677","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50384338649361,"sku":"CIN1472936671G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51187006439697,"sku":"GOR010249213","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51882642604305,"sku":"GOR011926438","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1472936671.jpg?v=1751306041"},{"product_id":"framing-nature-book-laurence-rose-9781913625009","title":"Framing Nature","description":"Conservationist Laurence Rose spent two years exploring the cultural roots of our relationship with nature in order to map out its future. From the magnificent white-tailed eagles of Orkney and Mull to the fascinating world of ants and crickets on the southern heaths, he describes his encounters with wildlife in exquisite language and vivid detail.  This is a book about the complexity and vulnerability of nature, and the unexpected connections between people and wildlife. While his writing builds on decades of experience as a leading conservationist, Laurence's passion shines from every page. Unflinching in describing the long journey needed to rebuild a mutually-beneficial relationship with nature, ultimately it is a book about optimism and hope.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49527641211153,"sku":"GOR011077505","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49737851371793,"sku":"NGR9781913625009","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50416256680209,"sku":"GOR011016644","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1913625001.jpg?v=1751314301"},{"product_id":"leopard-moon-rising-book-laurence-rose-9781913625047","title":"Leopard Moon Rising","description":"British conservationist Laurence Rose travelled to India to hear stories that are rarely told: first-hand  accounts of indigenous people's special relationships with the wildlife around them. The Warli people  living in the urban forests of Mumbai use ancient art practices and traditional dance to protest forest  destruction and encroachment. Like the Maldhari pastoralists of Gujarat, they live harmoniously alongside  some of the allegedly most dangerous animals in the world. In Mumbai, it is the leopard, living at the  highest density of any urban big cat population. In Gujarat's Gir forest, it is the endangered Asiatic lion,  which preys on the herdsmen's prized buffalo. Rose delves into the values and practicalities that govern  life among India's big cats, discovering that even the tiger is revered as much as it is feared.    Along the way, he observes at first hand the devastating effect of the Asian vulture crisis, which has seen  over 100 million birds die in ten years. The human cost is only beginning to be understood, with the effects  on some communities hidden from official view.    The country that saw the world's first conservation principles laid down - by the emperor Ashoka, ruling  the Indian subcontinent in the 3rd century BCE - now struggles to live by his edicts. Rapid economic  growth, population growth, infrastructure development and the spread of mining and agriculture are  essentially the same threats as are encountered everywhere on Earth. Opposed against them are ancient  aspects of culture that deem such assaults on nature anathema. For an outsider like Laurence Rose, the  roles of traditional culture and contemporary values are best understood when the two sides come  together and do battle.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49619705233681,"sku":"GOR013336177","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1913625044.jpg?v=1751061938"},{"product_id":"long-spring-book-laurence-rose-9781913625207","title":"The Long Spring","description":"In February 2016 Laurence Rose crossed the Mediterranean from North Africa and set off on a series of journeys towards the Arctic coast of Norway, all the while keeping pace with the arrival of spring.  Like a modern-day pilgrimage, he is accompanied by fellow wayfarers, migrating swallows and cranes and later, wild swans and eagles. From Spain, Laurence continued through France and Britain. Crossing over to Sweden, Finland and Norway, he ended his travels four months later as the long Arctic days stretched into continuous daylight.  First published in 2018, this 2nd edition includes a rewritten final chapter, ten years on from his journeys and ten years after the Brexit referendum:  'Nothing connects the countries of Europe better than the wildlife they share and in particular the birds, marine life and insects that migrate freely across borders and boundaries', Laurence explains.   'The Long Spring was first published two years after the journeys it describes, in 2018. Perhaps one reason the book enjoyed good reviews was because by then Europe seemed united only by the nature it explores; perhaps there was an innocence in my crossing the continent alongside swallows and storks, cranes and dragonflies, that struck a subconscious chord. I am pleased to present this new edition, which includes a rewritten final chapter, Missed Connections, to better reflect the passage of a momentous decade in Europe'","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53193261941009,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":53193262268689,"sku":"NGR9781913625207","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781913625207.jpg?v=1772493909"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-ie\/collections\/author-books-by-laurence-rose.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}