Notes from a summer cottage : the intimate life of the outside world /
by Burton, Nina; Willson-Broyles, Rachel.
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BookPublisher: London : Mudlark, 2021Description: 298 pages ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780008467036 (hbk.) :; 000846703X (hbk.) :.Classification number: 508.485 BURSubject(s): Burton, Nina -- Homes and haunts -- Sweden | Natural history -- Sweden | Dwellings -- Remodeling -- Sweden | Popular Science | Popular Science and Nature | True stories: discovery / historical / scientific | Nature & the natural world: general interest | Wildlife: general interest | Wildlife: birds & birdwatching: general interest | The countryside, country life: general interestSummary: What begins with a renovation of her late mother's summer cottage swiftly turns into an exploration of nature, life and philosophy, in which Nina Burton reveals the inner lives and hitherto unknown habits of the animals with which she shares. Within the walls, the ceiling and the floor of the cottage and its surrounding garden, she encounters a host of animals - ants, honey bees, foxes, squirrels, blackbirds, badgers, pigeons, deer and many more - all of whom have made her house and garden their home, and all of whom cause Nina to reflect on their role within our world.
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| 508.41 FOR The wood for the trees : | 508.41 MAB A brush with nature: | 508.41 SHU Forecast : a diary of the lost seasons / | 508.485 BUR Notes from a summer cottage : the intimate life of the outside world / | 509 HAM The art of science: | 509 KRA The greatest story ever told...so far : why are we here? / | 509.22 GRI Out of the shadow of a giant : Hooke, Halley and the birth of British science / |
Translated from the Swedish.
Includes bibliographical references.
What begins with a renovation of her late mother's summer cottage swiftly turns into an exploration of nature, life and philosophy, in which Nina Burton reveals the inner lives and hitherto unknown habits of the animals with which she shares. Within the walls, the ceiling and the floor of the cottage and its surrounding garden, she encounters a host of animals - ants, honey bees, foxes, squirrels, blackbirds, badgers, pigeons, deer and many more - all of whom have made her house and garden their home, and all of whom cause Nina to reflect on their role within our world.
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