Boys trained as interpreters, to be outside representatives of tribe; Preservation of food, sanctuaries, fish traps etc.; Author spent most of her childhood nea

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Alex Nicol takes us back to the old days in the bush, when booking into a country pub was likely to turn into an adventure, and when radio was the glue that hel

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From the acclaimed author of The Wild Places and Underland, an exploration of walking and thinking In this exquisitely written book, Robert Macfarlane sets off