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  • The Natural History of Selborne, both volumes (1790)

    by Gilbert White ...
    Natural history of a town in England, first published in 1790. According to Wikipedia: "Gilbert White FRS (18 July 1720 26 June 1793) was a pioneering English naturalist and ornithologist… White is best known for his The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne (1789). This was a compilation of his letters to Thomas Pennant, the leading British zoologist of the day, and the Hon. Daines ... Read more

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  • The Natural History of Selborne

    by Gilbert White ...
    This book is a compilation of the author's letters to other naturalists – Thomas Pennant and Daines Barrington. Some of the letters were never posted, and were written for the book. White's Natural History was at once well received by contemporary critics and the public, and continued to be admired by a diverse range of nineteenth and twentieth century literary figures. His work has been seen as ... Read more

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  • The Natural History of Selborne

    by Gilbert White ...
    The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, or just The Natural History of Selborne is a book by English naturalist and ornithologist Gilbert White. It was first published in 1789 by his brother Benjamin. It has been continuously in print since then, with nearly 300 editions up to 2007.The book was published late in White's life, compiled from a mixture of his letters to other naturalists ... Read more

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  • The Natural History of Selborne

    by Gilbert White ...
    More than any other writer Gilbert White (1720-93) has shaped the relationship between man and nature. A hundred years before Darwin, White realised the crucial role of worms in the formation of soil and understood the significance of territory and song in birds. His precise, scrupulously honest and unaffectedly witty observations led him to interpret animals' behaviour in a unique manner. This ... Read more

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  • The Natural History of Selborne (Complete)

    by Gilbert White ...
    See, Selborne spreads her boldest beauties round The varied valley, and the mountain ground, Wildly majestic ! What is all the pride, Of flats, with loads of ornaments supplied ?— Unpleasing, tasteless, impotent expense, Compared with Nature's rude magnificenee. Arise, my stranger, to these wild scenes haste; The unfinish'd farm awaits your forming taste: Plan the pavilion, airy, light, and true; ... Read more

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  • The Natural History Of Selborne

    by Gilbert White, Anthony Pye, Richard Mabey ...
    The original works of foreign classics, including the most representative literary masters and the most influential representative works. ... Read more

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  • The Natural History of Selborne (Summarized Edition)

    Enriched edition. An 18th-century epistolary natural history of the English countryside, rich in phenology and ecological observations

    by Gilbert White, Sebastian Walsh, Sebastian Walsh ...
    The Natural History of Selborne (1789) assembles Gilbert White's decades of field notes into an epistolary chronicle addressed to fellow naturalists Thomas Pennant and Daines Barrington. Through lucid, quietly lyrical prose, White records the seasonal pulse of a single English parish—its birds, insects, plants, soils, and weather—marrying patient empiricism with pastoral attentiveness. His long ... Read more

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  • Beyond Charity

    A Sojourner's Reflections on Homelessness, Advocacy, Empowerment and Hope

    by Deborah Gilbert White ...
    A few days shy of her 55th birthday, DeBorah finds herself living in a homeless women's shelter. Her education and accomplishments to this point say that she should not be there, however, the reality of her lack of income and inability to maintain housing insists otherwise. Attitudes, myths, and perceptions about poverty provide the backdrop for advocacy towards a bill of rights for people ... Read more

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  • White's Selborne for Boys and Girls

    by Gilbert White, Marcus Woodward ...
    “White's Selborne for Boys and Girls” is a classic guide to the birds of Britain, originally written for children. It offers the reader interesting and entertaining anecdotes interlaced with facts and observations from an expert. This wonderfully-written guide is perfect for introducing children to birds and bird watching, and it will also be of interest to adults with an interest in the topic. ... Read more

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  • The Natural History of Selborne

    by Gilbert White ...
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    'I was much entertained last summer with a tame bat, which would take flies out of a person's hand.' Gilbert White's Natural History of Selborne (1789) reveals a world of wonders in nature. Over a period of twenty years White describes in minute detail the behaviour of animals through the changing seasons in the rural Hampshire parish of Selborne. He notes everything from the habits of an ... Read more

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  • History of Selborne

    by Gilbert White ...
    Gilbert White's 'History of Selborne' is a groundbreaking work of natural history that delves into the detailed observations of local flora and fauna in the village of Selborne. Written in a simple and clear style, the book not only serves as a valuable record of 18th-century English countryside but also contributes significantly to the development of modern ecology. White's keen eye for detail ... Read more

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  • Strategies of American Water Management

    by Gilbert White ...
    Series series WM C. Cook Lectures
    "In a country of parching drought, stinking streams, and muddy floods" (to use the author's words), the management of America's water resources is, and promises to remain, a vital national issue. Yet, while there exist many proposed plans and normative studies in the field of water management little attention has been devoted to the analysis of decisions which have actually been made, and the ... Read more

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