COURTING THE WILD TWIN

Martin Shaw

This is a book of literary activism – an antidote to the shallow thinking that typifies our age.

In Courting the Wild Twin, acclaimed scholar, mythologist and author of Bardskull, Martin Shaw, unravels two ancient European fairy tales concerning the mysterious ‘wild twin’ located deep inside all of us. By reading these tales and becoming storytellers ourselves, he challenges us to confront modern life with purpose, courage and creativity.

Martin summons the reader to the ‘ragged edge of the dark wood’ to seek out this estranged, exiled self – the part we generally shun or ignore to conform to societal norms – and invite it back into our consciousness. If there was something we were meant to do with our few, brief years on Earth, we can be sure that our wild twin is holding the key.

After all, stories are our secret weapons – and they might just save us.

Dr Martin Shaw is an acclaimed mythologist who founded the Oral Tratition and Mythic Life courses at Stanford University and is director of the Westcountry School of Myth in the UK. Martin’s most recent books include Smoke Hole, Bardskull, The Night Wages, Cinderbiter, Wolf Milk, All Those Barbarians, Wolferland and his Lorca translations, Courting the Dawn (with Stephan Harding). His essay and conversation with Ai Weiwei on myth and migration was released by the Marciano Art Foundation.

07 SEPTEMBER 2023

9781915294265

168pp

PB 152 x 228 mm

£14.99

Health & Wellness

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COVID VACCINE ADVERSE REACTION SURVIVAL GUIDE Take Control of Your Recovery and Maximise Healing Potential

Caroline Pover

The bestselling covid vaccine guidebook that will help you find a solution to an adverse covid vaccine reaction.

An adverse reaction to a Covid vaccination can be a deeply distressing experience. It will leave you mystified as you attempt to deal with a bewildering range of symptoms that few seem able to explain, diagnose, treat or even acknowledge. Covid Vaccine Adverse Reaction Survival Guide talks you through the experience in a way that will help you feel more in control of your life again.

This book addresses key areas of recovery and will guide you through measures you can take to maximise your own healing potential. With recipes, worksheets, symptom charts, appointment records, this interactive book provides a multitude of ways for you to organise your research as well as your feelings about a new health condition, while you develop your own bespoke and evolving recovery plan. www.carolinepover.com.

Caroline Pover is an award-winning author, speaker, entrepreneur and philanthropist. She was diagnosed with an adverse reaction to the Covid vaccine she received on 3rd March 2021. In the months that followed, Caroline became a voice for the vaccine-injured community as she regularly shared updates of her healing journey on social media. Caroline released this guide exactly one year after receiving the vaccine. She is still learning to live with its impact.

The Ecological Farm

A Minimalist No-Till, No-Spray, Selective-Weeding, Grow-Your-OwnFertilizer System for Organic Agriculture

Helen Atthowe

Foreword by Paul Muller

‘A powerful tool for maintaining balance… in a garden.’ Charles Dowding

Farmer, consultant and educator Helen Atthowe shares decades of experience in this go-to resource for ecological growing. She expertly guides readers on how to reduce tillage, control pests and minimise the use of fertilisers and pesticides – even those that are commonly applied on certified organic farms. Throughout, Helen makes complex ecological concepts and practices understandable to all growers, and features a crop-by-crop guide to growing more than 25 of the most popular and profitable vegetables and fruits.

17 AUGUST 2023

9781645021810

384pp, PB 254 x 203 mm

£40.00, Gardening & Agriculture

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Small Farm Republic

Why Conservatives Must Embrace Local Agriculture, Reject Climate Alarmism, and Lead an Environmental Revival

John Klar, Foreword by Joel Salatin

‘One of the very best [books] that I have ever read.’ Gabe Brown

While many on the Left are pushing for ‘climate change’ policies to come into play, many on the Right continue to deny imminent environmental threats while pushing for deregulation of our most destructive industrial forces. Neither approach seems to be reaching across the political divide. John Klar, an agrarian conservative in the mould of Wendell Berry, offers an alternative that puts small farmers, regenerative agriculture and personal liberty at the centre of an environmental revival – a message that everyone on the political spectrum needs to hear.

17 AUGUST 2023

9781645022190

240pp, PB 229 x 152 mm

£20.00, Gardening & Agriculture

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THE SEED DETECTIVE Uncovering the Secret Histories of Remarkable Vegetables

Adam Alexander, Foreword by Professor Tim Lang

Radio 4’s The Food Programme Book of the Year, chosen by Dan Saladino

Meet the Indiana Jones of vegetables on his quest to save our heritage produce. In The Seed Detective, Adam tells of his seed-hunting adventures and reveals the stories behind many of our everyday vegetable heroes. He takes us on a journey that began when we left the life of hunter-gatherers to become farmers. Sharing stories of globalisation, political intrigue, colonisation and serendipity, Adam shows us the vital part vegetables have played in our food story – and how they are the key to our future.

07 SEPTEMBER 2023

9781915294241

320pp, PB 197 x 127 mm

£12.99, Food & Drink / Gardening & Agriculture

Korean and Czech rights sold

ALSO AVAILABLE IN HB - 9781915294005

As seen on BBC Winterwatch 2023

THE MEANING OF GEESE A Thousand Miles in Search of Home

Nick Acheson

‘A magisterial diary for bird lovers.’ Observer

‘This is note-perfect nature writing.’

Patrick Barkham

Renowned naturalist and conservationist Nick Acheson cycled over 1,200 miles to observe and research wild geese, transported through all weathers by his mother’s 40-year-old trusty red bicycle. He meticulously details the geese’s arrival, observing what they mean to his beloved Norfolk and the role they play in local people’s lives – and what role they could play in our changing world.

21 SEPTEMBER 2023

9781915294258

240pp, PB 197 x 127 mm

£12.99, Nature & Environment / Memoir

World rights available

ALSO AVAILABLE IN HB - 9781915294098

THE ORGANIC MEDICINAL HERB FARMER, REVISED EDITION

How to Produce High-Quality Herbs on a Market Scale

Jeff Carpenter with Melanie Carpenter

Foreword by Rosemary Gladstar

In this revised and updated edition, authors Jeff and Melanie Carpenter share lessons they’ve learned throughout their 25 years of operating a medicinal herb farm that prizes quality over quantity. This is a one-of-a-kind resource, complete with detailed profiles of 50 medicinal herbs and over 200 colour photographs. Whether you’re looking to grow an herb farm from the ground up, incorporate medicinal plants on an existing farm or add tools to your belt as a seasoned grower, you’ll find the information you need in this volume.

26 OCTOBER 2023

9781645021124

416pp, PB 254 x 203 mm

Full-colour photographs and illustrations throughout £35.00, Gardening & Agriculture

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Raising Resilient Bees

Heritage Techniques to Mitigate Mites, Preserve Locally Adapted Genetics, and Grow Your Apiary

Eric & Joy McEwen

Global pests and diseases present an unprecedented challenge for the modern honey bee. Hobby and commercial beekeepers alike continue to experience troubling rates of mortality in their colonies, with potentially deleterious consequences for the stability of our wider ecosystems and overall food security. With over 100 colour photographs and illustrations, Raising Resilient Bees is the comprehensive source for new and experienced beekeepers, offering a sustainable, natural and repeatable model of care for hive health and production.

26 OCTOBER 2023

9781645021124

416pp, PB 254 x 203 mm

Full-colour photographs and illustrations throughout £35.00, Gardening & Agriculture

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Hoofprints On The Land

How Traditional Herding and Grazing Can Restore the Soil and Bring Animal Agriculture Back in Balance with the Earth

Ilse Köhler-Rollefson

Foreword by Fred Provenza

‘A fascinating and massively important book.’ Isabella Tree

UN advocate and camel conservationist Ilse Köhler-Rollefson writes a passionate rallying cry for those invisible and forgotten herding cultures that exist all over the world, and how by embracing these traditional nomadic practices, we can help restore and regenerate the Earth. Ilse has spent the last 30 years living with and studying the Raika camel herders in Rajasthan, India, and she shows how pastoralists can address many of the problems humanity faces.

05 JANUARY 2023

9781645021520

288pp, PB 229 x 152 mm

8-page colour insert

£18.99, Nature & Environment

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At Work In The Ruins

Finding Our Place in the Time of Science, Climate Change, Pandemics and All the Other Emergencies

Dougald Hine

‘Essential reading for these turbulent time.’ Amitav Ghosh

World-renowned environmental thinker Dougald Hine has spent most of his life talking to people about climate change. And then one afternoon in the second year of the pandemic, he realised he had nothing left to say. Why would someone who cares so deeply about ecological destruction want to stop talking about climate change now? At Work in the Ruins is Dougald’s attempt to answer that question. It is a reckoning with the strange years we have been living through and the long history of asking too much of science.

09 FEBRUARY 2023

9781645021841

224pp, HB 216 x140 mm

£22.00, Big Ideas / Nature & Environment

World rights available except Swedish and French

13 APRIL 2023

9781915294227

104pp

HB 191 x 117 mm

£15.00

Business / Economics

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The Natural Order Of Money

Roy

Sebag

What is the true cause of inflation, wealth inequality and our collective disregard for ecological accountability?

Author and entrepreneur Roy Sebag expertly explores the intrinsic relationship between people, money and nature by asking a few simple questions: Why do we, in our modern society, expect food as if it were a given? What initially makes cooperation between the farmer and other members of society possible, and what, in the long run, renders it sustainable?

The solution affirms the vital importance of farmers and the food that they harvest, and argues that only a natural money can serve as the concrete means of assuring lasting prosperity. In a time of uncertainty plagued by inequality, inflation, shortages and environmental stress, The Natural Order of Money pierces the fog of financial elitism, equipping readers with a compass to find True North in a sea of economic confusion.

Roy Sebag was born to third-generation farmers and is an entrepreneur with nearly 20 years of experience in the investment management, agriculture, technology and manufacturing industries. He is an independent voice and author in the fields of economics and natural philosophy.

LOVE, NATURE, MAGIC Shamanic Journeys into the Heart

of My Garden

Maria Rodale

‘A fascinating book.’ Wall Street Journal

In Love, Nature, Magic, organic advocate and former CEO of a global health and wellness company, Maria Rodale combines her love of nature and gardening with her experience in shamanic journeying, embarking on an epic adventure to learn from plants, animals and insects – including some of the most misunderstood beings in nature. Along the way, she tells her own story of how she learned about shamanic journeying and its near-universal manifestation in traditional cultures worldwide.

27 APRIL 2023

9781645021711

240pp, HB 216 x 140 mm, £23.00

Nature & Environment / Mind, Body & Spirit

THE (BIG) YEAR THAT

FLEW BY Twelve Months, Six Continents, and the Ultimate Birding Record

Arjan Dwarshuis,

Foreword by

Mark Obmascik

‘[A]n epic journey.’ David Lindo

This is the tale of one avid birder’s epic, recordbreaking adventure through 40 countries over six continents – in just 365 days – to see 6,852 bird species, many on the precipice of extinction. This is Arjan’s unforgettable, personal exploration of the limits of human potential when engaging with the natural world. It is a book about birding and his attempts to raise awareness for critically endangered species, but it is also a book about overcoming external circumstances and fully realising your passions through nature, adventure and conservation.

04 MAY 2023

9781645021919

272pp, PB 216 x 140 mm, £18.99

Nature & Environment / Memoir

Salt And The Art Of Seasoning

From Curing to Charring and Baking to Brining, Techniques and Recipes to Help You Achieve Extraordinary Flavours

James Strawbridge

‘[The] recipe book that will make all your other recipe books taste better.’ The Telegraph

In his stunning new cookbook, Salt and the Art of Seasoning, chef and TV presenter James Strawbridge shares his passion for this artisan ingredient, from the distinctive tasting notes and profiles of different salts found around the world, to useful techniques – such as brining, curing, charring and preserving – that bring out a world of hidden flavours. This book is destined to become a kitchen essential – just like the humble ingredient it champions.

18

MAY 2023

9781915294036

288pp, HB 246 x 178 mm

£27.00, Food & Drink

Korean rights sold

Biocivilisations

A New Look at the Science of Life

Predrag B. Slijepčević

Foreword by Dr . Vandana Shiva

‘A welcoming... and provocative read shining a light on the way we look at the science of life.’

LoveReading

Biocivilisations is a thrillingly original look at the mystery of life and a recognition of the complex civilisations of bacteria, viruses, fungi, plants and animals that have preceded the human world by billions of years. Dr Predrag Slijepčević reconsiders the limited scope and timeframe of our current ‘scientific revolution’ and shares how – from the tiniest bacteria to the largest mammals – the living world has long fostered ancient civilisations.

18

MAY 2023

9781645021384

272pp, PB 229 x 152 mm

B&W photographs and illustrations throughout £20.00, Popular Science / Big Ideas

Simplified Chinese rights sold

SAYING NO TO A FARM-FREE FUTURE

The Case For an Ecological Food System and Against Manufactured Foods

Chris Smaje

Foreword by Sarah Langford

‘If you want real food, food security and a truly biodiverse countryside, please, please read this book.’ John Lewis-Stempel

In the face of the ongoing food, energy and environmental crises, Chris Smaje, farmer and social scientist, has become one of the most prescient voices on the future of farming. In his new book, he explores the false promises and unconsidered consequences of food technosolutions advocated by ecomodernists like George Monbiot, arguing that we should not divorce ourselves from rural living and must embrace a future that includes farming.

29 JUNE 2023

9781915294166

208pp, PB 216 x 140 mm

£14.99, Gardening & Agriculture / Politics

World rights available

THE SMALL-SCALE POULTRY FLOCK, REVISED EDITION

An All-Natural Approach to Raising and Breeding Chickens and Other Fowl for Home and Market Growers

Harvey Ussery

The first edition of The Small-Scale Poultry Flock helped thousands of small-scale farmers and smallholders adopt a practical model for working with chickens and other domestic fowl based on natural systems.

In this revised edition, Harvey presents a sustainable and ecologically-friendly model that can be adapted to a variety of scales. His advice and examples throughout the book will prove invaluable for both beginner growers looking to incorporate poultry into their programme and more experienced farmers looking to create a truly sustainable system.

26 JANUARY 2023

9781645021018

432pp, PB 254 x 203 mm

Full-colour photographs throughout £35.00, Gardening & Agriculture

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Wildcrafted Vinegars

Making and Using Unique Acetic Acid Ferments for Quick Pickles, Hot Sauces, Soups, Salad Dressings, Pastes, Mustards, and More

Pascal Baudar

‘Pascal Baudar is a culinary visionary.’

Sandor Katz

Pascal Baudar continues his exploration into wild gastronomy, turning his attention to the unique world of vinegars. After covering yeast fermentation in The Wildcrafting Brewer and lactic acid fermentation in Wildcrafted Fermentation, Pascal completes his wild fermentation trilogy by tackling acetic acid ferments and the dishes you can create with them. He delves deep into the natural world for wild-gathered flavours: herbs, fruits, berries, roots and mushrooms that play a vital part in infusing distinctive, gourmet-quality vinegars.

05 JANUARY 2023

9781645021148

304pp, PB 254 X 178 mm

Full-colour photographs throughout £25.00, Food & Drink World rights available

In Search Of Mycotopia

Citizen Science, Fungi Fanatics, and the Untapped Potential of Mushrooms

Doug Bierend

‘If you enjoyed Merlin Sheldrake’s Entangled Life I highly recommend this book…Bierend journeys deep in the wonderfully strange subculture of the mushroom-mad.’

Idler Magazine

In Search of Mycotopia introduces us to an incredible, essential and oft-overlooked kingdom of life – fungi – and all the potential it holds for our future, through the work and research being done by an unforgettable community of mushroom-mad citizen scientists and microbe devotees. This engrossing and mind-expanding book will captivate readers who are curious about the hidden worlds and nature networks that make up our planet.

12 JANUARY 2023

9781645021490

336pp, PB 229 x 153 mm

£14.99, Nature & Environment / Popular Science Japanese rights sold ALSO AVAILABLE IN HB - 9781603589796

Holistic Cancer Medicine

Integrative Strategies for a New Approach to Health and Healing

Dr . Henning Saupe

It’s a sad truth of our times that one in three people will experience cancer in their lifetime. As the founder and director of Germany’s leading complementary cancer clinic, Dr. Henning Saupe offers Holistic Cancer Medicine as the culmination of 25 years of experience treating the disease. Dr. Saupe’s unique vantage and insight complements standard treatment models with less burdensome, less invasive and more natural methods. It is a groundbreaking book for a critical time of life with an essential message: that a diagnosis of cancer and living a vibrant life are not mutually exclusive.

16 FEBRUARY 2023

9781645021551

288pp, PB 229 x 152 mm

£22.00, Health & Wellness

Toxic Legacy

How the Weedkiller Glyphosate Is Destroying Our Health and the Environment

Stephanie Seneff, PhD

Named a ‘Best Book of the Year’

by Kirkus Reviews

In Toxic Legacy, MIT senior research scientist Stephanie Seneff presents compelling evidence that glyphosate (the world’s most common weedkiller) is harming our health and the environment and playing a major role in skyrocketing rates of chronic diseases. As Rachel Carson did with DDT in the 1960’s, Stephanie Seneff sounds the alarm on glyphosate, giving you essential information to protect your health, your family’s health and the planet on which we all depend.

12 JANUARY 2023

9781645021872

272pp, PB 229 x 153 mm, £14.99

Health & Wellness / Nature & Environment

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GRASS-FED BEEF FOR A POSTPANDEMIC WORLD

How Regenerative Grazing Can Restore Soils and Stabilize the Climate

Ridge Shinn & Lynne Pledger

Foreword by Gabe Brown

The Covid-19 pandemic exposed the vulnerabilities of our globalised food system and highlighted the desperate need for local and regional supplies of healthy meat. Grass-Fed Beef for a Post-Pandemic World shows why we must replace industrial feed models, which are responsible for significant climate emissions, nitrogen pollution and animal suffering, and outlines a hopeful path out of our broken food system via regional networks of regeneratively produced meat.

16 FEBRUARY 2023

9781645021919

272pp, PB 216 x 140 mm

£20.00, Gardening & Agriculture

World rights available

THE GREAT REGENERATION

Ecological Farming, Open-Source Technology, and a Radical Vision of Hope

Dorn Cox with Courtney White

Foreword by David Bollier

In the age of climate change, food scarcity and industrialisation, can a few visionary farmers find global solutions through technology and create networked, open-source regenerative agriculture at a truly transformative scale?

Farmer-technologist Dorn Cox and authoractivist Courtney White explore unique, groundbreaking research aimed at reclaiming the space where science and agriculture meet. By employing the same tools used to visualise and identify the global instability in our climate and communities they identify ways to accelerate regenerative solutions beyond the individual farm.

16 MARCH 2023

9781645020677

256pp, PB 229 x 152 mm

£18.99, Gardening & Agriculture

World rights available

Cider Planet

Exploring the Producers, Practices, and Unique Traditions of Craft Cider and Perry from Around the World Claude Jolicoeur

Shortlisted for The Guild of Food Writers Drinks Book Award 2023 Claude Jolicoeur takes readers to the world’s greatest cider regions, providing a guided tour and a deep understanding of cider.

8 DECEMBER 2022, 9781645021414, 336pp, PB 254 x 178 mm, £32.00 Full-colour photographs throughout, Food & Drink, French rights sold

TOWPATH Recipes and Stories

Lori De Mori and Laura Jackson

Selected as a Best Cookbook of the Year by the Guardian, The Independent, Stylist and Daily Mail Towpath captures the ebb and flow of an iconic London restaurant. With its ever-changing seasonal menus, it offers vibrant recipes alongside evocative stories that reflect its unique character through the arc of a season.

01 OCTOBER 2020, 9781645020127, 240pp, HB 254 x 181 mm, £27.00 Full-colour photographs throughout, Food & Drink

Koji Alchemy

Rediscovering the Magic of Mold-Based Fermentation

Rich Shih & Jeremy Umansky, Foreword by Sandor Ellix Katz

Shortlisted for the James Beard Award for Reference, History and Scholarship

Koji Alchemy is the first book devoted to processes, concepts and recipes for fermenting foods with koji, the microbe behind the delicious umami flavours that underpin Japanese cuisine.

04 JUNE 2020, 9781603588683, 352pp, HB 229 x 178 mm, £27.99

B&W illustrations throughout, 16-page colour insert, Food & Drink