English Forest

Here are American author Howard Pyle's exciting and hilarious tales of Robin Hood and his merry band of outlaws, who reigned over Sherwood Forest doing many good deeds for the poor - and deserved misdeeds to the pompous and haughty rich.

Thirteen-year-old Joey Speight never expected the bone-chilling events that awaited him in this small river town. Uprooted from Chicago after his father's job loss, Joey’s resentment grows as he's forced to live with a Great-Grandma he barely knows. But the mysteries of Willow Falls soon engulf him, turning his anger into dread.

In a quiet forest in Belarus, two boys stumble across a long-kept secret: the mass grave where Stalin's police secretly murdered thousands in the 1930s. The results of the subsequent investigation have far-reaching effects, and across the Atlantic in Toronto, Leah Jarvis, a lively, curious young lawyer, finds herself tasked with an impossible case: the deportation of elderly Stefan Drozd, who fled his crimes in Kurapaty for a new identity in Canada.

Do you want to create a sustainable food forest and garden in your backyard, but don’t know how to start? Plenty of beginning gardeners want to grow their own food, but aren’t sure they can handle the maintenance. Put all of those worries aside — this book will walk you through every step. You’ll be amazed at the bounty you’ll harvest from such a small space without having to expend too much effort or too many resources. It’s possible to create a sustainable food forest around your home, and this book will show you how.

Celebrating 100 years of one of the most beloved icons of children's literature, Winnie-the-Pooh! A delightful new collection of Winnie-the-Pooh stories, told in the style of A. A. Milne. Seven brand-new tales take readers back to much loved settings in the Hundred Acre Wood, like Eeyore’s...

It’s time for the good girl to be just a little bit bad. We’ve never been interested in rules. Never been interested in what other people think. When we see something we want, we get it. We want the good girl. She’s lush. Curvy. Beautiful. She looks demure, but she has a wild side. We can tell. We’re going to make her crave. Make her beg for more. Make her forget everything but our names.

Most people think of New Jersey as a suburban-industrial corridor that runs between New York and Philadelphia. Yet in the low center of the state is a near wilderness, larger than most national parks, which has been known since the seventeenth century as the Pine Barrens.

Preorder the new instalment in the Miss Ashford Investigates series taking Atalanta into Italy's breathtaking Amalfi coast. On a scenic tour of the beautiful Amalfi coast, Miss Atalanta Ashford happily partakes in the spring festival activities at a stunning seaside villa with a rich history...

As a graduate student exploring the rain forests of Australia, Meg Lowman realized that she couldn’t monitor her beloved leaves using any of the usual methods. So she put together a climbing kit: she sewed a harness from an old seat belt, gathered hundreds of feet of rope, and found a tool belt for her pencils and rulers. Up she went, into the trees. Forty years later, Lowman remains one of the world’s foremost arbornauts, known as the “real-life Lorax.”

The Forgotten Girls The body of an unidentified woman has been discovered in a remote forest. A large, unique scar on one side of her face should make the identification easy, but nobody has reported her missing. Louise Rick, the new commander of the Missing Persons Department, waits four long...

Learn how trees are majestic plants that come in different types, but with similarities. From broad-leaved to conifers, learn how the stem is really the tree trunk.

This is a book of oral presentations given by us animals, for us animals, and about us animals. The cleaner fish will talk about his friend the shark and his sharp teeth. The zebra will get to tell you about all the black-and-white animals in the world. The mole knows everything there is to know about the daddy longlegs. The southern cassowa—yes, fox? What is it? Yes, you'll get to talk about geese. Huh? Yes, you'll get to talk about how delicious they are.

Reflecting on family, identity and nature, Belonging is a personal memoir about what it is to have and make a home. It is a love letter to nature, especially the northern landscapes of Scotland and the Scots pinewoods of Abernethy—home to standing dead trees known as snags, which support the overall health of the forest. Belonging is a book about how we are held in thrall to elements of our past. It speaks to the importance of attention and reflection, and will encourage us all to look and observe and ask questions of ourselves.

Prince Kentry of Raine knows that if only he can capture the magical White Hart, the creature will grant his heart’s desire. Entering the depths of the Darkwood, he chases his quarry down...only to become lost in a mystical forest, where he must fight for his life at the side of a moon-haired maiden who may hold the answer to his dreams.

Penny hates the outdoors, but when her boyfriend, Jared, plans a romantic weekend getaway in the woods, she decides to tag along. The pair drive to a remote Kentucky campground with a strange and sordid history. Within the confines of the Swan Creek State Park are the ruins of a town abandoned under terrifying circumstances in the 19th century. The town of Newsom's Landing had been the site of the last-known witch trial in US history, and the ghost of its defendant, the infamous Ellie Pomeroy, is said to still linger.

Most of us live in a constant state of low-level stress… and we’ve started to feel like it’s normal. If you feel like you’re always tired and struggling to relax, or if you find yourself in constant need of a vacation, there’s something wrong – and the solution is surprisingly simple. We’ve become disconnected from the natural world. Even if you have a backyard and a pleasant enough walk to the office, you’re constantly being exposed to noise and pollution… and whether you’re aware of it or not, it affects both your mental and physical health.

If you almost had everything that you wanted, how hard would you fight to protect it? Kira is engaged to the man of her dreams: he’s charming, handsome, wealthy, and a great dad to their baby, Evie, and his thirteen-year-old daughter, Olive. Having grown up with a troubled relationship with...

The dense Michigan forest. Haunting wails. The clip-clop of demon hooves on a bridge to nowhere. It’s more than a tall tale to Brenda Jennings, whose sister disappeared in those woods one fateful night. Three years later, on a solo stakeout in the dark, Brenda goes in after her. She’s desperate for answers, and terrified to find what lies waiting on the other side of that bridge.

The gripping story of one American lawyer’s obsessive crusade—waged at any cost—against Big Oil on behalf of the poor farmers and indigenous tribes of the Amazon rainforest. Steven Donziger, a self-styled social activist and Harvard educated lawyer, signed on to a budding class action...

The journey begins when Autumn, a curious and adventurous spirit, stumbles upon a hidden pathway in the woods near her home. Drawn by a sense of curiosity, she ventures forth, unaware of the extraordinary adventure that awaits her. As she steps into the magical forest, she is greeted by a kaleidoscope of colors and an unexpected atmosphere of magic. As Autumn explores further, she meets a variety of magical creatures, each with their own unique personalities and abilities. From witty mushroom fairies to wise old tree spirits, the forest is teeming with life and excitement.