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A Life in Nature or How to Catch a Mole by Marc Hamer
Category: Animals & Nature
Longlisted for the Wainwright Book Prize 2019A life-affirming book about the British countryside, the cycle of nature, solitude and contentment, through the prism of a brilliant new nature writer's experience working as a traditional mole-catcher, and why he gave it up.I have been catching moles in gard ...Show more
How to Catch a Mole by Marc Hamer
Category: Biography Memoir
A life-affirming book about the British countryside, the cycle of nature, solitude, mortality and contentment, through the prism of a brilliant new nature writer's experience working as a traditional mole-catcher. I have been catching moles in gardens and farms for years and I have decided that I am no ...Show more
Seed to Dust: A Gardener's Story by Marc Hamer
Category: Biography
For readers of Late Migrations and Vesper Flights A meditative and powerful memoir, in which a gardener explores the cycle of growth and decay that runs through both the garden's life--and our own. Beginning in January, and extending for one full year, each chapter in this arresting memoir depicts a ...Show more
Seed to Dust: A Gardener's Story by Marc Hamer
Category: Home and Garden
For the gardener in your life, or for anyone who loved Late Migrations and H is for Hawk A stunning meditation on gardening and the wisdom of plants, "that rare book that will appeal to nonfiction readers everywhere ... Candid, tender, thoughtful and absorbing." --Shelf Awareness (STARRED Review) Wit ...Show more
Seed to Dust - A Gardener's Story by Marc Hamer
Category: Home and Garden
The perfect gift for the gardener in your life, or for anyone who loved Late Migrations and H is for Hawk A stunning meditation on gardening and the wisdom of plants, "that rare book that will appeal to nonfiction readers everywhere ... Candid, tender, thoughtful and absorbing." --Shelf Awareness (STAR ...Show more
Spring Rain by Marc Hamer
Category: Animals & Nature
In Spring Rain, writer and gardener, Marc Hamer, now in his 60s, shares his path to contentment from difficult beginnings. Through the prism of family gardens, he reflects on how we reconcile our childhoods with where we end up as adults.Growing up in a violent home, as a young boy, Hamer found solace a ...Show more
Spring Rain - A Life Lived in Gardens by Marc Hamer
Category: Home and Garden
"Marc Hamer knows how to live--simply, sparely, reverently, abundantly. Spring Rain is a tonic for the soul."--Sy Montgomery, author of How to Be A Good Creature From the beloved author of How to Catch a Mole and Seed to Dust comes a highly original memoir of childhood, old age, and the restorative powe ...Show more
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