John Macfarlane Popular Books

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John MacFarlane or John Macfarlane may refer to: Politicians John MacFarlane (Ipswich) (1829–1894), Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Ipswich John MacFarlane (New South Wales politician) (1813–1873), Scottish-born Australian physician and Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council John MacFarlane (Queensland politician) (1823–1880), Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Rockhampton John Duncan MacFarlane (1892–1982), farmer and politician in Saskatchewan, Canada John Sangster Macfarlane (1818–1880), 19th-century Member of Parliament in Auckland, New Zealand Others John Edward Macfarlane (born 1942), Canadian journalist John Macfarlane (artist), Scottish artist and theatre designer, Prix Benois de la Danse winner (2015) John Lisle Hall MacFarlane (1851–1874), Scottish rugby player John Menzies Macfarlane (1833–1892), Scottish Latter-day Saint hymnwriter John Muirhead Macfarlane (1855–1943), Scottish botanist John Macfarlane, American businessman, founder and retired CEO of the company Sonos John MacFarlane (philosopher), logician and original author of Pandoc See also John McFarlane (disambiguation). Discover the John Macfarlane popular books. Find the top 100 most popular John Macfarlane books.

Best Seller John Macfarlane Books of 2024

  • Plant Disease synopsis, comments

    Plant Disease

    David Ingram & Noel Robertson

    Plant Disease covers all aspects of diseases of plants growing in the wild or likely to be encountered on cultivated plants in farm, forest and garden. This edition is exclusive to...

  • Another Fine Mess synopsis, comments

    Another Fine Mess

    Tim Moore

    Tim Moore indefatigable travelling everyman – switches two wheels for four as he journeys across Trumpland in an original Model T Ford.‘Alarmingly full of incident, very funny – e...

  • Woodlands synopsis, comments

    Woodlands

    Oliver Rackham

    The 100th volume of the prestigious New Naturalist series, written by one of Britain's bestknown naturalists, explores the significance and history of woodlands on the British land...

  • Grouse synopsis, comments

    Grouse

    Adam Watson & Robert Moss

    With less than twenty species worldwide and only four British and Irish species, the grouse is surprisingly wellknown. Its habitats are diverse and relatively remote – ranging from...

  • Moths synopsis, comments

    Moths

    Mike Majerus

    Moths provides a comprehensive account of the diverse natural history of these fascinating and popular insects. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.comAnother volume in the...

  • Where the Wild Winds Are synopsis, comments

    Where the Wild Winds Are

    Nick Hunt

    Selected as a Book of the Year by the Financial Times, the Daily Telegraph and the Spectator"Travel writing in excelsis." Jan Morris, author of Venice"A thrilling and gorgeous tale...

  • Dragonflies synopsis, comments

    Dragonflies

    Philip Corbet & Stephen Brooks

    Dragonflies are among the most ancient of living creatures – few insect groups fascinate as much or are more immediately recognisable.In this seminal new work, Philip Corbet and St...

  • Butterflies synopsis, comments

    Butterflies

    E. B. Ford

    A scientific study that keeps in mind the needs of butterfly collectors and of all those who love the country in the hope that it may increase their pleasure by widening the scope ...

  • Climate and Weather synopsis, comments

    Climate and Weather

    John Kington

    Reviewing the history and causes of climatic change and evaluating regional models, this New Naturalist volume offers an important analysis of climatic variations.Much has happened...

  • The Consolation of Nature synopsis, comments

    The Consolation of Nature

    Michael McCarthy, Jeremy Mynott & Peter Marren

    ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S BEST NATURE BOOKS OF 2020SHORTLISTED FOR THE RICHARD JEFFERIES SOCIETY & WHITE HORSE BOOKSHOP LITERARY PRIZE'Lovely: full of fascinating detail and anecdo...

  • The Visitors synopsis, comments

    The Visitors

    Caroline Scott

    From the highly acclaimed author of The Photographer of the Lost, a BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick, comes a tale of a young war widow and one lifechanging, sundrenched visit to Co...

  • Wild Orchids of Britain synopsis, comments

    Wild Orchids of Britain

    V. S. Summerhayes

    A treasure for all lovers of wild plants – Wild Orchids of Britain provides a detailed account of all our orchid species, varieties and hybrids, and has a useful key to identificat...

  • Den Wind in den Haaren synopsis, comments

    Den Wind in den Haaren

    Annabel Abbs

    In diesem inspirierenden Buch stellt Annabel Abbs Künstlerinnen vor, die ein tiefes Bedürfnis nach Freiheit und Unabhängigkeit hatten. Und sie geht der Frage nach, warum Bewegung i...

  • Bumblebees synopsis, comments

    Bumblebees

    John B. Free & C. G. Butler

    This group of relatively large, colourful and familiar insects are a very popular subject of study because their behaviour can be observed without the use of elaborate equipment. T...

  • Sea-Birds synopsis, comments

    Sea-Birds

    James Fisher & R. M. Lockley

    SeaBirds introduces us to the seabirds of the North Atlantic, an ocean in which about half the world seabird species have been seen at one time or another. This edition is exclusiv...

  • Natural History in the Highlands and Islands synopsis, comments

    Natural History in the Highlands and Islands

    F. Fraser Darling

    The Highlands and Islands of Scotland are rugged moorland, alpine mountains and jagged coast with remarkable natural history. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.comThe Hig...

  • Mountains and Moorlands synopsis, comments

    Mountains and Moorlands

    W. H. Pearsall

    An invaluable introduction to the upland regions of Britain – their structure, climate, vegetation and animal life, their present and past uses and the problems of their conservati...

  • Seashore synopsis, comments

    Seashore

    Peter J. Hayward

    A comprehensive, authoritative account of the natural history of the seashore, from earliest times to the present day. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.comThe seashore, ...

  • Lichens synopsis, comments

    Lichens

    Oliver Gilbert

    Lichens are fascinating and beautiful organisms able to colonise a vast range of habitats, including seemingly impossible places such as bare icy mountain tops and sunscorched coas...

  • The Gifts of Reading synopsis, comments

    The Gifts of Reading

    Robert Macfarlane, William Boyd, Candice Carty-Williams, Chigozie Obioma, Philip Pullman, Imtiaz Dharker, Roddy Doyle, Pico Iyer, Andy Miller, Jackie Morris, Jan Morris, Sisonke Msimang, Dina Nayeri, Michael Ondaatje, David Pilling, Max Porter, Alice Pung, Jancis Robinson, SF Said, Madeleine Thien, Salley Vickers, John Wood & Markus Zusak

    With contributions by: William Boyd, Candice CartyWilliams, Imtiaz Dharker, Roddy Doyle, Pico Iyer, Robert Macfarlane, Andy Miller, Jackie Morris, Jan Morris, Sisonke Msimang, Dina...

  • The Way Home synopsis, comments

    The Way Home

    Mark Boyle

    An honest, radical and moving account of life off the grid. It was 11pm when I checked my email for the last time and turned off my phone for what I hoped would be forever.No runni...

  • Plant Pests synopsis, comments

    Plant Pests

    David V. Alford

    Ever since man first cultivated plants and grew crops, insects, mites and other creatures have risen to prominence as pests, but it is only throughout the last two centuries that w...

  • The History of the Countryside synopsis, comments

    The History of the Countryside

    Oliver Rackham

    From its earliest origins to the present day, this awardwinning, beautifully written book describes the endlessly changing character of Britain's countryside.'A classic' Richard Ma...

  • Insect Migration synopsis, comments

    Insect Migration

    C. B. Williams

    Highlighting the significance of the widespread distribution of the migratory habit throughout the insect world. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.comThis is a pioneer bo...

  • Trees and Woodland in the British Landscape synopsis, comments

    Trees and Woodland in the British Landscape

    Oliver Rackham

    A beautifully written classic of nature writing.'A masterly account...of supreme interest...a classic' Country LifeLong accepted as the best work on the subject, Oliver Rackham's b...

  • Uplands and Birds synopsis, comments

    Uplands and Birds

    Ian Newton

    Ian Newton, author of Farming and Birds and Bird Migration returns to the New Naturalist series with a long awaited look at the uplands and its birds.The uplands of Britain are uni...

  • Climate and the British Scene synopsis, comments

    Climate and the British Scene

    Gordon Manley

    From Chaucer’s sweet April showers to the peasoupers of Sherlock Holmes the British scene cannot be contemplated without climate entering in. This edition is exclusive to newnatura...

  • Grasshoppers and Crickets synopsis, comments

    Grasshoppers and Crickets

    Ted Benton

    For the first time ever, a DVD featuring exclusive video and audio material accompanies the latest New Naturalist volume, a multimedia first for the series.Ted Benton offers a comp...

  • The Wisdom of Wolves synopsis, comments

    The Wisdom of Wolves

    Elli H. Radinger

    'ENCHANTING' MAIL ON SUNDAY They care for their elderly, play with their kids, and always put family first. Can we all learn something from the wisdom of wolves? In this unforge...

  • Ferns synopsis, comments

    Ferns

    Christopher N. Page

    Ferns gives the reader an introduction to the reasons for the variety of ferns in the British Isles, as well as the history of their development within this landscape and their use...

  • Inheritance and Natural History synopsis, comments

    Inheritance and Natural History

    R. J. Berry

    Ever wondered why primroses have three sorts of flowers; or about pesticide resistance in rats and mice, mosquitoes and greenfly; antibiotic resistance in disease organisms – all a...

  • Swansong synopsis, comments

    Swansong

    Kerry Andrew

    ‘Swansong is the real thing, right from the start: spiky, strange and contemporary, but always with a dark undertow of myth and folklore tugging at its telling…this is a brilliant ...

  • Plant Galls synopsis, comments

    Plant Galls

    Margaret Redfern

    A muchneeded study on plant galls – growths on plants formed of plant tissue that are caused by other organisms.Most naturalists have come across oak apples, robin’s pincushions, m...

  • Partridges synopsis, comments

    Partridges

    G R (Dick) Potts

    Globally, there are at least 45 species of game bird that have the word partridge in their name, but in this book G. R. Potts devotes himself to the Grey, Redlegged and Chukar Part...

  • Loch Lomondside synopsis, comments

    Loch Lomondside

    John Mitchell

    Loch Lomondside is celebrated for its outstanding scenery. The area supports a rich tapestry of water and wild land, forest and woodland, farmland and settlement. This edition is e...

  • The Soil synopsis, comments

    The Soil

    B. N. K. Davis, N. Walker, D. F. Ball & Alastair Fitter

    The soil is one of the great unsung disappearing resources, with over 100m tonnes being destroyed every year. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.comThe soil is the work pl...

  • British Game synopsis, comments

    British Game

    Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald

    British Game ranges beyond the strict legal interpretation of game and is full of interesting details about the birds and beasts that should interest sportsmen. This edition is exc...

  • The Natural History of Pollination synopsis, comments

    The Natural History of Pollination

    Michael Proctor, Peter Yeo & Andrew Lack

    This is a brand new, fully updated edition of the natural history classic first published in the New Naturalist series in 1973 as The Pollination of Flowers. This edition is exclus...

  • A Year in the Woods synopsis, comments

    A Year in the Woods

    Colin Elford

    Colin Elford's A Year in the Woods is an enthralling journey into the heart of the English countryside with a preamble by Craig Taylor.Colin Elford spends his days alone alone bu...

  • Finches synopsis, comments

    Finches

    Ian Newton

    This illustrated survey of finch behaviour is a thorough, nontechnical account of the habits of these birds throughout the world.Greenfinches nest in plantations, large shrubby gar...

  • British Freshwater Fish synopsis, comments

    British Freshwater Fish

    P. S. Maitland & R. N. Campbell

    An indepth look at the fish that inhabit the fresh waters of Britain and Ireland. These include famous members of the salmon family, such as the Atlantic Salmon and the Brown Trout...

  • The Broads synopsis, comments

    The Broads

    E. A. Ellis

    The Broads discusses the history of the Broads, the people who come into contact with and influence these waterways, and what the future holds.The unique complex of eastern English...

  • Next to Nature synopsis, comments

    Next to Nature

    Ronald Blythe

    'All the charm, wonder, eccentricity and vigour of country life is here in these pages, and told with such engaging directness, detail and colour . . . Bliss' STEPHEN FRY'A capacio...

  • Birds and Men synopsis, comments

    Birds and Men

    E. M. Nicholson

    Revealing the impact of civilisation upon our bird life, with particular reference to the species that have come to rely largely on types of habitat greatly modified or actually fo...

  • Waiting for the Albino Dunnock synopsis, comments

    Waiting for the Albino Dunnock

    Rosamond Richardson

    'A beautiful book' Tim Birkhead, author of Bird Sense'The prose is sublime, and so is the intelligence behind it' Bel Mooney, Daily MailThe extraordinary world of birds has the pow...