by Simon Barnes
GU7 1XR
01483 426444
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BirdLife International
(an international organisation for bird conservation)
Wellbrook Court
Girton Road
Cambridge
CB3 0NA
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The Wildlife Trusts
(umbrella organisation for the county wildlife trusts)
The Kiln
Waterside
Mather Road
Newark
Nottinghamshire
NG24 1WT
www.wildlifetrusts.org
WildSounds
(a commercial organisation that supplies recordings of bird sound, other recordings of natural sounds, as well as wildlife books)
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Salthouse
Norfolk
NR25 7XH
www.wildsounds.co.uk
About the Author
Simon Barnes, the award-winning chief sportswriter for The Times and frequently controversial columnist for the RSPB’s Birds magazine, is the author of 14 books, including five on wildlife and three novels. He lives in Suffolk with his family and has seen a barn owl, kingfisher and marsh harrier in his garden.
Other titles published by Short Books:
By the same author:
A Bad Birdwatcher’s Companion
A personal introduction to Britain’s
50 most obvious birds
Simon Barnes
Few books are more intimidating than a conventional field guide. There are simply too many birds in them. This book introduces the reader to Britain’s most obvious birds. But it does more than that: it also explains them. It explains the way that different birds do different things, eat different food, sing different songs and live different lives, and it explains why they are different.
If you are a would-be birdwatcher but don’t know where to start, A Bad Birdwatcher’s Companion is for you. It will help you understand birdwatching: but far more important, it will help you begin to understand birds.
£9.99 ISBN 1-904095-69-0
THE GOOD GRANNY GUIDE
Or how to be a modern grandmother
Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall
As all good grandparents know, the most precious gift they can offer their grandchildren is time.
In The Good Granny Guide, you will find a whole range of practical advice to help you make the most of the time you spend with your grandchildren.
Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall, an enthusiastic and closely involved grandmother of four, has gathered first-hand tips from other grandparents and their families in many different situations. The result is a hugely insightful handbook – a wonderful resource of wisdom, history and humour – covering everything from childcare trouble-shooting to what NOT to say to the daughter-in-law.
£12.99 ISBN 1-9040977-08-1
TEACHER ON THE RUN
True Tales of Classroom Chaos
Francis Gilbert
Gilbert is back and he’s glad to be back. After three years of teaching atTruss, an inner-city sink school, Francis Gilbert has been offered a job in the English department at his old school, a nice suburban comprehensive. Like a prisoner out of Colditz, he feels like he’s just landed a job in toytown.
But, with Mr Morgan, the deaf old English teacher, still cackling, the staff room politics in tatters, alarming complaints from the parents and, worst of all, the memories of his own disturbed childhood suddenly rushing back at him, how long can Gilbert’s dreamland last?
£9.99 ISBN 1-904977-03-0
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Copyright
First published in 2004
by Short Books
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This ebook edition first published in 2011
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