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A Short History of the World According to Sheep

Autor Sally Coulthard
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 10 noi 2021
'This book deserves a place in your bookcase next to Harari's Sapiens. It's every bit as fascinating and is surely destined to be just as successful' Julian Norton From the plains of ancient Mesopotamia to the vast sheep farms of modern-day Australia, sheep have been central to the human story. Since our our Neolithic ancestors' first forays into sheep-rearing nearly 11,000 years ago, these remarkable animals have fed us, clothed us, changed our diet and language and financed the conquest of large swathes of the earth.Sally Coulthard weaves this fascinating story into a vivid and colourful tapestry of engaging anecdotes and extraordinary ovine facts, whose multiple strands celebrate just how pivotal these woolly animals are to almost every aspect of human society and culture.This title was published also in the United States under the title Follow the Flock.'A snappy, stimulating book, and certainly not just for shepherds' Mail on Sunday'Full of fascinating social history' Independent'You won't look at a sheep in the same way again' Country Living
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781789544213
ISBN-10: 1789544211
Pagini: 320
Ilustrații: 50 integrated b&w
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Apollo
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

A brilliant gift for nature lovers - fascinating and fun as well as authoritative and informative.

Notă biografică

Sally Coulthard is a best selling author of design and outdoor living books including The Hedgehog Handbook, The Bee Bible, The Little Book of Snow, How to Build a Shed, Shed Chic, Gardenalia, The Little Book of Building Fires. She lives on a Yorkshire farm where she keeps chickens as well as - naturally - sheep.

Recenzii

Sally Coulthard's story of how sheep shaped the human story is full of rich pickings... Full of fascinating social history'
Global in scope, with fascinating vignettes from the ancient world to the present day, this is anything but woolly
A snappy, stimulating book, and certainly not just for shepherds
Overflows with anecdotes and ovine facts with Coulthard showing how intrinsic sheep have been to human society and culture
This book deserves a place in your bookcase next to Harari's Sapiens. It's every bit as fascinating and is surely destined to be just as successful
I absolutely LOVE this... It's a perfect light-hearted informative history'
Sally Coulthard weaves the rich and fascinating story of sheep into a vivid and colourful tapestry... Sally's book is threaded with engaging anecdotes and remarkable ovine facts'
[An] intriguing book... You won't look at a sheep in the same way again'
Love a sheep? Yorkshire writer Sally Coulthard has the ovis covered!
You often see them on walks, but what do you really know about the woolly bleaters? Sally Coulthard reveals mind-boggling facts in her new book
The rich and fascinating story of the sheep, masterfully told. Such a splendid book
Over the course of some 300 pages, Sally Coulthard weaves the rich and fascinating story of sheep into a suitably colourful woollen tapestry'
I've been listening to A Short History of the World According to Sheep... Light-hearted and fun, it is also fascinating and I feel like I have learnt so much'
Author Sally Coulthard stitches together fascinating tidbits, exploring the sheep's relationship to human civilization and culture
Coulthard's lively history celebrates the millennia-old relationship between humans and ovines from prehistoric times to The Yorkshire Shepherdess, and looks to a future in which sheep play a part in sustainable agriculture