____'A beautiful and luminous love letter to the night sky.'- Julian Hoffman,author ofIrreplaceable
Moonlight,starlight,the ethereal glow of snow in winter...When you flick off a switch,other forms of light begin to reveal themselves.
In this beautifully written exploration of the power of the lights of night,Matt Gaw ventures forth into darkness to find out exactly what we're missing when we fill our world with artificial glow,obliterating the subtler natural lights that have guided us and wildlife for millennia.
Walking by the light of the moon in Suffolk and under the scattered buckshot of starlight in Scotland; braving the darkest depths of Dartmoor and the glare of 24/7 London,Under the Starsis an inspirational and immersive call to reconnect with the natural world - and to switch off.
We only need to step outside to find that,in darkness,the world lights up. Let's look up together.
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'Enchanting,fascinating and written with real soul and sensitivity.'- Rob Cowen,author ofCommon Ground
'Lyrical,warm,and suffused with the magic of the night'- Patrick Barkham,author ofThe Butterfly Isles
'One of the most inspiring of our young nature writers,with a highly original journey into darkness and night'- Stephen Moss,naturalist and author ofThe Robin: A Biography
Publisher: Elliott & Thompson LimitedISBN: 9781783965823Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
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'Enchanting,fascinating andwritten with real soul and sensitivity.'- Rob Cowen,author ofCommon Ground
'One of the most inspiring ofour young nature writers,with a highly original journey into darkness andnight'- StephenMoss,naturalist and author ofThe Robin: A Biography
'Lyrical,warm,and suffusedwith the magic of the night'- Patrick Barkham,author ofThe Butterfly Isles
'A beautiful and - no otherword is more apt - luminous love letter to the night sky.'- Julian Hoffman,author ofIrreplaceable
"Gaw finds wonder in the dark... The stand-out chapter for me was his getting lost in the Woods of Cree in absolute pitch black. Deep primordial horrors arise and make for gripping reading...This is a powerful and valiant plea for us all to see that,unlike in science fiction,light isn't always good." -BBC Countryfile Magazine"Under starlight and in moonlight,in thedepths of the dark forest and on the streets of a city centre,Gaw goes on anocturnal adventure to discover how light pollution disrupts and affects ourown mental wellbeing,and the wellbeing of wildlife,too. En routehe re-discovers the beauties of meteor showers and moonlightmeanders,and encourages us to go on our own midnight adventures. Lyrical andlovely."-The Simple Things"Passionately argued and perfectlycrafted...Under the Starsisa timely and inspiring manifesto explaining how'by lighting our worldsparingly,carefully... we can achieve something that would improve humanhealth,protect wildlife,and help us to reconnect to the landscape andstarscape at night'."-The Countryman"An exquisite,lyrical blend of naturewriting,mythical story-telling and poetic elegy... Words are given to us in this book as a formof protection,an armour,a glistening cloak with which to keep ourselves onthe track; no matter how cold it may be...Stunning." - Kerri ni Dochartaigh,Caught By theRiver (Book of the Month)
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