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All Roots And Branches

Oliver Rackham T HE S ECRET L IFE OF T REES by Colin Tudge Allen Lane, £20, pp. 452, ISBN 0713996986 ✆ £16 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 T his book covers all the trees that......

All Gas And Gaiters

Diana Hendry K EPT : A V ICTORIAN M YSTERY by D. J. Taylor Chatto, £16.99, pp. 431, ISBN 0701178957 ✆ £13.59 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 I t’s irrelevant, I know, but I can’t......