Wild Isles

Being part of an island community ourselves, we at Coach House Publications have a keen interest in islands throughout the world. Our Wild Isles series features islands from the South Atlantic including Ascension, St Helena, The Falklands and South Georgia. We have enlisted the help of the very best authors, explorers and photographers to bring you their varying landscapes and cultures.

We also stock books from other publishers which we believe deserve the title Wild Isles. To see these titles,

Wild Isles books

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Click for details Ascension Island Atlantic Outpost (Coach House Publications)
by Kevin Schafer

Ascension Island is one of the most remote places on the planet. Since the days of Napoleon it has served as a far-flung outpost of Empire, a communications centre and a vital transportation link during both the Second World War and the Falklands conflict. 

£12.95

Click for details Ascension Island: A Visitor's Guide (Coach House Publications)
by Neil MacFall

Ascension Island: A Visitor’s Guide presents a concise history of the island, from its spectacular birth as a volcano over 1 million years ago, through its accidental discovery in the early years of the sixteenth century and its role as a naval base during Napoleon’s imprisonment on St Helena, and on towards its vital role in the NASA Space Shuttle programmes in the present day. 

£7.95

Click for details Deception Island and the Antarctic Peninsula (hardback) (Coach House Publications)
by Peter Hall

Award winning photographer and acclaimed wilderness artist Peter Hall first visited the Antarctic Peninsula in 2001 on a tourist ship for a one-off "trip of a lifetime". Three years and seven cruises later, he found himself completely alone on perhaps the most environmentally and historically fascinating island in Antarctica; the actively volcanic Deception Island. Experienced through his words, superb images and paintbrush this book offers a unique vision of what is truly the planet's last untouched wilderness area.

£19.95

Click for details Deception Island and the Antarctic Peninsula (paperback) (Coach House Publications)
by Peter Hall

Award winning photographer and acclaimed wilderness artist Peter Hall first visited the Antarctic Peninsula in 2001 on a tourist ship for a one-off "trip of a lifetime". Three years and seven cruises later, he found himself completely alone on perhaps the most environmentally and historically fascinating island in Antarctica; the actively volcanic Deception Island. Experienced through his words, superb images and paintbrush this book offers a unique vision of what is truly the planets last untouched wilderness area.

£12.95

Click for details South Georgia Antarctic Sanctuary (pbk) (Coach House Publications)
by Kevin Schafer

South Georgia in the remote South Atlantic is one of the most dramatic islands in the world. Beneath towering icy mountains are enormous gatherings of marine animals, including millions of penguins and seals. Although once a centre for a savage whaling industry, South Georgia is now an important refuge for wildlife. 

£12.95

Click for details South Georgia Antarctic Sanctuary (hbk) (Coach House Publications)
by Kevin Schafer

This is the hardback edition of award winning photographer Kevin Schafer's remarkable book on South Georgia in the remote South Atlantic. One of the most dramatic islands in the world with its enormous gatherings of marine animals, including millions of penguins and seals, it was once a centre for a savage whaling industry but is now an important refuge for wildlife. 

£19.95

Click for details The Falkland Islands - Between the Wind & Sea (Coach House Publications)
by Kevin Schafer

The Falkland Islands, in the wild South Atlantic, are home to one of the greatest gatherings of wildlife on Earth. Award-winning photographer and naturalist Kevin Schafer spent several months in the Islands capturing this extraordinary natural pageant on film. The result is a vivid, colourful portrait of a windswept paradise.

£12.95

Click for details Ascension Island Walking Guide: Letterbox Walks (Coach House Publications)
by Neil MacFall

The concept of letterboxes on Ascension Island probably dates back to the 17th Century. Ships travelling south would leave messages on the Island for northbound ships to pick up and take home.
This idea obviously appealed to later visitors to the Island because by 1913 a green tin box was placed at Bottle Point near to the site of the modern day Letterbox. Notes were left by those visiting the area with the idea being that the next person to visit would take the note and put it in the general mail. From this simple beginning the letterbox walks have evolved.  
 

£4.95

Click for details Ascension Island: Inshore Sea Life (Coach House Publications)
by John and Jane Bingeman

This publication is a photographic guide to the marine life of the Ascension Islands as snorkellers see them.  Collated alphabetically from Angelfish to Wrasse, the guide provides full colour photographs and interesting facts on every known creature residing in the waters around Ascension Island, including their appearance, location and feeding habits.

£7.95