Inspirational Nature Writing Books

By: Robert MacfarlaneBinding: Paperback / softbackTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZEThe original bestseller from the beloved author of UNDERLAND, LANDMARKS and THE LOST WORDS - Robert Macfarlane travels Britain's ancient paths and discovers the secrets of our beautiful, underappreciated landscape'The Old...

By: Katherine MayBinding: Paperback / softbackTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERBBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'A beautiful, gentle exploration of the dark season of life and the light of spring that eventually follows' RAYNOR WINN'My favourite book of the last five years' CAITLIN MORANWintering...

By Grainne Lyons (Author)Format: Paperback / softback 248 pagesPublisher: New Island BooksImprint: New Island BooksISBN: 9781848409286Published: 9 Feb 2024Classifications: Western Continental Europe, Biography: literary, Memoirs, Natural history, Walking, hiking, trekking, Travel writingWeight: 236gDimensions: 129 x 198 x 20 (mm) At a crossroads in her life,...

By: John WrightBinding: Paperback / softbackIt is difficult to think of a more quintessential symbol of the British countryside than the British Hedgerow, bursting with blackberries, hazelnuts and sloes, and home to oak and ash, field mice and butterflies. But as much as we...

By: Cal FlynBinding: Paperback / softbackTHE SUNDAY TIMES' BESTSELLER AND SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT CONSERVATION AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH...

By: Jane McMorland HunterBinding: HardbackEnjoy a whole year of the very finest nature writing, with one carefully selected piece to savour every day. This beautifully illustrated daily anthology brings you the very best of nature writing from around the world and through the centuries,...

By: Raynor WinnBinding: Paperback / softbackBring nature into your home with the inspiring true story of hope and the healing powers of the natural world, in one of the most talked about books of the decadeFROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR'This is what you need...

By: Peter HillBinding: Paperback / softbackWhen Peter Hill, a student at Dundee College of Art, answered an advert in The Scotsman seeking lighthouse keepers, little did he imagine that within a month he would be living with three men he didn't know in a...

By: Charlotte RuncieBinding: Paperback / softback'An ode to the ocean, and the generations of women drawn to the waves or left waiting on the shore' Guardian In Salt On Your Tongue, Charlotte Runcie explores what the sea means to us, and particularly what it...

By: Francis PryorBinding: Paperback / softbackA BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. 'Francis Pryor brings the magic of the Fens to life in a deeply personal and utterly enthralling way' TONY ROBINSON. 'Pryor feels the land rather than simply knowing it' GUARDIAN. Inland...

By: John Lewis-StempelBinding: Paperback / softback_________________'BRITAIN'S FINEST LIVING NATURE WRITER' - THE TIMESWINNER OF THE THWAITES WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2015What really goes on in the long grass?Meadowland gives an unique and intimate account of an English meadow's life from January to December, together with its...

Format: Paperback / softback 416 pagesPublisher: September PublishingImprint: September PublishingEdition: New edISBN: 9781912836017Published: 1 Aug 2019Weight: 336gDimensions: 127 x 197 x 28 (mm) If Women Rose Rooted has been described as both transformative and essential. Sharon Blackie leads the reader on a quest to...

By: Amy-Jane BeerBinding: Paperback / softbackWINNER OF THE 2023 JAMES CROPPER WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING'Unparalleled.' THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE'A true masterpiece.' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT'A tour de force.' GUY SHRUBSOLE'Quietly courageous.' PATRICK BARKHAM'Lyrical, wholehearted and wise.' LEE SCHOFIELD'A knockout. I loved it.' MELISSA HARRISON'Honest, raw...

By: Adam NicolsonBinding: Paperback / softbackHave you ever wondered what it would be like to be given your own remote islands? Thirty years ago it happened to Adam Nicolson. Aged 21, Nicolson inherited the Shiants, three lonely Hebridean islands set in a dangerous sea...

By: Ronald BlytheBinding: Paperback / softbackThe best portrait of rural life in England' Roger Deakin'Exquisite' John Updike'The finest contemporary writer on the English countryside' ObserverRonald Blythe's perceptive and vivid evocation of the rural Suffolk he had known since childhood was acclaimed as an instant...

By: Isabella TreeBinding: Paperback / softback'A poignant, practical and moving story of how to fix our broken land, this should be conservation's salvation; this should be its future; this is a new hope' - Chris PackhamIn Wilding, Isabella Tree tells the story of the...

By Robert Macfarlane (Author)Format: Paperback / softback 352 pagesPublisher: Granta BooksImprint: Granta BooksISBN: 9781783789306Published: 4 May 2023Classifications: Natural history, Travel writingWeight: 246gDimensions: 129 x 198 x 25 (mm)

By: Nan Shepherd, Robert Macfarlane, Jeanette WintersonBinding: Hardback'The finest book ever written on nature and landscape in Britain' GuardianIntroduction by Robert Macfarlane. Afterword by Jeanette WintersonIn this masterpiece of nature writing, Nan Shepherd describes her journeys into the Cairngorm mountains of Scotland. There she...

Format: Paperback / softback 224 pagesPublisher: Elliott & Thompson LimitedImprint: Elliott & Thompson LimitedISBN: 9781783965823Published: 4 Feb 2021Weight: 216gDimensions: 129 x 199 x 19 (mm) When you flick off a switch, other forms of light begin to reveal themselves. In this beautifully written exploration...

By: Dan Richards, Robert Macfarlane, Stanley DonwoodBinding: Paperback / softbackHolloway - a hollow way, a sunken path. A route that centuries of foot-fall, hoof-hit, wheel-roll and rain-run have harrowed deep down into bedrock. In July 2005, Robert Macfarlane and Roger Deakin - author of...

By: Raynor WinnBinding: Paperback / softbackTHE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SALT PATH AND THE WILD SILENCEJoin Raynor and Moth on their remarkable 1000-mile walk from Scotland to the South West Coast Path in this powerful account of our...

By: Robert MacfarlaneBinding: Paperback / softbackA beautiful gift for the intrepid explorer in your life by one of the most acclaimed and beloved nature writers working today, the internationally bestselling, prize-winning author of Landmarks, The Lost Words and The Old WaysA SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER...

By: Raynor WinnBinding: Paperback / softbackThe incredible Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller from the million-copy bestselling author of the phenomenon and 80-week Sunday Times bestselling The Salt Path'Beautiful, a thrill to read . . . you feel the world is a better place because...

In a heartwarming tale of unconventional companionship, George: A Magpie Memoir by Frieda Hughes takes readers on a remarkable journey of hope and resilience. When Hughes rescues an abandoned baby magpie, she embarks on a transformative adventure as she nurtures and raises the cheeky,...

By Alice Vincent (Author)Format: Hardback 304 pagesPublisher: Canongate BooksImprint: Canongate BooksISBN: 9781838855437Published: 2 Mar 2023Classifications: Memoirs, Feminism & feminist theory, GardeningWeight: 410gDimensions: 146 x 223 x 35 (mm) Women have always gardened, but our stories have been buried with our work. Alice Vincent is...

By: Guy ShrubsoleBinding: Paperback / softbackWINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION 2023 The Sunday Times Science Book of the Year As seen on Countryfile 'If anyone was born to save Britain's rainforests, it was Guy Shrubsole' Sunday Times Shortlisted for the Richard Jefferies...

In the wake of a devastating heartbreak, Jade Angeles Fitton found herself seeking solace in the most unlikely of places - the solitary embrace of the wilderness. "Hermit" is a poignant and introspective memoir that chronicles her journey of self-discovery and healing through the...

Embark on a captivating journey through Scotland's forgotten trails and byways with Alistair Moffat's The Hidden Ways. This mesmerizing non-fiction travel book transports readers along the ancient Roman roads once trodden by mighty armies, the warpaths etched by warriors of old, the winding pilgrim...

By: Roger Deakin, Alison Hastie, Terence BlackerBinding: Paperback / softbackCalming, thought-provoking, poetic and honest, Notes from Walnut Tree Farm is a collection of writing and musing by documentary-maker, environmentalist and author of Waterlog, Roger Deakin. 'Gentle, straight, honest, inquisitive, funny, melancholic' Spectator'A lovely book...

By: David GangeBinding: Paperback / softbackCOLLECTIVE WINNER OF THE HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 'This is the book that has been wanting to be written for decades: the ragged fringe of Britain as a laboratory for the human spirit' Adam...