Earth Matters: How soil underlies civilization | Richard Bardgett
Richard Bardgett is a Professor of Ecology and has…
Earth: Over 4 Billion Years in the Making | Chris Packham and Andrew Cohen
A beautiful, full-colour book to accompany the 5…
Abundance: Nature in Recovery | Karen Lloyd
How should we restore nature and species, and why does it matter?…
January 12, 2025/by sandywThe Two-Headed Whale | Sandy Winterbottom
In 2016, Sandy Winterbottom embarked on an epic tall-ship voyage…
November 15, 2023/by sandywThe Illustrated World Encyclopaedia of Insects: A Natural History and Identification Guide to Beetles, Flies, Bees Wasps, Springtails, Mayflies and Many More | Martin Walters
This beautifully illustrated book provides an overview…
The New Wilderness | Diane Cook
In this haunting debut novel, Diane Cook explores…
The World Beneath Our Feet | Frank Ashwood
In The World Beneath Our Feet, scientist and macro-photographer…
Wild Dark Shore | Charlotte McConaghy
Gripping, moving, and beautifully-wrought, McConagh’s…
White Road | Harry Whitehead
Carrie is a Scottish rescue swimmer out of her depth in the…
October 6, 2025/by Liz JensenThe Sea Around Us | Rachel Carson
Author of the iconic Silent Spring, marine biologist…
What the Wild Sea Can Be | Helen Scales
Shortlisted for the 2025 Womens Prize for non-fiction,…
BIRD GIRL | MAYA-ROSE CRAIG
“In deciding to write a personal memoir at the…
LOSING EDEN | LUCY JONES
Part of Lucy Jones’ genius lies in her instinctive, incisive…
February 6, 2024/by Liz JensenThe Garden Awakening: Designs to nurture our land and ourselves | Mary Reynolds
In this beautifully written and illustrated book,…
Is A River Alive? | Robert Macfarlane
At its heart is a single, transformative idea: that…
A Seabird’s Cry | Adam Nicolson
In this engaging book, the reader takes flight…
The Rewilding | Donna M Cameron
Donna M Cameron’s novel is a striking hybrid of…
Late Light: The Secret Wonders of a Disappearing World | Michael Malay
“Late Light brings the reader along with Michael…
Sea Bean | Sally Huband
Sea Beans are seed pods that fall from vines in the…
Dream State | Eric Puchner
Puchner’s engrossing multi-generational portrait…
Firmament: The Hidden Science of Weather, Climate Change and the Air That Surrounds Us | Simon Clark
A thin, invisible layer of air surrounds the Earth,…
Wild Fell: Fighting for Nature on a Lake District Hill Farm | Lee Schofield
Lee Schofield, ecologist and site manager for RSPB…
The Brilliant Abyss: True Tales of Exploring the Deep Sea, Discovering Hidden Life and Selling the Seabed | Helen Scales
The deep sea is the last, vast wilderness on the…
WILDING | ISABELLA TREE
“I recommend anyone prone to despair to read Wilding –…
October 11, 2023/by Liz JensenNotes from Deep Time: A Journey Through Our Past and Future Worlds | Helen Gordon
The story of the Earth is written into our landscape: it's there…
November 24, 2022/by KatieAntlers of Water: Writing on the Nature and Environment of Scotland | Edited by Kathleen Jamie
This vivid collection of prose, poetry and photography…
Moving Mountains: Writing Nature through Illness and Disability | Edited by Louise Kenward
A groundbreaking anthology of nature writing by authors…
Sarn Helen | Tom Bullough
An award-winning account of a journey through Wales,…
Helm | Sarah Hall
Non-human protagonists are having quite a…
Dirt | Laura Baggaley
In the near future, global food supply chains have…
Pyromania: Fire and Geopolitics in a Climate-disrupted World | Simon Dalby
We are the only species that uses fire. It has determined…
WALDEN | HENRY THOREAU
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,…
February 6, 2024/by Liz JensenRiverflow | Alison Layland
In a village in the Welsh Marches, the undercurrents are…
October 2, 2023/by Liz JensenWild Fictions | Amitav Ghosh
Amitav Ghosh’s superb essay collection maps the…
Jeff VanderMeer | Area X
Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach series, beginning with the iconic trilogy—Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptanceand extending to the fourth volume, Absolution,…
Rebugging the Planet: The Remarkable Things that Insects (and Other Invertebrates) Do – And Why We Need to Love Them More | Vicky Hird
Rebugging the Planet shows us how bugs are beautiful,…
The Heart of the Woods | Wyl Menmuir
In his follow-up to the award-winning The Draw…
The Savage Landscape | Cal Flyn
A modern journey into the heart of what we call…
Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our World | Helen Czerski
“In Blue Machine, we are immersed into the world…
Tree Full of Wonder | Anna Smithers
This delightful children’s book introduces young…
The Complete Insect: Anatomy, Physiology, Evolution, and Ecology | David A. Grimaldi (editor)
A beautifully illustrated exploration of the world’s…
Everybody Needs Beauty: In Search of the Nature Cure | Samantha Walton
Everybody is talking about the healing properties…
Insect Ecology: An Ecosystem Approach | Timothy D. Schowalter
Dr. Timothy Schowalter has created a unique, updated…
A Sky Full of Kites: A Rewilding Story | Tom Bowser
An inspirational account of one family’s journey…
God Is An Octopus | Ben Goldsmith
“Sparked by the sudden death of his teenage daughter Iris,…
October 2, 2023/by Liz JensenWaterlog: A Swimmer’s Journey Through Britain | Roger Deakin
Roger Deakin set out in 1996 to swim through the…
The Dark Frontier: Unlocking the Secrets of the Deep Sea | Jeffrey Marlow
The deep sea is one of our planet’s last frontiers.…
Rewilding the Sea: How to Save our Oceans | Charles Clover
This hopeful book celebrates what happens when we…
Deep Water: The World in the Ocean | James Bradley
A vast journey spanning the breadth, depths, past,…
Wild Seas, Wilder Cities. A collection of environmental fiction, poems and articles, | Helen Salsbury and Richard Salsbury (editors)
Taking its ethos as ‘local action wherever you…
No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies | Julian Aguon
'A powerful, beautiful book. Its fierce love - of…
The Signature of All Things | Elizabeth Gilbert
Elizabeth Gilbert may be best known for her searching…
Tiny Gardens Everywhere | Kate Brown
A celebration of the power of small acts of care…
Raising Hare | Chloe Dalton
When Dalton, a high-flying political advisor at…
How Flowers Made our World | David George Heskell
Humans, animals and insects are all attracted to…
Silent Spring | Rachel Carson
In this seminal text published in 1962 Carson exposed…
Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World | Tyson Yunkaporta
This remarkable book is about everything from echidnas to…
September 25, 2022/by KatieHow Animals Heal Us | Jay Griffiths
"Animals don’t heal us by doing, but by being.…
Dirt to Soil: One Family’s Journey into Regenerative Agriculture | Gabe Brown
Soil health pioneer Gabe Brown did not set out to…
Earthlings | Ray Star
What would the world be like if the species hierarchy imposed…
January 12, 2025/by Liz JensenSoil, Soul, Society: A New Trinity for Our Time | Satish Kumar
Internationally-respected peace and environment activist…
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