A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future by David Attenborough
$23.00 AUD
Category: Nature Writing
*Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Science & Technology Book of the Year* In this scientifically informed account of the changes occurring in the world over the last century, award-winning broadcaster and natural historian shares a lifetime of wisdom and a hopeful vision for the future. See the ...Show more
The Wild Silence by Raynor Winn
$23.00 AUD
Category: Nature Writing
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The incredible follow-up to one of the most talked about books of the decade - the phenomenon, Waterstones Book of the Month and Costa Award shortlisted The Salt Path. _______ 'Extraordinary: wise, unflinching, exquisite. Profound' Observer 'A thrill to read. The nature writi ...Show more
Turin: Approaching Animals by David Brooks
$26.95 AUD
Category: Nature Writing
'Our lives with non-human animals are characterised by a kind of unremitting contempt. Habits of life, traditions of thought, and failures of imagination have rendered us blind to their invitations to companionship within a shared world. And philosophy, alas, has offered little to assuage our moral inco ...Show more
Avian Illuminations: A Cultural History of Birds by Boria Sax
$50.00 AUD
Category: Nature Writing
An exquisitely illustrated journey through the complex and crucial relationship between humans and birds. Avian Illuminations examines the many roles birds have played in human society, from food, messengers, deities, and pets, to omens, muses, timekeepers, custodians, hunting companions, decorative mot ...Show more
Nightingale by Bethan Roberts
$25.00 AUD
Category: Nature Writing | Series: Animal Ser.
A melodious paean to the natural history and symbolic meaning of the most prized, poetized, and mythologized of songbirds. The nightingale has a unique place in cultural history: the most prized of songbirds, it has inspired more poems than any other creature, and it is also the most mythologized of ...Show more
A Natural History of Shells by Geerat J. Vermeij
$30.00 AUD
Category: Nature Writing | Series: Princeton Science Library
From "one of the master naturalists of our time" (American Scientist), a fascinating exploration of what seashells reveal about biology, evolution, and the history of life Geerat Vermeij wrote this celebration of shells to share his enthusiasm for these supremely elegant creations and what they can ...Show more
Splash! by Howard Means
$23.00 AUD
Category: Nature Writing
A global history of swimming, from humankind's first dip in what is now the driest spot on earth to the modern Olympic Games. 'This fascinating history of how, where and why humans swim...is perfect reading for those missing a splash-about during the lockdown.' Guardian From the first recorded dip into ...Show more
Wonderground - #4 Family / Tree
$38.00 AUD
Category: Nature Writing
Wonderground is a biannual print and online journal exploring questions of nature, culture and care. This issue is overflowing with inspiring, exciting and heart-filling ideas, stories and conversations. Just like a healthy forest ecosystem, there’s a diversity of light and dark, hope and wonder. Contri ...Show more
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer
$23.00 AUD
Category: Nature Writing
Living at the limits of our ordinary perception, mosses are a common but largely unnoticed element of the natural world. Gathering Moss is a beautifully written mix of science and personal reflection that invites readers to explore and learn from the elegantly simple lives of mosses.In these interwoven ...Show more
At The Pond: Swimming At The Hampstead Ladies' Pond by Margaret Drabble,Esther Freud,Sophie Mackintosh
$26.00 AUD
Category: Nature Writing
Tucked away along a shady path towards the north-east edge of Hampstead Heath is a sign: Women Only. This is the Kenwood Ladies’ Bathing Pond. Floating in the Pond’s silky waters, hidden by a canopy of trees, it’s easy to forget that you are in the middle of London. On a hot day, thousands of swimmers f ...Show more
Field Study - Meditations on a Year at the Herbarium by Helen Humphreys
$40.00 AUD
Category: Nature Writing
Award-winning and beloved author Helen Humphreys discovers her local herbarium and realizes we need to look for beauty in whatever nature we have left -- no matter how diminished Award-winning poet and novelist Helen Humphreys returns to her series of nature meditations in this gorgeously written and il ...Show more
Owls of the Eastern Ice: The Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl by Jonathan Slaght
$23.00 AUD
Category: Nature Writing
The Times Nature Book of the Year 2020 - A breathtaking portrait of Russia's remote far eastern forest, and of the world's most extraordinary owlThe forests near to where Russia, China and North Korea meet in a tangle of barbed wire are the only place on earth where brown bears, leopards and tigers co-e ...Show more