Nature writing
Books about nature, conservation, etc.
by Douglas Adams & Mark Carwardine
The late Douglas Adams travels the world visiting endangered species.
by Richard Mabey
Nature writer recovers from depression by reconnecting with nature.
by Richard Mabey
A series of essays about man's relationship with plants.
by Richard Mabey
Non-sentimental nature writing at its best.
by Richard Mabey
The best of Mabey's BBC Wildlife magazine pieces.
by Richard Mabey
How nature can sometimes thrive in man-made environments.
by Richard Mabey
British nature writer wants to cut nature's vagabonds some slack.
by Richard Mabey
Short but enjoyable book, based on a series of radio programmes.
by Mark Cocker
A naturalist's pursuit of rooks and jackdaws.
by Tim Dee
A perfect blend of science and poetry.
by Roger Deakin
A celebration of all things arboreal.
by Roger Deakin
The jottings of a great observer of nature's minutiae.
by Roger Deakin
A celebration of all things natatorial.
by David Quammen
David Quammen travels the world, visiting the habitats of four man-eaters.
by David Quammen
David Quammen travels the world, visiting endangered species.
by Philip Hoare
A wonderful history of man's relationship with the whale.
by Jason Cowley (ed.)
More environments than nature writing, really—but still great stuff.
by John Lister-Kaye
Famous nature writer's observations from his daily circular walk.
by John Lister-Kaye
Delightful book about encouraging a young daughter's love of nature.
by J.A. Baker
British nature writer wants to cut nature's vagabonds some slack.
by R.M. Lockley
Wartime letters to a close friend about the wildlife on a Welsh island.
by Colin Elford
A rather special book from a forest ranger.
by Melanie Challenger
How our estrangement from Nature has led to collapse and extinction of entire ways of life.
by Nan Shepherd
1940s masterpiece of nature writing.
There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.
Charles Darwin
On the Origin of Species
On the Origin of Species
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