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Life in the Garden by Penelope Lively
RRP: $21.43$15.15'Wonderful. A manifesto of horticultural delight' Literary Review 'Beautiful. Perfect for literary garden lovers' Good Housekeeping'Rich and unusual, a book to treasure. Few recent gardening books come anywhere close to its style, intelligence and... -
A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis by Vanessa Nakate
RRP: $39.00$25.55'Vanessa Nakate continues to teach a most critical lesson. She reminds us that while we may all be in the same storm, we are not all in the same boat.' Greta Thunberg'An indispensable voice for our future.' Malala Yousafzai'A powerful global voice.'... -
Gorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey 9780753811412 [USED COPY]
RRP: $21.43$4.60Dian Fossey's classic account of four gorilla families - one of the most important books ever written about our connection to the natural worldFor thirteen years Dian Fossey lived and worked with Uncle Bert, Flossie, Beethoven, Pantsy and Digit in the... -
Gorillas in the Mist Dian Fossey 9780753811412
RRP: $21.43$14.43Dian Fossey's classic account of four gorilla families - one of the most important books ever written about our connection to the natural worldFor thirteen years Dian Fossey lived and worked with Uncle Bert, Flossie, Beethoven, Pantsy and Digit in the... -
The Man Who Gave Away His Island: A Life of John Lorne Campbell of Canna Ray Perman 9781912476893
RRP: $19.48$13.63In 1938 John Lorne Campbell bought the Hebridean isle of Canna. He wanted to prevent it becoming a rich man's playground (like so many other islands and Highland estates), to preserve a part of traditional Gaelic culture and show that efficient farming... -
The Whispering Land by Gerald Durrell 9780241955840
RRP: $25.33$17.73'When you have a large collection of animals to transport from one end of the world to the other you cannot, as a lot of people seem to think, just hoist them aboard the nearest ship and set off with a gay wave of your hand.'Gerald Durrell and his wife... -
The Frayed Atlantic Edge: A Historian's Journey from Shetland to the Channel by David Gange 9780008225148
RRP: $21.43$14.14COLLECTIVE 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... -
A Zoo in My Luggage by Gerald Durrell
RRP: $19.48$13.86'For many years I had wanted to start a zoo . . . any reasonable person smitten with an ambition of this sort would have secured the zoo first and obtained the animals afterwards. but throughout my life I have rarely if ever achieved what I wanted by... -
The Swimmer: The Wild Life of Roger Deakin by Patrick Barkham 9780241471487
RRP: $21.43$15.15BEST BOOK OF 2023 ACCORDING TO THE NEWSTATESMAN AND OBSERVER'The Swimmer is a wonderful, original achievement; teeming with stories, glittering with images, and experimental in form and tone' Robert MacfarlaneRoger Deakin, author of the immortal... -
The Ring of Bright Water Trilogy: Ring of Bright Water, The Rocks Remain, Raven Seek Thy Brother by Gavin Maxwell
RRP: $29.23$21.35'Gavin Maxwell's trilogy is essential reading' Sunday HeraldFifty years ago Gavin Maxwell went to live in an abandoned house on a shingle beach on the west coast of Scotland. A haven for wildlife - he named his home Camusfearna and settled there with the... -
Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness by Edward Abbey
RRP: $21.43$14.14'My favourite book about the wilderness' Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild In this shimmering masterpiece of American nature writing, Edward Abbey ventures alone into the canyonlands of Moab, Utah, to work... -
The Wheel: A Witch's Path to Healing Through Nature by Jennifer Lane 9781914613203
RRP: $21.43$14.43A woman's journey to understanding how witchcraft can heal us, reconnect us with nature, and keep us magical in an age of disbelief. After Jennifer Lane reached breaking point in her fast-paced office life and suffered stress-related illness, she set... -
The Last Rhinos: The Powerful Story of One Man's Battle to Save a Species by Lawrence Anthony
RRP: $21.43$15.15An extraordinary story of life on a South African game reserve from the 'Indiana Jones of conservation' and the authors of The Elephant Whisperer.Lawrence Anthony's South African game reserve is home to many animals he has saved, from a remarkable herd... -
'Cherry' Ingram: The Englishman Who Saved Japan's Blossoms by Naoko Abe
RRP: $29.23$21.35The irresistible story of Japanese cherry blossoms, threatened by political ideology and saved by an unknown Englishman'This is not just a tale of trees, but of . . . endeavour, war and reconciliation' Sunday TimesCollingwood Ingram, born in 1880, became... -
The Hidden World of the Fox by Adele Brand
RRP: $17.53$11.74'A lovely little book ... quietly lyrical, often funny and gently persuasive' Sunday Times 'Succinct, clear, sophisticated. I couldn't stop reading it' Jeff VanderMeer We've all... -
Truth to Power: My Three Years Inside Eskom by Andre de Ruyter 9781776390625
RRP: $33.13$22.50When Andre de Ruyter took over as Eskom CEO in January 2020, he quickly realised why it was considered the toughest job in South Africa. Aside from neglected equipment, ageing power stations and an eroded skills base, he discovered that... -
The Company of Trees: A Year in a Lifetime's Quest by Thomas Pakenham 9780297866244
RRP: $33.13$23.93'Thomas Pakenham could convert a property developer into a tree-hugger ... The book's photographs are as beautiful and glossy as conkers; anecdote and information fall like autumn mast ... I closed the book and went to look at my own trees. Thanks to the... -
Everything That Rises: A Climate Change Memoir by Brianna Craft
RRP: $50.60$37.95Authentic and inspiring, Everything that Rises personalizes the realities of climate change by paralleling the relationship we have with our planet to the way we interact within our own homes. Many Millennials begin their professional lives in the... -
Endless Forms: Why We Should Love Wasps by Seirian Sumner
RRP: $19.48$12.71'A funny and beautifully written welcome to the enigmatic, weird and wonderful world of wasps' DAVE GOULSON, author of SILENT EARTH There may be no insect with a worse reputation than the wasp, and none guarding so many undiscovered wonders. ... -
The (Big) Year that Flew By: Twelve Months, Six Continents, and the Ultimate Birding Record by Arjan Dwarshuis
RRP: $37.03$24.86'This is an epic journey by a man who's not only obsessed with birds but who has a deep spiritual connection with the planet.' David Lindo, author of How to be an Urban Birder The (Big) Year Flew By is the tale of one avid birder's epic,... -
Breathe: Tackling the Climate Emergency by Sadiq Khan
RRP: $33.13$21.98'A breath of fresh air' Observer'Passionate and authentic' GQ'Refreshing and galvanising' Vogue'Rousing and thoughtful' Independent'Quite the page-turner' Evening StandardTo win the climate war, you first need to win the climate argument.For many years,... -
Why Rebel by Jay Griffiths
RRP: $15.58$11.29'If bravery itself could write, it would write like she does' John BergerWhy rebel?Because our footprint on the Earth has never mattered more than now. How we treat it, in the spirit of gift or of theft, has never been more important.Because we need a... -
Park Life: The Memoirs of a Royal Parks Gamekeeper by John Bartram 9781786062796 [USED COPY]
RRP: $33.13$5.52During a career spanning four decades John has been the behind-the-scenes mastermind ensuring the welfare and maintenance of Richmond Park's world-famous herd of deer - widely thought of as the finest herd in captivity. Working with these fabled... -
Park Life: The Memoirs of a Royal Parks Gamekeeper by John Bartram 9781786062796
RRP: $33.13$22.93During a career spanning four decades John has been the behind-the-scenes mastermind ensuring the welfare and maintenance of Richmond Park's world-famous herd of deer - widely thought of as the finest herd in captivity. Working with these fabled... -
Burn: A Story of Fire, Woods and Healing Ben Short 9781529370379
RRP: $21.43$14.43'An extraordinary and powerful book, full of vitality. Every page celebrates the way traditional skills can shape who we are' Tristan Gooley'Lyrical, moving and never self-pitying . . . a lovely book' The TimesBen Short has a successful career in... -
Wave: A Memoir of Life After the Tsunami Sonali Deraniyagala 9781844089079
RRP: $21.43$14.43Winner of the PEN/Ackerley Prize 2014The book opens and we are inside the wave: thirty feet high, moving at twenty-five mph, racing two miles inland. And from there into the depths of the author's despair: how to live now that her life has been undone?... -
When Eagles Roar: The Amazing Journey of an African Wildlife Adventurer by James Alexander Currie 9780990766001
$27.16Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Birdgirl: A Young Environmentalist Looks to the Skies in Search of a Better Future by Mya-Rose Craig
RRP: $33.13$30.24Discover a powerful, evocative and urgent new young voice in nature writing*WINNER OF THE SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARD 2023*'Birdwatching has never felt like a hobby, or a pastime I can pick up and put down, but a thread running through the pattern of my life... -
Fletchers on the Farm: Mud, Mayhem and Marriage by Kelvin Fletcher 9780008558529
RRP: $19.48$12.95'We jumped in at the deep end and bought a farm! A reluctant wife, a couple of crazy kids and a husband whose knowledge of farming you could write on the back of a stamp... What could go wrong?!' - Kelvin 'Exactly! And the journey has only... -
Life on Air David Attenborough 9781849908528
RRP: $48.75$36.31David Attenborough is one of the most influential and admired figures in English television. When 26, he applied for a job in the BBC - which then meant radio - and was promptly turned down. But someone saw his rejected application and asked, would he... -
The Rise of Wolf 8: Witnessing the Triumph of Yellowstone's Underdog by Rick McIntyre
RRP: $25.33$16.83"The powerful origin story of one of Yellowstone's greatest and most famous wolves." -Washington Post"[The Rise of Wolf 8] is a goldmine for information on all aspects of wolf behavior and clearly shows they are clever, smart, and emotional beings."... -
Raised by the Zoo: My Life with Elephants and Other Animals by Gerry Creighton 9780717197514
RRP: $42.88$30.44People have been enchanted by elephants for centuries. For Gerry Creighton, this fascination began at an early age; his father was a keeper at Dublin Zoo and instilled in him a love and respect for animals. Gerry followed his father and joined the zoo at... -
The Wisdom of Wolves: How Wolves Can Teach Us To Be More Human by Elli H. Radinger
RRP: $21.43$15.15'ENCHANTING' MAIL ON SUNDAY They care for their elderly, play with their kids, and always put family first. Can we all learn something from the wisdom of wolves? In this unforgettable book, wolf expert and naturalist Elli Radinger draws on her 25... -
American Values: Lessons I Learned from My Family by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 9781648210297
RRP: $42.90$39.74With rich detail, compelling honesty, and a storyteller's gift, RFK Jr. describes his life growing up Kennedy in a tumultuous time in history that eerily echoes the issues of nuclear confrontation, religion, race, and inequality that we confront today. ... -
The Making of Poetry: Coleridge, the Wordsworths and Their Year of Marvels by Adam Nicolson
RRP: $21.43$14.14SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2019 'This is a book of wonders' Sunday Times 'Spellbinding and intelligent' Financial Times ... -
Waterlog by Roger Deakin 9781784700065
RRP: $21.43$15.15Waterlog celebrates the magic of water and the beauty of wild Britain.In 1996 Roger Deakin set out to swim the British Isles. He swam in the sea, in rivers, in streams, tarns, lakes, lochs, ponds, lidos, swimming pools, fens, dykes, moats, aqueducts,... -
Confessions of a Greenpeace Dropout: The Making of a Sensible Environmentalist by Patrick Albert Moore 9780986480829
$44.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986480829Author Patrick Albert MooreFormat PaperbackImprint Beatty Street Publishing, Inc.Publisher Beatty Street Publishing, Inc.Weight(grams) 597g -
The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair with Nature by J. Drew Lanham 9781571313508
RRP: $25.33$16.83"In me, there is the red of miry clay, the brown of spring floods, the gold of ripening tobacco. All of these hues are me; I am, in the deepest sense, colored." From these fertile soils of love, land, identity, family, and race emerges The Home Place, a... -
Earthed: A Memoir by Rebecca Schiller 9781783965496
RRP: $29.23$19.46In January 2017 Rebecca Schiller moved her family to the countryside to start a smallholding with little idea what that meant, the work it would involve and the skills she would need. Nevertheless she had a strong sense that something was coming and that... -
Planting the World: Joseph Banks and his Collectors: An Adventurous History of Botany by Jordan Goodman 9780007578832
RRP: $19.48$13.49'Based on meticulous research in original sources ... Goodman illustrates vividly how adept [Banks] was ... Shining a light on individuals whose achievements are relatively uncelebrated' Jenny Uglow, New York...