Books On The Lane
Jude Piesse The Ghost in the Garden “Blending biography, nature writing, and memoir, The Ghost in the Garden traces the origins of the theory of evolution and uncovers the lost histories that inspired it, ultimately evoking the interconnectedness of all Continue reading The Ghost in the Garden
Lev Parikian Into the Tangled Bank “Lev Parikian sets out to explore the many and particular ways that he, and we, experience the natural world – beginning face down on the pavement outside his home, then moving outwards from garden Continue reading Into the Tangled Bank
Chris Packham and Megan McCubbin “From our balconies and gardens to our woodlands, national parks and beyond, Back to Nature captures the essence of how we fell about the wildlife outside our windows. Through personal stories, conservation breakthroughs and scientific Continue reading Back to Nature
Richard Mabey Nature Cure “In the last year of the old millennium, Richard Mabey, Britain’s foremost nature writer, fell into a severe depression. The natural world – which since childhood had been a source of joy and inspiration for him Continue reading Nature Cure
Richard Mabey A Brush with Nature: Reflections on the Natural World “Described as ‘Britain’s greatest living nature writer’, Richard Mabey has revealed his passion for the natural world in eloquent stories for BBC Wildlife Magazine. This volume features his favourite Continue reading A Brush with Nature: Reflections on the Natural World
Tim Dee Greenery “Greenery is a masterpiece of nature writing, deeply informed, expansive and often profoundly beautiful. Tim Dee’s journey ends where the greenery of the European spring ends: on the shores of the Arctic Ocean in northern Scandinavia, where, Continue reading Greenery
Kathryn Aalto “Writing Wild celebrates 25 women whose influential writing helps deepen our connection to the natural world. These inspiring wordsmiths are scholars, spiritual seekers, conservationists, scientists, novelists and explorers. They defy easy categorisation, yet they all share a bold Continue reading Writing Wild
Wendell Berry “Wendell Berry lives and works in the old ways on his farm in rural Kentucky. He is also one of America’s most powerful radical voices. In the pieces collected here he writes about the peace of nature, the Continue reading The World-Ending Fire
Simon Barnes “In On the Marsh, Barnes tells the moving story of a year spent tending the eight acres of land that backed onto their house. They’d bought it to ensure that it wasn’t lost to development or intensive farming, Continue reading On the Marsh
Patrick Barkham “In The Wild Isles, Patrick Barkham has gathered together a wide array of the very best of British and Irish nature writing, characterized by an arresting diversity of moods and voices. His choices are arranged under themes that Continue reading The Wild Isles