EARTH DAY 2022 - Environment & Nature books
Discover inspiring and fascinating non-fiction books about nature and the environment, from beautiful guides from foraging expert John Wright, to classics by Richard Mabey, to recently updated carbon footprint bestseller How Bad Are Bananas? to Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s beautiful New York Times bestseller World of Wonders.
This Book is a Plant
The way we think about plants is about to change forever: this is your handbook to a new natural world
World of Wonders
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
An award-winning poet's nonfiction debut: a collection essays about the natural world, and the way its inhabitants can teach, support and inspire…
The Nation of Plants
Stefano Mancuso
This playful manifesto – presented for the plant nation by a leading neurobiologist – is an international bestseller
Mountain Tales
Saumya Roy
A city struggling with the cost of its appetites. A rubbish mountain eighteen stories high. And the people who call it home.
Sea Fever
Meg Clothier
Everything you need to know about the sea and shore, from high tides to half-hitches
The Sum of Us
Heather McGhee
The heartbreaking, liberating truth about what racism has cost all of us
A Spotter’s Guide to Countryside Mysteries
John Wright
A grown-up I-spy for the great outdoors that illuminates the details we might otherwise miss
Birding Without Borders
Noah Strycker
41 countries, all seven continents, with a backpack, binoculars and a series of one-way tickets: Birding Without Borders is Noah Strycker's accou…
Reef Life
Callum Roberts
A life working on coral reefs by Britain's foremost marine scientist and pioneering conservationist
The Seaweed Collector's Handbook
Miek Zwamborn
A beautifully illustrated little book that will open your eyes at the seaside
What We Need to Do Now
Chris Goodall
A manifesto for groups around the world that are seeking urgent action on climate breakdown and other threats
How Bad Are Bananas?
Mike Berners-Lee
Packed full of information yet always entertaining. From text messages and plastic bags to wars and volcanoes, How Bad Are Bananas? has the carbon ans…
How Are We Going to Explain This?
Jelmer Mommers
An international bestseller, the first climate book that doesn't leave the reader depressed: realistic and hopeful, witty and clarifying
Working with Nature
Jeremy Purseglove
How do we work with nature rather than against it, both harvesting and conserving? The environmentalist Jeremy Purseglove shares a lifetime of experie…
Darwin's Most Wonderful Plants
Ken Thompson
A rediscovery of Darwin the botanist and his theories on insectivorous and climbing plants
Rainforest
Tony Juniper
Rainforests are key to the health of our world – they maintain the water and air cycles, store carbon, and have yielded countless numbers of medical d…
A Natural History of the Hedgerow
John Wright
A fascinating look at the rich world of hedgerows and boundaries across Great Britain
The Cabaret of Plants
Richard Mabey
A Mabey magnum opus:'Mabey's finest, an eclectic world-roaming collection of stories … lacing colour, intimacy and emotional texture aroun…
Where Do Camels Belong?
Ken Thompson
A timely, instructive and controversial book, which delivers unexpected answers.