A search for what remains of the world’s extinct creatures.
Reviews: Nature & Place
Reviews of books about nature and/or place.
Book review: ‘The Stubborn Light of Things’ by Melissa Harrison
A nature diary.
Book review: ‘Empire Antarctica’ by Gavin Francis
Ice, silence and emperor penguins.
Book review: ‘Mountains of the Mind’ by Robert Macfarlane
A history of a fascination.
Book review: ‘Ghosts on the Shore’ by Paul Scraton
Travels along Germany’s Baltic coast.
Book review: ‘The Rings of Saturn’ by W.G. Sebald
An unclassifiable masterpiece.
Book review: ‘Vertigo’ by W.G. Sebald
File under ‘Sebaldian’.
Book review: ‘At the Yeoman’s House’ by Ronald Blythe
Short book about veteran author’s extremely old house.
Book review: ‘Arctic Dreams’ by Barry Lopez
Deservedly seen as a classic.
Book review: ‘Rising Ground’ by Philip Marsden
A search for the spirit of place.