Nature & Place

Reviews of books about nature and/or place.

Book review: ‘Gone’ by Michael Blencowe

A search for what remains of the world’s extinct creatures.
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.
Book review: ‘Antlers of Water’ edited by Kathleen Jamie

Writing on the nature and environment of Scotland.
Book review: ‘The Natural History of Selborne’ by Gilbert White

A nature writing classic.