Nature & Place
Reviews of books about nature and/or place.
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Book review: ‘The Dun Cow Rib’ by John Lister-Kaye
A very natural childhood.
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Book review: ‘Pilgrim at Tinker Creek’ by Annie Dillard
Pulitzer-Prize-winning ruminations on the natural world.
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Book review: ‘The Outrun’ by Amy Liptrot
Recovering from addiction in the far north.
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Darwin on earthworms: small change writ large
A review of Charles Darwin’s wonderful final book, ‘The Formation of Vegetable Mould, Through the Action of Worms, with Observations on their Habits’.
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Nature Book Reader
My recommendations for some top nature reading have been included in the updated Caught by the River Nature Book Reader webzine.
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Book Review: ‘60 Degrees North’ by Malachy Tallack
Around the world in search of home.
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Book review: ‘A Book of Silence’ by Sara Maitland
A journey in search of the pleasure and powers of silence.
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Book review: ‘Doubling Back’ by Linda Cracknell
Ten paths trodden in memory.
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Book review: ‘Wanderlust’ by Rebecca Solnit
A history of walking.
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Book review: ‘The Small Heart of Things’ by Julian Hoffman
A book that demonstrates the value of paying attention.
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Book of the Year 2012
My favourite book of 2012—and one of my favourites of all time.
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‘Stour Seasons’ by Ronald Blythe
Book 10 in the Wormingford series.