Nature
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The Nature of Summer
Jim Crumley
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A Time of Birds
Helen Moat
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Incandescent
Anna Levin
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The Nature of Spring
Jim Crumley
"A fantastic writer … exquisite observations of details in the landscape as well as sweeping vistas … rem...
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Overlander
Alan Brown
"An outstanding debut, brimming with charming anecdotes, helpful advice and poignant discussions about Scotla...
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Ghost Trees
Bob Gilbert
“Warm, rich and fascinating… [Gilbert] is a generous guide, with a deep knowledge of plant life and a fin...
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A Scots Dictionary of Nature
Amanda Thomson
"A stunning wee book detailing some of the wonderfully inventive Scots words that document the world around u...
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The Nature of Winter
Jim Crumley
"Inviting and informative…Crumley has earned himself the enviable position of our foremost nature commentat...
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Nature of Autumn
Jim Crumley
"A cornucopia of autumnal delight." The Scots Magazine
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Sagas of Salt and Stone
Robin Noble
"A wonderful and evocative celebration of the land and people of Orkney." Anna Ritchie
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Kingfisher
Jim Crumley
“A passionate, compelling, very personal work… the honesty of his voice is striking.” Scottish Review ...
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Otter
Jim Crumley
“An astonishingly good writer. Not just an astonishingly good nature writer, but an outstanding artist with...
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The Blackbird Diaries
Karen Lloyd
"Sure to delight readers and fans of British wildlife… The writing is eloquent and enables the readers to c...
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The Island in Imagination and Experience
Barry Smith
"Magisterial… A harrowing, enthralling piece of work that bears comparison with John Prebble’s equally de...
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Badger
Jim Crumley
‘Virtuoso writing… Jim Crumley’s books come from an intelligence drawn from place.’ BBC Countryfile
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Skylark
Jim Crumley
“Enthralling and often strident.” Observer
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Featured books in Nature
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The Dragonfly Diaries
Britain is home to some forty species of dragonfly, and public interest in their plight is high right now thanks to thei...
'His writing reminded me of Eric Newby's style it is a story of a love of dragonflies, and a story of dragonfly lovers too I liked it a lot.' - Mark Avery
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Castles in the Mist
The magnificent Highlands of Scotland represent, in so many ways, ancient Britain. But much of this apparently wild envi...
Saltire Society History Book of the Year 2016, SHORTLISTED
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Nature of Autumn
Longlisted for the Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize 2017
"A love song to 'earth’s reviver and replenisher'." Dundee Courier
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Swan
In the encounters in the wild series, renowned nature writer Jim Crumley gets up close and personal with British wildlif...
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The Garden Cottage Diaries
Challenged to prove her claim that an 18th-century diet was better than today’s, for a full year Fiona J Houston r...
'Done with great wit and intelligent determination... Questioning the nature of progress is a sane response in a relentlessly consuming and resource-depleted world.' - Felicity Lawrence, The Guardian.
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A Handbook of Scotland’s Trees
Updated edition. This concise yet comprehensive handbook, compiled with the expertise of Reforesting Scotland’s ed...
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Beneath the Ice
Beneath the Ice tells the fascinating, often troubling, story of the Sami – the indigenous people of the...
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The Eagle’s Way
“The best nature writer working in Britain today.” The Los Angeles Times. Eagles, more than any other bir...
'Crumley is quite exceptional. Jim's writing is absolutely authentic; his arguments vested with the power of heartfelt sincerity; his life devoted to the vital subjects he studies, expresses so finely, and opens up to our wider understanding in the context of a better and more humane planetary future.' - Viewpoint.
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Fox
In the encounters in the wild series, renowned nature writer Jim Crumley gets up close and personal with British wildlif...
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The Dragonfly-friendly Gardener
The Essential Guide to Creating a Beautiful Garden Haven for Dragonflies. With stunning colours and phenomenal flying ab...
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Ghost Trees
Wainwright Prize 2019, LONGLISTED
Rathbones Folio Prize 2019, LONGLISTED
Even in...
“Ghost Trees will awaken any Londoner to the plants that cling on in the city’s cracks.” Guardian: Books of the Year
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The Gathering Tide
“Evocative, muscular.” – Kathleen Jamie. Karen Lloyd takes us on a deeply personal journ...
'A hugely impressive debut.' – Mark Cocker
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Barn Owl
In the encounters in the wild series, renowned nature writer Jim Crumley gets up close and personal with British wildlif...
'An utter delight, and I cried more than once for the sheer beauty of the writing and descriptions of watching wildlife.' - Jennifer Tetlow
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The Blackbird Diaries
With its enchanting song, striking orange bill and endearing willingness to share our living space, the blackbird is one...
"A writer of rare talent, always with a sharp eye and an open heart, Lloyd quietly and unassumingly shares her observations of nature, drawing you into a world made rich with the company of birds." Miriam Darlington, BBC Wildlife
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Hare
In the encounters in the wild series, renowned nature writer Jim Crumley gets up close and personal with British wildlif...
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Into the Forest
The majesty and beauty of trees have inspired poets for centuries, and this magnificent anthology brings together the fi...
"Beautifully illustrated ... Unmissable." - Scottish Poetry Library
