Nature
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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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Castles in the Mist
Robin Noble
Saltire Society History Book of the Year 2016, SHORTLISTED
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Beneath the Ice
Kenneth Steven
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Featured books in Nature
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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 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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The Blackbird Diaries
With its enchanting song, striking orange bill and endearing willingness to share our living space, the blackbird is one...
"Sure to delight readers and fans of British wildlife… The writing is eloquent and enables the readers to conjure the scenes in their mind…Like all good nature writing books, Lloyd’s prose is to be savoured. Not raced through and devoured like the latest crime thriller, but to be absorbed, enjoyed and reflected upon." Megan Shersby, BBC Countryfile
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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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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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Castles in the Mist
The magnificent Highlands of Scotland represent, in so many ways, ancient Britain. But much of this apparently wild envi...
“A fascinating blend of history and natural history, an account of a landscape and how it came to be the way it is…thoughtful, informed…refreshing.” Northwords Now
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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 Dragonfly Diaries
Britain is home to some forty species of dragonfly, and public interest in their plight is high right now thanks to thei...
'I like to think I know a little about dragonflies, but Ruary is the expert.' - Bill Oddie
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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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Ghost Trees
Wainwright Prize 2019, LONGLISTED
Rathbones Folio Prize 2019, LONGLISTED
Even in...
'“Lyrical and beautifully evocative … in a language as rich and lilting as the contours of the estuarine land … A delight.” Richard Jones, BBC Countryfile magazine
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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...
'A delight.' - Elizabeth M Rimmer
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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 Gathering Tide
“Evocative, muscular.” – Kathleen Jamie. Karen Lloyd takes us on a deeply personal journ...
'Entrancing…exquisite descriptions…sparkles with lyrical imagery.' – Miriam Darlington, BBC Wildlife
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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...
'If ever there was an argument for the survival of the printed book, this is it.' - Reforesting Scotland Journal
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Nature of Autumn
Longlisted for the Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize 2017
"Nature writing [with] a higher tensile strength than most." The Herald
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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...
