Travel & Nature

The Durrells of Corfu

Michael Haag

The recent TV award winning adaption The Durrells left its 7 million fans with questions: What happened to the family – and what took them to Corfu in…

A House in Flanders

Michael Jenkins

Michael Jenkins's vivid memoir of a summer that changed his life is a much-loved classic

Island on Fire

Alexandra Witze

The 1783 eruption of Laki led to Europe's year without summer – and it is due again soon

Treasure Palaces

Maggie Fergusson

From Julian Barnes to Ali Smith, great writers give us personal tours of the museums they treasure

The Cabaret of Plants

Richard Mabey

A Mabey magnum opus:'Mabey's finest, an eclectic world-roaming collection of stories … lacing colour, intimacy and emotional texture around…

Being a Beast

Charles Foster

A lyrical exploration of what it is really like to 'be a beast', from swimming with otters to burrowing with badgers, and what this can tell u…

Brazillionaires

Alex Cuadros

An investigative journalist uncovers the murky, scandalous world of Brazil's billionaires

Geography: Ideas in Profile

Danny Dorling

A clear and accessible introduction to geography by two experts in the topic, part of the Ideas in Profile series

Natural Born Heroes

Christopher McDougall

From the man who brought you Born to Run: a radical new approach to fitness

The Shark and the Albatross

John Aitchison

For twenty years John Aitchison has been travelling to distant places to film wildlife for the BBC and other broadcasters. The Shark and the Albatross…

Engel's England

Matthew Engel

Matthew Engel takes the road less travelled through England's historic counties.

Deep

James Nestor

Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea meets Born to Run and the cutting edge of popular science.

Where Do Camels Belong?

Ken Thompson

A timely, instructive and controversial book, which delivers unexpected answers.

Counting Sheep

Philip Walling

Long before we were a nation of shopkeepers, Britain was a nation of sheep. Full of stories, history, trivia and humour, Counting Sheep explores Brita…

The Galapagos

Henry Nicholls

The full story of the extraordinary islands that gave the world Darwin's theory of evolution – now available in paperback

What Nature Does For Britain

Tony Juniper

Ecology meets economics head on in Tony Juniper's valuation of the UK's natural capital

The Magic & Mystery of Birds

Noah Strycker

Why do birds do what they do, and how do they offer a glimpse into the nature of humanity?An account of the lives of birds and the intriguing parallel…