Nature and Wildlife

The Libraries of the Royal Horticultural Society hold the world’s finest collection of printed material on gardens and gardening and a selection of the best botanical paintings from this collection is featured here. One Hundred Flowers from the RHS gathers together the most striking images to create 100 different postcards to send, keep or frame. The earliest works of art date from the late 17th

Reap the mental and physical benefits of forest bathing with this essential toolkit, complete with 50 beautifully designed nature connection exercise cards and a 64-page guidebook. This kit provides an uplifting, screen-free introduction to forest bathing with simple and easy-to-follow exercise prompts stunningly and accessibly presented on individual cards. In the accompanying booklet, explore

Discover the fascinating properties of 52 common wild plants, where to find them and how to make the most of their powers with this beautiful and informational deck Foraging is the perfect opportunity to get outside, find your way back to nature and connect with a long and rich tradition of herbalists and their remedies. This deck features clear full-colour photographs to help you safely identi

An all-star team of mycologists, artists, foodies, ecologists, doctors, and explorers joined forces with time-lapse master Louie Schwartzberg to create Fantastic Fungi, the life-affirming, mind-bending film about mushrooms and their mysterious interwoven rootlike filaments called mycelium. What this team reveals will blow your mind and possibly save the planet. In this book, learn about the incred

A captivating meditation on fog and mist, exploring its role in literature, mythology and history, and why it's disappearing.

Following on from its successful launch in 2009, Collins Wild Flower Guide – the ultimate reference book for wild flower enthusiasts – now enters its second edition. Featuring all flowering plants, including trees and grasses, and ferns, this fully revised and updated field guide to the wild flowers of Britain and northern Europe is the most complete illustrated, single-volume guide ever pub

From celebrated writer Robert Macfarlane comes this brilliant, perspective-shifting new book - which answers a resounding yes to the question of its title.

At its heart is a single, transformative idea: that rivers are not mere matter for human use, but living beings - who should be recognized as such in both imagination and law. Is a River Alive? takes the reade

'One of the best books ever written about the early attempts to conquer Everest. A fine, fine slice of history by a truly special writer who proves time and time again that he is among the best of his generation

In Birds and Us, award-winning writer and ornithologist Tim Birkhead takes us on an epic and dazzling journey through this mutual history with birds, from the ibises mummified and deified by Ancient Egyptians to Renaissance experiments on woodpecker anatomy, from Victorian obsessions with egg collecting to the present fight to save endangered species and restore their habitats.

Unleash the power of nature’s pharmacy for healing and self-care with this pocket-sized guide to medicinal plants.

An intuitive oracle to help you connect with the Divine plant kingdom • Offers 40 full-color cards, including 10 shamanic healing cards and 30 plant spirit cards such as Astragalus, Calendula, Mugwort, and Violet • Explains how to use the cards and offers guidance on connecting with each plant´s Divine spirit and intelligence • Offers spiritual practices and channeled plant spiri

A landmark publication that captures the beautiful richness of every aspect of trees and their importance for science, culture and the future of humankind.

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • The extraordinary and inspiring true story about the surprising bond between a young teacher and the small penguin he rescued “The Penguin Lessons teaches an important truth: that a single act of compassion can be repaid a thousand-fold.”—Sy Montgomery, author of the National Book Award finalist The Soul of an Octopus In 1975, twenty-three-year-old English

An impassioned celebration of humility before the living world that leads us to a new understanding of other species—and ourselves—from a groundbreaking Harvard primatologist Darwin considered humans one part of the web of life, not the apex of a natural hierarchy. Yet today many maintain that we are the most intelligent, virtuous, successful species that ever lived. This flawed think

A captivating exploration of how underwater animals tap into sound to survive, and a clarion call for humans to address the ways we invade these critical soundscapes—from an award-winning science writer “Sing Like Fish is that rare book that makes you see the world differently.”—Mark Kurlansky, New York Times bestselling author of Salt and Cod LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL

New York Times bestselling author and former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins captures the essence and mystery of dogs in this special collection of poems inspired by our beloved companions, with striking watercolor canine portraits by Pamela Sztybel. “Collins remains the most companionable of poetic companions.” —The New York Times Billy Collins´s Dog Show celebrates the joy of our canine

THE PURR-FECT GIFT FOR CAT LOVERS: Discover the literary legend's quirky and winsome cat poems, meditations, and drawings Includes the hard-to-find The Art of Bunditsu, plus 30+ other delights from a lifetime of reflection on the mystery and magic of cats "The presence of a cat keeps me in touch with the mystery, the unreasonableness, the beauty, the stubborn wildness of the nonhuman world."

Ideal for beachgoers who want to know more about the shells they find,this well-organized book will help readers identify more than 35 ofthe most common seashells found on New Jersey's beaches. Thewell-researched guide offers information about the animals that oncelived in the shells, includingwhere they lived, what they ate, and even how they may have died. Thehandy guide's features include &bul