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New Books - Environment / Ethical Living / Animals
Books about living ethically and sustainably make brilliant gifts - handing people the knowledge to help make the world a better place (browse related categories Environment & Animal Rights Changing the World )
The Body: A Guide for Occupants - by Bill Bryson - £25.00
‘We spend our whole lives in one body and yet most of us have practically no idea how it works and what goes on inside it. The idea of the book is simply to try to understand the extraordinary contraption that is us.’
Bill Bryson sets of ... more
On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal - by Naomi Klein - £20.00
For more than twenty years Naomi Klein's books have defined our era, chronicling the exploitation of people and the planet and demanding justice. On Fire gathers for the first time more than a decade of her impassioned writing from the frontline of c ... more
The Last Sanctuary in Aleppo - by Alaa Aljaleel by Diana Darke - £9.99
From Diana Darke, the acclaimed author of My House in Damascus and The Merchant of Syria, comes the extraordinary true story of a heroic ambulance driver who created a cat sanctuary in the midst of war-torn Aleppo.
“I’ll stay with them n ... more
Rain - by Mary Talbot and Bryan Talbot - £16.99
A stunning new graphic novel and rallying cry to protect the planet, from the Costa-award-winning authors of Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes.
Set against the backdrop of disastrous flooding in the North of England, Rain dramatically chronicles ... more
The Hedgehog Handbook - by Sally Coulthard - £9.99
Hedgehogs, with their quiet determination and bristling, bumbling ways, are seen by many of one of life's most enduring symbols of the countryside and town gardens. This shy, snuffling, enigmatic animal has captured the imagination of children and ad ... more
Linescapes: Remapping and Reconnecting Britain's Fragmented Wildlife - by Hugh Warwick - £9.99
An eye-opening exploration of the lines that cut through our countryside, from hedges to railways, and a passionate manifesto for reconnecting wildlife.
Our landscape has been transformed by a vast network of lines, from hedges and walls to ... more
When the Last Lion Roars: The Rise and Fall of the King of Beasts - by Sara Evans - £9.99
The illegal killing of Cecil – a famous and magnificent black-maned Zimbabwean lion – by an American big-game hunter in 2015 sparked international outrage. More significantly, it drew the world's attention to the devastating plight of Africa's li ... more
Walks in the Wild: A Guide Through the Forest - by Peter Wohlleben - £14.99
Can you tell the difference between wolf and dog prints?
Which trees are best to shelter under a storm?How do you tell a deciduous and coniferous tree apart?
Bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben, lets you in on ... more
The Order of Time - by Carlo Rovelli - £8.99
THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER
The bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics takes us on an enchanting, consoling journey to discover the meaning of time.
'We are time. We are this space, this clearing opened by the trace ... more
A Shadow Above: The Fall and Rise of the Raven - by Joe Shute - £9.99
For millennia, we have tried to explain ourselves using the raven as a symbol. It occupies a unique place in British history and has left an indelible mark on our cultural landscape.
The raven's hulking black shape has come to represent many ... more
In Praise of the Bicycle - by Marc Augé and Teresa Fagan - £9.99
This is the French anthropologist as we've never heard him before: Marc Augé coined the term ‘non-place’ to describe uniquitous, global airports, hotels and motorways filled with anonymous individuals. In this new book, he casts his anthropologi ... more
From the Air: Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way - by Raymond Fogarty - £8.99
Raymond Fogarty’s spectacular drone photography brings a new and thrilling aerial perspective to one of the world’s longest coastal touring routes - Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way.
The Wild Atlantic Way covers 2500km, passing through an inc ... more
Shell Life on the Seashore - by Philip Street - £9.99
For many, the highlights of seaside holidays are rockpooling and gathering the glorious array of shells left strewn on the beach after the receding tide. Attracted by the infinite variety of shapes and colours, visitors can never resist making a souv ... more
A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts - by Andrew Chaikin - £12.99
This is the definitive account of the heroic Apollo programme.
When astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took their 'giant leap for mankind' across a ghostly lunar landscape, they were watched by some 600 million people on Earth 240,000 mil ... more
Mind is the Ride - by Jet McDonald - £16.99
When Jet McDonald cycled four thousand miles to India and back, he didn't want to write a straightforward travel book. He wanted to go on an imaginative journey. Mind is the Ride takes the reader on a physical and intellectual adventure from West to ... more
Save the World: There is No Planet B - Things You Can Do Right Now to Save Our Planet - by Louise Bradford - £6.99
Together, we can change the world.
There is little doubt that our beautiful planet is now under huge threat; our weather is more extreme, plastic litters our oceans, industrial production and farming methods wreak havoc on the environment and ma ... more
Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence - by James Lovelock - £14.99
James Lovelock, creator of the Gaia hypothesis and the greatest environmental thinker of our time, has produced an astounding new theory about future of life on Earth. He argues that the anthropocene - the age in which humans acquired planetary-scale ... more
21st-Century Yokel - by Tom Cox - £9.99
A nature book, but not quite like any you’ll have read before.
21st-Century Yokel is the book that, as someone entrenched in a love of the countryside, I’ve been waiting a decade to write - maybe longer. It’s not quite a nature book, not q ... more
When the Rivers Run Dry: The Global Water Crisis and How to Solve It - by Fred Pearce - £9.99
We cannot live without water. But with 7.5 billion people competing for this single unevenly-distributed resource, the planet is drying up.
In When the Rivers Run Dry, Fred Pearce explores the growing world water crisis, from Kent to Kenya. ... more
The Missing Lynx: The Past and Future of Britain's Lost Mammals - by Ross Barnett - £16.99
Britain was a very different place 15,000 years ago – home to lions, lynx, bears, wolves, bison and many more megafauna. But as its climate changed and human populations expanded, most of early Britain's largest mammals disappeared. Will advances i ... more
The Ocean Book: How Endangered are Our Seas? - by Esther Gonstalla - £16.99
The Ocean Book is full of easy-to-read, beautiful infographics that present the key issues facing our oceans. Rising sea levels, growing rubbish patches and overfishing are putting our oceans in grave danger. Though we love our oceans, we must ... more
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference - by Greta Thunberg - £2.99
The history-making, ground-breaking speeches of Greta Thunberg, the young activist who has become the voice of a generation.
'Everything needs to change. And it has to start today'
In August 2018 a fifteen-year-old Swedish girl, Gre ... more
Living Off The Grid: What to Expect While Living the Life of Ultimate Freedom and Tranquility - by Gary Collins - £12.99
Set aside any worries that living off the grid means a life without comfort and convenience or that it will be too challenging for you and your family to handle. Author Gary Collins literally wrote the book on how to transition to a life off the grid ... more
A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings - by Helen Jukes - £8.99
A fascinating, insightful and inspiring account of a novice beekeeper's year of keeping honeybees, which will appeal to readers of H is For Hawk and The Outrun.
Entering her thirties, Helen Jukes feels trapped in an urban grind of office politic ... more
The Vegan Instant Pot Cookbook: Wholesome, Indulgent Plant-Based Recipes - by Nisha Vora - £18.99
A new and vibrant vegan cookbook authorized by Instant Pot, from the creator of the Rainbow Plant Life blog.
With food and photos as vivid, joyous, and wholesome as the title of her popular cooking blog–Rainbow Plant Life–suggests, Nisha ... more
Bird Therapy - by Joe Harkness - £14.99
A personal, passionate and practical guide to the mental health benefits of bird watching.
I broke down in 2013 and it nearly broke me. Shaking and hateful, I tried the things the doctor said I should. Yes - medication helped. Counselling wa ... more
This Is Not A Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook - by Extinction Rebellion - £7.99
Extinction Rebellion are inspiring a whole generation to take action on climate breakdown.
Now you can become part of the movement - and together, we can make history.
It's time. This is our last chance to do anything about the global climate ... more
How to Catch a Mole: And Find Yourself in Nature - by Marc Hamer, illustrated by Joe McLaren - £12.99
A life-affirming book about the British countryside, the cycle of nature, solitude and contentment, through the prism of a brilliant new nature writer’s experience working as a traditional mole-catcher, and why he gave it up.
I have been c ... more
The Bee Book - by Jo Byrne - £9.99
Small, vital and mysterious, bees are an essential part of our ecosystem yet they are under greater threat than ever before. The Bee Book offers a unique insight into this most fascinating of creatures, including the mystery of the hive, the power of ... more
Vegan North - by Anna Tebble and Katie Fisher - £15.00
Vegan North celebrates the best of the burgeoning vegan food scene across the north of England: down to Sheffield, across to Liverpool and Manchester, and as far up as Newcastle. The recipes and stories of restaurants, cafes, small producers, bars an ... more
How to Give Up Plastic: Simple Steps to Living Consciously on Our Blue Planet - by Will McCallum - £6.99
As read by James Corden, Fearne Cotton, Jim Chapman and Dougie Poytner.
'We have a responsibility, every one of us' David Attenborough
Around 12.7 million tonnes of plastic are entering the ocean every year, killing over 1 million seabirds ... more
War Gardens: A Journey Through Conflict in Search of Calm - by Lalage Snow - £12.99
A journey through the most unlikely of gardens: the oases of peace people create in the midst of war.
In this millennium, we have become war weary. From Afghanistan to Iraq, from Ukraine to South Sudan and Syria, from Kashmir to the West Ban ... more
Turned Out Nice Again - by Richard Mabey - £7.99
An exploration of our preoccupation with the weather, as heard on BBC Radio 3: Changing Climates.
In his trademark style, Richard Mabey weaves together science, art and memoirs (including his own) to show the weather's impact on our culture and ... more
The Weather Detective: Rediscovering Nature's Secret Signs - by Peter Wohlleben - £8.99
Bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben, invites you to reconnect with nature.
As soon as we step out of the door, nature surrounds. Thousands of small and large processes are taking place, details that are long often ... more
Underland: A Deep Time Journey - by Robert Macfarlane - £20.00
The highly anticipated new book from the internationally bestselling, prize-winning author of Landmarks, The Lost Words and The Old Ways.
In Underland, Robert Macfarlane takes us on a journey into the worlds beneath our feet. From the ice-blue ... more
The Gentle Art of Tramping - by Stephen Graham - £12.99
Know how to tramp and you know how to live… Know how to meet your fellow-wanderer, how to be passive to the beauty of nature and how to be active to its wildness and its rigour.
The tramp is a friend of society; a seeker, they pay their wa ... more
RSPB Guide to Birdsong - by Adrian Thomas - £15.99
Birdsong is the natural soundtrack to our lives and can evoke a powerful sense of time, place and season. Often profoundly beautiful, it is also the most effective way to discover many birds, and birds' songs and calls reveal much about their lives a ... more
Botanical Brain Balms: Medicinal Plants for Memory, Mood and Mind - by Elaine and Nicolette Perry - £14.99
Sage improves memory, turmeric has been shown to be as effective as the conventional antidepressant fluoxetine and the calming credentials of chamomile are beyond dispute. Plant remedies for physical disorders are well documented but this book takes ... more
Our Place: Can We Save Britain's Wildlife Before It Is Too Late? - by Mark Cocker - £9.99
A radical examination of Britain's relationship with the land by one of our greatest nature writers.
Environmental thought and politics have become parts of mainstream cultural life in Britain. The wish to protect wildlife is now a central goal ... more
Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees - by Thor Hanson - £9.99
BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK JULY 2018
Bees are like oxygen: ubiquitous, essential, and, for the most part, unseen. While we might overlook them, they lie at the heart of relationships that bind the human and natural worlds.
In Buzz, t ... more
The Forager's Calendar: A Seasonal Guide to Nature's Wild Harvests - by John Wright - £16.99
Look out of your window, walk down a country path or go to the beach in Great Britain, and you are sure to see many wild species that you can take home and eat. From dandelions in spring to sloe berries in autumn, via wild garlic, samphire, chanterel ... more
Walking in Ireland - by Christopher Somerville - £12.99
Walking has never been a more popular pastime and nowhere is more beautiful for walkers to explore than Ireland. In this beautifully written and superbly researched guide, Christopher Somerville draws on his very popular column for the Irish In ... more
The Gendered Brain - by Gina Rippon - £20.00
Reading maps or reading emotions? Barbie or Lego? We live in a gendered world where we are bombarded with messages about sex and gender. On a daily basis we face deeply ingrained beliefs that your sex determines your skills and preferences, from toys ... more
The Wisdom of Wolves: Understand How Wolves Can Teach Us To Be More Human - by Elli Radinger - £14.99
They care for their elderly, play with their kids, and always put family first. Can we all learn something from the wisdom of wolves?
In this unforgettable book, wolf expert and naturalist Elli Radinger draws on her 25 years of first-hand ex ... more
Wild Ruins B.C.: The Explorer's Guide to Britain's Ancient Sites - by Dave Hamilton - £16.99
Wild Ruins B.C. reveals Britain’s extraordinary ancient history, from 10,000 years ago to the birth of Christ. Exploring over 400 wild sites, discover the lost remains and mysterious stones that lie hidden in some of the most beautiful landscapes o ... more
Ten Women Who Changed Science and the World - by Catherine Whitlock and Rhodri Evans - £13.99
Ten Women Who Changed Science tells the moving stories of the physicists, biologists, chemists, astronomers and doctors who helped to shape our world with their extraordinary breakthroughs and inventions, and outlines their remarkable achievements. ... more
Wild Running: Britain's 200 Greatest Trail Runs - by Jen and Sim Benson - £16.99
This brand new edition of Wild Running selects Britain’s top 200 trail runs (including 150 brand new routes). Chosen for their incredible terrain, sensational beauty and ease of navigation, this is the perfect running guide for beginners and expert ... more
Good Food: Vegan Meals: 110 Delicious Plant-Based Dishes - by BBC Worldwide - £12.99
Fresh and inspiring vegan recipes that make eating a plant-based diet delicious and easy. Whether fully committed to a vegan diet or wanting to introduce more plant-based recipes into your repertoire, this book delivers vegan food that is simple to m ... more
Owl Sense - by Miriam Darlington - £9.99
‘Her softness took my breath away. Deadly beauty. She turned her face towards me. The owl’s massive facial disc produces a funnel for sound that is the most effective in the animal kingdom'
Owls have captivated the human imagination for mill ... more
Bird Cottage - by Eva Meijer - £12.99
I want to find out how they behave when they’re free.
Len Howard was forty years old when she decided to leave her London life and loves behind, retire to the English countryside and devote the rest of her days to her one true passion: b ... more
Ecovillages Around the World: 20 Regenerative Designs for Sustainable Communities - by Frederica Miller (Editor) - £16.99
Including more than 300 full-color photographs and diagrams, this beautiful book highlights 20 best practice designs from ecovillages around the world to show how we can live lightly on the planet no matter where on earth we live. Features Findhorn i ... more
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