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Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape

Cal Flyn

This is a book about abandoned places: ghost towns and exclusion zones, no man’s lands and fortress islands - and what happens when nature is allowed to reclaim its place.

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The Tree Book: The Stories, Science, and History of Trees

DK

Discover trees as you’ve never seen them before in this illustrated blend of science, culture, and history

The secret world of trees is revealed in this beautiful and absorbing guide…

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Sacred Nature: How We Can Recover Our Bond with the Natural World

Karen Armstrong

An urgent manifesto and a practical guide on how to change our relationship with nature, by one of the world’s leading writers on religion and spirituality

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The Future Is Fungi

Michael Lim,Yun Shu

Without fungi, the world as we know it would not exist.

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English Pastoral: An Inheritance

James Rebanks

A poetic, practical, raw and almost miraculously detailed picture of [an] ancient way of life struggling to survive and to be reborn - New Statesman

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The Heartbeat of Trees

Peter Wohlleben

In an era of mobile phone addiction and ever-expanding cities, many of us fear we’ve lost our connection to nature - but Peter Wohlleben is convinced that age-old ties linking…

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Fen, Bog and Swamp

Annie Proulx

From Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Proulx - whose novels are infused with her knowledge and deep concern for the earth - comes a riveting, revelatory history of our wetlands, their…

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Country: Future Fire, Future Farming (First Knowledges)

Bill Gammage, Bruce Pascoe

What do you need to know to prosper as a people for at least 65,000 years? The First Knowledges series provides a deeper understanding of the expertise and ingenuity of…

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Where We Swim

Ingrid Horrocks

As Ingrid Horrocks takes swims in rivers, oceans and pools around the world, she considers her relationship with water and with the world around her

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Recipe for a Kinder Life

Annie Smithers

Recipe for a Kinder Life offers a guiding hand for anyone, from the city to the regions, who yearns to live more gently. It is about caring for land and…

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The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for an Endangered Planet

Jane Goodall, Douglas Abrams

A legendary conservationist. A lifetime spent fighting for nature. An indispensable message of hope.

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Words are Eagles

Gregory Day

Exquisite and challenging essays on the wonders of the natural world and the cultural complexities of writing landscape in Australia

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100 Australian Wildflowers

Mel Baxter

100 Australian Wildflowers is a beautifully illustrated book that can be used as a handy field and planting guide, as well as being a visual feast for the eyes.

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Sounds Wild and Broken

David George Haskell

The Earth’s sounds are wonderfully diverse, complex and beautiful - but they are under threat. A lyrical exploration of the diverse sounds of our planet, the creative processes that produced…

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Entangled Life

Merlin Sheldrake

A mind-altering adventure through the world of fungi for readers of Robert Macfarlane and Other Minds

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Orwell’s Roses

Rebecca Solnit (Y)

Roses, pleasure, and politics: a fresh take on Orwell as an avid gardener, whose political writing was grounded in his passion for the natural world.

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Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

Robin Wall Kimmerer

Intriguing and uplifting stories of the world’s oldest plants, from the revered botanist and indigenous teacher Robin Wall Kimmerer

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Nature Is Never Silent

Madlen Ziege

For readers of Entangled Life and The Hidden Life of Trees, a fascinating journey into the world of plants and animals, and the ways they communicate with each other.

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Gentle and Fierce

Vanessa Berry

New collection of essays on the relationships between humans and animals, by Vanessa Berry, author of Mirror Sydney, and the memoir of adolescence Ninety9.

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My Forests: Travels with Trees

Janine Burke

Join award-winning author and art historian Janine Burke in this enchanting and illuminating meander along forest trails within art, myth, history and present day.

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Fire Country: How Indigenous Fire Management Could Help Save Australia

Victor Steffensen

Fire Country is a cry from the heart asking for change in how Australia cares for country.

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Fathoms: The World in the Whale

Rebecca Giggs

A stunning meditation on the awe-inspiring lives of whales, revealing what they can teach us about ourselves, our planet, and our relationship to other species.

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Underland: A Deep Time Journey

Robert Macfarlane

From the internationally bestselling, prize-winning author of Landmarks, The Lost Words and The Old Ways.

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Mallee Country: Land, People, History

Richard Broome,Charles Fahey,Andrea Gaynor,Katie Holmes

Mallee Country tells the powerful history of mallee lands and people across southern Australia from Deep Time to the present

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Bird Bonds

Gisela Kaplan

An absorbing, compelling insight into the unique and extraordinary lives of Australian native birds by a leading expert in the field.

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A Cloud a Day

Gavin Pretor-Pinney

Passionate cloud spotter and bestselling author Gavin Pretor-Pinney gives you 365 clouds, one for each day, in his stunning illustrated book.

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The Way Through the Woods: Of Mushrooms and Mourning

Long Litt Woon

One woman’s journey to overcome grief by delving into an overlooked wonder of nature.

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Your Backyard Birds

Grainne Cleary

A beautiful, inspiring and heartwarming book about our human relationships with the birds who share our backyards.

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The Salt Path

Raynor Winn

The Salt Path is an honest and inspiring true story of coming to terms with grief and the healing power of the natural world. Ultimately, it is a portrayal of…

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Silent Spring

Rachel Carson

Exposes the destruction of wildlife through the widespread use of pesticides. This book aims to creates public awareness of the environment.

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Landmarks

Robert Macfarlane

Words are grained into our landscapes, and landscapes are grained into our words. Landmarks is about the power of language to shape our sense of place. This is a guide…

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H is for Hawk

Helen Macdonald

H is for Hawk is an unflinchingly honest account of Macdonald’s struggle with grief during the difficult process of the hawk’s taming and her own untaming.

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Where Song Began

Tim Low

An authoritative and entertaining exploration of Australia’s distinctive birds and their unheralded role in global evolution

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The Hidden Life of Trees

Peter Wohlleben

Are trees social beings? In this international bestseller, forester and author Peter Wohlleben convincingly makes the case that, yes, the forest is a social network. He draws on groundbreaking scientific…

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Recommended nature writing

Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape

The Tree Book: The Stories, Science, and History of Trees

Sacred Nature: How We Can Recover Our Bond with the Natural World

The Future Is Fungi

English Pastoral: An Inheritance

The Heartbeat of Trees

Fen, Bog and Swamp

Country: Future Fire, Future Farming (First Knowledges)

Where We Swim

Recipe for a Kinder Life

The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for an Endangered Planet

Words are Eagles

100 Australian Wildflowers

Sounds Wild and Broken

Entangled Life

Orwell’s Roses

Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

Nature Is Never Silent

Gentle and Fierce

My Forests: Travels with Trees

Fire Country: How Indigenous Fire Management Could Help Save Australia

Fathoms: The World in the Whale

Underland: A Deep Time Journey

Mallee Country: Land, People, History

Bird Bonds

A Cloud a Day

The Way Through the Woods: Of Mushrooms and Mourning

Your Backyard Birds

The Salt Path

Silent Spring

Landmarks

H is for Hawk

Where Song Began

The Hidden Life of Trees