Notes from an Island by Tove Jansson & Tuulikki Pietilä

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Notes from an Island by Tove Jansson & Tuulikki Pietilä

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Notes from an Island by Tove Jansson & Tuulikki Pietilä

Island observations

MG Whitmarsh 10/19/24 MG Whitmarsh 10/19/24

The Outrun by Amy Liptrot

In this award-winning memoir, Amy Liptrot rediscovers the Orkney Islands

A Woman in the Polar Night by Christiane Ritter

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A Woman in the Polar Night by Christiane Ritter

High adventure, understated prose

MG Whitmarsh 9/21/23 MG Whitmarsh 9/21/23

Fox and I by Catherine Raven

A beautifully-written memoir of a biologist, a wild fox, and a magpie.

MG Whitmarsh 7/28/23 MG Whitmarsh 7/28/23

Driving Over Lemons by Chris Stewart

Settling into an Andalucian farm

Monarca by Leopoldo Gout and Eva Aridjis

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Monarca by Leopoldo Gout and Eva Aridjis

Exceptional book production

Journey to the Last River by The Unknown Adventurer

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Journey to the Last River by The Unknown Adventurer

An utterly convincing and compelling jungle adventure

Bicycling with Butterflies by Sara Dykman

MG Whitmarsh 3/24/21 MG Whitmarsh 3/24/21

Bicycling with Butterflies by Sara Dykman

Nature-writing, memoir, and physical endurance

A Bad Birdwatcher’s Companion by Simon Barnes

MG Whitmarsh 3/15/21 MG Whitmarsh 3/15/21

A Bad Birdwatcher’s Companion by Simon Barnes

A beginner’s guide to the sights and sounds of common birds

The Stubborn Light of Things by Melissa Harrison

MG Whitmarsh 10/30/20 MG Whitmarsh 10/30/20

The Stubborn Light of Things by Melissa Harrison

Lockdown relief in an English countryside journal

MG Whitmarsh 9/21/20 MG Whitmarsh 9/21/20

Bringing Back the Beaver by Derek Gow

Irreverent and serious: Derek Gow battles to reintroduce wild beavers to Britain

When Birds are Near edited by Susan Fox Rogers

MG Whitmarsh 6/16/20 MG Whitmarsh 6/16/20

When Birds are Near edited by Susan Fox Rogers

Essays on birdwatchers

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Writing Wild by Kathryn Aalto

Field guide to 25 influential female nature writers

MG Whitmarsh 9/5/19 MG Whitmarsh 9/5/19

The Salt Path by Raynor Winn

The ultimate constitutional

MG Whitmarsh 7/12/19 MG Whitmarsh 7/12/19

Hidden Nature by Alys Fowler

An emotional reckoning on the Birmingham waterways