An anthology of classic first-person accounts of exploration, literary travelogues and works of cultural history, natural science and fiction about the South Pole.
The environmental emergency is the greatest threat we face. And yet, there is still hope. Setting out the pressing threats we face, award-winning science communicator Paul Behrens writes, in alternating chapters, of what the future could look like, at its most optimistic and pessimistic, and outlines the steps we must take.
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Genius of Birds, a radical investigation into the bird way of being, and the recent scientific research that is dramatically shifting our understanding of birds.
Cranes are enigmatic birds. His revelations surprise and delight and shed new light on an ancient avian family. Jennifer Ackerman, author of the New York Times bestseller The Genius of Birds and The Bird Way The Call of the Cranes is a mesmerizing, vivid, lyrical and revelatory book.
From a 2018 Wainwright Prize shortlisted author, THE CIRCLING SKY is part childhood memoir, blended with exquisite nature observation, and the story of one man's journey over a year to one of the UK's key natural habitats, the New Forest of Hampshire
From Richard Seymour, one of the UK's leading public intellectuals, comes a characteristic blend of forensic insight and analysis, personal journey, and a vivid respect for the natural world. This collection of essays chronicles his ecological awakening and brings his radical perspective to the spectre of climate collapse.