Physical geography & topography
Riverman: An American Odyssey
‘Brilliant, clear, and humane’ Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love
‘Miraculous and hopeful’ Emma Straub, author of All Adults Here
‘Quietly profound … belongs on the shelf next to Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild’ New York Times
Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis
A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week
‘A subject that could not be more important. A compact classic!’ Bill McKibben
‘I learned something new – and found something amazing – on every page’ Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot See
Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis
A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week
‘A subject that could not be more important. A compact classic!’ Bill McKibben
‘I learned something new – and found something amazing – on every page’ Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot See
Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis: Unabridged edition
A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week
‘A subject that could not be more important. A compact classic!’ Bill McKibben
‘I learned something new – and found something amazing – on every page’ Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot See
Riverman: An American Odyssey
‘Brilliant, clear, and humane’ Elizabeth Gilbert
‘Miraculous and hopeful’ Emma Straub
Riverman: An American Odyssey uncovers the story of an extraordinary man and his puzzling disappearance, and paints a picture of the singular spirit of America’s riverbank towns.
Riverman: An American Odyssey: Unabridged edition
‘Brilliant, clear, and humane’ Elizabeth Gilbert
‘Miraculous and hopeful’ Emma Straub
Riverman: An American Odyssey uncovers the story of an extraordinary man and his puzzling disappearance, and paints a picture of the singular spirit of America’s riverbank towns.
Riverman: An American Odyssey
‘Brilliant, clear, and humane’ Elizabeth Gilbert
‘Miraculous and hopeful’ Emma Straub
Riverman: An American Odyssey uncovers the story of an extraordinary man and his puzzling disappearance, and paints a picture of the singular spirit of America’s riverbank towns.
The Sea Inside: Unabridged edition
A startling book, his most personal to date, from Philip Hoare, co-curator of the Moby-Dick Big Read and winner of the 2009 Samuel Johnson Prize for ‘Leviathan’.
Epitaph for the Ash: In Search of Recovery and Renewal
Inspired by her uncle, Lisa Samson has communed with trees since her childhood. Tragically, a disease from mainland Europe now poses a very serious threat to the ash tree’s survival. Epitaph for the Ash explores how barren our landscape could become without the ash’s familiar branches protruding from limestone scars and chalky cliff faces.
Epitaph for the Ash: In Search of Recovery and Renewal: Unabridged edition
Inspired by her uncle, Lisa Samson has communed with trees since her childhood. Tragically, a disease from mainland Europe now poses a very serious threat to the ash tree’s survival. Epitaph for the Ash explores how barren our landscape could become without the ash’s familiar branches protruding from limestone scars and chalky cliff faces.
A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush: Abridged edition
A classic of travel writing, ‘A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush’ is Eric Newby’s iconic account of his journey through one of the most remote and beautiful wildernesses on earth.
The Sea Inside
A startling book, his most personal to date, from Philip Hoare, co-curator of the Moby-Dick Big Read and winner of the 2009 Samuel Johnson Prize for ‘Leviathan’.
The Crash of Hennington
Love is political, obsessive and utterly strange in the first novel from the author of the Chaos Walking trilogy and new novel ‘More Than This’.
The Sea Inside
A startling new book, his most personal to date, from Philip Hoare, co-curator of ’Moby Dick: Big Read and winner of the 2009 Samuel Johnson Prize for ‘Leviathan’.
The Groundwater Diaries: Trials, Tributaries and Tall Stories from Beneath the Streets of London (Text Only)
A flight of imagination back to a time when London was green meadows and rolling hills, dotted with babbling brooks. Join Tim Bradford as he explores the lost rivers of London.