Nature and the natural world: general interest

In April 2012, English animator Joe Butcher discovered he could send text messages to HIMSELF on his mobile phone.

The world fell in love with swimming canines in Seth Casteel's first book, Underwater Dogs.

From the New York Times ebook bestselling author of the Because You Are Mine series and The Affair, for fans for Sylvia Day, J.

On May 27th, 1784, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart met a flirtatious little starling who sang (an improved version of!

A SUNDAY TIMES NATURE BOOK OF THE YEAR It's flight and egg and feathers and song.

'Delightful .

'Sheer, magnificent pointlessness' Marcus Berkmann, Spectator gift guideReader reviews: 'The perfect stocking filler for fans of our four-legged friends and great British pubs alike' - Richard Attwood'Bought one copy for myself and now I have come back another three times to buy it as presents for other people.

From beautiful lyrics to madcap waggery, from the prime suspect in a partridge killing in ancient Greece to the medieval monk's cat Pangur B n and encompassing odes, fables, stories, limericks, songs, nursery rhymes and more, Mark Bryant has compiled a wonderfully evocative collection of writing of all kinds on cats by those who love them.

From animal welfare campaigner Vanessa Holburn and with a foreword by dog lover and presenter of 'A Place in the Sun' Danni Menzies, this book has everything you need to know to help you pick the perfect pooch for your home and lifestyle.

Azuki, the much-loved Japanese miniature hedgehog who became an Instagram sensation, with over 407,000 followers, sadly died on the 20th January 2019.

Andrew Marttila has been a professional animal photographer for the past five years and most of that time has been dedicated to photographing cats exclusively.

The remarkable story of Grant Fowlds, a conservationist who has dedicated his life to saving the last rhinos, vividly told with the help of Graham Spence, co-author of the bestselling The Elephant Whisperer.

'This charming little book captures man's best friend at its silliest: upside down.

Gardening for Everyone is a sustainable guide to growing vegetables in five simple steps: planning, building, planting, tending and harvesting.

In this practical, readable and entertaining book, Caroline Spencer and Lesley Harris bring a new slant to a well-explored subject and propose significant shifts in an owner's understanding of why their puppy behaves as he does and what makes him tick.

This first collection of Pet Tales, compiled by former Life editor Anne Cuthbertson, features a talking dog and a surfboarding cat, a chicken that thinks it's human, a foul-tempered duck called Mussolini, a bear called Tina, and an escaped cornsnake who may still be at large under the floorboards.

A canine guide to British holidays, seeking out the best dog-friendly days out, beaches, hotels, pubs, campsites, cottages and holidays.

The frozen wastes of the Southern Ocean; the tropical rainforests of South America, the scorching grasslands of Africa, the dizzy heights of the snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas: Martin Hughes-Games has been to every continent on earth filming natural history programmes.

Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures.

Harry de Leyer first saw the horse he would name Snowman on a truck bound for the slaughterhouse.

We all want a dog that we can take anywhere with us, a kind gentle dog with whom we can relax, walk and play without stress or anger.

This first collection of Pet Tales, compiled by former Life editor Anne Cuthbertson, features a talking dog and a surfboarding cat, a chicken that thinks it's human, a foul-tempered duck called Mussolini, a bear called Tina, and an escaped cornsnake who may still be at large under the floorboards.

In Bonzo's War, Clare Campbell told the fascinating story of what it was like for Britain's pets when the world was at war.

In Please Take Me Home, Clare Campbell takes us on a journey with the nation's rescue cats, from being treated as pests throughout history to being the pet of choice today.

What was it like to be a dog or cat when the world was at war?

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The biggest-ever selection of first-hand accounts and news reports of shark attacks, both recent and historical, shows how sharks are masters of the ocean and how we enter their domain at our own risk.

The Most Alive is the Wildest gathers Thoreau's essential writings on nature, self-reliance, and the moral discipline of attention, presenting his lifelong effort to recover a more deliberate relation to the living world.

Sometimes the most unlikely of friendships are the ones that save us.

'A DELIGHT' HENRY GEE'BEAUTIFUL' THOMAS HALLIDAYWhere do we come from and how did we get here?

***The sparkling Christmas novel fromtheSunday Timesbestselling author Heidi Swain!

From award winning novelist and journalist David Profumo comes a dazzling work about the restorative power of nature and finding joy in simple pleasures.

So, so good!

In this book Alexandra Horowitz examines whats called the dog-human bond: examining all aspects of the complexity of thisunique interspecies pairing.

The World at My Feet brought me to tears.

Such a simple, clever book.

Dr Carrie Nugent is an asteroid hunter - one of the select group of scientists working diligently to map our cosmic neighbourhood.

He does write beautifully, especially of his greatest love -our wild birds .

The H is for Hawk for lovers of the outdoors and wildlife.

Alexandra Horowitz's runaway bestseller Inside of a Dog began a movement among dog owners to not just quietly accept and enjoy the presence of the pooch at their sides, but to wonder at that dog, and let him show us how he sees the world, and what he knows.

Sy Montgomery'sThe Soul of an Octopusdoes for the creature what Helen Macdonald'sH Is for Hawkdid for raptorsNew StatesmanCharming and moving.

Communication is crucial in any relationship - especially when one of you happens to be a dog.

For anyone who has worried that being beguiled by puppy love might lead only to a short-lived dalliance, Stanley Coren provides the ultimate matchmaking service.

Verblüffende Fakten, überzeugende Grafiken, mutige Zukunftsszenarien: der große Atlas zur KlimakriseWie könnte die Welt aussehen, wenn wir all das Geld, das in Greenwashing gesteckt wird, in echten Klimaschutz investieren?