Nature and the natural world: general interest

In the Middle Ages, mules were used to transport goods across Britain.

WINNER OF THE 2014 THWAITES WAINWRIGHT PRIZEIn the past, Hugh Thomson has written acclaimed books about Peru, Mexico and the Indian Himalaya.

In 1944, at the age of five, William Graves was taken from England to the delightful mountain village of Deya in Majorca, where his father - the poet Robert Graves - had returned with his new family to the place he had lived with Laura Riding before the war.

In 2002, Larry Levin and his twelve-year-old sons, Dan and Noah, took their elderly cat to the vet to be put to sleep.

When his father sat him down and told him to 'make something' of himself, young vet Marc Abraham decided to do it the hard way - by setting up an emergency 'out of hours' clinic.

Take a journey down winding lanes and Roman roads in this witty and informative guide to the meanings behind the names of England's towns and villages.

When Mr Shaw meets Caroline on his summer holiday she turns his world upside down.

Join celebrated naturalist Stephen Moss, host award-winning BBC series Springwatch and author of The Robin, for a year in the idyllic village of Mark on the Somerset Levels a watery wonderland rich in nature and wildlife, from birds to butterflies to badgersAs the year unfolds, Moss transports the reader to the entrancing landscape of flora and fauna that accompanies the dawn of each month.

There are few people better acquainted with the West Country than Johnny Kingdom.

The wilderness is much closer than you think.

In his first book since the acclaimed The Running Sky Tim Dee tells the story of four green fields.

In these five stories Julia Blackburn recalls the significant animals in her life and in so doing gives us a sidelong glance at the human members of her family, her painter mother and poet father.

The personality of the cat is a fascinating mixture of affection, domesticity and active independence.

The polar bear is one of the most recognisable animals on the planet.

Through the telling of his own madcap childhood, David Benjamin pays homage to the exuberance of young boys at play.

Twenty years ago a young Londoner named Lucy arrived in the Dorset countryside as a rather bemused bride.

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For more than 100 years, scientists have denied that animals experience emotions, yet this remarkable and groundbreaking book proves what animal-lovers have known to be true: wolves, tigers, giraffes, elephants and many other creatures exhibit all kinds of feelings - hope, fear, shame, love, compassion.

In Lost in Space, Greg Klerkx argues that ever since the triumphant Apollo moon missions, the Space Age has been stuck in the wrong orbit, and that NASA, the agency whose daring once fueled the world's extra-terrestrial vision, has been largely responsible for keeping it there.

Stephen Jay Gould's writing remains the modern standard by which popular science writing is judged.

Stephen Jay Gould's writing remains the modern standard by which popular science writing is judged.

Stephen Jay Gould's writing remains the modern standard by which popular science writing is judged.

Birds of Prey of the West and its companion volume, Birds of Prey of the East, are the most comprehensive and authoritative field guides to North American birds of prey ever published.

In this charming collection of nineteen stories, you can't help but fall in love with the unlucky fawn who is saved by a nursing home, the troublesome rabbit who warms her way into a new family and the good (German) shepherd who comforts the sick.

Winner of the American Horse Publication's Best Equine Book Award of the Year (2004)Finalist for the 2005 Ben Franklin AwardSpanning time and technique, THE ART OF THE WESTERN SADDLE is a celebration and visual feast of the graceful artistry of the western saddler and his craft.

The essential field guide to the raptors of Mexico and Central AmericaRaptors are among the most challenging birds to identify in the field due to their bewildering variability of plumage, flight silhouettes, and behavior.

The lives and activities of seabirds as you've never seen them beforeSeabirds evoke the spirit of the earth's wildest places.

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In Two for Joy, Adam Henson - much-loved and long-standing presenter of Countryfile and Lambing Live - goes on a journey through the seasons to show you what you can find, spot, observe and do in the countryside, to help you find joy in nature all year round.

'Gripping' Sunday Express'Action-packed' New York Daily News'Another monster hit by a giant of a writer' The Daily Express'The Lost World moves at a spanking pace.

As Izzy settles down to life on Bedlam Farm, Jon is amazed that all signs of the troubled rescue dog who first arrived have disappeared.

'Nowzad was a gentle giant when it came to taking treats.

The classic evocative tale of an idyllic childhood in the English countryside Cider with Rosie is a wonderfully vivid memoir of childhood in a remote Cotswold village, a village before electricity or cars, a timeless place on the verge of change.

Adam Goodfellow and Nicole Golding run a stable in the Cotswolds and specialise in curing problem horses.

This is the beautifully told tale of Norton's growing love of the sea, from family holidays in Whitley Bay as a boy, to his first over zealous attempts at diving.

Meet Mohan, a rhino with painfully sore feet.

For Richard and Sarah, leaving the rat-race of London for the sleepy village of Worth feels like a dream come true.

Margrit Coates is an internationally acclaimed animal healer and communicator.

When Marines enter an abandoned house in Fallujah, Iraq, and hear a suspicious noise, they clench their weapons, edge around a corner, and prepare to open fire.

The Complete Cat is an essential reference book that covers every aspect of cat ownership.

When Jon Katz hears about Izzy, a three-year-old Border collie kept alone in a field on an abandoned farm, his heart speaks louder than his head and he agrees to take him in.

When Jon took on a troublesome two-year-old Border Collie in A Dog Year, it turned his sedate life upside down and culminated in a move from suburbia to a rural farm.

'Thick with rolls of gleaming new wire, the obstacle was designed to prevent a suicide bomber driving into the compound's thick mud walls.

The indispensable guide to everything we knew and loved before modern life got in the way.

Melissa Wareham always wanted to work with dogs.

Fossils provide us with a tantalizing glimpse of Britain's prehistoric past and hold the key to unlocking the secrets of life's history and evolution.

Jon and his wife live in a New Jersey suburb with two perfectly behaved Labradors.

'It didn't matter that they were now three miles beyond their target site, that communications were dropping out and that they were running low on fuel.

'I believed Rose had a secret plan for the farm, a detailed map in her head that showed exactly where all her ewes and lambs and humans ought to be.

What started as an ode to Quindlen's aging black Labrador in her Newsweek column has become a life-affirming short book about happiness, in the tradition of A SHORT GUIDE TO A HAPPY LIFE and BEING PERFECT.