Nature in art

A charming and quirky illustrated exploration of birds and the reasons we love them.

Photographer Seth Casteel's underwater photographs of dogs and babies have captivated an international audience.

Discover plants like you've never seen them before in this beautifully-designed introduction to the plant kingdom.

The spatial turn in the Humanities and Social Sciences has produced a considerable body of work which re-assesses space beyond the fixed Cartesian co-ordinates of Modernity and the nation state.

The idea of the Arctic Ocean as a mediterranean sea is a shock to those of us-and that includes most of us-who cannot shake ourselves free of the Mercatorean vision.

Inspired by the legendary work of Slim Aarons, a photographic narrative tour of a beautiful, unique, historical city and the remarkable people who live there.

"e;Beautiful, useful, inspirational"e; BBC Wildlife Book of the Month"e;A delight on every page"e; Evening StandardIn 1664, the horticulturist and diarist John Evelyn wrote Sylva, the first comprehensive study of British trees.

In a volume as urgent and eloquent as Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, this book—winner of the Southern Environmental Law Center's 2016 Reed Environmental Writing Award in the book category—reveals how the health and well-being of a tiny bird and an ancient crab mirrors our own Winner of the 2016 Rachel Carson Environment Book Award given by the Society of Environmental Journalists  Each year, red knots, sandpipers weighing no more than a coffee cup, fly a near-miraculous 19,000 miles from the tip of South America to their nesting grounds in the Arctic and back.

Contemporary art has a complex relationship to crisis.

A BELOVED CLASSIC FOR DOG LOVERS OF ALL AGESWith a new foreword by Ann PatchettIn the 1930s, Lucy Dawson’s friendly, sympathetic portraits of dogs were so popular with readers of American and British magazines that she agreed to gather them together in a book, Dogs As I See Them.

An inspirational and beautifully illustrated book that tells the stories of 80 plants from around the globe.

In Canada, it can be easy to consider landscape painting as cliche, an art form whose time has passed.

Observe, draw, paint, explore and master the art of botanical illustration.

The Collins Nature Library is a new series of classic British nature writing - reissues of long-lost seminal works.

This guide to painting watercolour landscapes is ideal if you want to learn to paint but are short on time.

How to understand color’s impact on our perception of a place—and capture its palette in watercolor landscapes and cityscapes.

This book discusses the effects of the indenture system on Indians across the colonies, but more specifically Fiji.

*One of Waterstones' Best Nature Books of the Year 2024*Featuring over 50 original illustrations of dramatic seascapes and reflective rivers, alongside photography of the stunning places that inspired the artwork, Angela Harding's beautiful new book captures the waters that move us.

The story of an ancient sea turtle and what its survival says about our future, from the award-winning writer and naturalistThough nature is indifferent to the struggles of her creatures, the human effect on them is often premeditated.

Participates in an intellectual history of ecology while prompting a re-evaluation of nature in the early modern period.

Grab Your Pencil and Get Ready to Draw the World Around You!

In Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean, writer, sailor, and surfer Jonathan White takes readers across the globe to discover the science and spirit of ocean tides.

RHS Staff Pick of the Year 2021 Spectator Gardening Book of the year 2021 'A refreshingly insightful history of plant introductions.

This landmark scientific reference for scientists, researchers, and students of marine biology tackles the monumental task of taking a complete biodiversity inventory of the Gulf of Mexico with full biotic and biogeographic information.

A diverse and entertaining collection of writing examining and celebrating the British Countryside, from falconry to foraging and from the musings of a nighttime angler to tips for seasonal drinking.

Oceanography has moved into the spotlight of urgent social concern, because of the oceans' impact on issues such as global climate change, biodiversity, and even national security.

The 19th century in France witnessed the emergence of the structures of the modern art market that remain until this day.

Capture the world around you on paper with this detailed and practical guide for artists of all skill levels.

The ocean and its inhabitants sketch and stretch our understandings of law in unexpected ways.

In this interdisciplinary work, philosophers from different specialisms connect with the notion of the wild today and interrogate how it is mediated through the culture of the Anthropocene.

This New York Times bestseller by the author of the environmental classic Silent Spring beautifully details the coastal ecosystem of birds and the sea.

Mega Square Herbarium is based on the work of Basilius Besler, the famous plant expert who, for the first time in history, described, painted and engraved over a thousand species of plants.

Stanley Spencer (1891 - 1959) has recently been recognised by a wide general public, as well as by art historians, as probably the greatest English painter of the twentieth century.

In this richly illustrated volume, featuring more than fifty black-and-white illustrations and a beautiful eight-page color insert, Barbara Novak describes how for fifty extraordinary years, American society drew from the idea of Nature its most cherished ideals.

Along our shores, towering cliffs from the age of the dinosaurs rise beside wide estuaries teeming with wildlife, while Victorian ports share waterfronts with imposing fortifications.

Sharks are ruthlessly efficient predators, the apex of 450 million years of evolution.

In this remarkable, landmark publication, countryman Sir Johnny Scott evokes all that is romantic about the British countryside, its people, customs and traditions.

Learn how to start a botanical sketchbook, to improve both your drawing skills and your appreciation of the natural world, with renowned botanical illustrator and tutor Dianne Sutherland.

A chapter on travel drawings gives a flavour of the author's passion and worldwide experience.

Enjoy the Meditative Act of Tracing as You Create Stunning Floral ArtworkTake a deep breath, get out your favorite pen and ease into the tranquil process of tracing these gorgeous and modern botanical illustrations.

A master photographer shares his wisdom on the special challenges and possibilities flowers offer.

Rivers are not only about themselves and the way they curve and cut across landscapes and time, but about an overall geology of the soul that goes on in each life--all life.

100 Japanese Gardens is an ambitious attempt to profile the finest gardens in Japan, while also highlighting lesser known, but equally accomplished landscapes in less-visited parts of the country.

The Boids are back in town .

Waltzes with Giants is a moving portrait of one of the earths largest endangered mammals.

From Lonely Planet, the world's leading travel guide publisher, Wild World, the follow-up to the super-sized bestseller Beautiful World, is a vivid and compelling portrait of the world in which we live.