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A Few Good Books
On our blog, we write about some of our all-time favorite books and authors, as well as those we’ve recently discovered. We feature writers whose work deserves to be more widely known, hoping that readers might be inspired to explore their books.
Richard Mabey: A Life in Nature
Richard Mabey is one of Britain's most celebrated and influential nature writers. He was born in Hertfordshire in 1941. He grew up with a deep connection to the English countryside, particularly the chalk hills and mixed woodlands of the Chilterns, which would become a recurring landscape in his writing. Here’s a look at some of his books...
Book Recommendation: The Stubborn Light of Things
This is a nature diary, compiled from the Nature Notebook Column that the author used to write for The Times. This book is divided into two sections, city and country. It begins in August, 2014 when Harrison was living in London...