Bothy Tales: Footsteps in the Scottish hills
By: John D. Burns
3.96
Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. Waterlog: A Swimmer's Journey Through Britain
By: Roger Deakin
4.27
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
In 1996 Roger Deakin, the late, great nature writer, set out to swim through the British Isles. Fro… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
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- british literature
2. A Croft in the Hills
By: Katharine Stewart
4.12
Format: 159 pages, Paperback
A Croft in the Hills captures life on a hill croft 50 years ago. A couple and their young daughter… read more
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- nonfiction
- scotland
- nature
"We filled our lungs with the cold, still air and forgot our small needs and worries. We had a sound roof to shelter us, peat and wood for warmth, milk, eggs and potatoes in plenty to keep us fed. Hea…"-Katharine Stewart, A Croft in the Hills
"In a flash it came to me - might not people who were forced to spend their working hours between walls like to hear about what went on in a hill-top croft, of how it was possible to get an immense am…"-Katharine Stewart, A Croft in the Hills
3. The Pants Of Perspective: One Woman's 3,000 kilometre running adventure through the wilds of New Zealand
By: Anna McNuff
3.69
Format: 216 pages,
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- travel
- nonfiction
- adventure
4. The Last Hours
By: Minette Walters
0.00
Format: 194 pages, Paperback
For most, the Black Death is the end. For a brave few, it heralds a new beginning. When the Black D… read more
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5. Thin Air
By: Michelle Paver
5.00
Format: 384 pages,
In 1935, young medic Stephen Pearce travels to India to join an expedition with his brother, Kits. … read more
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- adventure
6. Last Chance to See
By: Douglas Adams , Mark Carwardine
3.71
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Very funny and moving...The glimpses of rare fauna seem to have enlarged [Adams'] thinking, enlive… read more
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7. The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed
By: John Vaillant
4.38
Format: None pages, Paperback
When a shattered kayak and camping gear are found on an uninhabited island in the Pacific Northwest… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
8. Corrag
By: Susan Fletcher
3.86
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
In 'Corrag', Susan Fletcher tells us the story of an epic historic event, of the difference a singl… read more
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9. The Living Mountain
By: Robert Macfarlane , Nan Shepherd
4.50
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
This is an alternate Cover Edition for . The Living Mountain is a lyrical testament in praise of t… read more
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10. Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucía
By: Chris Stewart
3.07
Format: None pages,
No sooner had Chris Stewart set eyes on El Valero than he handed over a check. Now all he had to do… read more
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11. The Shepherd's Life: A People's History of the Lake District
By: James Rebanks
4.18
Format: 578 pages, Hardcover
THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER Some people's lives are entirely their own creations. James … read more
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12. The Bookseller of Inverness
By: S.G. MacLean
4.08
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
After Culloden, Iain MacGillivray was left for dead on Drumossie Moor. Wounded, his face brutally s… read more
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13. The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance
By: Mensun Bound
4.12
Format: 409 pages, Kindle Edition
"As thrilling as any tale from the heroic age of exploration. ... Bound's account is a triumph. The… read more
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- nonfiction
- adventure
14. Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland
By: Lisa Schneidau
3.81
Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition
The islands of Britain and Ireland hold a rich heritage of plant folklore and wisdom, from the magi… read more
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- short stories
- nature
"In the old days, there were bogles, the horrid things, creeping in the darkness, ready to take people. And even in the daytime, when there weren't bogles, people were always fretting about them, or s…"-Lisa Schneidau, Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland
15. The Last Witch of Scotland
By: Philip Paris
3.95
Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition
Being a woman was her only crime. Scottish Highlands, 1727. In the aftermath of a tragic fire… read more
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16. The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3)
By: Robert Thorogood
3.93
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
The Marlow Murder Club is on the hunt for a killer... Geoffrey Lushington, Mayor of Marlow, dies su… read more
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- british literature
17. Landlines
By: Raynor Winn
4.33
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Some people live to walk. Raynor and Moth walk to live . . . Raynor Winn knows that her husband … read more
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- adventure
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- nonfiction
- scotland
- walking
- nature
"We're caught in an endless cycle of 'what if', where all we can do is take the next step and see where that leads."-Raynor Winn, Landlines
"I know I'm clutching at straws. Every time this disease takes a new leap forward I desperately search for a simple label to put on it, as do the doctors."-Raynor Winn, Landlines
"Irrational, irresponsible, maybe, but in that desperate moment our decision to walk offered every thing we needed — shelter in the form of our tent and a line on a map to follow. It gave us a route f…"-Raynor Winn, Landlines
"We stick to the stones, stepping from one to the other, as does everyone else drawn along this thread of stone through the boglands. Isn't this the way humanity should approach everything we do on th…"-Raynor Winn, Landlines
18. Strong Female Character
By: Fern Brady
4.48
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A summary of my 1. I'm diagnosed with autism 20 years after telling a doctor I had it. 2. My… read more
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- nonfiction
"I was continually over-identifying with fiction to try and find a template for myself and my story (143)"-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character
"For all her flaws, my mum never raised me with dysfunctional attitudes to food or made me think I was greedy or not thin enough. She was always clear she disliked me for me."-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character
"It's 2022 as I write this and I'm still waiting to find someone I respect to speak openly and in detail about meltdowns. I'm really annoyed that I have to be the one to do this."-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character
"It made perfect sense to me that my skin was bursting open in disgusting weeping pustules. The emotions felt volcanic and I'd never been good at communicating that to people in words so now my body w…"-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character
19. The Salt Path
By: Raynor Winn
4.02
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Just days after Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years, is terminally ill, their home and… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- walking
- nature
"It’s six hundred and thirty miles and we’ll have to camp all the way."-Raynor Winn, The Salt Path
"Give time for what you know you must do and you will have what you desire the most."-Raynor Winn, The Salt Path
"Refugees from western civilisation, cut adrift from life in a boat that rarely finds a harbour."-Raynor Winn, The Salt Path
"We had lost everything except our children and each other, but we had the wet grass and the rhythm of the sea on the rocks."-Raynor Winn, The Salt Path
20. Finding Hildasay: How One Man Walked the UK's Coastline and Found Hope and Happiness
By: Christian Lewis
4.40
Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition
Join Christian Lewis as he walks the entire coastline of the UK – his dog Jet in tow – and rebuilds… read more
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- scotland
- walking
- nature
21. I Am an Island
By: Tamsin Calidas
3.76
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
When Tamsin Calidas first arrives on an island in the Scottish Hebrides, it feels like coming home.… read more
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- nonfiction
- scotland
- nature
"It was a time of hope and dreaming of your beautiful life, and Brit Pop singing the world real again."-Tamsin Calidas, I Am an Island
"On dementia: It is like you are living in a world with no connection to anyone or anything. It is lonely. It is like nobody is there."-Tamsin Calidas, I Am an Island
"Cancer bleeds the life out of you until there is nothing left. Once the body is not able to eat, it starts to sleep and its muscles and strength begin to waste away. But even then, the mind can still…"-Tamsin Calidas, I Am an Island
"When someone dies, their spirit is free. But no one is free that is left behind. (...) Grief is like soil. It is heavy and clings to your skin, even when you come up for air. And sometimes, even afte…"-Tamsin Calidas, I Am an Island
22. The Wild Silence
By: Raynor Winn
3.98
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
The follow-up to The Salt Path. Nature holds the answers for Raynor and her husband Moth. After … read more
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- british literature
- travel
- nonfiction
- walking
- nature
"At what point in our lives does cynicism take over from instinct? When we stop feeling the softness of rain on our face and start worrying about being wet?…When do we make that switch from being part…"-Raynor Winn, The Wild Silence
"Wat is toch dat moment in ons leven dat cynisme de overhand krijgt over intuïtie? Wanneer maakt het voelen van de zachtheid van regendruppels in ons gezicht plaats voor de bezorgdheid dat we nat word…"-Raynor Winn, The Wild Silence
23. Light Over Liskeard
By: Louis de Bernières
3.72
Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition
Sometimes we must look to the past to survive the future.Q wants a simpler and safer life. His work… read more
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24. The Outrun: A Memoir
By: Amy Liptrot
4.01
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2016 WAINWRIGHT PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 ONDA… read more
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- nonfiction
- scotland
- nature
"I'm filling the void with new knowledge and moments of beauty. The dangerous thoughts will happen - and while I'm experiencing them I feel like that's the way I will feel for ever - but I just have t…"-Amy Liptrot, The Outrun: A Memoir
25. Autumn Chills: Tales of Intrigue from the Queen of Crime
By: Agatha Christie
3.90
Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition
An all-new collection of autumn-themed mysteries from the master of the genre.Autumn is the season … read more
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- short stories
- british literature
26. Where the River Takes Us
By: Lesley Parr
4.25
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
It's February 1974 and working class families have been hit hard by the three-day week. The reduced… read more
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27. Bothy Tales: Footsteps in the Scottish hills
By: John D. Burns
3.96
Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition
AUTHOR SHORTLISTED FOR THE GREAT OUTDOORS BOOK OF THE YEAR John D Burns is an award winning mount… read more
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28. Four Seasons in Japan
By: Nick Bradley
4.24
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Flo is sick of Tokyo. Suffering from a crisis in confidence, she is stuck in a rut, her translation… read more
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"Without losing to the rain,’ Ayako quoted the Miyazawa Kenji poem. ‘Without losing to the wind."-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan
"You don’t have to, though,’ his friend said, with a tilt of his head. ‘You can do whatever you like, man. It’s your life. Don’t live it for other people."-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan
"But the important thing is that you turn up, you get out your pen, and you draw one small thing, one line at a time. That’s how you achieve something big."-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan
"I remember looking out into that dark night sky, and I remember feeling something I hadn’t in a long time – I want to live. Having found myself that close to death, I suddenly knew that I wasn’t read…"-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan
29. The Way of the Hermit: My 40 years in the Scottish Wilderness
By: Ken Smith
4.23
Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition
Could you leave behind the bustle of modern society and spend your days immersed in nature? In The … read more
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- nature
30. Arabia: A Journey through the Heart of the Middle East
By: Levison Wood
4.31
Format: None pages, Audiobook
Following in the footsteps of great explorers such as Lawrence of Arabia and Wilfred Thesiger, Arab… read more
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- nonfiction
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31. The Year of Sitting Dangerously: My Garden Safari
By: Simon Barnes
3.63
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of Rewild Yourself comes a brilliant new book that reveals the natural jo… read more
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