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I actually bought this book online by mistake as the author has two books with the same title. One is a coffee table book of photography from a BBC series, and the second book is an anthology of nature writing. This is a mistake that turned out fine because I ended up liking both books. I learned from this book that are eagles in the British Isles and I never that, or that there are wild ponies that roam free. There are a lot of land conservation programs which is good on them. My mother is British but I have only been to London so Kew Gardens was as close as I got to nature there. I am planning a visit soon, I will try to venture further into nature this time.

kpickens512's review against another edition

5.0

This book is for book lovers. It has beautiful wood block prints and a ribbon bookmark. The author defined nature writing to be included in this collection as any writing after 1789 when Gilbert White’s The Natural History of Selborn was published. If you think about though, just about published before we became tied to technology was about nature because the landscape was what influenced our lives the most. What would Wuthering Heights be without the moors? British and Ireland have produced so many talented writers such as Robert McFarland, John Fowles, Thomas Hardy, Virginia Woolf, and lot of lesser known writers that you given the opportunity to read for the first time.

jeckehecke's review against another edition

4.0

This should've been five stars but I've really struggled with this book. I'm not much of an anthology reader, once I feel somewhat immersed in a piece, it's over. But it's a great selection and I wish I had the attention span and discipline to just read one part of the collection and then the next the next day. But oh well. Some great pieces in there, great contextualisation too.