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The Oxford Book of Nature Writing

The Oxford Book of Nature Writing

by RichardMabey (Editor)

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    Hardcover 1995

    $5.18
Synopsis

This anthology of nature writing from Europe and America covers 2000 years from the imaginative Medieval bestiaries to the scientific precision of modern writers. It includes the work of amateur and professional natural historians and culminates in modern concern for the environment and ecological issues. This book is intended for anyone interested in natural history, in nature writing, animals and plants, ecologists and conservationists.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 272
 Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 02 Mar 1995
ISBN 10: 0192141724
ISBN 13: 9780192141729

Media Reviews
An ideal companion for a solitary holiday afternoon.... A varied and oddly cheering selection. --Focus
Richard Mabey has combed several libraries to come up with a selection that guarantees surprises....To single out familiar items is to miss the great pleasure of this collection, which is the delight of previously unknown pieces. --New Scientist
Mabey's rich anthology is a long record of how homo (misnamed) sapiens has wriggled its way past this continuing and abominable invitation to keep fascism alive. Mabey quite often makes me feel an ignoramus. --John Fowles, Sunday Times
It's a jolly jaunt, in the company of a guide who wears his erudition lightly. This entertaining book, like all decent anthologies, can be as well dipped into at random as read from cover to cover. --Times Literary Supplement
Mabey has insisted on including a proper ration of botany, revealing in the process the very wide range that constitutes one of his special strengths. In his choice of extracts, too, he reveals himself as laudably catholic. The range of possibilities is enormous, but Mabey has passed over
impressively few of the favorite authors that more immediately come to mind. --David E. Allen, Nature


An ideal companion for a solitary holiday afternoon.... A varied and oddly cheering selection. --Focus
Richard Mabey has combed several libraries to come up with a selection that guarantees surprises....To single out familiar items is to miss the great pleasure of this collection, which is the delight of previously unknown pieces. --New Scientist
Mabey's rich anthology is a long record of how homo (misnamed) sapiens has wriggled its way past this continuing and abominable invitation to keep fascism alive. Mabey quite often makes me feel an ignoramus. --John Fowles, Sunday Times
It's a jolly jaunt, in the company of a guide who wears his erudition lightly. This entertaining book, like all decent anthologies, can be as well dipped into at random as read from cover to cover. --Times Literary Supplement
Mabey has insisted on including a proper ration of botany, revealing in the process the very wide range that constitutes one of his special strengths. In his choice of extracts, too, he reveals himself as laudably catholic. The range of possibilities is enormous, but Mabey has passed over
impressively few of the favorite authors that more immediately come to mind. --David E. Allen, Nature

An ideal companion for a solitary holiday afternoon.... A varied and oddly cheering selection. --Focus
Richard Mabey has combed several libraries to come up with a selection that guarantees surprises....To single out familiar items is to miss the great pleasure of this collection, which is the delight of previously unknown pieces. --New Scientist
Mabey's rich anthology is a long record of how homo (misnamed) sapiens has wriggled its way past this continuing and abominable invitation to keep fascism alive. Mabey quite often makes me feel an ignoramus. --John Fowles, Sunday Times
It's a jolly jaunt, in the company of a guide who wears his erudition lightly. This entertaining book, like all decent anthologies, can be as well dipped into at random as read from cover to cover. --Times Literary Supplement
Mabey has insisted on including a proper ration of botany, revealing in the process the very wide range that constitutes one of his special strengths. In his choice of extracts, too, he reveals himself as laudably catholic. The range of possibilities is enormous, but Mabey has passed over impressively few of the favorite authors that more immediately come to mind. --David E. Allen, Nature


An ideal companion for a solitary holiday afternoon.... A varied and oddly cheering selection. --Focus


Richard Mabey has combed several libraries to come up with a selection that guarantees surprises....To single out familiar items is to miss the great pleasure of this collection, which is the delight of previously unknown pieces. --New Scientist


Mabey's rich anthology is a long record of how homo (misnamed) sapiens has wriggled its way past this continuing and abominable invitation to keep fascism alive. Mabey quite often makes me feel an ignoramus. --John Fowles, Sunday Times


It's a jolly jaunt, in the company of a guide who wears his erudition lightly. This entertaining book, like all decent anthologies, can be as well dipped into at random as read from cover to cover. --Times Literary Supplement


Mabey has insisted on including a proper ration of botany, revealing in the process the very wide range that constitutes one of his special strengths. In his choice of extracts, too, he reveals himself as laudably catholic. The range of possibilities is enormous, but Mabey has passed over impressively few of the favorite authors that more immediately come to mind. --David E. Allen, Nature


Author Bio

About the Editor:
Richard Mabey is a popular writer, reviewer, and broadcaster on natural history. A past president of the London Wildlife Trust and Director of Common Ground since 1988, he reviews regularly for The Independent, The Times (London), and BBC Wildlife.