{"id":1488,"date":"2014-09-05T14:24:58","date_gmt":"2014-09-05T14:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/?page_id=1488"},"modified":"2023-06-16T14:32:22","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T14:32:22","slug":"book-reviews","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/book-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_478\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-478\" style=\"width: 197px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/forbes_dazzled_butterfly_mimicry.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-478\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/forbes_dazzled_butterfly_mimicry-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"Butterfly Mimicry: mimics on the right, the imitated 'models' on the left\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/forbes_dazzled_butterfly_mimicry-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/forbes_dazzled_butterfly_mimicry.jpg 363w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Butterfly Mimicry: mimics on the right, the imitated &#8216;models&#8217; on the left, in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/15\/book-review-dazzled-and-deceived-by-peter-forbes\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dazzled and Deceived<\/span> by Peter Forbes<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The nature books here are all ones <strong>that I would wholeheartedly recommend to a close friend<\/strong>, sure they would have a wonderful read. The books can be on any aspect of nature, from natural history novels to travelogues, biographies to evolutionary ecology. What they have in common is that they are <strong>the best of their kind<\/strong>, about nature, and <strong>that I hugely enjoyed<\/strong> reading them. A great many other books on my shelf failed to pass this test, even if I liked them and found them useful: some of those are in fact reviewed in my blog (but not listed here). In alphabetical order:<br \/>\n<!--------------------------------------------------------------><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/09\/book-review-cold-blood-adventures-with-reptiles-and-amphibians-by-richard-kerridge\/\"><i>Cold Blood: Adventures with Reptiles and Amphibians<\/i> by Richard Kerridge<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/10\/poetry-book-review-darwin-a-life-in-poems-by-ruth-padel\/\"><i>Darwin, A Life in Poems<\/i>, by Ruth Padel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/15\/book-review-dazzled-and-deceived-by-peter-forbes\/\"><i>Dazzled and Deceived: Camouflage and Mimicry,<\/i> by Peter Forbes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/11\/book-review-feral-by-george-monbiot\/\"><i>Feral<\/i><\/a><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/11\/book-review-feral-by-george-monbiot\/\">, by George Monbiot<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/24\/book-review-harvest-by-jim-crace\/\"><em>Harvest<\/em>, by Jim Crace<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/29\/book-review-the-moth-snowstorm-nature-and-joy-by-michael-mccarthy\/\"><em>The Moth Snowstorm<\/em>, by Michael McCarthy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/07\/book-review-notes-from-walnut-tree-farm-by-roger-deakin\/\"><i>Notes from Walnut Tree Farm<\/i>, by Roger Deakin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/11\/old-ways-macfarlane\/\"><em>The Old Ways<\/em>, by Robert Macfarlane<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/14\/the-outrun-by-amy-liptrot\/\"><em>The Outrun<\/em>, by Amy Liptrot<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/16\/shaping-the-wild-by-david-elias\/\"><em>Shaping the Wild<\/em>, by David Elias<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/05\/book-review-the-snow-geese-by-william-fiennes\/\"><i>The Snow Geese<\/i>, by William Fiennes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/03\/a-sting-in-the-tale-by-dave-goulson\/\"><i>A Sting in the Tale<\/i>, by Dave Goulson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/15\/book-review-wild-an-elemental-journey-by-jay-griffiths\/\"><i>Wild, An Elemental Journey<\/i>, by Jay Griffiths<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/15\/the-wild-places-by-robert-macfarlane\/\"><i>The Wild Places<\/i>, by Robert Macfarlane<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/12\/book-review-two-lights-by-james-roberts\/\"><em>Two Lights: Walking through Landscapes of Loss and Life<\/em>, by James Roberts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/15\/wildwood-by-roger-deakin\/\"> <i>Wildwood, A Journey Through Trees<\/i>, by Roger Deakin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/08\/book-review-worm-forgives-plough-collis\/\"> <i>The Worm Forgives the Plough<\/i>, by John Stewart Collis<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a title=\"Contact\" href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/contact\/\">Add a Comment<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><!--------------------------------------------------------------><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Amazon (.com, .co.uk) pays a small commission on each book<br \/>\nsold via this website. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The nature books here are all ones that I would wholeheartedly recommend to a close friend, sure they would have a wonderful read. The books can be on any aspect of nature, from natural history novels to travelogues, biographies to evolutionary ecology. What they have in common is that they are the best of their &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/book-reviews\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Book Reviews<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1488","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1488"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8699,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1488\/revisions\/8699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}