Natural History

It was 11pm when I checked my email for the last time and turned off my phone for what I hoped would be forever.

A Dubray Staff Recommended Read

Trying to find her dog tests her relationship, and her sanity, to its limits - and gets her thinking about her life, and why things have turned out as they have for her.

A journey into the weird, wonderful and truly astonishing lives of the small but mighty creatures who keep the world turning.

A superb natural and cultural history of bees - the only such book to celebrate their full diversity.

The irresistible story of Japanese cherry blossoms, threatened by a jingoistic political ideology and saved by an unknown EnglishmanCollingwood Ingram, known as `Cherry' for his defining obsession, was born in 1880 and lived until he was a hundred, witnessing a fraught century of conflict and change.

A dictionary of the plants of the British Isles; their common names and folk associations, from custom and superstition to medicinal.

Wilding tells the story of a remarkable experiment: the rewilding of the Knepp Estate in West Sussex, the restoration of natural ecological processes, and the stunning recovery of flora and fauna.

The first photographic identification guide to the birds of Ireland in an easy, quick reference format. The key identification features of each bird are shown, with concise descriptions and pointers to indicate important features. This field guide is endorsed by BirdWatch Ireland, Ireland's leading bird conservation organisation.