Natures Ghosts by Sophie Yeo
Winner of the 2024 Richard Jefferies Award for nature writing Shortlisted for the 2024 Wainwright Prize for Writing on Conservation A Times Science Book of the Year Sophie writes fantastically, chronicling the most important issues facing nature conservationists today. Chris Packham‘Sophie writes fantastically, chronicling the most important issues facing nature conservationists today’ Chris Packham
'A wondrous book and a ticket for environmental time travel.' Tristan Gooley
'Urgent and utterly compelling.' Lewis Dartnell
‘Essential, intelligent reading. Sophie is one of the brightest, best-informed and most balanced contributors to the big debates.’ Patrick Barkham
'Carefully and elegantly traces the complex histories of humanity's changing relations with land and wildness. … Joyful.' Rebecca Wragg Sykes
‘Offers insights that could help shape a better informed and more constructive debate … Concludes with determination and hope.’ The Spectator
'Beautiful and necessary: Yeo will make you see the land with new eyes.' Ben Rawlence
'Fascinating, deeply researched and breathtaking in its scope.' Guy Shrubsole
'A thrilling work of investigative writing.' Lee Schofield
'Important and inspiring.' Helen Rebanks
'A beautifully-told journey through time and place.' Henry Mance
‘Vivid and urgent. A powerful new voice.’ Mary-Ann Ochota
‘Captivating. Enriched by luminous ideas and forward-thinking passion.’ Tiffany Francis-Baker
'A tour de force.' Benedict Macdonald
'As textured and layered as the lost landscapes through which Yeo transports us.' Jon Dunn
'Fascinating. A book that, in a thrilling way, makes you feel small.' Patrick Galbraith
‘A book of overwhelming, hopeful humanity.’ Harriet Rix
'Poignant … Yeo reveals how letting nature take its course might not always be the best way forward.' Geographical Magazine, Book of the Month
Sophie Yeo is a writer and journalist based in Durham, England. She has written about nature and climate change for publications including the Washington Post, the Guardian and BBC Future. She is also the founder and editor of Inkcap Journal, a publication focusing on conservation in Britain, which won the Press Gazette Newsletter of the Year award in 2022. Her first book, Nature's Ghosts, was shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Conservation in 2024.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780008474126 |
| ISBN 10 | 0008474125 |
| Title | Natures Ghosts |
| Author | Sophie Yeo |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2024-05-23 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
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