A fascinating, multifaceted collection of armchair treks, Linda Cracknell’s travel memoir "Doubling Back" is about revisiting significant places on foot. Cracknell’s walks,... Read More

Forthright and poetic, "The Nature of Spring" belongs to a quartet of Scottish nature writer Jim Crumley’s books. Heading into the Highlands and islands in “the backward... Read More

Sue Lawrence’s "The Green Lady" is a historical novel about the women surrounding a lesser-known Scottish historical figure. Near the end of the sixteenth century, Alexander... Read More

Roy Dennis is a UK wildlife conservation pioneer; in the past six decades, he has been particularly active in reintroducing birds of prey, including ospreys and white-tailed... Read More

Helen Moat’s layered travel memoir "A Time of Birds" is about cycling from Rotterdam to Istanbul. In 2014, Moat set off with her eighteen-year-old son to tour Europe by... Read More

J. A. Mensah’s "Castles from Cobwebs" is a haunting coming-of-age tale. Imani is a Ghanaian orphan who was left on a castle incline in Northumbria. Picked up by the reverend... Read More