Biography & Memoir

This embellished graphic novel, based on Audubon’s own retellings, not only captures the spirit of early America’s unexplored wilderness but also the rise of this exceptional artist to become one of the greatest natural historians ever. By Fabien Grolleau Read more

Beautifully told and illustrated by Julie Heffernan,  Babe in the Woods is an extraordinary journey of memory, remorse, and rebirth, and a powerful lesson in trust in one's self, offering a new way of seeing for anyone who feels lost in the world. Read more

Reflecting on family, identity and nature, this personal memoir is about what it is to have a home. Written by and featuring Amanda Thomson's artwork and photography throughout, it explores how place, language and family shape us and make us who we are. Read more

Pride Month Featured Item:
The paperback edition of Christin Cooper's NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller Better Living Through Birding.
Non-members will get 15% off the regular price and BCS members will get 25% off. Read more

An autobiography of Rodney Stotts sharing his unlikely journey in becoming a conservationist and one of America's few Black master falconers. Read more

In this uplifting memoir, Trish O'Kane, a professor and activist, shares what birds can teach us about life, social change, and protecting the environment. Read more

At a personal and professional crossroads, a man resets his life and finds sobriety, love, and 618 bird species, cycling his way to a very Big Year. By Dorian Anderson. Read more

Birding with Yeats is a delicate, sensitive, and gentle reflection on the unique bond between a mother and son, and the magic that is the natural world. By Lynn Thomson. Read more

Birds, Beasts and Bedlam recounts the adventures of Britain’s favorite maverick rewilder, Derek Gow, and his single-minded mission to save our rarest wildlife—one species at a time. Read more

A soulful collection of illuminating essays and interviews that explore Black people's spiritual and scientific connection to the land, waters, and climate, curated by the acclaimed author of Farming While Black. Read more

From Kerri ní Dochartaigh, the acclaimed author of Thin Places, a luminous day book about an unexpected year and finding home. Lyrical, fragmentary in subject and form, Cacophony of Bone is an ode to a year, a place, and a love that transformed a life. Read more

Hardcover edition by Aisholpan Nurgaiv with Liz Welch. The subject of the award-winning documentary The Eagle Huntress tells the true story of how she became the first girl to compete in—and win—one of Mongolia's most prestigious competitions. Read more

Dava Sobel crafts a luminous chronicle of the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science, and the untold story of the many young women trained in her laboratory who were launched into stellar scientific careers of their own. Read more

Explores Lopez’s writing about the natural world in the context of current concerns about the planet’s future and shares stories of Lopez’s travels, inspirations, and friendships. Edited by Kurt Caswell and James Perrin Warren. Read more

"In me, there is the red of miry clay, the brown of spring floods, the gold of ripening tobacco. .. I am, in the deepest sense, colored.” From these fertile soils emerges this unforgettable memoir by ornithologist and professor of ecology J. Drew Lanham. Read more

Regan Penaluna blends memoir, biography, and criticism to tell the stories of four women, weaving throughout an alternative history of philosophy. This is a moving meditation on what philosophy could look like if women were treated equally. Read more