Biography & Memoir

The acclaimed author of Founding Gardeners reveals the forgotten life of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world, and in the process created modern environmentalism. Read more

Tim Birkhead celebrates how Francis Willughby set a standard for the way birds and natural history should be studied. It t is a fascinating insight into a thrilling period of scientific history and a lively biography of a man who lived at its heart. Read more

Both a celebration of the natural world and a memoir of one family’s experience during the Troubles, this book by Kerri ní Dochartaigh is a braid of “two strands, one wondrous..., the other violent and unsettling, sustained by vividly descriptive prose”. Read more

From oral history to written word, learn about the history of Oregon through the stories of the Indigenous peoples of the Willamette Valley. By David G. Lewis. Read more

An immersive blend of chicken-keeping memoir and culture reporting by a journalist who accidentally became obsessed with her flock. Read more

At once a deeply moving memoir and a fascinating elucidation of a rich indigenous cosmology, Walking the Ojibwe Path is an unforgettable journey. By Richard Wagamese. Read more

This collection features interviews, photographs, and recipes by James Beard Award–winning journalist and third-generation Alaskan Julia O'Malley. Read more

A true story by Laurel Braitman about the ways loss can transform us into the people we want to become. Read more

Where the Language Lives: Vi Hilbert and the Gift of Lushootseed. The life and work of Upper Skagit tribal elder Vi Hilbert, who revitalized her native language—Lushootseed—and shared it and the culture it expresses with the world. By Janet Yoder Read more

In Writing Wild, Kathryn Aalto celebrates 25 women whose influential writing helps deepen our connection to and understanding of the natural world. Read more

In this sensitively-written book, Torbjørn Ekelund, an acclaimed Norwegian nature writer, shares a creative and non-intrusive method for immersing oneself in nature. Read more

With 150 color illustrations by renowned bird artist Barry Van Dusen and a foreword by celebrated naturalist Peter Alden, the author of numerous Audubon Field Guides, Henry David Thoreau's writings on birds are arranged by the day of the year. Read more