Great Writing About Nature

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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Perennial Classics)
1.  Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Perennial Classics) by Annie Dillard
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  "A book about the importance of living with a sense of place. A hymn to the local, written on the brink of globalisation"
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Rings Of Saturn
2.  Rings Of Saturn by W G Sebald
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  "A prize to anyone who can describe the effect Sebald's prose has on people. Melancholic-grievous-rhythmic? Doesn't quite do it justice"
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Waterlog: A Swimmer's Journey Through Britain
3.  Waterlog: A Swimmer's Journey Through Britain by Roger Deakin
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  "An instant classic: drifts from waterscape descriptions of exceptional originality to brilliant anecdote"
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The Songlines (Vintage classics)
4.  The Songlines (Vintage classics) by Bruce Chatwin
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  "Well, it's mendacious, self-aggrandising, unfinished, and spellbinding. Pretty much like Chatwin's life, then."
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Annals of the Former World
5.  Annals of the Former World by John McPhee
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  "McPhee is the greatest living reportage writer, and this is the best in-print work about geology, fit to rival Hugh Miller"
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Arctic Dreams: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape
6.  Arctic Dreams: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape by Barry Lopez
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  "How can anyone write this beautifully?"
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Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination
7.  Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination by Robert Macfarlane
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  "At last - an intelligent AND beautiful book about mountains"
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