'Tim Birkhead is an eminent scientific ornithologist and a masterful science communicator. Birds and Us wings its way through 12,000 years of our species' engagement with the avian world. He tells it all with delightful gusto, plaiting personal encounters (with birds and bird-people) with challenging historical research and bewitching scientific rigor'

'Thought-provoking at every turn, this inspiring, shocking, wonder-filled exploration of our relationship with birds from earliest times delivers a sobering challenge to us living with birds today'

'A fascinating book about the close and often surprising relationship between birds and people, written by one of our leading ornithologists'

'A beguiling and beautifully illustrated study... extraordinary details fly off the page, from how guillemot eggs refuse to harden when boiled, to the discovery of millions of mummified ibises in Egyptian catacombs. Birkhead is a personable, often amusing, guide'

'[Birkhead's] book arrives enticingly illustrated, but it's his obsessive passion which is most transfixing'

'A compelling combination of first-hand experiences, human stories, birdlore and scientific puzzles that take us through a 12,000-year pageant to the present day...the whole narrative fizzes with his infectious enthusiasm, curiosity and energy'

'Birkhead's approach to writing - hard, clear sentences; deep, revelatory looking - has the same effect as his microscope, making us see the familiar with new eyes'

'A brilliant and passionate celebration - how birds enrich our lives and now, more than ever, depend on us'

'Justly acclaimed for his brilliance at explaining complex science in a beguilingly lively style'

[A] chatty, irreverent memoir... a surprisingly pithy and entertaining read. The author's candour and self-depreciation make her all the more likeable.

Considering this is essentially a book about a terminal illness, it's surprisingly entertaining.

Raven is unsparing about her life now... she hasn't lost...her biting wit and mordant sense of humour.

Will actually help you decide what to add to your next grocery shop... This is one of the clearest and most accessible short nutrition books I have read: refreshingly open-minded, deeply informative and free of faddish diet rules.

A well-researched and informative book ... Great to see academia catching up with the real world.

The book that needed to be written about the Lake District.

A poetic journey of restoring nature in an iconic landscape. Wild Fell informs and inspires.

A visionary, practical and lyrical book on restoring land, from one of the best in the game, on the front line of nature restoration.

Lee Schofield's Wild Fell is a soaring elegy to nature, a book infused with a deep love of place, and a stirring call to restore wildlife to our landscapes. Written with wit, verve and humility, Wild Fell is above all a story of hope, weaving together deep insights about botany and the history of the land with a wisdom won through years of practical experience.

Wild Fell is a beautiful, powerful book that subtly navigates great and complex challenges.