Series: In the Moment

If you have been still enough for long enough, your eyes will have attuned and begun to read the seasurge fluently, so you recognize the blunt curve and flourished tail of a diving otter. Home your eyes in on that portion of the sea, permit nothing else to move, and you will see the otter eel-catching, resurfacing. It is a...

In the realm of dreams, the unconscious mind weaves tapestries of meaning... Whether your night-time visions are joyful, unsettling, or even outlandish, they could hold significant meaning. Could your dreams help you discover secrets you keep... even from yourself? In this pocket-sized book, symbols expert Clare Gibson explores the ways in which your dreams reveal more than your conscious mind...

Inhabiting a landscape, walking a landscape, writing a place and time. Writing Landscape by Linda Cracknell is crafted by a writer of place and nature who believes in being alert, observing, and writing from the particulars of each experience. Engaging bodily with her writing, she is someone for whom getting mud on her boots, sleeping high up in the hills,...

Learn from Britain's leading dragonfly expert how to invite dragonflies and damselflies into your garden and help them thrive there. In this compact and accessible wildlife primer, Dragonfly-Friendly Gardening, 'Dragonfly Ambassador' Ruary Mackenzie Dodds shows how to set up a tranquil garden haven for dragonflies, with straightforward, easy-to-follow guidance on preparing your pond, what plants to include in it, and...

A pocketful of nature poetry in all its green glory from the In the Moment series. Taking time for nature poetry is an act of reverence for the natural world, and a path to understanding our part in it. The poems in this pocket-sized anthology will transport you, sending you into the garden, forests, mountains, and shores with searching hands...

Understanding, loving and protecting butterflies in all their enchantments. Butterflies have enchanted and intrigued us for centuries. From the eighteenth-century 'aurelians', through the Victorian 'golden age' of collecting to the twentieth-century focus on conservation, humans have chased glimpses of these beautiful but elusive creatures. Winding through literature, art, music, and dreams, The Butterfly: Flights of Enchantment uncovers why butterflies continue...

From the author of The Zen of Climbing and The Craft of Bouldering, a manifesto for a new approach to connecting meaningfully with the wildness around and within us. In recent years, we have woken up to the crucial role that nature plays in our well-being. As we live increasingly urbanised lives, we seek out wilderness and green space in...

Outstandingly good ... It may be the single most insightful book about climbing ever written. Paul Sagar, Climber, writer, thinker What do Zen masters, sixteenth-century Samurai, and the world's elite climbers have in common? They have perfected the art of awareness, of being in the moment, of trusting the process. Climbing is a sport of perception, and our successes and...

From the author of The Zen of Climbing, this enlightening and essential book is an inspired collection of concise essays and reflections on the art of bouldering. More than a sport, bouldering is a craft that demands equal fine-tuning of the mind and body. It calls for total commitment and attentiveness. Climber, writer, and philosopher Francis Sanzaro brings the discipline...