Pick of the Month

May Feature: Nature & Wellbeing

This month’s feature is Nature & Wellbeing. We have a selection of books that are right up your street and feature nature heavily in their themes and stories.

• Good Nature by Kathy Willis - A groundbreaking exploration from Professor Kathy Willis exposing the causal relationship between nature and our health - making you experience the world in a new light.
• The Nature Fix by Florence Williams - From forest paths in Korea to islands in Finland to eucalyptus groves in California, Florence Williams investigates the science at the confluence of environment, mood, health and creativity.
• Rooted by Lyanda Lynn Haupt - Cutting-edge science supports a truth that poets, artists, mystics, and earth-based cultures across the world have proclaimed over millennia: life on this planet is radically interconnected.
• The Well Gardened Mind by Sue Stuart-Smith - How can gardening relieve stress and help us look after our mental health? What lies behind the restorative power of the natural world?
• Losing Eden by Lucy Jones - Delicately observed and rigorously researched, Losing Eden is an enthralling journey through this new research, exploring how and why connecting with the living world can so drastically affect our health.