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Richard Mabey

Author of Food for Free

62+ Works 2,939 Members 44 Reviews 4 Favorited

About the Author

Richard Mabey is one of Great Britain's foremost nature writers and editors. Mabey has written "The New Age Herbalist: How to Use Herbs for Healing, Nutrition, Body Care, and Relaxation," "In the Oxford Book of Nature Writing," which won the Whitbread Biography Award, and the BBC's television show more series, "Postcards from the Country." (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Richard Mabey

Food for Free (1972) 358 copies
Nature Cure (2005) 191 copies
Food For Free (Collins Gem) (1972) 189 copies
Flora Britannica (1996) 160 copies
The Unofficial Countryside (1973) 93 copies
The Frampton Flora (1825) 74 copies
Gilbert White (1986) 65 copies
Bugs Britannica (2010) 54 copies
The Flowering of Britain (1980) 44 copies
Plants with a Purpose (1977) 35 copies
Oak and Company (1983) 31 copies
The Flowering of Kew (1988) 23 copies
Home Country (1990) 18 copies
Roadside Wild Life Book (1974) 11 copies
The Book of Nightingales (1997) 11 copies
Street Flowers (1976) 6 copies
The pop process (1969) 5 copies
Cold Comforts (1983) 4 copies
Second Nature (1984) 4 copies
A nature journal (1991) 2 copies
Plantcraft (1979) 1 copy
The Yorkshire Dales (2013) 1 copy
Wilde straatbloemen (1978) 1 copy
Naturens vilde gaver (1975) 1 copy

Associated Works

Lark Rise to Candleford (1945) — Introduction, some editions — 1,819 copies
The Man Who Planted Trees (1953) — Foreword, some editions — 1,789 copies
Granta 93: God's Own Countries (2006) — Contributor — 135 copies
The English Landscape: Its Character and Diversity (1700) — Contributor — 76 copies
Why Willows Weep: Contemporary Tales from the Woods (2011) — Contributor — 22 copies
Slightly Foxed 50: Wilder Shores (2016) — Contributor — 17 copies
Countryside (1998) — some editions — 16 copies
Slightly Foxed 47: Curioser and Curioser (2015) — Contributor — 14 copies
Slightly Foxed 41: Cellmates (2014) — Contributor — 12 copies
The Flora of Hampshire (1996) — Foreword — 8 copies

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Nightingales: The Barley Bird by Richard Mabey in Birds, Birding & Books (September 2010)

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Loved this book. Sort of a biography of weeds, in a way, or at least of the way some weeds have intersected with humans. I wish there had been photos, as so many of the weeds were truly beautiful. I kept my iPad handy, for reference. The uses of plants by man, and the abuses, and the likely future were all explored. Really enjoyed it. Highly recommended
 
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cspiwak | 8 other reviews | Mar 6, 2024 |
Great book. Really a survey, or, perhaps, as advertised , a cabaret. Definitely a jumping off place to find out even more about both the plants and the books and artists mentioned along the way
 
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cspiwak | 6 other reviews | Mar 6, 2024 |
Very entertaining mixture of scientific informaion and personal reminiscences. Manages not to spend too much time on some of the subjects of many pop-sci botany books (i.e., carnivorous plants). And what time Mabey does spend on those topics is presented through a cultural lens that makes the subject fresh.
[Audiobook note: Ralph Lister is an excellent reader.]
 
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Treebeard_404 | 6 other reviews | Jan 23, 2024 |
The Eden Project, an ecological showcase established in Cornwall, is the sponsor and organizing point for this book. From that departure point, Mabey provides a varied treatment of natural history related to the biomes modeled in Eden. I found the natural history parts interesting; the descriptions of Eden, not so much. Mabey is an excellent writer, but this (IMO) just was not his best.
 
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