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The power of Hoffman's book lies in the reporting: he doesn't deal - as many environmentalists do - in generalities and alarmist warnings about what lies ahead for the world, but in the specifics of the here and now.

An impassioned account of the importance of Nature in our lives, and a timely reminder of the need to take action in the face of unprecendented destruction of the natural world.

If the pen really is mightier than the sword, then Julian Hoffman is a knight errant, looking for trouble, a champion of underdogs.

A passionate and lyrical work of reportage and advocacy.

Lyrical and hugely intelligent

A powerful, tender, inspiring clarion call to save the places that matter, right across the globe.

A powerful hymn to humanity engaging with nature...[a] remarkable, illuminating book.

if you read one book this year, make it Julian Hoffman's Irreplaceable

The fight to save our wild places

All across the world, irreplaceable habitats are under threat. Unique ecosystems of plants and animals are being destroyed by human activies. From the tiny to the vast, from prairie to meadow, and from Kent to Hungary, America to India, they are disappearing. 
 
Irreplaceable captures the haunting beauty of these landscapes, including the rare species that call them home. And it reveals the human communities which form around these special places - from grassroots campaigners to professional conservationists and academics - committed to saving them from extinction. Ultimately it asks what a deep emotional connection to the land might offer us, and why we must fight for its continued survival.

Lose yourself in the beauty of nature this winter... 
 
A ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 
 
For readers of George Monbiot, Isabella Tree and Robert Macfarlane - an urgent and lyrical account of endangered places around the globe and the people fighting to save them. 
 
'Powerful, timely, beautifully written and wonderfully hopeful' Rob Cowen, author of Common Ground 
 
All across the world, irreplaceable habitats are under threat. Unique ecosystems of plants and animals are being destroyed by human intervention. From the tiny to the vast, from marshland to meadow, and from Kent to Glasgow to India to America, they are disappearing. 
 
Irreplaceable is a love letter to the haunting beauty of these landscapes and their wild species. Exploring coral reefs and remote mountains, tropical jungle, ancient woodland and urban allotments, it traces the stories of threatened places through local communities, grassroots campaigners, ecologists and academics. 
 
Julian Hoffman's rigorous, impassioned account is a timely reminder of the vital connections between humans and nature - and all that we stand to lose. It is a powerful call to arms in the face of unconscionable natural destruction. 
 
***** 
 
'A terrific book, prescient, serious and urgent' Amy Liptrot, author of The Outrun 
 
'Unforgettable. At a time when the Earth often seems broken beyond repair, this courageous and hopeful book offers life-changing encounters with the more-than-human world' Nancy Campbell, author of The Library of Ice 
 
'Wonderful, tender and subtle, beautifully written and filled with a calm authority' Adam Nicolson, author of The Seabird's Cry 
 
*Highly Commended Finalist for the Wainwright Prize for Writing on Global Conservation 2020*

Julian Hoffman is the author of The Small Heart of Things, which won the 2012 AWP Award Series for Creative Nonfiction and the National Outdoor Book Award for Natural History Literature. He was also the winner of the Terrain.org Nonfiction Prize and has written for EarthLines, Kyoto Journal, Beloit Fiction Journal, Briar Cliff Review, Flyway, Redwood Coast Review, Silk Road Review and Southern Humanities Review, amongst others. He lives in north-western Greece.

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The fight to save our wild places

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The power of Hoffman's book lies in the reporting: he doesn't deal - as many environmentalists do - in generalities and alarmist warnings about what lies ahead for the world, but in the specifics of the here and now.

An impassioned account of the importance of Nature in our lives, and a timely reminder of the need to take action in the face of unprecendented destruction of the natural world.

If the pen really is mightier than the sword, then Julian Hoffman is a knight errant, looking for trouble, a champion of underdogs.

A passionate and lyrical work of reportage and advocacy.

Lyrical and hugely intelligent

A powerful, tender, inspiring clarion call to save the places that matter, right across the globe.

A powerful hymn to humanity engaging with nature...[a] remarkable, illuminating book.

if you read one book this year, make it Julian Hoffman's Irreplaceable

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