Jim Frost thinks that when you’re dead, you’re dead. Gone. Finished. Kaput. But on the eve of his seventy-third birthday, his daughter suggests he have his brain downloaded to a microchip for safekeeping, and Jim is forced to consider what it really means to die—and what it might mean to […]
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The Swallow and the Nightingale, Thea Iberall
Thanks to author Thea Iberall for information on The Swallow and the Nightingale, a fable about a 4,000 year old secret brought through time by the birds. A scientist risks her life to help her daughter and heal the world. Are you ready for the Good? Review blurbs: “The book […]
Read MoreInterview with Kyla Bennett, No Worse Sin
Part VIII. Women Working in Nature and the Arts Today we are talking with Kyla Bennet, an environmentalist and novelist, with a PhD in ecology and a law background. Thanks so much for agreeing to have this interview, Kyla. Kyla is the author of No Worse Sin, a YA title […]
Read MoreNo Worse Sin, Kyla Bennett
First-period English class is the last place 17-year-old Laena expects to have her entire existence thrown into a tailspin. But when Cree, a jaw-droppingly gorgeous boy, mysteriously appears in her classroom, Laena knows nothing will ever be the same. Before Laena can decide who Cree really is or whether anything […]
Read MoreCorr Syl (Series), Garry Rogers
I. Science fiction from an environmental scientist. The story follows a young warrior who is descended from rabbits as he investigates unusual threats to his community coming from a neighboring Danog community. Goodreads Reviews Back to GoodReads II. Corr Syl the Terrible by Garry Rogers is a young-adult science-fiction novel […]
Read MoreBad Atmosphere: A Collection of Poetry & Prose on the Climate Crisis, Don Ogden
Thanks to author Don Ogden for information his book Bad Atmosphere: A Collection of Poetry & Prose on the Climate Crisis. Bad Atmosphere is the culmination of decades worth of writing by Don Ogden focusing on aspects of climate change that moved him to put into words, feelings and thoughts […]
Read MoreJuly 3-5, 2015 – We > Tar Sands, 350.org
This July the climate movement in Canada will come together to be bigger and bolder. On July 3 and July 4, we’ll take action across the country for real climate solutions and to show Stephen Harper that We > Tar Sands. Click here to join in the action. On July […]
Read MoreThe River Wife, Heather Rose
The River Wife is a simple and subtle story of love. The river wife—part human, part fish—has a duty to tend the river, but instead falls in love with a man. The age-old rhythms of her life irrevocably alter as he trespasses further and further into her heart at a […]
Read MorePescador’s Wake, Katherine Johnson
In this gripping debut novel‚ Katherine Johnson evokes the danger and heartbreak of lives at the mercy of the sea‚ and weaves a breathtaking story of love‚ loss and hope. Goodreads Reviews Back to GoodReads
Read MoreTwo Houses of Oikos – Essays from the Environmental Age, James A. Schaefer
Watch Goodreads for giveaways between April 15 and June 8! The 21st century represents the Age of the Environment. For the first time in the planet’s history, one species has achieved the might of a geophysical force. Thoughtful, hopeful, and thoroughly readable, Two Houses of Oikos is a journey through […]
Read MoreAurora, Kim Stanley Robinson
A major new novel from one of science fiction’s most powerful voices, AURORA tells the incredible story of our first voyage beyond the solar system. Brilliantly imagined and beautifully told, it is the work of a writer at the height of his powers. Our voyage from Earth began generations ago. […]
Read MoreCity of the Beasts, Isabel Allende
Fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold is about to join his fearless grandmother on the trip of a lifetime. An International Geographic expedition is headed to the dangerous, remote wilds of South America, on a mission to document the legendary Yeti of the Amazon known as the Beast. But there are many secrets […]
Read MoreAnthropocene Fictions: The Novel in a Time of Climate Change, Adam Trexler
Though this book is non-fiction, it might be one of the first to seriously study climate change novels. Publication date: April 20, 2015. Since the Industrial Revolution, humans have transformed the Earth’s atmosphere, committing our planet to more extreme weather, rising sea levels, melting polar ice caps, and mass extinction. […]
Read MoreHome to Woefield, Susan Juby
Prudence Burns, a failed writer living in Brooklyn (her young adult novel was poorly received because it was filled with earnest young people talking about global warming) inherits a ramshackle farm in Canada from an uncle she’s never met. -Goodreads review This wonderful book brings us to a farm on […]
Read MoreInterview with Jessica Groenendijk, “Words from the Wild”
Part VII. Women Working in Nature and the Arts Mary: Hi Jessica. Thanks so much for letting me interview you. I have been looking at your website, “Words from the Wild“, and see that you are not just a writer and photographer but a biologist turned conservationist. I’m intrigued by […]
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