Though we normally do not catalog non-fiction (with the exception of some notable essays), we’re making an exception for a few books now and then that really impacted society. Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring was first published in three serialized excerpts in the New Yorker in June of 1962. The book […]
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Walden, or Life in the Woods, is an American book written by noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and manual for self-reliance. Goodreads Reviews Back to GoodReads
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A rich selection of passages from the authors 25 books includes delightful pieces, written with grace and elegance, about the rewards (and frustrations) of trout fishing; the lives and habits of foxes, chipmunks, hawks, weasels, honeybees, and other creatures; the rhythms of the seasons, and many other topics. Enhanced with […]
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John Muir’s extraordinary vision of America comes to life in these fascinating selections from his personal journals. Goodreads Reviews Back to GoodReads
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Amidst the current deluge of statistics about global warming, this book provides a refreshing look at how individuals are affected. The contributors, a mix of poets and essayists, concentrate on small changes in nature, as well as the ways they cope with the immensity of the problem. Some describe concrete […]
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With propulsive curiosity and searing wit, and without the easy moralizing and nature worship of environmental journalism’s older guard, Wild Ones merges reportage, science, and history into a humane and endearing meditation on what it means to live in, and bring a life into, a broken world. Journalist Jon Mooallem has […]
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