Nature

Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter (Hardcover)

By Ben Goldfarb

$24.95

ISBN: 9781603587396

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Published: Chelsea Green Publishing Company - July 11th, 2018

Castor canadensis is a pretty cool animal. We tend to take them for granted because they're fairly common. Nearly trapped to extinction, the lack of beavers had a profound effect on the landscape (not for the better). But they're back and Goldfarb adroitly illuminates how they live and why they are critical to the maintenance of a healthy ecosystem in their native range. ~ Reviewed by Nate George

Common Ground: Encounters with Nature at the Edges of Life (Hardcover)

By Rob Cowen

$29.00

ISBN: 9780226424262

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Published: University of Chicago Press - November 2nd, 2016

“Our connection to the world is always two things at once: instinctive and augmented.”
An absolutely beautiful book, about the place between our cities and the wild, known as the edge-land. It’s a place mostly forgotten, but one if you choose to, will ease you back into the rhythms of nature, and bring you closer to the wildlife that walk through it everyday. A deeply personal, poetic book about the wild natural places that live beside us, there is no need to hike into wilderness’ or climb mountains to find what is right on our doorstep. ~ Reviewed by Becky Doherty

On Trails: An Exploration (Paperback)

By Robert Moor

$16.00

ISBN: 9781476739236

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Published: Simon & Schuster - July 4th, 2017

Are you as fascinated and intrigued as I am by intellectual journeys that are brave enough to explore connections across traditionally insulated intellectual domains of the arts and sciences? Moor takes us on a fascinating trans-disciplinary journey of physical and metaphorical "trails" that taken together help us reconcile and plumb the depths of our narrative, philosophical and scientific understandings of the world.

Recommended book pairing:
The Wander Society by Keri Smith (author of Wreck this Journal)
Art & Physics: Parallel Visions in Space, Time and Light by Leonard Shlain
~ Reviewed by Sam Baker

The Living Forest: A Visual Journey Into the Heart of the Woods (Hardcover)

By Robert Llewellyn, Joan Maloof

$40.00

ISBN: 9781604697124

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Published: Timber Press (OR) - October 4th, 2017

For readers of The Hidden Life of Trees, or simply people who love trees, an immersive journey into the life of the woods. Water, soil, animals, and every part of the tree are explored in readable scientific prose and extraordinary images. An eye-popping, mind-expanding gift. ~ Reviewed by Stan Hynds

American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West (Hardcover)

By Nate Blakeslee

$28.00

ISBN: 9781101902783

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Published: Crown Publishing Group (NY) - October 17th, 2017

This is the story of Yellowstone's most famous Wolf , number 832AF, or more affectionately known as "06" for the year she was born. Observed, tracked and photographed by novices and biologists alike, 06 was internationally revered for her majestic stature, merciful leadership, tender parenting and fierce hunting skill. Her legendary reign as the granddaughter of one of the first Canadian wolves brought to repopulate the park in 1995 is both fascinating and magical. Yet American Wolf is a much larger and critical story. It illuminates the inherent tensions of contemporary life in the American West and begs a number of important questions. What do we value? What are we willing to sacrifice to preserve our precious wild places? ~ Reviewed by Nancy Scheemaker

Landmarks (Landscapes #4) (Paperback)

By Robert MacFarlane

$18.00

ISBN: 9780241967874

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Published: Penguin Books - August 2nd, 2016

This is a marvelous book about language and landscape and the love of place. Macfarlane investigates the history of names and nomenclature in the local vernacular and the loss of words being reflected in our era of digitization. This is one of the most important books I've red this year and sits on my shelf next to Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Kimmerer. Positively lyrical! ~ Reviewed by Maeve Noonan