Browsing: Environment

“Andrews’s wonderful Down from the Mountain is deeply informed by personal experience and made all the stronger by his compassion…

“How do we become who we are in the world? We ask the world to teach us.”On her 120-acre homestead…

Dive into this “compelling” story (Library Journal) of the vaquita — now the world’s most endangered marine mammal due to illegal fishing practices — and the desperate effort to save the species. “Gripping… A well-told and moving tale” (Kirkus Reviews).

“Superb” (Booklist): In the early 1900s, a single tiger claimed over 400 lives. This account describes what drove the animal’s aggression — and one man’s quest to end the bloodshed. “A gripping page-turner that also conveys broader lessons about humanity’s relationship with nature” (Publishers Weekly).

A New York Times bestseller: This “deeply caring, eloquently reasoned inquiry” (Booklist starred review) argues that climate change and new technologies are converging to threaten the human experience — and offers a path forward.

A must-read for animal lovers! After discovering an injured bobcat kitten crying for help, a Mojave desert tour guide adopted the young animal into his family — and heart — in this “charming” book for “readers who enjoy stories of human-animal friendships” (Library Journal).

In this “immersive, densely reported, and altogether remarkable first book [with] the texture and color of a first-rate novel” (New…

Flipping the script on climate change, Eisenstein makes a case for a wholesale reimagining of the framing, tactics, and goals…

Do we have more in common with animals than we realize? This intriguing, insightful book examines rat friendships, prairie dog vocabularies, and other examples of incredible wildlife intelligence. “Eye-opening reading” (The Christian Science Monitor).

A New York Times Critics’ Top Book of 2017 One of Washington Post’s 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2017…