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China Lake: A Journey into the Contradicted Heart of a Global Climate Catastrophe
Barret Baumgart · University Of Iowa Press
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback
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Barret Baumgart's literary debut presents a haunting and deeply personal portrait of civilization poised at the precipice, a picture of humanity caught between its deepest past and darkest future. In the fall of 2013, during the height of California's historic drought, Baumgart... |
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The Horse-Lover's Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition: A–Z Guide to All Things Equine: Barrel Racing, Breeds, Cinch, Cowboy Curtain, Dressage, Driving, Foaling, ... Riding, English & Western, and So Much More
Jessie Haas · Storey Books
Pages: 432
Format: Print book
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Here is a completely revised, full-color second edition of the established go-to source for equestrian information. This comprehensive A-to-Z guide covers "everything horse" and bridges gaps in the equestrian universe between English and Western styles. More than 1,700 entries... |
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Eat the Beetles!: An Exploration of Our Conflicted Relationship with Insects
David Waltner-Toews · ECW Press
Pages: 276
Format: Paperback
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Will eating insects change the world for the better??Meet the beetles: there are millions and millions of them and many fewer of the rest of us - mammals, birds, and reptiles. Since before recorded history, humans have eaten insects. While many get squeamish at the idea, entomophagy - people... |
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Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River
David Owen · Riverhead Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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A brilliant, eye-opening account of where our water comes from and where it all goes The Colorado River is a crucial resource for a surprisingly large part of the United States, and every gallon that flows down it is owned or claimed by someone. David Owen traces all that water from... |
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Finding Shelter: Portraits of Love, Healing, and Survival
Jesse Freidin · Lyons Press
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
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The healing, beauty, and joy of the animal shelter systemWithout volunteers, our nation's animal shelter system simply would not exist. Volunteers speak for those that cannot speak, pick up the pieces for abandoned animals that have been let down by previous owners or unfortunate circumstances,... |
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Shinrin Yoku: The Japanese Art of Forest Bathing
YOSHIFUMI MIYAZAKI · Timber Press
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
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Experience the healing power of nature! Forest bathing, also known as shinrin-yoku, is the Japanese practice of connecting deeply with nature. It is a practice that involves all the senses and has extraordinary effects on health and happiness. The latest health and wellness trend, it has been... |
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Weird Dinosaurs: The Strange New Fossils Challenging Everything We Thought We Knew
John Pickrell · Columbia University Press
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover
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From the outback of Australia to the Gobi Desert of Mongolia and the savanna of Madagascar, the award-winning science writer and dinosaur enthusiast John Pickrell embarks on a world tour of new finds, meeting the fossil hunters who work at the frontier of discovery. He reveals the dwarf... |
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Leaving the Wild: The Unnatural History of Dogs, Cats, Cows, and Horses
GAVIN EHRINGER · Pegasus Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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A thought-provoking and surprising book that explores the ever-evolving relationship between humans and domesticated animals. The domestication of animals changed the course of human history. But what about the animals who abandoned their wild existence in exchange for our care and protection?... |
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Quakeland: On the Road to America's Next Devastating Earthquake
KATHRYN MILES · Dutton
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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A journey around the United States in search of the truth about the threat of earthquakes leads to spine-tingling discoveries, unnerving experts, and ultimately the kind of preparations that will actually help guide us through disasters. It's a road trip full of surprises. Earthquakes.... |
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Mushrooms: A Natural and Cultural History
Nicholas P Money · Reaktion Books
Pages: 199
Format: Hardcover
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Mushrooms hold a peculiar place in our culture: we love them and despise them, fear them and misunderstand them. They can be downright delicious or deadly poisonous, cute as buttons or utterly grotesque. These strange organisms hold great symbolism in our myths and legends. In this book,... |
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Wolf Nation: The Life, Death, and Return of Wild American Wolves
Brenda Peterson · Da Capo Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of Peter Matthiessen's Wildlife in America or Aldo Leopold, Brenda Peterson tells the 300-year history of wild wolves in America. It is also our own history, seen through our relationship with wolves. The earliest Americans revered them. Settlers zealously exterminated... |
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The Dog Lover Unit: Lessons in Courage from the World's K9 Cops
Rachel Rose · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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"Enter the intense world of both the dogs and people who form the K9 corps. Every dog has its own unique personality." -- Temple Grandin, author of Animals in Translation and Animals Make us HumanAn acclaimed poet, Rachel Rose never expected to spend her nights careening along... |
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