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Beyond Walden: The Hidden History of America's Kettle Lakes
A rich, exhaustive account of one of America’s threatened ecological jewels.
—Kirkus
Breathing Space: How Allergies Shape Our Lives and Landscapes
Hay fever got you down? Feel an asthma attack coming on? Drop the inhaler and reach for Gregg Mitman’s book instead. His inspired history of these ailments in the United States won’t provide a cure but does offer a sort of palliative context.
— Adrian Higgins, The Washington Post
Cape Wind is the real story, told for the first time in full, of the battle for our energy future. It also is the story of Jim Gordon and his quest to erect the world’s largest wind farm in Nantucket Sound, which is, of course, bounded by the storied vacation lands of Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. His project challenges the privileges, power, and assumptions of many of the ultra-rich and ultra-powerful.
Creatures of Empire: People and Animals in Early America
A most original, gracefully written, and thoroughly fascinating exploration of Colonial history.
Doing Right By Nature: Why You Don't Have to Love Trees to Save the Planet
For so long, the clarion call of environmentalism has been to extol the virtues of nature, to rave about the magnificence of mountains and appeal of polar bears. Nature’s preciousness is trumpeted at every turn. And yet it’s a refrain that doesn’t resonate with the millions of people who simply don’t find nature all that compelling, who aren’t all that keen about the great outdoors. The admonition that we should love nature simply because it’s there doesn’t help when we’re making daily decisions – give up air conditioning? stop spraying the mosquitoes? even that old favorite, paper or plastic? Expecting people to care about nature because it is good is a reason why environmental arguments so frequently run out of steam.
Exploring Stone Walls: A Field Guide to New England's Stone Walls
“Every stone wall is unique and every stone tells a story,” says Robert M. Thorson, the author of this field guide to historic New England stone walls.
The Future of the Wild: Radical Conservation for a Crowded World
Fertile with fresh thinking, this book is an uncommonly eloquent call for urgent but thoughtful action.
The Myth of Wild Africa: Conservation Without Illusion
The Myth of Wild Africa…is the false notion that Africa was ever a continent untouched by the hand of man, and that its wildlife can be conserved without winning the support of its people…. It is a brave attempt to take sentimentality out of conservation.
Stone By Stone: The Magnificent History in New England's Stone Walls
…an open invitation to head into the country oneself and explore a stone wall.
