“A passionate and heartfelt call to care.”—Bruce Feiler, New York Times bestselling author of Walking the Bible and America’s Prophet In You Are Here,...
Energy Systems A Very Short Introduction
Modern societies require energy systems to provide energy for cooking, heating, transport, and materials processing, as well as for electricity generation. Energy systems include...
The Birds of Pandemonium Life Among the Exotic and the Endangered
Aviculturist Raffin introduced us to Sweetie, a special breed of quail with an outsized personality; Oscar the inspiring disabled Lady Gouldian finch; Victoria, Wing, and Coffee,...
Virga & Bone Essays from Dry Places
From the author of The Secret Knowledge of Water and Atlas of a Lost World comes a deeply felt essay collection focusing upon a vivid series of desert icons—a sheet of virga...
Disaster by Choice How Our Actions Turn Natural Hazards Into Catastrophes
An earthquake shatters Haiti and a hurricane slices through Texas. We hear that nature runs rampant, seeking to destroy us through these 'natural disasters'. Science recounts a...
Earth Almanac A Year of Witnessing the Wild, from the Call of the Loon to the Journey of the Gray Whale
Noted nature writer Ted Williams invites readers along on a year-long immersion in the wild and fleeting moments of the natural world, from winter candy and spring quackers to...
Material Making and the Art of Transformation
A master craftsperson explores the ways in which working with our hands reveals the essence of both our humanity and our relationship with the natural, material worldIn our...
Uprooted A Gardener Reflects on Beginning Again
"An intimate, lesson-filled story of what happens when one of America’s best-known garden writers transplants herself, rooting in to a deeper partnership with nature than ever...
Super-Charged How Outlaws, Hippies, and Scientists Reinvented Marijuana
Marijuana has been illegal in the United States since 1937. Yet, thanks in large part to a loosely connected underground world of breeders, dealers, and smokers, there are...
Relaxing Sound Of Ocean Waves: Ambient Audio For Gentle Relaxation, Meditation, Deep Sleep, Yoga, Spa And Lounge
Recorded on locations around Mediterranean sea this audio production includes 3 self contained 9 min audio tracks with 12 waves per minute making a total count of 108 beats in...
