Adrienne Ross Scanlan

“Martin’s writing is ominous yet profoundly beautiful . . .”

“a solid introduction to how, despite long odds, knowledge evolves.”

“MacDonald’s book gives newcomers a comprehensive overview to a complicated topic . . .”

“’The world, and its beauty, are there waiting for you,’ write Magsamen and Ross, a fitting last line in a book proving the science, the joy, and the power of experiencing life enmeshed in

“The Written World and the Unwritten World reminds us why we write, why we read, and how that makes us human.”

“I am easily enchanted when an odd idea or phrase looms on a page, often showing an invisible link,” writes Annie Proulx in Fen, Bog and Swamp.

“Aguon is a skilled and heartfelt writer, and his book will most likely be inspiring to readers who share his political analysis and seek out the personal stories hidden by geo-political co

“As Ever Green shows, the world is filled with people who bring a weathered idealism to their forests, where there’s much to learn and many successes to build on.”

“What America needs are more good questions and fewer simple answers.

“While it’s not likely that humans will completely stop eating animals, it’s likely and desirable that we’ll eat, exploit, and harm far fewer animals than we do now.

“Perhaps the most important story is Webb’s own, as she shows that we are all imperfect people capable of creating a more perfect world.”

What if all that was needed to stave off an impending mass extinction of life on Earth was to set aside half the planet for nature?

Imagine that sequoias and cedars, lilies and laurels, even daffodils and daisies, and indeed all the plants of our green world formed their own vast and diverse country, one that spanned the Earth,

“From whale song to whalefall, Giggs’ science writing is deeply researched and as fascinating as the whales themselves . . .”

“a fascinating book that resides in the space between science journalism and memoir.”

“Antisemitism Here and Now is for readers who are concerned by the dangerous rise in contemporary antisemitism but unsure how to understand and confront it.”

The environment as an idea that explains human impact on our world sprang not from Rachel Carson’s iconic Silent Spring but from the unwanted awareness forced by World War II that we live

The Secret Lives of Glaciers melts a reader’s interest faster than climate change is melting Iceland’s glaciers. Author and geographer M.

The future is inescapably the past, or so it often seems in What Future.