Science & Nature The Redemption of Wolf 302 : From Renegade to Yellowstone Alpha Male by Rick McIntyre
available in October, hardcover, Greystone
From the renowned wolf researcher and author of The Rise of Wolf 8 comes a stunning account of an unconventional alpha male. Recounted in McIntyre’s captivating stor ytelling voice and peppered with fascinating insights into wolf behavior, The Redemption of Wolf 302 is a powerful coming-of-age tale that will strike a chord with anyone who has struggled to make a change, big or small.
Regeneration : Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation
by Paul Hawken
available in September, paperback, Penguin Books
Regeneration offers a visionary new approach to climate change, one that weaves justice, climate, biodiversity, equity, and human dignity into a seamless tapestry of action, policy, and transformation that can end the climate crisis in one generation. It is the first book to describe and define the burgeoning regeneration movement spreading rapidly throughout the world.
Fuzz : When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach
available in September, hardcover, W.W. Norton
Roach tags along with animal-attack forensics investigators, human-elephant conflict specialists, bear managers, and "danger tree" faller blasters. Intrepid as ever, she travels from leopard-terrorized hamlets in the Indian Himalaya to St. Peter’s Square in the early hours before the pope arrives for Easter Mass, when vandal gulls swoop in to destroy the elaborate floral display. She taste-tests rat bait, learns how to install a vulture effigy, and gets mugged by a macaque. When it comes to "problem" wildlife, she finds, humans are more often the problem—and the solution.
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Jungle : How Tropical Forests Shaped the World— And Us
by Patrick Roberts
available in September, hardcover, Basic Books
To many of us, tropical forests are the domain of movies and novels. These dense, primordial wildernesses are beautiful to picture, but irrelevant to our lives. Jungle tells a different story. Archaeologist Patrick Roberts argues that tropical forests have shaped nearly every aspect of life on earth. They made the planet habitable, enabled the rise of dinosaurs and mammals, and spread flowering plants around the globe. Humanity's fate is tied to the fate of tropical forests, and by understanding how earlier societies managed these habitats, we can learn to live more sustainably and equitably today.
How I Became a Tree by Sumana Roy
available now, hardcover, Yale
Drawn to trees’ wisdom, Roy movingly explores the lessons that writers, painters, photographers, scientists, and spiritual figures have gleaned through their engagement with trees. Her stunning meditations on forests, plant life, time, self, and the exhaustion of being human evoke the spacious, relaxed rhythms of the trees themselves. Hailed upon its original publication in India as “a love song to plants and trees,” How I Became a Tree blends literary history, theology, philosophy, botany, and more, and ultimately prompts readers to slow down and to imagine a reenchanted world in which humans live more like trees.
The Weather of the Pacific Northwest (2nd Edition) by Cliff Mass
available now, paperback, University of Washington Press
Powerful Pacific storms strike the region. Otherworldly lenticular clouds often cap Mount Rainier. Rain shadows create sunny skies while torrential rain falls a few miles away. The Pineapple Express brings tropical moisture and warmth during Northwest winters. The Pacific Northwest produces some of the most distinctive and variable weather in North America, which is described with colorful and evocative language in this book.
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