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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 storytelling 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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Treats at the Counters

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.

Fancy Gardens

Private Gardens of the Pacific Northwest

by Brian Coleman

available in September, hardcover, Gibbs Smith Private Gardens of the Pacific Northwest is a stunning exploration of 20 lush private gardens. These sprawling estates, small sanctuaries, and artful retreats capture the natural beauty of the verdant Pacific Northwest, each one splashed with hints of boldness, modernity, artistry, and exquisiteness. Each garden is portrayed in a three- to six-page spread with colorful photographs, descriptions of the garden, and lists of its specific plants.

The Northwest Gardens of Lord and Schryver

by Valencia Libby

available in September, paperback, Oregon State University Press Lord & Schryver, the first landscape architecture firm founded and operated by women in the Pacific Northwest, designed more than two hundred gardens in Oregon and Washington, including residential, civic, and institutional landscapes. Elizabeth Lord and Edith Schryver met as young women and in 1929 established their highly successful firm in Salem; their work is acknowledged as one of the milestones in the history of garden design in the Northwest and beyond.

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Without Dying: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Identifying 29 Wild, Edible Mushrooms

by Frank Hyman

available in October, paperback, Storey Publishing, LLC

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Mushroom Wanderland:

A Forager's Guide to Finding, Identifying, and Using More Than 25 Wild Fung

by Jess Starwood

available now, hardcover, Countryman Press

Peterson Field Guide to Mushrooms

of North America, Second Edition

by Karl B. McKnight, Kirsten McKnight Ward, Joseph R. Rohrer, Kent H. McKnight

available now, paperback, Mariner Books

The Secret Life of Fungi:

Discoveries From a Hidden World

by Aliya Whiteley

September hardcover, Pegasus Books