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Nature of Writing Series Events & Titles
Fall Nature of Writing
Speaker Series
As the days grow shorter and nights longer, head into winter with new books that explore and celebrate the natural wonders of the world. Join Village Books and North Cascades Instiitute in learning more about our wondrous planet through the voices of many our country's most gifted writers in this series of readings. Registration is required for ALL events—see villagebooks.com. In-person events will take place in the Readings Gallery at Village Books in Fairhaven unless otherwise noted. Don't miss out!
Katharine Hayhoe
Thursday, September 30, 6pm Virtual Event
Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World
by Katharine Hayhoe
available in September, hardcover, Atria Called “one of the nation's most effective communicators on climate change” Katharine Hayhoe knows how to navigate all sides of the conversation on our changing planet. She negotiates distrust of data, indifference to imminent threats, and resistance to proposed solutions with ease. Over the past 15 years Hayhoe has found that the most important thing we can do to address climate change is talk about it—and she wants to teach you how.
Thor Hanson
Thursday, October 21, 7pm THE CHUCKANUT RADIO HOUR
at the Firehouse Arts & Events Center in Fairhaven
Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid
by Thor Hanson
In-Person Event
available in September, hardcover, Basic Books Village Books favorite Thor Hanson tells the remarkable story of how plants and animals are responding to climate change: adjusting, evolving, and sometimes dying out. A story of hope, resilience, and risk, it is also a reminder of how unpredictable climate change is as it interacts with the messy lattice of life. This will be a great show—don't miss out!
Molly Hashimoto
Sunday, October 17, 4pm In-Person Event
Mount Rainier National
Park: An Artist’s Tour
Follow along with award-winning artist Molly Hashimoto as she takes you on a journey through the exquisite beauty of Mount Rainier National Park. Molly Hashimoto explores parks and wildlife refuges all over the West, seeking inspiration for her sketches, paintings, and prints. Her work appears on calendars and cards, and she is the author and artist of Colors of the West and Birds of the West.
Mary M. Clare & Gary Ferguson
Repairing Our Relationship with the Natural World
In Full Ecology, social-cultural psychologist Mary M. Clare and longtime nature writer Gary Ferguson suggest a path forward. Instead of inflaming environmental dread, they teach us to take heart and develop the inner resolve to confront the climate crisis. Mary M. Clare and Gary Ferguson have each dedicated more than 30 years to exploring the world’s social and natural ecologies—Clare as a graduate professor of psychology and education, Ferguson as a nature and conservation-science writer.
Thursday, November 11, 7pm Katie Ives Nature of Writing
In Person at Village Books in Fairhaven Register today!
Imaginary Peaks:
Series Events
The Riesenstein Hoax and Other Mountain Dreams
In Person Judy Bentley & Craig Romano
Saturday, November 13, 4pm
Register Today!
by Katie Ives available in October, hardcover, Mountaineers Books Using an infamous deception about a fake mountain range in British Columbia as her jumping-off point, Katie Ives examines the lure of blank spaces on the map and the value of the imagination. Imaginary Peaks details the mystery of the Riesenstein Hoax within the larger context of cartography, exploration, and climbing history. Katie Ives's writing has appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, Outside, The Rumpus, and Adventure Journal. Ives is editor in chief at Alpinist magazine and lives in Cambridge, Vermont. This is her first book.
Hiking Washington's History (2nd Ed.)
by Judy Bentley and Craig Romano
available now, paperback, University of Washington Press In this new, full-color edition of the first-ever hiking guide to the state's historic trails, historian and hiker Judy Bentley teams up with veteran guidebook author Craig Romano to lead adventurers of all abilities along trails on the coast, over mountains, through national forests, across plateaus, and on the banks of the Columbia River.
See Villagebooks.com for Event Details
Science & Nature
Immune: A Journey into the Mysterious System That Keeps You Alive
by Philipp Dettmer
available in September, hardcover, Random House In Immune, Philipp Dettmer takes readers on a journey through the fortress of the human body and its defenses. There is a constant battle of staggering scale raging within us, full of stories of invasion, strategy, defeat, and noble self-sacrifice. In fact, in the time you’ve been reading this, your immune system has probably identified and eradicated a cancer cell that started to grow in your body.
MATH
Geometry of Grief: Reflections
on Mathematics, Loss, and Life
by Michael Frame
available in September, hardcover, University of Chicago Press From a foundational investigation of grief as a response to an irrevocable change in circumstance, Frame builds a geometric model of mental states. An object that is fractal, for example, has symmetry of magnification: magnify a picture of a mountain or a fern leaf—both fractal—and we see echoes of the original shape. Similarly, nested inside great loss are smaller losses. By manipulating this geometry, Frame shows us, we may be able to redirect our thinking in ways that help reduce our pain.
SPACE
Across the Airless Wilds:
The Lunar Rover and the Triumph of the Final Moon Landings
by Earl Swift
available now, hardcover, Custom House With all the excitement about Mars, maybe you forgot about the moon! Pick up this book to learn more about everything you thought you knew about the building of the Lunar Rover, our missions to the moon, and the science that got us there. Earl Swift writes in a technical style, but ultimately draws you in with the vivid descriptions of the three lunar missions that utilized the Lunar Rover. –Hanna R.
