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Sexus Botanicus

by Kristen Rabe

Joanne Anton’s "Sexus Botanicus" is an often playful, beautiful science book loaded with fascinating, substantive information about plants’ reproductive lives. Featuring clear, succinct prose and gorgeous color sketches, the book... Read More

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Inside Science

by Kristen Rabe

Persuasive and thought-provoking, Benjamin Lewin’s "Inside Science" examines how big data is changing biological research. Contemporary scientific methods, Lewin says, are driven by large research teams, aggregated results across... Read More

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Secret Worlds

by Kristen Rabe

Martin Stevens’s "Secret Worlds" is a brilliant book on animal perception—the astonishing sensory adaptations that birds, insects, and other creatures evolved for their survival. Humans share five senses with animals; animals have... Read More

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Restoring Eden

by Kristen Rabe

Elizabeth D. Hilborn’s "Restoring Eden" covers the devastation caused by agricultural pesticides alongside an impassioned plea for ecological reform. Two decades ago, Hilborn and her husband moved to a North Carolina fruit farm,... Read More

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God Is Red

by Kristen Rabe

A classic, incisive study of Native American religion and culture, Vine Deloria Jr.’s "God Is Red" speaks with remarkable relevance and poignancy. First released in 1973, this work considers the place of Native American religious... Read More

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Call up the Waters

by Kristen Rabe

In the breathtaking and riveting stories of Amber Caron’s Call Up the Waters, people living close to nature exhibit stubborn resilience and aching sadness. The ten stories in this stunning collection include startling details and... Read More

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