“We are all apocalyptic now”: such is the solemn, realistic conclusion that Wes Jackson and Robert Jensen reach in "An Inconvenient Apocalypse", a hard-hitting philosophical reckoning with climate breakdowns, and with the social... Read More

Roy Dennis is a UK wildlife conservation pioneer; in the past six decades, he has been particularly active in reintroducing birds of prey, including ospreys and white-tailed eagles. In the essays of "Mistletoe Winter", his excitement... Read More

“Each and every extinction has its own story,” writes Thom van Dooren in his attentive, elegiac book "A World in a Shell", which regards Hawai’i’s lost and endangered snail species as instructive microcosms of biodiversity loss.... Read More

William Sheehan and Sanjay Shridhar Limaye’s "Venus" is a comprehensive introduction to historical and current research into Venus, as well as its representations in popular culture. Apart from the Moon, Venus is the brightest object... Read More

The Devil’s Highway combines Joan Myers’s photographs with a gritty short story by William deBuys to evoke the sweeping, inhospitable open road. Constructed in 1926, US Route 191, formerly known as Route 666 and nicknamed “The... Read More

In India Swift’s graphic novel "The Girl and the Glim", a cosmic battle between the forces of light and darkness plays out as a girl seeks to adapt to life in a new town. On Bridgette’s embarrassing first day at her new school,... Read More

In "Good Morning, I Love You", clinical psychologist Shauna Shapiro proffers a three-month plan for cultivating gratitude and mindfulness through autobiographical writing. While enduring a messy divorce, Shapiro learned to say “Good... Read More

“Wellness is something we work for and achieve with daily practices, choices, and behaviors,” Jovanka Ciares writes in "Reclaiming Wellness", which combines dietary advice with information on traditional curative techniques to craft... Read More