Books of Nature / Essays
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John Burroughs: An American Naturalist
By Edward Renehan"John is so calm, so poised, so much at home with himself, so much a familiar spirit of the forests," wrote Walt Whitman of his friend, the naturalist and writer...
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The Oxford Book of Nature Writing
By Richard Mabey"The Great Central Plain of California, during the months of March, April, and May, was one smooth, continuous bed of honey-bloom, so marvelously rich that, in walking from one end...
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The Last Refuge: Patriotism, Politics, and the Environment in an Age of Terror
By David W. Orr"Patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels" -SAMUEL JOHNSON, 1775 Updated and revised following the 2004 elections, The Last Refuge describes the current state of American politics against the backdrop...
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Tales You Won't Believe
By Gene Stratton-PorterUnbelievable tales of birds and nature.
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Small Creatures and Ordinary Places: Essays on Nature
By Allen M. YoungSmall Creatures and Ordinary Places reveals to us the beauty and value of hornets, bats, katydids, mice, cicadas, and other tiny dwellers in our own backyards. Young, a renowned expert...
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Best of the Kudzu Telegraph
By John LaneJimmy Buffet has his "Coconut Telegraph," but he's got nothing on nature writer John Lane, who sends his musings into the world each week in a popular newspaper column named...
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Honoring Our Detroit River: Caring for Our Home
By John H. HartigWith its long reputation as a polluted and degraded river in the industrial heartland, the Detroit River has been identified by the International Joint Commission as a Great Lakes Area...
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Environmentalism and the Technologies of Tomorrow: Shaping The Next Industrial Revolution
By Robert Olson, David RejeskiWe sit at the doorstep of multiple revolutions in robotic, genetic, information, and communication technologies, whose powerful interactions promise social and environmental transformations we are only beginning to understand. How...
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LeRoy Neiman on Safari
By Leroy NeimanThis new book by one of America's most prolific and popular artists records in vibrant, colorful images the animals, landscapes, and people LeRoy Neiman encountered during his African "painting safari"....
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Stirring the Mud: On Swamps, Bogs, and Human Imagination
By Barbara HurdA gorgeous new voice; a meditative foray into the uncertain ground of carnivorous plants, bog men, swamp gas, and human longingStirring the Mud steeps the reader in the strange and...
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Seeing Nature Through Gender
By Virginia ScharffEnvironmental history has traditionally told the story of Man and Nature. Scholars have too frequently overlooked the ways in which their predominantly male subjects have themselves been shaped by gender....
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Findings: Essays on the Natural and Unnatural World
By Kathleen Jamie"A book of unparalleled beauty, sharpness of observation, wit, delicacy, strength of vision and rare exactness of language." —The Daily TelegraphI had noticed, more than noticed, the cobwebs, and the...
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Kinship with the Animals
By Michael Tobias, Kate Solisti-MattelonA collection of 33 essays exploring various relationships humans have had with animals in past and present times. Contributors include researchers in animal behavior, animal rights activists, telepathic animal communication...
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A Place in Space: Ethics, Aesthetics, and Watersheds
By Gary SnyderIn this classic collection of 29 pieces that span half a century, Gary Snyder explores humans' complex, ever–evolving attitudes toward the environment. He argues that nature is not separate from...
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A Sense of Place: The Artist and the American Land
By Alan GussowOriginally published in 1972 by Friends of the Earth, "A Sense of Place" is a remarkable look at the American continent over the past four centuries. Award-winning artist Alan Gussow...
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Bonelight: Ruin and Grace in the New Southwest
By Mary SojournerWhen Upstate New Yorker Mary Sojourner reluctantly agreed to visit the Grand Canyon of Arizona nearly two decades ago, she little suspected that she was about to lose her heart...
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Walking the High Ridge: Life as Field Trip
By Robert Michael PyleFor Robert Michael Pyle, walking the high ridge is a way of life both figuratively and literally. In his latest book he describes in compelling detail his efforts to live...
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Alexander Pope: The Poet and the Landscape
By Mavis BateyThis work provides a look at Pope's relationship with the leading garden makers of his time. Forever planning and plotting for his own grotto and for his modest five acres...