Bayou Farewell
The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana's Cajun Coast
Written by Mike Tidwell

Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: March 9, 2004
Price: $16.00
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 978-0-375-72517-3 (0-375-72517-2)

Mike Tidwell knew nothing of the disappearing bayou country when he first visited the Cajun coast of Louisiana, but the evidence was all around him: the skeletons of oak trees killed by the salinity of the groundwater, whole cemeteries sinking into swampland and out of sight, telephone poles in deep, standing... Read more >

The Botany of Desire
A Plant's-Eye View of the World
Written by Michael Pollan

Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: May 28, 2002
Price: $16.00
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 978-0-375-76039-6 (0-375-76039-3)

Every schoolchild learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers: The bee collects nectar and pollen to make honey and, in the process, spreads the flowers’ genes far and wide. In The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan ingeniously demonstrates how people and domesticated plants have formed a similarly reciprocal... Read more >

Confluence
A River, the Environment, Politics and the Fate of All Humanity
Written by Nathaniel Tripp
Foreword by Howard Dean

Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: April 18, 2006
Price: $12.95
Publisher: Steerforth
ISBN: 978-1-58642-106-9 (1-58642-106-9)

We are the river, and the river is us. We carry the same chemicals; pesticides and heavy metals, antibiotics and estrogen in our bloodstreams. From the Mekong River in Vietnam, where he served as platoon leader during the Vietnam War, to the Connecticut River near his farm in St. Johnsbury, Vermont... Read more >

The End of Nature

Written by Bill McKibben

Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: June 13, 2006
Price: $14.95
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 978-0-8129-7608-3 (0-8129-7608-8)

Reissued on the tenth anniversary of its publication, this classic work on our environmental crisis features a new introduction by the author, reviewing both the progress and ground lost in the fight to save the earth.

This impassioned plea for radical and life-renewing change is today still considered a groundbreaking work in... Read more >

Goodbye to a River
A Narrative
Written by John Graves

Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: July 9, 2002
Price: $15.95
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 978-0-375-72778-8 (0-375-72778-7)

In the 1950s, a series of dams was proposed along the Brazos River in north-central Texas. For John Graves, this project meant that if the stream’s regimen was thus changed, the beautiful and sometimes brutal surrounding countryside would also change, as would the lives of the people whose rugged ancestors had... Read more >

The Green Book
The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a Time
Written by Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas M. Kostigen

Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: June 19, 2007
Price: $13.95
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
ISBN: 978-0-307-38135-4 (0-307-38135-8)

Ellen DeGeneres, Robert Redford, Will Ferrell, Jennifer Aniston, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Martha Stewart, Tyra Banks, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Tiki Barber, Owen Wilson, and Justin Timberlake tell you how they make a difference to the environment.

Inside The Green Book, find out how you can too:

- Don’t ask for ATM receipts. If... Read more >

Moon By Whale Light
And Other Adventures Among Bats,Penguins, Crocodilians, and Whales
Written by Diane Ackerman

Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: September 29, 1992
Price: $14.95
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 978-0-679-74226-5 (0-679-74226-3)

In a rare blend of scientific fact and poetic truth, the acclaimed author of A Natural History of the Senses explores the activities of whales, penguins, bats, and crocodilians, plunging headlong into nature and coming up with highly entertaining treasures. Read more >

Red-Tails in Love
PALE MALE'S STORY--A True Wildlife Drama in Central Park
Written by Marie Winn

Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: March 30, 1999
Price: $14.95
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 978-0-679-75846-4 (0-679-75846-1)

Updated Edition—Ten Years Later

The scene of this enchanting (and true) story is the Ramble, an unknown wilderness deep in the heart of New York's fabled Central Park. There an odd and amiable band of nature lovers devote themselves to observing and protecting the park's rich wildlife. When a pair of red-tailed... Read more >

Refuge
An Unnatural History of Family and Place
Written by Terry Tempest Williams

Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1992
Price: $13.95
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 978-0-679-74024-7 (0-679-74024-4)

This is the story of one Mormon woman's quest for solace, without and within, as a bird sanctuary near her home is flooded by the rising waters of the Great Salt Lake and as her mother contends with cancer caused by the atomic tests conducted in Utah in the 1950s.

"Remarkable...Her demonstration... Read more >

Shadow Mountain
A Memoir of Wolves, a Woman, and the Wild
Written by Renee Askins

Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2004
Price: $15.95
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 978-0-385-48226-4 (0-385-48226-4)

“The wolves of North America have their Jane Goodall, and her name is Renée Askins…. An eloquent plea for nature unrestrained.” —Outside Magazine

“Delightful…fun to read. The seamless way Askins weaves the natural world into her narrative brings to mind Terry Tempest Williams’s memoir Refuge.” —The New York Times Book Review

“Demonstrates the... Read more >

Whose Water Is It?
The Unquenchable Thirst of a Water-Hungry World
Written by Douglas Jehl
Edited by Bernadette McDonald

Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2003
Price: $25.00
Publisher: National Geographic
ISBN: 978-0-7922-6238-1 (0-7922-6238-7)

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