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With over one hundred full-color photographs comes a harrowing portrait of Canada’s most devastating wildfire season ever, the effects of which could be felt and seen across the world.“All hell has broken loose.” That’s the phrase some fire officials use to describe the unprecedented 2023 wildfire season in Canada. Never before has the vast and rugged beauty of this country been ravaged by as many devastating wildfires. Never before have the f...

A marvelous picture book about the history of the world, told through the story of one small hill, from world renowned master storyteller Jairo Buitrago.Somewhere in this world there is a small hill, where three girls are taking off their shoes. But many thousands of years ago, a dinosaur saw a brilliant star falling as he stood on that same hill. The ice age comes and goes, castles are built and fall into ruin. The world grows and changes aro...

“An important read for anyone in need of optimism about our ability to build a clean energy future.”—BILL GATES“Illuminating, incisive, and deeply reported.”—DAVID WALLACE-WELLS, New York Times-bestselling author of The Uninhabitable EarthOur age will be defined by the climate emergency. Contrary to the doomist narrative that's taken hold about the climate emergency, the world has already begun deploying the solutions needed to deal with it. O...

For readers of Late Migrations and H is for HawkA stunning meditation on gardening and the wisdom of plants, " that rare book that will appeal to nonfiction readers everywhere. . . Candid, tender, thoughtful and absorbing."—Shelf Awareness (STARRED Review)"With chapters. . . [that] shimmer like lantern slides, lit with luminous imagery. . . Seed to Dust is an invitation to read this world as Mr. Hamer does—with a close eye to what changes, and...

In this “essential guide to the half of our blue planet we call the high seas” (Will McCallum, author of How to Give Up Plastic), one of the world’s leading voices on the issue tracks the race to exploit and protect our last frontier.Two thirds of the world’s oceans lie beyond national borders. Owned by all nations and no nation simultaneously, the high seas are home to some of the richest and most biodiverse environments on the planet. But th...

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In this evocative and heart-wrenching memoir, a hard-working Welsh molecatcher reveals his double life as a poet and a dreamer • "A wonderful memoir … hands down the most charming book I read last year."—Margaret Renkl, The New York Times"How to Catch a Mole is a small book of many things. In quiet, crystalline prose, it blends memoir, keen observations of nature, and ruminations about life, aging and death."—Wall Street JournalKneeling in a m...

An award-winning, practical (and funny) guide to reducing your carbon footprint.Calculate your carbon footprint: with an item-by-item breakdown.Meet your company's carbon goals: using the latest research.Covid-19 and the carbon battle: understand the new global supply chain.The Carbon Footprint of Everything breaks items down by the amount of carbon they produce, creating a calorie guide for the carbon-conscious. With engaging writing, leading...

True story: An honest, insightful, and at times funny, portrayal of learning to live with a life-altering spinal cord injury. Life-affirming:The World I Fell Into is an ultimately uplifting story that puts human strength and resiliency into perspective Award-winning: The UK edition of the book won the Saltire Society Prize for Nonfiction in 2019, and received glowing reviews in The Times, The Guardian, and The Telegraph. High-profile journali...

At age eighty, Tony Taylor journeys from Sydney, Australia, to British Columbia to fish the Cowichan River with his eight-year-old grandson, Ned. The trip is an opportunity for Tony to return to a landscape that has had a profound effect on his life and his way of thinking, and to share this place with his grandson. As Tony teaches Ned the patient art of fly-fishing, a lifetime of memories, thoughts, and stories unspool in peaceful reflections...

A charming, approachable, and thought-provoking look at bears from one of the world's experts on them.Explores the relationship-both historically and culturally-between humans and bears, which throughout history have been regarded as our wild siblings, and sheds light on how bears are vitally important to our own ecosystems.Provides insight into "the hidden life of bears, " from their unmatched patience with cubs to what it really takes to hib...

From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees A tree-lover's guide to understanding and exploring the forests of North AmericaStep into a forest and you are in a different world. What smell is in the air? What rustles in the leaves? What can the shape of the trees and the markings on their bark tell you about the lives they have lived? Forest Walking offers a practical, beautifully written guide to understanding and ap...

For readers of Late Migrations and Vesper FlightsFrom the acclaimed author of How to Catch a Mole, this meditative memoir explores the wisdom of plants, the joys of manual labor, and the natural cycle of growth and decay that runs through both the garden's life and our own.Marc Hamer has nurtured the same 12-acre garden in the Welsh countryside for over two decades. The garden is vast and intricate. It's rarely visited, and only Hamer knows of...

From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees, the hardcover edition of The Inner Life of Animals sold over 100, 000 copies in North America.The Inner Life of Animals explores the lives and emotions of all living creatures-from fruitflies and ticks to horses and wild boars-and thoughtfully explains how all living lives are meaningful and vitally important to the ecosystems they inhabit. Received rave reviews from bests...

Out of the Woods is a brave and beautiful book, electrifying on sex and nature, religion and love. No one is writing quite like this." - Olivia Lang, author of The Lonely CityA dazzling, devastating memoir about the irresistible yet dangerous potency of the forest.In this highly original work of nature writing, a young man explores his shifting sexual identity and troubled family history against the backdrop of a sprawling urban forest.In the ...

A well-researched and powerful look at women's experiences in healthcare-from disbelief to misdiagnoses, Pain & Prejudice explores the stark reality of what women face-and how they are underserved-in our healthcare system. Like the award-winning 2019 bestseller, Invisible Women did for data systems, Pain & Prejudice looks at how the healthcare system caters to men and the profound negative impacts this has on women's lives.A call to arms: Gabr...

A gorgeously illustrated gift book for fans of The Hidden Life of Trees.In beautiful prose, Seaweed blends science and cultural history to bring the fascinating world of seaweed to life. Seaweed also addresses climate change and seaweed's important role as a sustainable source of food for humans, feed for cattle that can reduce their methane emissions, and the world's largest source of oxygen. Beautiful package: textured paper over board with ...

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