I am sitting outside at dawn on Otty Lake, where I live, in the woods. The light is coming over the trees, and each morning the poem is written as if right while it is being read.A rough immediacy. Gap & Hum. Caesura. Syllables as...
Nature
- Author:Hall, PhilSummary:
- Author:Germaine, MarySummary:
In her debut collection, Congratulations, Rhododendrons, award-winning poet Mary Germaine offers love poems to an insistently unlovely world.Through poems that speak to plastic bags and drones as much as they admire roses and the moon,...
- Author:Beck, CarolynSummary:
Wend your way through Buttercup's lovely day. This edition combines both written and spoken words.
- Author:Beck, CarolynSummary:
Called a "read-aloud gem" by Quill & Quire, this picture book will delight children with its creative use of language and endearing illustrations. In rhyming text that winds like a creek through a farmer's field, the...
- Author:Shatner, WilliamSummary:
The beloved star of Star Trek , recent space traveler, and living legend William Shatner reflects on the interconnectivity of all things, our fragile bond with nature, and the joy that comes from exploration in this inspiring,...
- Author:Gosselin, Virginie, Julie, Aubé, Waridel, Laure, Rivest, Véronique, Orhon, Jacques, Barthomeuf, ChristianSummary:
Christian Barthomeuf est l'inventeur du cidre de glace. C'est aussi un des pionniers de l'agriculture biologique au Québec. Témoin privilégié des déséquilibres provoqués par les humains, ce paysan hors normes a décidé,...
- Author:Leblanc, AlbertSummary:
Né aux Îles de la Madeleine, Albert Leblanc, assis face à l'océan, regarde les bateaux de pêcheurs au large et nourrit secrètement le rêve de voir ce qui existe au-delà de l'horizon lointain. Rien ne le prédestine à devenir...
- Author:Rieppel, LukasSummary:
Although dinosaur fossils were first found in England, a series of dramatic discoveries during the late 1800s turned North America into a world center for vertebrate paleontology. At the same time, the United States emerged as the world...
- Author:Shellenberger, MichaelSummary:
Climate change is real but it's not the end of the world. It is not even our most serious environmental problem. Michael Shellenberger has been fighting for a greener planet for decades. He helped save the world's last...
- Author:Cannings, RichardSummary:
In these delightful meditations, biologist and bird lover Richard Cannings weaves stories of his personal encounters with birds into fascinating descriptions of their behavior, anatomy, and evolution. He muses over the meadowlarks’...
- Author:Gessner, DavidSummary:
Archetypal wild man Edward Abbey and proper, dedicated Wallace Stegner left their footprints all over the western landscape. Now, the award-winning nature writer David Gessner follows the ghosts of these two remarkable writer-...
- Author:Dunn, Rob R.Summary:
A leading ecologist argues that if humankind is to survive on a fragile planet, we must understand and obey its iron lawsOur species has amassed unprecedented knowledge of nature, which we have tried to use to seize control of life and...
- Author:Gierach, JohnSummary:
John Gierach is known for his witty, trenchant observations about fly-fishing. In A Fly Rod of Your Own, Gierach once again takes us into his world and scrutinizes the art of fly-fishing. He travels to remote fishing locations where the...
- Author:Knoll, Andrew H.Summary:
How well do you know the ground beneath your feet? A primer for every Earth resident, by Harvard's acclaimed geologist."A sublime chronicle of our planet." -Booklist, STARRED reviewOdds are, where you're standing was...
- Author:Gray, NowickSummary:
My Country expands the containers of essay and story, adventure and lyric, naturalism and fantasy, to overlap and mingle in this collection unified in its spirit of place, the forests and mountains of interior British Columbia. The...
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This book in itself is testimony to transition in the affairs of the north circumpolar region. Written in 1988 and updated in 1990, the papers assembled here have been overtaken by events. Non-military or civil requirements thus seemed...