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Paperback, Eric Rutkow, 416 pages, 5.2 x 1 x 8, 9781439193587
Eric Rutkow’s “deeply fascinating” ( The Boston Globe ) work shows how trees were essential to the early years of the republic and indivisible from the country’s rise as both an empire and a civilization. Among  American Canopy ’s many captivating stories: the Liberty Trees, where colonists...

Silent Spring
HMC325
$18.99  
Paperback, Rachel Carson, 400 pages, 5.5 x 0.9 x 8.2, 9780618249060
Rachel Carson’s  Silent Spring  was first published in three serialized excerpts in the  New Yorker  in June of 1962. The book appeared in September of that year and the outcry that followed its publication forced the banning of DDT and spurred revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our...

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Paperback, Julia Rothman, 224 pages, 6 x 1 x 9, 9781612122311
See the world in a whole new way! Acclaimed illustrator Julia Rothman combines art and science in this exciting and educational guide to the structure, function, and personality of the natural world. Explore the anatomy of a jellyfish, the inside of a volcano, monarch butterfly migration, how...

$19.95  
Hardcover, Tristan Gooley, 400 pages, 5.5 x 7.5, 9781615193585
A  New York Times  Bestseller A  Forbes  Top 10 Conservation and Environment Book of 2016 Read the sea like a Viking and interpret ponds like a Polynesian—with a little help from the “natural navigator”!   In his eye-opening books  The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs  and  The...

The Things Trees Know
AVK040
$9.95  
Hardcover, Douglas Wood, 60 pages, 4.5 x 6.5, 9781591931300
For best-selling author  Douglas Wood , trees have always been teachers and sources of inspiration. They have bared witness to so much and have weathered so many storms. In  The Things Trees Know , through insightful text and lovely pen and ink illustrations, Doug presents a whispering grove...

How Plants Work
WPC136
$19.95  
Paperback, Linda Chalker-Scott, 236 pages, 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches, 9781604693386
The more you know, the better you grow! Plants are capable of interesting and unexpected things. Why do container plants wilt when they’ve been regularly watered? Why did the hydrangea that thrived last year never bloom this year? Why do slugs wipe out the vegetable garden instead of eating...

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Paperback, Hugh Aldersey-Williams, 368 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780393354805
“Superb. . . . A gently studious Bill Bryson crossed with an upbeat and relaxed WG Sebald.”―James McConnachie,  Sunday Times  (UK) Half of the world’s population today lives in coastal regions lapped by tidal waters. But the tide rises and falls according to rules that are a mystery to...

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Hardcover, Jake Townsend, 80 pages, 6.5 x 6.5, 9781449487140
Life is a vast ocean, and sometimes you need encouragement from beautifully painted aquatic creatures to help you stay afloat. Wisdom from the Waters  is an easily digestible, charming collection of inspiration and breezy, bright watercolors. Author Jake Townsend imagines what our...

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Paperback, Florence Williams, 304 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780393355574
“Highly informative and remarkably entertaining.”― Elle From forest trails in Korea, to islands in Finland, to eucalyptus groves in California, Florence Williams investigates the science behind nature’s positive effects on the brain. Delving into brand-new research, she...

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Paperback, Suzanne Simard, 608 pages, 6 x 9, 9780593459423
INSTANT   NEW YORK TIMES  BEST SELLER   • From the world's leading forest ecologist who forever changed how people view trees and their connections to one another and to other living things in the forest—a moving, deeply personal journey of discovery Suzanne Simard is a pioneer on the...

$25.00  
Hardcover, Qing Li, 320 pages, 6.5 x 8.5, 9780525559856
The definitive guide to the therapeutic Japanese practice of   shinrin-yoku,   or the art and science of how trees can promote health and happiness Notice how a tree sways in the wind. Run your hands over its bark. Take in its citrusy scent. As a society we suffer from nature deficit...

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Paperback, Merlin Sheldrake, 368 pages, 5 x 8, 9780525510321
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Merlin Sheldrake’s marvelous tour of these diverse and extraordinary life forms is eye-opening on why humans should consider fungi among the greatest of earth’s marvels. . . . Wondrous.”— Time   A mind-bending journey into the hidden universe of fungi, “one of those...

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Paperback, Sylvia Taylor, 248 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9781772031799
A rich and diverse tapestry weaving together the many voices, narratives, skills, and talents of women up and down the coastal Pacific Northwest who devote their lives and careers to the sea. Beckoned by the Sea   celebrates coastal women from northern BC to northern California who work...

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Hardcover, Peter Wohlleben, 176 pages, 10 x 10, 9781771643481
A visually stunning journey into the diversity and wonders of forests. In his international bestseller   The Hidden Life of Trees , Peter Wohlleben opened readers’ eyes to the amazing processes at work in forests every day. Now this new, breathtakingly illustrated edition brings those...

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Paperback, Richard Powers, 512 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780393356687
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize New York Times   Bestseller A   New York Times   Notable Book and a   Washington Post ,   Time ,   Oprah Magazine ,   Newsweek ,   Chicago Tribune , and   Kirkus Reviews   Best Book of 2018 "The best novel...

$24.95  
Hardcover, Peter Wohlleben, 288 pages, 5.5 x 7.5, 9781771642484
“A paradigm-smashing chronicle of joyous entanglement that will make you acknowledge your own entanglement in the ancient and ever-new web of being.”—Charles Foster, author of  Being a Beast Are trees social beings? In this international bestseller, forester and author Peter Wohlleben...

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Paperback, David George Haskell, 288 pages, 7.9 x 5.3, 9780143122944
A biologist reveals the secret world hidden in a single square meter of forest   Written with remarkable grace and empathy,  The Forest Unseen  is a grand tour of nature in all its profundity. Biologist David George Haskell uses a one-square-meter patch of old-growth Tennessee...

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Paperback, Michael McCarthy, 272 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9781681372426
Now available in paperback,  The Moth Snowstorm  is a one-of-a-kind environmental work that combines memoir, anecodotes, and hard facts to make a case for preserving an ever-dwindling natural world. The moth snowstorm, a phenomenon Michael McCarthy remembers from his boyhood when moths "would...

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Paperback, Colin Tudge, 480 pages, 6.5 x 9.5, 9780307395399
A blend of history, science, philosophy, and environmentalism,  The Tree  is an engaging and elegant look at the life of the tree and what modern research tells us about their future. There are redwoods in California that were ancient by the time Columbus first landed, and pines still alive...

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Paperback, Andrea Wulf, 576 pages, 5.2 x 1.2 x 8, 9780345806291
The acclaimed author of  Founding Gardeners  reveals the forgotten life of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world—and in the process created modern environmentalism. NATIONAL BEST SELLER One of the  New York Times  10...

$24.95  
paperback, Ronald Orenstein, 224 pages, 8.9x10.9, 9780228102496
Written in clear, easily readable language and relying little on jargon, this coffee-table-style book will interest anyone captivated by this unique group of insects. Highly recommended. All library collections. --Choice This gorgeous book reveals a wonder on nearly every page and will...

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Paperback, Kristine O'Connell George, 48 pages, 8 x 10, 9780618752423
This tree across the stream is a trickier bridge than it might seem... The author of The Great From Race and Other Poems has created a collection of short poems that celebrate trees and the amazing variety of ways they touch our lives. Deceptively simple verses reveal what trees think about and...

Because of an Acorn
SCH017
$6.95  
paperback, Lola M. Shaefer, 8 x 8, 9781338244878
Because of an acorn a tree grows, a bird nests, a seed becomes a flower. This enchanting book effortlessly illustrates the vital connections between the layers of an ecosystem. Wander down the forest path to learn how every tree, flower, plants, and animal is connected in spiraling circles of...

$55.00  
Flexi, Obi Kaufmann, 640 pages, 5.75 x 7.5, 9781597144797
The first book of a major new trilogy from artist-naturalist Obi Kaufmann From the author of  The California Field Atlas  (#1  San Francisco Chronicle  Best Seller) comes a major work that not only guides readers through the Golden State’s forested lands, but also presents a profoundly...

$16.95  
Paperback, John Vaillant, 288 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780393328646
A tale of obsession so fierce that a man kills the thing he loves most: the only giant golden spruce on earth. When a shattered kayak and camping gear are found on an uninhabited island in the Pacific Northwest, they reignite a mystery surrounding a shocking act of protest. Five months...

$18.00  
Paperback, Richard Preston, 320 pages, 5.2 x 0.7 x 8, 9780812975598
Hidden away in foggy, uncharted rain forest valleys in Northern California are the largest and tallest organisms the world has ever sustained–the coast redwood trees,   Sequoia sempervirens. Ninety-six percent of the ancient redwood forests have been destroyed by logging, but the untouched...

$24.50  
Hardcover, Diana Beresford-Kroeger, 304 pages, 6 x 9, 9780735275072
Canadian botanist, biochemist and visionary Diana Beresford-Kroeger's startling insights into the hidden life of trees have already sparked a quiet revolution in how we understand our relationship to forests. Now, in a captivating account of how her life led her to these illuminating and crucial...

$16.00  
Paperback, Diana Beresford-Kroeger, 192 pages, 5.5 x 7.5, 9780143120162
A pioneering scientist writes of the benefits of forest bathing and the fascinating ecological and pharmaceutical properties of trees – the inspiration for the documentary   Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees Renowned scientist Diana Beresford-Kroeger presents an...

$35.00  
Paperback, Paul Stamets, 356 pages, 9 x 7.5, 9781580085793
Mycelium Running  is a manual for the mycological rescue of the planet. That’s right: growing more  mushrooms  may be the best thing we can do to save the environment, and in this groundbreaking text from mushroom expert Paul Stamets, you’ll find out how.   The basic science goes like...

$21.95  
Hardcover, Stephen Arno, 192 pages, 6 x 0.75 x 8.25, 9781680511994
Westerners familiar with their forests may think they know the Douglas fir--but how well do they? Douglas firs are found in the continental northwest from British Columbia to as far south as Oaxaca, Mexico. They flourish in the Cascades, Rocky Mountains, Sierra, and other mountain ranges, as...

$15.00  
Paperback, Obi Kaufmann, 144 pages, 5 x 7, 9781597144698
Obi Kaufmann, author of the best-selling  California Field Atlas , turns his artful yet analytical attention to the Golden State's single most complex and controversial resource: water. In this new book, full-color maps unravel the braided knot of California's water infrastructure and...

$29.95  
Hardcover, Douglas W. Tallamy, 256 pages, 6 x 9, 9781604699005
A   New York Times   bestseller Douglas W. Tallamy’s first book,  Bringing Nature Home,  awakened thousands of readers to an urgent situation: wildlife populations are in decline because the native plants they depend on are fast disappearing. His solution? Plant more natives. In this new...
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