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Nature and the Natural World: General Interest
A powerful journey of sea and self, trial and hope on the islands of Shetland, where climate change is making marked impacts on the natural world.
When a seed falls from a vine in the tropics and is carried by ocean currents across the Atlantic to the shores of Western Europe, it is known as a sea...
In this uplifting environmental memoir, a professor and activist shares what birds can teach us about life, social change, and protecting the environment. Trish O’Kane is an accidental ornithologist. In her nearly two decades writing about justice as an investigative journalist, she'd never paid...
By the Sea 2025
BY THE SEA: A beach-goer’s pocket companion for lazy days on the shore, or for the armchair beachcomber recalling the feel of sand between their toes. Noticing and collecting shells is an irresistible and accessible activity for pretty much everyone who goes to the beach, young or old, specialist,...
Cannabis 2025
The definitive story of cannabis, from its evolution and biological quirks to its role in human history. In this entertaining natural history, Rob DeSalle provides a glimpse into the biological world through the lens of the marijuana plant.
A close relative of hops with a surprising place in the...
Earth Keeper 2020
One of the most distinguished voices in American letters, N. Scott Momaday has devoted much of his life to celebrating and preserving the rich tapestry of Native American culture, especially its oral tradition. A member of the Kiowa tribe, Momaday was born in Lawton, Oklahoma and grew up on Navajo,...
A (Not So) Serious Guide, Book 2
Flamingos are tall, wading birds known for their bright pink color. Their nests look like tiny volcanoes, and they live in areas that are considered extreme—from nearly boiling bodies of water filled with corrosive chemicals to cold, mountainous regions where ice freezes around their feet. And if...
Frostlines 2025
A sweeping exploration of the Arctic—and how it’s being transformed by climate change—from National Geographic writer Neil Shea.
As warming reshapes our planet, the Arctic—a region that once seemed unchangeable, beyond the reach of modern problems—is quickly coming undone. While the old cold world...
Gathered 2025
Foraging is becoming increasingly popular, from TikTok to tasting menus at the most exclusive restaurants around the world. People are discovering that delicious wild edibles are waiting for us in our own backyards, led by champions such as Gabrielle Cerberville. Known as “The Chaotic Forager”...
The Genius of Trees 2025
For a supposedly stationary life-form, trees have demonstrated an astonishing mastery over the environment around them. In *The Genius of Trees*, tree scientist Harriet Rix reveals the inventive ways trees sculpt their environment and explains the science of how they achieve these incredible...
Last Chance to See 1992
Join them as they encounter the animal kingdom in its stunning beauty, astonishing variety, and imminent peril: the giant Komodo dragon of Indonesia, the helpless but loveable Kakapo of New Zealand, the blind river dolphins of China, the white rhinos of Zaire, the rare birds of Mauritius island in...
Of Time and Turtles 2024
When acclaimed naturalist Sy Montgomery and wildlife artist Matt Patterson arrive at Turtle Rescue League, they are greeted by hundreds of turtles recovering from injury and illness. Endangered by cars and highways, pollution and poachers, these turtles—with wounds so severe that even veterinarians...
Returning Light 2024
“On Skellig Michael, thousands of birds appear and disappear, erecting towers, coming together in wings of movement which build and unravel over the empty sea. Often, no one else is there to stand beside me on the island. The mind wanders; links with the past are easily made; ancient ways of viewing...
Tina 2025
It's not every day you meet a golden retriever in Thailand. When Niall met Tina, a dog shackled on a short chain and minutes from death, he saw something special in her. She turned out to be very special indeed. Her story sparked a global movement, so Niall made a promise: to build a hospital and...
No matter where we live, “we are all ocean people,” Helen Scales emphatically observes in her bracing yet hopeful exploration of the future of the ocean. Beginning with its fascinating deep history, Scales links past to present to show how the prehistoric ocean ecology was already working in ways...
World of Wonders 2020
As a child, Nezhukumatathil called many places home: the grounds of a Kansas mental institution, where her Filipina mother was a doctor; the open skies and tall mountains of Arizona, where she hiked with her Indian father; and the chillier climes of western New York and Ohio. But no matter where she...
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Frostlines December 2, 2025
A sweeping exploration of the Arctic—and how it’s being transformed by climate change—from National Geographic writer Neil Shea.
As warming reshapes our planet, the Arctic—a region that once seemed unchangeable, beyond the reach of modern problems—is quickly coming undone. While the old cold world...
Cannabis November 18, 2025
The definitive story of cannabis, from its evolution and biological quirks to its role in human history. In this entertaining natural history, Rob DeSalle provides a glimpse into the biological world through the lens of the marijuana plant.
A close relative of hops with a surprising place in the...
Gathered October 21, 2025
Foraging is becoming increasingly popular, from TikTok to tasting menus at the most exclusive restaurants around the world. People are discovering that delicious wild edibles are waiting for us in our own backyards, led by champions such as Gabrielle Cerberville. Known as “The Chaotic Forager”...
The Genius of Trees September 9, 2025
For a supposedly stationary life-form, trees have demonstrated an astonishing mastery over the environment around them. In *The Genius of Trees*, tree scientist Harriet Rix reveals the inventive ways trees sculpt their environment and explains the science of how they achieve these incredible...
Tina May 6, 2025
It's not every day you meet a golden retriever in Thailand. When Niall met Tina, a dog shackled on a short chain and minutes from death, he saw something special in her. She turned out to be very special indeed. Her story sparked a global movement, so Niall made a promise: to build a hospital and...
By the Sea May 6, 2025
BY THE SEA: A beach-goer’s pocket companion for lazy days on the shore, or for the armchair beachcomber recalling the feel of sand between their toes. Noticing and collecting shells is an irresistible and accessible activity for pretty much everyone who goes to the beach, young or old, specialist,...
A Beachcomber's Search for a Magical Charm November 5, 2024
A powerful journey of sea and self, trial and hope on the islands of Shetland, where climate change is making marked impacts on the natural world.
When a seed falls from a vine in the tropics and is carried by ocean currents across the Atlantic to the shores of Western Europe, it is known as a sea...
Of Time and Turtles September 17, 2024
When acclaimed naturalist Sy Montgomery and wildlife artist Matt Patterson arrive at Turtle Rescue League, they are greeted by hundreds of turtles recovering from injury and illness. Endangered by cars and highways, pollution and poachers, these turtles—with wounds so severe that even veterinarians...
Returning Light August 6, 2024
“On Skellig Michael, thousands of birds appear and disappear, erecting towers, coming together in wings of movement which build and unravel over the empty sea. Often, no one else is there to stand beside me on the island. The mind wanders; links with the past are easily made; ancient ways of viewing...
What the Wild Sea Can Be July 16, 2024
No matter where we live, “we are all ocean people,” Helen Scales emphatically observes in her bracing yet hopeful exploration of the future of the ocean. Beginning with its fascinating deep history, Scales links past to present to show how the prehistoric ocean ecology was already working in ways...
Flamingos Are Pretty Funky June 4, 2024
A (Not So) Serious Guide, Book 2
Flamingos are tall, wading birds known for their bright pink color. Their nests look like tiny volcanoes, and they live in areas that are considered extreme—from nearly boiling bodies of water filled with corrosive chemicals to cold, mountainous regions where ice freezes around their feet. And if...
Birding to Change the World February 27, 2024
In this uplifting environmental memoir, a professor and activist shares what birds can teach us about life, social change, and protecting the environment. Trish O’Kane is an accidental ornithologist. In her nearly two decades writing about justice as an investigative journalist, she'd never paid...
Earth Keeper November 3, 2020
One of the most distinguished voices in American letters, N. Scott Momaday has devoted much of his life to celebrating and preserving the rich tapestry of Native American culture, especially its oral tradition. A member of the Kiowa tribe, Momaday was born in Lawton, Oklahoma and grew up on Navajo,...
World of Wonders September 8, 2020
As a child, Nezhukumatathil called many places home: the grounds of a Kansas mental institution, where her Filipina mother was a doctor; the open skies and tall mountains of Arizona, where she hiked with her Indian father; and the chillier climes of western New York and Ohio. But no matter where she...
Last Chance to See October 13, 1992
Join them as they encounter the animal kingdom in its stunning beauty, astonishing variety, and imminent peril: the giant Komodo dragon of Indonesia, the helpless but loveable Kakapo of New Zealand, the blind river dolphins of China, the white rhinos of Zaire, the rare birds of Mauritius island in...