Environment

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A vivid account of a major shift in how we understand Earth, from an exceptionally talented new voice. Earth is not simply an inanimate planet on which life evolved, but rather a planet that came to life. “Glorious . . . full of achingly beautiful passages, mind-bending conceptual twists, and wonderful characters. Jabr reveals how Earth has been profoundly, miracu

One of Heatmap's 18 Climate Books to Read in 2025 The award-winning environmental journalist´s extraordinary, long-awaited portrait of hope and resilience as we face a fractured and uncertain future In this profoundly human and moving narrative, the bestselling author of The World Without Us returns with a book ten years in the making: a study of what it means to be a human on the front lines of

“An important book that will transform how we think about being human. … that will inspire hope.”—Jane Goodall How can we reclaim the soul-deepening wildness that grounds us and energizes us when so much of the modern world seems designed to tame us? In this thrilling memoir of a life spent exploring the most incredible places on Earth—from the Great African Seaforest to the

The author of the international bestseller returns to humanity's transformative impact on the environment, now asking: after doing so much damage, can we change nature, this time to save it?

Here is the truth about love, and inspiration to help us instill caring, compassion, and strength in our homes, schools, and workplaces.

"The word 'love' is most often defined as a noun, yet we would all love better if we used it as a verb," writes bell hooks as she comes out fighting and on fire in All About Love.

Explore the fictional topography of the most inspiring world cities—including London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tokyo—in this new book from the creators of the award-winning Atlas of Imagined Places. Did you know that James Bond and George Smiley were practically neighbors, or that girls-about-town Holly Golightly, Annie Hall, and Carrie Bradshaw all lived a couple of blocks f

Permaculture design as a divine creative activity. Permaculture is about designing sustainable human settlements. It is a philosophical, spiritual and practical approach to land-use integrating microclimate, functional plants, animals, soils, water management and human needs into intricately connected, highly productive systems. Permaculture looks for the patterns embedded in our natural world as

A workbook of simple walking exercises to quiet the mind, expand consciousness, and rediscover our sacred relationship with Earth. - Foreword by Victor Sanchez, author of The Teachings of Don Carlos. - Includes 45 walking techniques that were developed from the author's work with Huichol Indians of western Mexico.

Noted Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh offers a dramatic vision of the future of a planet besieged by overconsumption, depleted resources, and global warming and offers answers to these critical problems through the Buddhist teaching of the impermanence of all things.

A most unusual and fascinating atlas of extraterrestrial encounters.Where is the best place to meet kind and peaceful aliens? How do we communicate with intelligent interstellar life forms, socialize with Martians, and avoid unwanted close encounters of the third kind? Here is a “map” of the portals that open up between the worlds, a geography of strange events that covers the entire earth, demons

A keepsake collection of maps depicting legendary and real places for the lover of literature, history, and cartography.This exploration of the "Mythical Elsewhere" explores a wide array of places, from the well known to the obscure, through the eyes of historians, explorers, conquerors, and writers across the ages. Lose yourself in the past as you travel to such destinations as Troy, the Mughal E

Thoroughly documented, a worldwide selection of placesrepresenting many attempts made by mankind through the ages to re-createa paradise on Earth. "Paradises got off to a bad start early on. The one the Bible had arranged had to rapidly close its pearly gates when its first two occupants, Adam and Eve, had misbehaved." According to Gilles Lapouge, paradise is a paradoxical creation of ourimagin

This new title in this bestselling series relates 37 stories of shipwrecks, great discoveries, mysteries, and disappearances stillthrilling adventure seekers. From the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, from the Baltic Sea to theCaribbean, the Antarctic, and the Indian Ocean; from ancient history tothe present day, these short tales cover all aspects of high-seasadventure and feature prominent human

Prized for its ability to sequester carbon, mass timber, including cross-laminated timbers, glulam beams, and laminated veneer lumber, is entering a critical second phase of its development as a beneficial and stylish building material for nonresidential buildings. Join award-winning author Boyce Thompson on a global tour of 16 of the most innovative and stylish projects made with mass timber. Co

A deeply reported, eye-opening book about climate change, our brains, and the weight of nature on us all. The march of climate change is stunning and vicious, with rising seas, extreme weather, and oppressive heat blanketing the globe. But its effects on our very brains constitute a public-health crisis that has gone largely unreported. Based on seven years of research, this book by the award-wi